New article: Fixing a strange JavaUseClassicJVM error in Domino 8.5.1

A reader has been working with Domino 8.5.1 on an old System i installation, when he encountered a weird error message.

Read this DominoPower article.

Posted on: October 28, 2009 9:00 am

L.A. Cloud Contract Goes To Google Over Microsoft

Google won the $7.5 million contract to provide e-mail services for the City of Los Angeles, Ca. The deal, approved 12-0, will move 30,000 workers into Google’s cloud.

Posted on: October 28, 2009 9:00 am

CommonTime mNotes Wireless Now Supports Palm Pre, iPhone

The latest version of CommonTime mSuite is now compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, 6.1 & 6.5, Symbian S60 3rd Edition, plus devices running Exchange ActiveSync including iPhone, Palm Pre, Android and Symbian S60 5th Edition devices.

Posted on: October 28, 2009 9:00 am

Anyone Successfully Using 8.5x, TxL, DAOS and Veritas Net Backup?

Dan Lynch is looking for some help. He’s attempting to implement this configuration in his test domain right now but it isn’t working very well. Has anyone out there gotten it to work?

Posted on: October 28, 2009 9:00 am

Thoughts on e-mail archiving

Eric Mack is not a great fan of Notes archiving. But. He provides a number of items you can set to make Notes archiving more efficient, less troublesome, and less apt to upset your users.

Posted on: October 28, 2009 9:00 am

Using 8.5.1? Don’t forget to enable instant spell checking

Andy Pedisich discovered, perhaps the hard way, that "Instant Spell checking" is not turned on by default in Notes 8.5.1. But… if you have a correctly spelled, but incorrect word… hmmm.

Posted on: October 27, 2009 9:00 am

Using ‘Set Config’ to update ini parameters already specified in a server’s config doc

David Brown provides a link to an old Technote that still has good information. You may want to bookmark this for the next time you need to change parameters on your server.

Posted on: October 27, 2009 9:00 am

Lotus Notes R8.5.1: Solution when “Plain red text” unread emails don’t work

Marc Champoux got a lot of complaints from his users when Notes 8.x went out with new messages showing in bold, black text. He was so happy when Notes 8.5.1 offered an option to go back to red. Then he started getting complaints again.

Posted on: October 27, 2009 9:00 am

The Flex and F5 Issue – How to Refresh Your Data

Jake Howlett has gotten complaints when the F5 key fails to refresh data in a window. He gives the reason and a couple of ways to address the problem in a Flex application.

Posted on: October 27, 2009 9:00 am

Three New LotusScript Courses for Notes and Domino 8.5

The Learning Continuum Company (TLCC) has introduced three new self-paced LotusScript courses, for Notes and Domino 8.5 developers, which can be purchased individually or with TLCC’s Notes and Domino 8.5 LotusScript Package. The package is on sale for $1,399 until October 30th, saving you $900.

Posted on: October 26, 2009 9:00 am