Monthly Archives: October 2023

All Essential Links for Everything Notes/Domino in One Place


Here is a collection of links to everything you could possibly want for Domino and HCL Notes (#LotusNotes)
I have many more links to add, so consider this a starting point and bookmark this one page for reference and return to it often.
Use this shortened URL that is easy to remember:
If you know of a link that I should add to this list, please post it in the comments and I will get it added.
If you find a link is broken, also let me know what the new link is or if it should be removed.

HCL websites
NEW!!! HCL Software Downloads Homepage: https://my.hcltechsw.com/
HCL Ambassador Program: https://www.hcltechsw.com/about/hcl-ambassadors
SoFy HCL and 3rd party software store and test drive sandbox https://hclsofy.com/

HCL Business Partner Registration: https://registration.hclpartnerconnect.com/general.nsf/welcome?open&login=1
HCL Business Partner Portal: https://www.hcltechsw.com/resources/partner-connect
HCL Idea Portal: https://domino-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas

HCL Customer Service- knowledgebase, documentation, forums, support tickets: https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=csm_index
Your HCL Portal for personalized links: https://id.hcltechsw.com/app/UserHome
HCL Software downloads: https://hclsoftware.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operationsportal/startPage.do

HCL Domino Beta Program: https://registration.hclpartnerconnect.com/D11Beta
HCL Domino Volt Beta Program: https://help.hcltechsw.com/domino_volt/beta/welcome.html
HCL Domino Leap Complete Resources: https://hclwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HDV/overview

HCLSoftware U: (the new academy) https://hclsoftwareu.hcltechsw.com/
HCL Software Blog: https://blog.hcltechsw.com/
HCL Sandboxes for Leap, Sametime, and Nomad Web: https://start.myhclsandbox.com/

HCL Notes/Domino Release Fixlist per release: https://ds-infolib.hcltechsw.com/ldd/fixlist.nsf
HCL Notes/Domno Release Schedule: https://ds_infolib.hcltechsw.com/ldd/fixlist.nsf/Progress?OpenView
HCL Open Source Repositories: https://opensource.hcltechsw.com/domino

HCL public Sametime Community: PENDING
HCL public Connections Community: PENDING
HCL Notes.net Domino Server for Notes client connections to resources: PENDING

Other resources
Planet Lotus Blog aggregator: https://planetlotus.org/
OpenNTF: https://www.openntf.org
Collaboration Today:  https://collaborationtoday.info/

3rd Party Software (Please tell them David Hablewitz sent you):
Crossware: https://crossware365.com/hcl-domino-email-signatures/
RPR Wyatt Vital Signs: https://rprwyatt.com/vitalsigns/
Panagenda: https://www.panagenda.com/
Ytria: https://www.ytria.com/ezsuite/
Maysoft SpamSentinel: http://maysoft.com/spamsentinel-for-hcl-domino.html
Libraesva https://www.libraesva.com/
Prominic: https://www.prominic.net
Belesoft: https://belsoft-collaboration.ch/en/

User groups:
CollabSphere: https://collabsphere.org
Engage: https://engage.ug/
C3UG: http://www.c3ug.ca/
DNUG: https://dnug.de/en/
Let’s Connect Nordics:  https://nordics.letsconnect.world/
sutol:  https://sutol.cz/
Spanish Domino User Group:  https://www.slug.es/

Social Media
Facebook Groups:
HCL Notes Domino App Store https://www.facebook.com/groups/domino.app.store
HCL Software – Digital Solutions Business Partners – Worldwide https://www.facebook.com/groups/135983955430
HCL Notes Domino Administrators https://www.facebook.com/groups/LotusDominoAdmins
HCL Notes Domino etc Enthusiasts https://www.facebook.com/groups/hclenthusiasts
HCL Notes Domino Developers https://www.facebook.com/groups/dominodev

Twitter
https://twitter.com/HCLAmbassadors  (2K followers)
https://twitter.com/HCLSoftware  (40K followers)
https://twitter.com/HCL_CollabSup  (1K followers)
https://twitter.com/HCLDigital  (47K followers)

LinkedIn pages
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hclsoftware/ (400K followers)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hcltech/ (5.5M followers)

LinkedIn groups
Messaging & Collaboration Professionals – Lotus  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/37836/  (26K members)
HCL Domino, Notes & XPages  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/25044/  (10K members)

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/c/HCLSoftware/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@HCLDigitalSolutions/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@OpenNTF

HCL Notes/Domino V14 Early Access Program release 3 is available today


EA3 of HCL Notes/Domino V14.0, probably last EA release before the final version is released later this year, was released today! Try out their new website for software downloads while you’re at it. Visit https://my.hcltechsw.com/downloads

I will say this new website is a joy to work with. From here, it is easy to download the components you want to try out. Then be sure to give feedback on the product before it is released. Post your feedback here: https://registration.hclpartnerconnect.com/domino14forum.nsf/allDocuments.xsp

#LotusNotes #IBMNotes

How to disable the alternate FROM fields in Notes V12


A new feature in mail for Notes 12 is the ability to send messages using different FROM addresses. If your company has a rule prohibiting this, you will want a way to disable this new feature. Have no fear, they thought of that already. Just push out the Notes.ini setting via User Policies: $DisableShortNameFrom=1