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HCL Notes and Domino Tips & Tricks
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| Dec 13, 2024 | Domino mail not routing starting December 13, 2024 - CRITICAL ALERT ⚠️❗ ❗
The HCL Domino Development team has identified an issue which will affect *ALL Domino server versions* as of December 13, 2024. If you restart your server, a router error will occur which results in delivery failures due to a routing loop. Also mail rules will also start failing. In addition, Domino will use only a single mail.box regardless of what the configuration document calls for. This is a date/time issue in our code, the area where the defect was found is used to determine if the configuration needs to be updated. Since 13 December this check fails and so the router will not load your configuration. | |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Install HCL Client Application Access (HCAA) on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) ⚙️☁️
This article instructs how to install the HCAA run-time client on Microsoft's VDI solution "Azure Virtual Desktop" (AVD), formerly known as "Windows Vitual Desktop" (WVD). These instructions are identical if installing HCAA on Citrix server as well. | |
| May 04, 2023 | CAPTCHA for HCL Domino XPages in 30 minutes 🤖🔑✅
This article instructs Domino Developers how to add CAPTCHA to a XPage design element. Domino web apps which allow ACL Anonymous access running on the public internet are susceptible to spam data submission especially if the web validation relies soley on JavaScript (CSJS). | |
| Mar 17, 2022 | Configure HCL Notes 12 with Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, Outlook and other POP accounts ⚙️📧
Local and server Notes mailboxes can be configured with Gmail / Yahoo accounts to send & receive email via local POP and SMTP Notes client accounts. You must first enable POP mail access and "app passwords" security option in your Gmail / Yahoo web account. Instructions below were tested on Notes 12.0.1, but should work on Notes 9.0.1 FP3 IF2 or higher. | |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Configure a SSL certificate on a HCL Domino website 🔒
This article provides instructions how to configure a SSL certificate on websites running on a Domino 12/11/10/9 web server. SSL certificates can be used with Domino to protect one website (standard protection), protect multiple websites (UCC/SAN SSL) or protect all subdomains (Wildcard SSL). In early 2015, web browsers such as Google Chrome stopped honoring SHA-1-dependent TLS certificates due to security concerns. And SSL providers started only offering SHA-2 certificates. The Domino Server Certificate Admin database does not allow importing SHA-2 certificates. Because of this limitation, OpenSSL and KYRTool are now used for generating the keyfile with a SSL Provider (CA) SHA-2 certificate. | |
| Jan 09, 2020 | Secure a HCL Domino web server running on public internet - Prevent hacking 🕵️🔒🛡️
This article lists 7 steps which will protect your Domino web server from hackers and close vulnerabilities. Some Domino customers have only 1 or 2 of these steps completed which is quite alarming from a security standpoint. If these steps are not performed on your Domino server then an authenticated user with minimal access rights can (A) assume the identify of a Domino administrator, (B) attain access to all web user credentials including user names, passwords and internet addresses and (C) attain operating system level access. | |
| Oct 24, 2019 | Enable silent cluster failover on HCL Notes client 🤫
Companies sometimes consolidate and/or migrate Domino servers to new platforms. It's usually good practice to OS level copy the Domino data folder to the new server and temporarily enable native Domino clustering between the servers until the cutover is complete. In this article I will focus on how to avoid the following message displayed to end users during the cutover: "The server with this database is no longer responding. Should Notes switch to a replica on another server?" | |
| Nov 06, 2014 | Copy stationery to multiple HCL Notes mailoxes using LotusScript code 📄⚡
Your company might want a group of users to use specific stationery (message template) when sending emails to customers. The code below can be copy/pasted into a Notes agent or button. It will allow a Domino administrator to copy stationery to multiple Notes mailboxes. The user can use the stationery by clicking Tools - Stationery in their mailbox. Stationery previously copied using this code will be deleted prior to copying new stationery. NOTE: The Domino administrator must have at least Depositor access to the user mailboxes. After executing the code the Domino administrator can click the Notes status bar to see if any errors displayed. | |
| Oct 27, 2014 | Add a screenshot button in a HCL Notes application or mailbox 📷🖼️
A Domino developer might want to add a screenshot button in a Notes application or mailbox template if (1) Notes mailbox users have issues replying / forwarding to MIME HTML CSS emails, or (2) Notes app users have issues copy/pasting Notes app data to non-Notes mail client. | |
| May 22, 2014 | Upgrading HCL Notes ID certificate key strength, encryption strength and password quality scale 🔑🔒
Domino administrators can upgrade user Notes ID security strength by using Domino Security Policy Settings, Certifcate Authorty (CA) Process, or Administration Process (AdminP) with semi-automated steps. This article discusses AdminP with semi-automated steps which is sometimes necessary due to several reasons including a delicate environment, non-existent testing environment, minimal budget, minimal implementation time, or minimal Domino expertise to configure Security Policy Settings or CA Process. | |
