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Responses to Frequently Asked Questions about IBM Lotus Notes & Domino in 
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This note contains links (URLs) to frequently used technical support 
documents (technotes) which answer frequently asked questions (FAQs) 
regarding IBM Lotus Notes & Domino, as well as links to key articles 
helping you learn more about the newest version (7) of the product.

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This list of links to FAQ Responses can also be found in a Knowledge 
Collection (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg27006575
), which we encourage you to bookmark because we update the collection 
periodically. The Knowledge Collection also contains links to previously 
distributed FAQ Responses. A central theme in this mailing is the new 
version 7 of Notes and Domino.


Frequently used technotes for Notes and Domino:

Title: Deleted mail rules still run, and/or enabled mail rules do not run
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21088058

Title: Steps to reinstall a Domino server or to move a Domino server from 
one machine to another
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21087009

Title: Unread count for a folder is greater than actual number of unread 
documents
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21110573

Title: Resource reservation databases based on 6.x or earlier design do 
not function properly on Domino 7.0 servers (new)
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21219243

Title: Domino 6.5.x router performance, hang or crashes delivering 
messages to mail file using Block Sender rule
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21162013

Title: Two NInotes processes are shown running and attachments are sent as 
graphics after close and re-launch of Notes
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21115244

Title: How to add a standard disclaimer into all outgoing SMTP messages in 
Domino
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21087361


Theme: Notes Domino version 7:

Knowing that many Notes Domino production installations now enter a period 
of no changes during year-end processing, this is an excellent time for 
system administrators to become more familiar with the value and technical 
advantages offered by version 7 of Notes and Domino, which was released 
August 31st 2005. You can even download trial code and set up a test 
server to get hands on experience with it. In the following, we offer 
links to resources that will help you learn more about version 7:

Understand how Notes Domino 7 can deliver value to your enterprise:
Title: Addressing key customer requirements -- increased return on 
investment; reduced total cost of ownership
Link: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/ndkeyrequirements


Download trial versions of Lotus Notes, Domino Server, Domino Designer and 
Domino Administrator 7:
Lotus Domino Server: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ls/lsds/?S_TACT=105AGX13&S_CMP=LSDL

Lotus Notes, Domino Designer, and Domino Administrator Clients: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ls/lsndad/?S_TACT=105AGX13&S_CMP=LSDL


Overviews of What is New in version 7:
Lotus Notes: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/notes7whatsnew

Lotus Domino: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/whatsnewindomino7

Lotus Domino Designer: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/dominodesigner7whatsnew

Lotus Domino Web Access: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product1.nsf/wdocs/dwawhatsnew

Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product1.nsf/wdocs/damowhatsnew

Lotus Enterprise Integrator for Domino: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/eiwhatsnew


Articles with more detail on new features in version 7:
Lotus Notes and Domino Designer: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/notes-designer7-features/
Lotus Domino: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/nd7features/
Lotus Enterprise Integrator: 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/lei7/

Help on migration to Notes Domino 7:

Title: Upgrade Central: Planning your upgrade to Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21216000

Title: Upgrading to Lotus Notes/Domino 7
(This is the key migration guide for Lotus Notes Domino 7)
Link: 
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/notesua.nsf/ddaf2e7f76d2cfbf8525674b00508d2b/de2da7b609c6cb038525703b005e2f59?OpenDocument


Learn to use Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM) for health checking. (Redbook 
also addresses pre-DDM versions).

Title: Lotus Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM)
(This is a draft Redbook and a key reference for system administrators).
Link: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp4089.html

Many of these topics will be covered at the upcoming Lotusphere 2006 
conference in Orlando, Florida, USA, January 22-27, 2006.
To register or find more information about Lotusphere, visit this page: 
http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/events/govfor.nsf/wdocs/ls2006home


General Self-Help Resources:

Here are some other ways that you can access IBM Lotus Notes & Domino 
self-help support information on the Web (not specific to version 7):

1. Register for My Support, which allows you to build a custom portal of 
support information and to subscribe to email notifications:
(This is a great service! Tens of thousands of subscribers have already 
signed up).
(Please consider subscribing to alerts for new content about the product 
you work with). 
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/einfo.html to learn more.

2. Visit the IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino product support pages at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/notes/support.html [Lotus Notes]
http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/domino/support.html [Lotus 
Domino]

3. Participate in the user-to-user IBM Lotus Notes & Domino forum at:
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/nd6forum.nsf

4. Access IBM Lotus Notes & Domino Product Documentation, Release Notes, 
White Papers, Redbooks, etc at
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/notesua.nsf/0b345eb9d127270b8525665d006bc355/e5e5f0ea9f656d548525698100567174?OpenDocument
 
[Lotus Notes]
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/notesua.nsf/0b345eb9d127270b8525665d006bc355/8313e8d10f025dee8525698100541f6d?OpenDocument
 
[Lotus Domino]

5. Access the IBM Lotus Notes & Domino DeveloperWorks page for downloads, 
learning resources and more:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/products/notesdomino/

6. Determine what problems are fixed in each release by viewing the IBM 
Lotus Notes & Domino Fix List database:
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/r5fixlist.nsf

7. Subscribe to the Lotus Notes or Lotus Domino support RSS feeds:
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/rss/lotus/475.xml?rss=s475&ca=rsslotus 
[Lotus Notes]
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/rss/lotus/463.xml?rss=s463&ca=rsslotus 
[Lotus Domino]
For help with RSS and for links to all the Lotus software RSS feeds, 
visit: http://www.ibm.com/software/support/rss/lotus/ [All Lotus products]

Kind regards,

The IBM Lotus Notes & Domino team