Big picture of Lotus Notes?

Question

I'd like to check Lotus Notes as a replacement for Outlook in stand-alone mode, ie. using local files instead of talking to a remote Domino server.

Googling for this didn't return much, and the books I found on Amazon usually just show how to use the Lotus Notes client: Does someone know of a good article that gives the big picture of how Notes works?

IOW, I'd like to know where to go from the 8.5.2 trial EXE that I just downloaded, and how to get a runnning PIM application that I can sync with a smartphone, including contacts, calendar, to-do's, and notes.

Thank you.

Answer 1

I have to used Lotus Notes for 5 years. I expect Hell to be kind of the same experience.

You can say a lot of things about the trio Outlook/Exchange/Sharepoint but whatever the problem you have, it will be worst with Lotus Notes.

Answer 2

Avoid like the plague! JUST DON'T USE IT. It is a BIG failure.

You should do like what we did in our company (multinational, thousands of employees), and move to google apps.)

Answer 3

The best place to get help or the big picture as you say is to use built-in Lotus Notes help.

If you have a full install of the Notes client you should already have this setup. So try pressing F1 to trigger the contextual help sidebar.

Alternatively you can open the full help application by hitting CTRL-O to open applications, nav to the "Help" subdirectory, and click select the relevant help page.

If you want to wire up Lotus Notes to access an IMAP mail box, make sure your location is "Online" (to switch locations nav to File > Locations > Switch to Location...). Then click on Tools > Client Reconfiguration Wizard.