Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an application server for Lotus Notes applications and/or as a web server. It also has a built-in database system in the format of NSF. It's directory services can be used for authentication purposes as well

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Error updating local ID file: The information in the supplied certificate from the Address Book entry is out of date

From Notes end
Login to the user id Goto
File - Security - User Security -
Your Identity - Your Certificates - Click Others -
Mail.Copy Certificates(Public Key)--send mail to your administrator.

From Server end
Open the person document of the user (Edit Mode) and select Certificates and in the field - Notes certified public key, copy the user certificates and Click Save & Close.

Detecting corrupted databases

Automatic Corrupt Database Collection
When the Domino server detects that a database has corruption, it will automatically store the corrupted database as a separate file in a separate directory. The detection and collection of corrupted database is done at database open. To enable and control the automatic collection of corrupt databases, set the following Domino configuration variables:DATABASE_CAPTURE_ENABLED enables the automatic collection of a corrupted database as detected by the sever when the database is opened. Set to 1 to enable.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

LOTUS NOTES NOT OPENING GIVNG ERROR (An error encountered While opening Lotus Notes)

Sol.: -->1.Ask user to press­­­ ---> CTL + ALT + DEL à Task Managerà PROCESS-->

Than select ntaskkldr.exe & nlnotes.exe file ---->

Than press End Process. -----> YES. One by one for both files.

INCOMING AND OUTGOING MAILS NOT WORKING

Sol :->

  1. Check & confirm if network cable is plugged properly there should not be a Red Cross mark on network icon at task bar. Ask to user if his/her Internet is working or not.
2. Ask user to replicate manually & check for errors

i.e. Password expiry / Using Different ID file / Tcp /ip Error

3. Ask to check MAIL.BOX for pending outgoing mail--->

File-->database-->open--> than write mail.box on File name.

On Server field it should be LOCAL

Setting up out-of-office mail message

You can have Notes automatically reply to mail that you receive while you're out of the office. Notes runs an agent on your home server that sends messages to the people who send you mail, telling them you're out and when you're returning
To enable out-of-office mail
1 Open Your Mail database and choose Actions - Tools - Out of Office
2 On the Dates tab specify the dates on which you are leaving and returning. The out-of-office agent responds to incoming mail for all the days you specify, no matter how far in advance you enable the agent.
(Optional) Do any of the following:

Keep the specified dates available for meeting invitations----On the Dates tab, deselect "Book Busytime for these dates.“
Change the message or subject of the message that Notes sends-----Click "Out of Office Message" and change the subject or message.
Send a different message to certain people-------Click "Special Message," specify the names of people in the To field, click the field below Subject, and type the message.

Setting up out-of-office mail message

Cancel replies to certain people or groups-----Click Exceptions and specify one or more names in the "Do not automatically reply to mail from these people and groups" field.
To select names from an address book, click the button to the right of the field.

Cancel replies to messages sent to groups that you're part of ------Click Exceptions and specify one or more group names in the "Do not automatically reply to mail which is addressed to these groups" field.

Cancel replies to messages whose subject contains certain text-------Click Exceptions and specify the text in the "Do not automatically reply if the subject contains these phrases" field.

Cancel replies to people who send you Internet mail-----Click Exceptions and select "Do not automatically reply to mail from Internet addresses."

4. Click Enable. If Notes asks which server to run the out-of-office agent on, choose your home server and click OK. If Notes shows a message stating which server you have requested, click OK. Notes runs the out-of-office agent on your home server until you disable it.

Deleting Mail

To delete a message
1. In any mail folder or view except Trash, select one or more messages you want to delete.
2. From the menu, choose Edit - Delete. Notes moves the document(s) to your Trash folder and out of all other folders and views in your mail database.
Tip To remove a message from a folder without deleting it from your mail database, select the message and choose Actions - Folder - Remove From Folder.
To work with messages in the Trash folder
Messages appear in the Trash folder until they are permanently deleted. You can remove them from the Trash folder and restore them to the view or folder from which they were originally deleted. You can also permanently delete selected messages or all messages.
1. In the navigation pane, click the Trash icon.
2. (Optional) If you want to work with only some of the messages, select them.
3. Do one of the following: