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GroupWise: Proxy Access

What is proxy access?

Proxy access allows you to toggle between multiple GroupWise accounts without having to logout and login as a different user each time. Instead, you can login to the GroupWise client as yourself and then flip between GroupWise accounts from within the client. Proxy access also allows you to share folders or calendars and use a multi-user calendar view.

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How do I grant proxy access?

  1. Login to the account you are granting access to (for example, if you normally login to GroupWise as yourself and then proxy into a department account, you cannot grant proxy access to the department account unless you log directly into that account).
  2. Go to the Tools menu > Options > double click on the Security icon.
  3. In the Security Options window, go to the Proxy Access tab.
  4. In the Name field, enter the person or account you are giving proxy access to. This field will do name completion like the "To" field in an e-mail address. You can also click the address book icon to the right to locate a person in your address book.
  5. When the name or address is entered, hit Enter or the Add User button to add that person/address.
  6. You should see the name/address listed below in the Access List.
  7. Important: Click once on the person/address in the Access List so that the name is highlighted/selected, then check off the appropriate Access Rights in the checkboxes below. If this step is skipped, the person is added to the proxy list but doesn't actually have any rights to the acccount.
  8. Click OK in the Security Options window and click Close in the Options window.

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How do I add a proxy account?

Before you add a proxy account to your GroupWise, make sure that the owner of that account has already given you the appropriate access (see How do I grant proxy access?).

  1. Login to GroupWise.
  2. On the left side, above the folder list, click the Online button and choose Proxy...
  3. In the Name field, enter the person or account you want to add to your proxy access list. This field will do name completion like the "To" field in an e-mail address. You can also click the address book icon to the right to locate a person in your address book.
  4. Click the OK button.
  5. To toggle into the proxy account, you can now click the Online button and then click on the name of the account in the Proxy list.
  6. To toggle back into your account, click the Proxy button above the folder list and select your name.

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How do I use proxy?

Once you have been granted acces and have added the proxy account to your list, click the Online button in the top left corner above the folder list and then click on the name of the account in the Proxy list to toggle into that account. To toggle back into your account, click the Proxy button above the folder list and select your name.

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