As with other modes of Lotus iNotes, the ultra-light mode includes the Active Content Filter to reduce the risk of encountering dangerous script in HTML, and browser cache management to store only UI components, but no personal information in the cache. Ultra-light mode also supports the use of reverse proxies and Lotus iNotes Redirect for login. You can also use security products, such as the IBM Tivoli® Access Manager (TAM).

Lotus iNotes ultra-light is supported on the Apple iPhone or Apple iPod touch. And because it is entirely browser based, there are no additional space or memory demands on your device. iPhone users are directed to the ultra-light UI by default when using the URL to their mail file.

To view the accessible mode of Lotus iNotes on Windows, users enter the URL address of their server in the browser using the following format, for example:

http://<server.domain>/<mailfile path>/?OpenDatabase&ui=inotes_ulite

Setting up authentication with ultra-light

It is recommended that you use Domino HTTP Session Authentication in conjunction with the Lotus iNotes Redirect Application for authentication of ultra-light mode users. Due to limitations of the iPhone and iPod touch it is not possible for end users to close the last running instance of the browser unless they reset the device. Because of this, basic authentication credentials cached in the Browser cannot be cleared, which could pose a security risk.

Disabling ultra-light mode

To disable ultra-light mode, set the NOTES.INI variable iNotes_WA_Ultralight=0. The default is 1 (enabled). Note that in releases prior to 8.5.1 this setting was spelled differently (iNotes_WA_Ultralite). If you are in a mixed environment, this setting will still work for earlier versions of Lotus iNotes.

Features supported in iNotes ultra-light

Area	Description
Mail	Viewing View the Lotus iNotes mail using these views: Inbox, Sent, Trash, All documents Refresh the view View the unread count for the Inbox Message indicators: urgent message, message type, unread flag, attachments, recipient indicator, replied to, forwarded Trash view includes ability to empty trash and to restore from trash Navigating Navigate to the next or previous set of messages From an open message, ability to navigate to the next or previous message, or delete and then navigate to the next or previous message without returning to the view Reading and Responding Mark a message as read or unread View rich text messages with embedded images Open and reply to messages and forward messages in plain text (including history and attachments) Download attachments on computer; view attachments on device (if file type is supported by the device) Composing Compose and send new messages using plain text Validate and expand e-mail addresses Address picker available Type-ahead addressing for recently used e-mail addresses Managing Use view management to support selection of multiple documents, add or remove a follow-up flag, mark a message read or unread, restore a message from Trash Support plain text signature preference set in full or lite mode Support follow-up quick flag using preferences set in full or lite mode
Contacts	Viewing View a list of the Lotus iNotes contacts alphabetically by name Open and read a personal or group contact record Open a contact record from the address picker Contact information includes mobile and business phone and the primary e-mail address Creating Use a single touch to create a new message or dial the phone number from your contacts list or an open contact Create a new personal contact record; edit existing personal contact records Create a quick contact using basic information only
Calendar	Viewing View Lotus iNotes calendar entries for a day View unprocessed invitations in Calendar view if user preference "Display new (unprocessed) notices" is set Refresh the view Location and time zone information is detected automatically For IBM Lotus Notes users, if Calendar preferences were used to assign colors to different event types, those colors are reflected here Navigating Ability to navigate to the next or previous day's events Ability to navigate to a specific date using a date picker Jump to "today" when another day is displayed Managing Open and read calendar entries Accept or decline meeting invitations Support automatic processing of meeting invitations preference set in full or lite mode For accepted meetings, automatically apply accepted updates and reschedule information Provide status information in "Availability" and "Update" fields

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