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Lotus iNotes -- new features
This topic describes new IBM® Lotus® iNotes™ features.

The following features can be enabled using new policy settings in the Mail Policy settings document on the Lotus iNotes Configuration tab.

Setting	Description
Refresh Inbox automatically	By default, Lotus iNotes users can set a Mail preference so that their Inbox is updated (refreshed) automatically when new mail arrives. Use this setting to disable the user preference. If this setting is not enabled, the Lotus iNotes user preference does not display in Mail preferences.
Enable unread count	Enable so that the number of unread messages in a folder displays in the navigator pane of the iNotes client.
Autoupdate unread count	Select the mail folders for which you want the unread count to update automatically.
Enable scroll hints	Select to display information about messages (depending on sort order) as users scroll through a mail list view.
Disable warning on opening attachments	By default, when a user opens an attachment, a message displays warning that opening the attachment may be a security risk. Enable this option to suppress the warning message.
Filter out images from emails	Enabling prevents users from accessing or forwarding images by filtering them out of messages at the server level.
Proxy servlet name/URL pairs	Use this setting to specify a list of Lotus Quickr servers and assign user-friendly names for the servers. Then when a user browses to add a place in their Lotus Quickr user preferences, they can browse for places by selecting from the list you have defined in their effective policy.
Show sidebar on startup	By default the sidebar displays in the mail client. Select Hide to prevent the sidebar from displaying.
Show preferences	By default, a set of user preferences are available in the mail client. To prevent preferences from displaying, clear this field.
Allow archiving on the server Allow local archiving	Enable archiving on a per person basis. Using one or both of these policy settings overrides archiving settings in the server's Configuration Settings document.

Mail disclaimer policy settings are now supported by Lotus iNotes.
Support for Notes links -- Users can open Notes links (application, document, or view links) either in a new browser window or in Lotus Notes.
Web-style search - A new notes.ini setting, INOTES_WA_DISABLE_WEBSTYLE_SEARCH=1, allows Lotus iNotes users to perform Web-style searches.
Disable URL links in edit mode -- By default, users can identify or open hotspot links (URLs) while editing or responding to a message. You can prevent this for Microsoft Inernet Exporers and return to the behavior of previous releases. Use the setting iNotes_WA_EnableOpenLinkInEditor=0 to prevent IE users from accessing or identifying links in compose or edit mode. The default setting is 1 (enabled).
Two Archive policy settings are now supported. Prohibit archiving and Prohibit private archiving criteria can be used to disable archiving for Lotus iNotes users, or to prohibit the creation of private archive criteria.
Using security policy settings for configuring proxies-- Previously, proxies were configured by use of a proxy-config.properties file located in the Domino\data\properties directory. This is no longer supported, and you must use a security policy settings document to configure proxies.
ID Vault -- Lotus iNotes users can take advantage of the Notes ID Vault to back up their Notes ID. iNotes supports the use of policies to enable this feature. Once ID Vault is enabled, iNotes users will have an additional Security preference Synchronize Notes ID with Vault. If this feature is not enabled, the user preference does not display.
Prefetch Documents -- You can set a notes.ini so that the client loads the contents of either the visible unread messages or of all visible messages in an asynchronous manner after the view list is loaded. The result is that messages will open from the view faster, because the contents are not being loaded when the message is opened, rather they have already been fetched and exist in the view. Note that enabling this feature may have some bandwidth or server CPU consumption trade-offs. To enable this feature, use notes.ini setting iNotes_WA_PrefetchDocuments=value, where:
1 = fetches all unread documents shown in the mail view
2 = fetches all documents shown in the mail view
Customizing color gradients -- You can now easily customize the color gradients used in Lotus iNotes by editing the dwa.properties file in forms85.nsf. All gradient fill and roundrect colors are now defined in dwa.properties. To change colors, edit this file in Lotus Domino® Designer and provide new color specifications.
Notes.ini setting to unblock Google™ Chrome browser -- The Google Chrome browser is blocked by default. To allow the use of Chrome, use iNotes_WA_ChromeBrowserBlock=0. If this setting is absent or set to any other value, the Chrome browser is blocked.
Notes.ini setting to allow pass-thru of HTML -- As of Domino 8.5.1, pass-thru HTML that is enclosed within square brackets is disabled by default. To allow this pass-thru HTML style, use the setting iNotes_WA_AllowPassThruHtml =1. The default value is 0.
New ultra-light client mode - The newest mode of Lotus iNotes is the ultra-light mode. It is designed for use on a mobile device and is initially supported on the Apple iPhone or iPod touch. It provides basic mail and contacts capabilities, along with a day-at-a-glance calendar.
Lotus iNotes widgets -- Administrators can define a set of widgets that can be integrated into the Lotus iNotes mail client and can specify the toolbox catalog and category names from which users can select and install their own widgets.
Lotus Quickr integration -- Administrators can enable the use of Lotus Quickr links and attachments in messages, and the ability to set Lotus Quickr preferences in their Lotus iNotes users preferences.
External Calendar overlays -- Administrator can allow users to add an external calendar to their Lotus iNotes calendar, overlaying the information so that all calendar display in the Lotus iNotes calendar.
HTTP-proxy servlets -- For Lotus iNotes features that send requests to external servers or Web services, such as with Lotus Quickr integration or Widgets, administrators can use an HTTP-proxy servlet to intercept calls and retrieve information from a remote site.
Mail Policy settings -- Lotus iNotes supports some of Mail Policy settings that can be applied either to IBM Lotus Notes® users or to Lotus iNotes users. In addition, the Mail Policy Settings document includes a Lotus iNotes tab that has settings that apply only to Lotus iNotes users.
Desktop Policy settings -- Lotus iNotes supports some of the Desktop Policy settings.
New Web server tell command -- There is a new server console command that allows administrators to replace or update the Lotus iNotes forms.nsf file without having to restart the Domino server.