| Feb 14, 2014 | Fix sporadic format issue in HCL Notes when forwarding or replying to HTML emails 🙃🛠️
When using Notes 9.0.1 or earlier you most likely noticed formatting issues sometimes occur when attempting to forward or reply to HTML MIME emails. This occurs when the MIME email contains advanced HTML code including CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). This can be an issue especially if your company is receiving HTML MIME emails from a 3rd party service that must be manually forwarded to your customers. | |
| May 17, 2013 | Installing Notes Browser Plug-in for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox 🌎🔌
The Notes Browser Plug-in (NBP) allows 32-bit Internet Explorer or Firefox web client users to access their native Notes apps directly from the web. Incredibly as it sounds this feature allows Notes apps to be run from within web browsers on Windows 32/64 bit desktops! As for security it still requires a Notes ID file and native ACL security applies. If Notes mail acesss is required while using NBP, then the user must use iNotes. | |
| Sep 24, 2012 | Web Date Field Validation for HCL Domino - IsNotesDate() JavaScript function 📆
The code below can be used for any application and supports international date formats. The function is called using 5 parameters as described in the code comments. The code supports the same valid time data type functionality as a Notes client including date format styles "MDY, DMY, YMD", and date format separators "back slash, dash, period" which depends on the server date setting. i.e. Valid formats for September 1st, 2012 using MDY format style and back slash format separator: 9/1/2012, 09/12, 09/01/2012, 9/1/12, 09/01/12, etc. You can also use the word "Today" or "Tomorrow" which is similar to functionality in a Notes client Date/Time data type field. | |
| May 08, 2012 | Create barcodes in HCL Notes including encoding USPS Intelligent Mail (IMb) ılıılı✉️📬
Barcodes can be displayed and printed in Notes quite easily using the Print Merge Reporter tool. For example, you can display several different types of barcodes in your custom Notes Views and Forms. Barcodes can be printed to hard copy printer, and saved in formats: Excel, Word, PDF, XPS, etc. Barcode data can be automatically mail merged from your custom Notes DB to labels, envelopes, letters and directory in Word. And if your barcode data exists in Excel, then it can be imported into the tool or your custom Notes DB, then automatically mail merged to labels, envelopes, letters and directory in Word. | |
| Apr 05, 2011 | Implementing a simple HCL Domino fax and voicemail solution 📠🔊
This article explains how to implement an inbound Domino fax and voicemail solution including software / hardware requirements. The solution requires the 3 modules below which can be installed on either (1) a dedicated Notes Windows workstation with a connected modem, or (2) a Domino Windows server with a connected modem. Read the installation instructions below which work best for your environment. | |
| Apr 04, 2011 | HCL Domino Server console missing in Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 and 2008 🎮🎛️
Due to an architectural change in Windows Server 2008 and higher the Domino Server console will no longer display when run as a Windows service. Any service running under Windows Server 2008 or higher will run under session 0, and for security reasons, Microsoft has locked down the session 0 from all user interactions. | |
| May 06, 2010 | CAPTCHA for HCL Domino web forms - Security Image Generator 🤖🔑✅
This article instructs Domino Developers how to add CAPTCHA to a Domino web form. Domino web applications running on the public internet are susceptible to spam data submission especially if the web form validation relies soley on JavaScript and the website is not SSL enabled. | |
| Feb 08, 2010 | HCL Domino: Increase 2 GB physical memory limit (Win 32-bit) ⬆️🧠
This article will instruct you how to increase performance on your Domino Server by increasing the physical memory available to Domino from 2 GB to 3 GB. Windows 2003 Server (32-bit) and Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) can only support 4 GB maximum memory. Domino and other applications running on these operating systems can only utilize 2 GB physical memory plus virtual memory (hard drive swap file). If your Windows Server has 4 GB memory installed you can configure it to allow Domino to use 3 GB physical memory as seen below. Windows can only allocate more than 2 GB physical memory to applications which are "Large Address Aware". Domino 7.0.1 and higher support "Large Address Aware". | |
| Jun 11, 2009 | Backup your HCL Domino Windows Server using Program documents 💿💾
Some backup solutions such as Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 currently fail and do not support Domino 8.5 (not compatible with ODS 51 database format). Domino 8.5 users have been waiting 5 months for a hotfix or new release from Symantec. In the meantime, you can use a temporary backup solution using simple Domino Directory Program documents as seen in the example below. It has been successfully tested on Domino 7.x, 8.0.x and 8.5. The backup solution runs weekly and allows restores 1 week prior to the last run assuming your backup destination location is an internal hard drive. The backup restores can be extended indefinitely if the destination location is an external media device such as a DAT or external hard drive which can be manually rotated on a weekly basis after each backup. | |
