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Customize Lotus Notes Mail

To access user preferences : Go to File, Preferences, User Preferences.

To change Icon color or size:
You can choose an icon color or size that is easier to see.
Choose Basics (left side), and then under the Display Options section refer to Icon color scheme to change color; refer to Bookmark icon size to change icon size.

Change Default Fonts
You can select different fonts for clarity.
Choose Basics, and then under the Display Options section, click Default Fonts to set your default font.
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Why Lotus Notes mail agents do not run

Property “After new mail has arrived” agents are designed to run on the home mail server of the agent owner (signer). If the agent is replicated from your home mail server to another system, or if you are trying to run an agent that was written by someone else, your home mail server will not match the server on which you are attempting to run the mail agent, and the agent will not run.

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Understanding and implementing local mail replicas in Lotus Notes Mail

The flexibility and freedom provided by replication has been an unsurpassed benefit of using IBM Lotus Notes. Many organizations choose to leverage this powerful feature on a full-time basis and have configured their users to work with local replicas of their Notes databases, including mail databases.

In addition to the points discussed in this article, Lotus Notes/Domino added features that may make implementing local mail replicas even more enticing. This article discusses these additional enhancements and recommends ways to set up local mail replicas. Prior to explaining the local replica model and the technical details behind establishing the environment within your infrastructure, let’s look at an example of the applicability of the model.

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Using the Notes client with Hotmail (or not)

I actually set up two Hotmail accounts because I didn’t realize Microsoft had instituted parental controls. During the setup of “NotesTest,” I randomly chose a birth year. Suddenly I was 8 years old again and the program wanted my parents’ permission before completing setup.

When I tried to change my age it wanted my credit card information. Now I was in a loop. I could either get my parents’ permission or give Microsoft a credit card number. To get out of the loop I closed my browser. I could comment that any 8-year-old enterprising enough to set up a Web account would be able to find Mommy’s credit card number, but I won’t. I finally got in as “NotesTestt2″ – an adult – and created some mail.

Microsoft has changed Hotmail to Windows Live Hotmail and the servers are no longer “hotmail.com” but “live.com” making “hotmail.com” an alias. In doing so they limited POP3 capabilities and linked the ID to a number of other programs.

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