Admins who prevent this, either through policy, lack of education or design, are helping to contribute to the 'I hate Lotus Notes' fraternity. USERS expect that email which includes formatting should be viewed as such by every recipient. Of course there are many variables that can also affect this (both within the Domino Domain, and then from Domino to the world) and Admins who enforce settings that make users think it's an issue with Notes (which it IS NOT) only contribute to the miss-perception of Notes in the wider world.Īs I mentioned in my foot-note. The Domino server does not need to be configured for any addition conversion (thus reducing load on the Domino Server's Router Bill, Stephan and Keith Thanks for reinforcing some really important points - The user (if they are able, and in my experience they are) can affect many changes within the Notes client to improve their interaction with others, especially outside the Firewall. 23:55:09 Sending ugly email from Notes - two settings can change all David, The message will not be sent in MIME to the server, and will not 'pass through' to the recipient from Domino in both formats. (Note: for the Admins out there - if your Domino server is set to send 'Plain Text' only - SHAME on you! It's 2011 dude - or dude-ette - not 1989!) So if you're sending 'Ugly' Notes email to internet recipients, change a couple of settings and enjoy!

The two screen shots below demonstrate how to make these changes:įirst - from the Menu - choose: File -> Preferences, then Your current Notes location (essentially the Notes account settings) is configured to use MIME for the Internet message format.Ensure that your preferences have send 'HTML and Plain Text', and.Yes, Notes DOES do pretty email, you just need to make sure your settings are correct. Users complain that its Notes' fault for a lot of things, and often respond with the misguided 'I use Lotus Notes and it doesn't. It's not the first time I have come across this scenario. I knew they used Notes, and just could NOT help myself to educate them on some settings that would fix their 'ugly' email. Sending ugly email from Notes - two settings can change all that Mat Newman J07:49:28Some email going back and forth with a contact during the last few days prompted this post.

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