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New System for Archiving Emails

Alex — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:43:53 +0000

Yesterday morning, Dexmar Ltd announced the release of a collaborative email archiving solution for Lotus Notes and Domino. Named Dexmar E2M, the system enables organizations to manage emails using defined business processes. This process is quite extensive as it not only determines what is archived and how it is indexed, it also considers how long the mail is retained based on its value to the business.

Dexmar also claims that once organizations have implemented their system, they will store less email data and retain it for a shorter period of time. This will reduce the cost of managing email data, and by ensuring these companies only store necessary business information, legal and compliance risk can also be reduced.

So far, Dexmar E2M has already been approved by the UK National Archives, which can provide some reassurance that this system uses good practices for records management.

Lotus Notes – Not Just Email

Alex — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:26:04 +0000

Think Lotus Notes is just about email? If so, you are sadly mistaken.

In a recent blog post by Lotus Evangelist, it states all the multiple uses for Lotus Notes. Some of them are listed below:

A widget player
Instant Messaging client
Rebate Tracker
Grocery List Minder
Expense Reports
Mileage tracking
Password Logging
Photo storage
Stores tax returns
Phone Call Logs

If that weren’t enough, it will also sync to your BlackBerry.

As you can tell, Lotus is far from a simple email service. But if you had Lotus, and had been using it just for email, perhaps this post will help open you up to the world that you’ve been missing.

Lotus Notes Domino 8 Blocks Email From Unknown Recipients

Alex — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:28:37 +0000

One common problem that may affect Lotus Notes Domino security administrators is the need to ensure that their server loads don’t increase due to junk emails or email bombs. But according to SearchDomino.com, this task is now a bit easier. Lotus Notes Domino 8 allows you to set the SMTP configurations in order to conduct lookups in the directory, before it routes messages in your infrastructure. The Domino server will then reject all mail with ambiguous addresses.

After being rejected, the message is routed back to the sender while also informing them that Domino didn’t accept the email. However, people can request that you add them to the list of “safe” senders, allowing you to receive their future emails.

To activate this setting, you need to modify the appropriate setting in the Configuration Settings document. Navigate to the Router/SMTP -> Select Restrictions and Controls -> SMTP Inbound Controls tab. You will find six additional sections that you can use to configure the SMTP protocol.

More information is available here.