Lotus Notes

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Lotus Notes

• IANR Presentation

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Reliability

• Large email accounts
• Large attachments
• Old client versions/templates

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Large Email Accounts

• Mass emails to users, educating them on how to
  keep their Lotus Notes accounts manageable
• Improved archiving documentation for end users
• Server based archiving
• Quotas (near future)

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Large Attachments

• 200 MB limit
• Will go lower in the future
• Dropbox.unl.edu

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Old Client Versions

• Lotus Notes r5 is no longer supported
• Detailed documentation for end users explaining
  how to upgrade the LN client
• Mass emails were sent notifying users to upgrade

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Why Quotas?

• We are losing disk space at a faster rate
• User is responsible for managing their email (no
  micro managing of email)
• Cost considerations
• Server performance/reliability

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Archiving

• Server Based Archiving
• You can access your archive anywhere
• Seamless operation
• We manage your archive (backups, operation,
  hardware)
• You can search your email in one place

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Archiving

• Local Based Archiving Considerations
• How are you going to access your archive
• Where is your archive going to be located
• How is your local archive going to be backed up
• You have to search for email in multiple places
• How do you set up the local archive
• Who is going to manage your local archive

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Mobile Devices

• Cadenza
• Pocket PC and Palm devices
• BlackBerry
• BlackBerrys
• Good (very near future)
• Treo Phones
• Windows CE and Palm based phones

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Mobile Device Issues

• Connections (LN Server, Mobile Device Server,
  Mobile Device, Connection Provider)
• Improper setup
• Complexity of the mobile Device
• Number of choices available to consumer

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Future Projects

• Lotus Notes 7 by holiday break
• New spam solutions for Lotus Notes
• New virus protection
• New Notes cluster Notes03 and Notes03a
• Training courses/improved user documentation

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Lotus Notes Contacts

• Nate Saathoff
• 472-1826
• nsaathoff_at_unlnotes.unl.edu
• Mike Rutt
• 472-0933
• mrutt_at_unlnotes.unl.edu
• Chuck Sundermeier
• 472-5655
• csunderm_at_unlnotes.unl.edu