| Jan 14, 2009 | HCL Notes Resource Reservations database: Add weekday and description to Notes view 🕮
The Notes Resource Reservations database is an application designed to allow users workgroups to schedule and reserve conference rooms and physical resources such as office and audiovisual equipment. However, the Notes views in this database do not display the description and weekday such as Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. You can create a new shared view using the instructions below. | |
| Mar 02, 2006 | Offline Benchmark Results: iNotes vs. Notes Replication ⚖️🔄
This article contains the benchmark results of Domino Sync Manager 6.5 vs. Notes 6.5 local replication. Domino Sync Manager is a Windows client, not a web client which enables iNotes users to go "Offline" which is similar to Notes local replication functionality. | |
| Feb 23, 2006 | Upgrading Solaris Domino to R6: Benefits, Instructions, Tips 🙌
Upgrading Solaris Domino to R6 can benefit your environment in many ways: Less network traffic, from 34% to 52% less, using network compression. Faster data updates using streaming replication to get a 36% to 45% reduction in replication time. Higher server availability with automatic restart and recovery. Increased user satisfaction with as much as a 30% improvement in response time. Reduced server resource usage with up to a 23% reduction in CPU utilization, enabling more users per server. Faster data transmissions, up to 50% faster, using attachment compression, network compression, and streaming mode replication. Supporting more users - Performance improvements enable servers to handle more users with less CPU. | |
| Aug 14, 2007 | Configure HCL Notes Out Of Office to run in mixed environments - Notes 9/8/7/6 ✈️🏝️
If you enabled "Service" Out-of-Office type on your Domino 9/8 server in a mixed environment with Notes 9/8/7/6 clients and mailbox designs you will notice that the OOO no longer runs unless the user has a Notes 9/8 client and mailbox design. You can resolve this issue by adding the formula agent below to the Notes 7/6 mailbox designs as a temporary OOO solution until you upgrade them to Notes 9/8 client and mailbox design. The user can still use the Out of Office native user interface which integrates with this formula agent. Otherwise, if you do not want user to use native interface, then you can set 7 parameters in the agent as commented in the code. | |
| Mar 02, 2006 | Check AOL Mail using HCL Notes IMAP mailbox 📬
Yes, it is actually possible to check your AOL Email using a Notes mail database which is directly connected to the AOL email servers. HCL markets Notes as an enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solution, but people sometimes forget that it can also be used as a stand-alone mail client that supports both POP3 and IMAP protocols. Most network administrators realize that many employees might have AOL and other private mail accounts, so they configure the firewall to block access to the AOL client ports 5190 - 5193, POP3 port 110, IMAP port 143 and WebMail URL addresses such as webmail.aol.com, mail.yahoo.com, www.hotmail.com, etc. | |
| Feb 23, 2006 | HCL Domino Webmail vs. iNotes ⚖️
Should my company implement Domino Webmail or iNotes? If your company is deciding to implement a remote Domino web-based email solution for end users you can choose iNotes or Webmail depending upon your companies environment and requirements. The table below lists the positives and negatives of iNotes in comparison to Webmail which might help you reach a decision. With Domino Webmail you can provide a low-cost, standards-based messaging solution to focused communities of employees who typically have limited access to company electronic communications. Domino Webmail is one of the client options for accessing Domino messaging capabilities. | |
| Feb 23, 2006 | HCL Notes - Defeat the '255 Character Spreadsheet Cell' View Export Limit 🚧🚫🤛
Notes users sometimes request to export Notes data for reporting purposes. Views are usually the best starting point because you can export an existing view or customize a view to display all the data required for the export. Notes lets you export views using the Export menu option to three support file types: Lotus 1-2-3, Structured Text, and Tabular Text. The quickest and most effective exporting file type is Lotus 1-2-3 or Lotus 1-2-3 Worksheet, depending upon which Notes version you're using. The Tabular Text file type only exports what you see on your screen, so if your view column aren't wide enough to display data, it will be truncated during the export. The Structured Text flie type isn't customizable because it doesn't rely on the view columns to export data, but rather exports all the field names contained in a document as well as the assigned data values. | |
| Feb 23, 2006 | The Perfect Archiving Technique for HCL Notes Mailboxes 📁↩️
You can use a Selective Replication formula to archive a Notes mailbox. This archiving solution for Notes mailboxes supports e-mail, calendar entries, to-do items, iNotes/Web mail contacts, and the Delivery Option Advanced Expiration date. It doesn't produce deletion stubs or white space like other archiving solutions, which physically delete documents. Here are the steps for setting it up: | |
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