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Lotus Notes 7 Installation

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From within \\campus-filer\software\LotusNotes\non-sms\R702 Full Client, Double-click setup to launch installer.

Software Installation

Click Next

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Click "I accept…" > Next.

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Type user's name or name of department

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Click Next

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Drop- down Domino Designer (if desired) and select "This feature and all sub- features…" > Next

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Click Install.

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Install Complete! Now you must configure it to your user.

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Software Configuration

Double-click Lotus Notes icon on desktop to launch setup.

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  • Input your user's first and last name.
  • Make sure "I want to connect to a Domino server" is checked and enter the name of the Domino server as "notesmail1/CSULB".
  • Click Next.

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Browse to the Lotus Notes ID location and click Open.

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Once you have located the Lotus Notes ID file, click Next.

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Click Yes.

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Default password for all new users is firstinitialandlastname.

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If you do not want instant messaging, uncheck this option and click Next. Otherwise, input the server name as notesapp3/CSULB and click Next.

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Click Next.

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Notes Setup is Complete!

Dont's Forget...

Web-based application (users must set pw from configured workstation) http://inotes.csulb.edu

Other Helpful Tips

Lotus Migration from Microsoft Outlook

Doc on how to Migrate Outlook to Lotus Notes

Doc on how to Migrate Outlook Express to Lotus Notes

Adding a Conference Room to the Lotus Notes database

Send the following information to Lotus Administrator:

  • Resource Name with Room number.
  • Description
  • Capacity
  • Owner Restrictions if any
  • List of name who can book the room (It there are no restrictions, this is no necessary)
  • Owner's Name
  • Availability of the room
  • Other Comments

The info on the screen capture can be used as an example:

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Lotus Online Resources

FYI: Here are some Lotus Notes documentation that is available online (hosted on notesapp1) for users to access.

The following doc link is for setting up new archive users:

The following doc link is for modifying existing archive users to move their archive database to the Lotus Notes archive server:

Doc on how to archive email messages