Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino Release 5.0.8 Maintenance Release (MR)
January 24, 2003
Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino Release 5.0.8 Maintenance Release (MR)
The Notes and Domino Product Team is pleased to announce the availability of Release 5.0.8, which is the eighth maintenance release of the R5.0.x stream. The R5.0.7a -> R5.0.8 Incremental Installers are available here on Notes.net.
New Features in Release 5.0.8
Upgrade by Mail
Enhance upgrade by Mail for 5.0.x to Rnext upgrade
The enhanced Upgrade-by-Mail feature provides a wizard-like interface to allow Domino administrators to create and mail a customized upgrade message to Notes users. At the Administrator's option, recipients can upgrade their Notes client code by clicking a single button in the memo, or run setup automatically upon opening memo.
Administration
Ability for administrators to create new replicas of mail files
The new Create and Move Database Replica feature allows administrators to create and move database replicas regardless of whether they have access to the database. Administrators can create a replica without opening the database and obtaining the replica ID. The three administration process requests that formerly checked for the replica ID no longer do so. These requests are Check Access for Create Replica, Check Access for Move Replica, and Check Access for Non-cluster Replica Move.
The primary benefits derived from this new feature are ease of administration for load-leveling applications and more consistent delegation of administration duties. Application load leveling is more available because administrators can easily move applications from overloaded servers to less-utilized servers. Delegation of duties is more consistent because administrators alone can move applications to other servers while application designers can concentrate on designing applications.
DOLS
CD Level 1 support (prepack of DOLS file sets and application replicas)
DOLS Client CD can be configured to prepack application replicas.
iNotes Web Access
iNotes Web Access is a next-generation Web client that delivers leading Domino messaging, collaboration, and PIM (Personal Information Management) capabilities to Web browsers. For the first time ever, browser users can to take full advantage of Domino services through an ultra-intuitive, easy-to-use interface—both on- and off-line, seamlessly.
Note: Because iNotes Web Access is a major feature enhancement to Domino and the Notes family, it is only available to customers whose Notes or iNotes licenses are covered by the Passport Advantage software subscription, and those customers acquiring new licenses of Lotus Notes or Lotus iNotes R5.0.8. If you are a subscription customer, you may download the full Domino/Notes/iNotes R5.0.8 code from the Passport Advantage website, and you will receive iNotes Web Access on the shipping R5.0.8 CD. Customers can also acquire new licenses of R5.0.8, including iNotes Web Access, using the Lotus purchase options.
iNotes Web Access offers:
- A leading edge Web client: iNotes Web Access combines the simplicity and universality of a Web browser with the power of an enterprise-class, full-featured application.
- All the advantages of Domino: Extend your enterprise or e-business by delivering Domino to customers, business partners and end users through a sophisticated Web client.
- On-line and off-line access: For the first time, give Web browser users access to e-mail, calendar, group scheduling, to do list and personal contacts-whether they're on-line or disconnected.
- Rapid, no-touch deployment: Instantly deliver Domino collaborative services to all your browser users.
- Instant messaging and collaboration: iNotes Web Access integrates with Lotus Sametime and QuickPlace, letting browser users see who's on-line, send instant messages, chat with colleagues in realtime and collaborate over the Web.
Browser support for Linux
Beginning with Release 5.0.8, Netscape Communicator 4.7 is a supported browser on a Red Hat 6.x Linux client when used in conjunction with a Domino server.
New and Updated Applications on Release 5.0.8 CD-ROM
In addition to the new features found in the Notes and Domino products, the \APPS directory of the R5.0.8 CD-ROM contains applications that enrich the capabilities of Notes, Designer, and Domino.
Lotus Notes R5 QuickCards Preview Collection (updated)
The Lotus QuickCards Preview collection is now available in 11 languages. In addition to English, available since R5.0.6, Lotus QuickCards are now available in Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. This desktop application is a learning support tool designed for end users migrating to Lotus Notes R5. The "preview collection" contained on this CD includes 25 electronic "QuickCards" containing step-by-step instructions for popular Notes R5 features. Launched from an icon on the toolbar, QuickCards appear "on top" of Notes R5, so users can see the card and refer to it while performing the steps required to complete a function.
Lotus Translation Components (LTC) Release 2.1.1 (updated)
The Lotus Translation Components Release 2.1.1 (LTC) are a set of programming objects and server based software services that allow the secure, scalable and interactive integration of a variety of translation services into Domino, Sametime and WebSphere applications. Using the open architecture of the Lotus Translation Components, developers can rapidly and intuitively connect to many different third-party translation services using Translation Connectors, provided they support the Linguistic Services API (LSAPI) developed by Lotus. Machine Translation, Translation Memory, and Web-based Human Translation services are only a few of these services. The LTCs 2.1.1 are the cross platform version of the LTCs 2.1 (Domino W32 Server CD only) previously shipped in March 2001 and support the following environments: Windows 95, Windows, 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, AIX and Solaris.
TivReady (Refresh)
The Tivoli Ready feature of Domino was refreshed to reflect the new version of Domino. No functionality has changed. But Domino will now appear as the R5.0.8 version within the Tivoli Framework and Inventory applications.
New Platform Support
Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Datacenter editions supported
Beginning with R5.0.7, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Datacenter editions are supported platforms for the Domino server.
Support for Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional for the Domino server and Notes client respectively began with R5.0.3 and continues forward.
Notes and Domino Release 5.0.8 Fix List
The Notes/Domino Fix List Database allows you to access all of the fix list entries for the 5.0.x codestream. The Release 5.0.8 fix list is contained in this database, along with previous R5.0.x fix lists.
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