Domino News & FAQs
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This section is dedicated to posting questions that I receive in email and the answers that have worked for them.
If you have a question, feel free to post it here, and if I know the answer, it'll be posted in FAQs, if not, it'll be posted for the general public and we'll see if we can get an answer for you.
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Domino 8
Install Lotus Traveler for Windows Mobile devices
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One of the new features in Lotus Notes Domino 8.0.1 is that it natively supports Windows Mobile devices through Lotus Traveler. Learn more about Lotus Notes Traveler, its prerequisites and how to install it to automatically synchronize Windows Mobile devices.
QUICKTIP: FINDING THE HIDDEN MENUS IN NOTES 8
It seems that Lotus made some simplifications of the menu items in the move from Notes 6 and 7 to 8. They are all still there, just turned off by default. To reactivate them, Lotus just came out with a technote on the topic (under #1268395).
To enable the Advanced Menus in the Notes 8 client select View > Advanced Menus. The Advanced Menus will always be enabled (unless you disable them by toggling off the View > Advanced Menus choice), even after you have restarted Notes. You can also push out a Notes.ini change of MenusAdvanced=1
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Requirements
Lotus Requirements for Domino Server, Client and Web Access, check out these technotes below
You can also go to http://www.lotus.com/support and search for those numbers!
If you haven't migrated to Lotus Notes and Domino 7 yet, you're probably at least thinking about it. This compilation of links will help you ramp up your ND7 knowledge so you can be properly prepared when deployment time arrives.
- Google Desktop Search finds a place in Lotus Notes messaging:
  Leading search engine Google Inc. has released software that will offer IBM Lotus Notes users the ability to search the full text of their Notes messages, both in e-mail and instant messaging, as well as non-Lotus desktop files. The product is called Google Desktop Search for Enterprise. ...more
- On November 8, 2005, IBM announced the effective dates for withdrawal from marketing and end of support for the 6.0 and 6.0.x releases of the Lotus Notes and Domino core family and Lotus Enterprise Integrator. Withdrawal from marketing for the individual maintenance releases is phased from January 2006 to January 2007. IBM will withdraw support for 6.0 and 6.0.x on April 30, 2007.
Refer to the announcement letter for full details, and encourage your customers to upgrade to 6.5.x and 7.0:
http://www.ibm.com/partners/partnertools/p.wss?cmd=ctt&a=EC2CTNNCWL
- Possible Domino Denial of Service factors detailed
Recent weeks have brought word of Domino vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited to cause forms of DoS (Denial of Service). Reports describe an error in the handling of mail rules creation in Domino Web Access and in the Out-Of-Office Agent.
New features in Lotus Domino 7.0
This article describes all the new features added to the Domino 7.0 server.
New features in Lotus Notes and Domino Designer 7.0
This article describes all the new features added to the Notes 7.0 and Domino Designer 7.0 clients
September issue of Workplace Today
This special issue lists articles and other resources available for Notes/Domino 7.
IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7 product page
This page contains links to presentations, demos, and other information related to Lotus Notes/Domino 7.
IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 7 Live
This site lists events connected with the release of Lotus Notes/Domino 7.
The power of IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 7
This seminar presents an overview of new Notes/Domino 7 features, to help you understand the technical and business benefits Notes/Domino 7 can provide to your organization.
Lotus Notes/Domino upgrade page
This page explains why you should consider upgrading your Notes/Domino environment to release 7.0. |
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...for a successful upgrade to 6.5
Honorable Mentions for 6x
Here are some things you might want to pass on to your users (and your Help Desk) so they know to expect them.
Can we avoid the Instant Messaging question to users during client setup?
Here is the skinny on that... a workaround for 6.5, and a fix in 6.5.1
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Configuring a Document Imaging Server (or other foreign entity) to send mail thru Domino
Remember to put the IP # of the Imager in the Configuration Document under SMTP Inbound Relay:
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Using Upgrade by Mail feature
Be sure to have a "public directory" on the network, where you will store a copy of the upgrade CD, that all your users map to with the same drive letter (i.e. G:). This drive letter is then used in the notification that is sent out to the users. |
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Be sure to upgrade your Lotus Notes CLIENT before upgrading your mail file templates.
If you don't you'll find that some of the features we have grown accustomed to are missing! Best to get your local client upgraded first... then worry about the template of the mail files. |
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A collection of the top Domino tips:
What other choice do I have?
While Domino will also serve mail to those POP clients and browser based clients, it also serves mail to non-POP clients, such as Lotus Notes and its browser-based companion: iNotes*. Of course these aren't free and residing on your computer when you buy it from the store, but then you've heard it before...you get what you pay for. IBM charges a small fee for licensing Lotus Notes clients, and with that you receive many features in return that most other email clients don't offer AND you also receive free updates! They charge a very small annual renewal fee that is much smaller than most of the Microsoft upgrade fees and if you would like more information on Lotus Notes, please feel free to email us. We are an IBM Business Partner and can answer most of your questions.
| 3rd Party Applications |
On the following page are listed 3rd Party Domino applications as we come across them. These are NOT endorsed by us, not even necessarily tried or used by us, we are just giving them some mention. Investigate them thoroughly before using them. That being said... browse at your leisure.
3rd Party Apps
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