Gregg Eldred

For the most part, upgrading from Lotus Notes 6.5.x or 7.x to Lotus Notes 8.5.x is painless for the users. However, in my travels, I have spent time resolving the same two "issues" for several organizations. Granted, a little training, setting of expectations, or a small Notes 8.5.x pilot group would go a long way in alleviating these "issues," however time can be precious. To that end, here are the two things that I find myself adjusting.

First, images do not display in HTML mail. An example of this is:



In order for you to see the images, you have to click on "Show images:"



And then your mail message looks like this:



The reason for this action is to help protect the user from image viruses.

To resolve this "problem," simply have the user click on File - Preferences - Mail - Internet. Then, under the section "Image Security", you can use the checkbox to enable or disable this feature:



If you are packaging a Notes install, you can change this using a notes.ini setting, NoDelayedRemoteImages:
To disable the option, set the parameter to 0: NoDelayedRemoteImages=0.
To enable the option, set the parameter to 1: NoDelayedRemoteImages=1.

The second "issue" requires the Domino Designer to resolve. When an internet message is received, the recipient is not shown the sender address details. To view them, you have to click "Show details:"



Once clicked, the user now sees:



I find this nice and clean. But, at times, I am in the minority. So, if you have people that prefer to see the details for all of their internet messages, break out your Domino Designer and let's go "fix" this. By the way, if more people than not want this ffeature, it would be best if you modified the mail template or, better, created a new template for only those that want this functionaility. Finally, it won't take long to make this change

First, in Domino Designer, open the mail file. Then, select Forms - Message - Objects panel and open "Memo (Form)." Finally, in the QueryOpen of the Memo form, add the following two lines (in italics):

If source.InPreviewPane Then Exit Sub
'*********************************************
'Begin Quota Checking Code
'*********************************************
Dim check_quota As Integer
Dim session As New NotesSession
Call session.SetEnvironmentVar("mHeaderDetails",1)
check_quota = False 

Remember, if a majority of your mail users prefer to not click "Show details," seriously consider making this change to the mail template.

And document this change. :-)

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Comment posted by Charles Robinson12/07/2009 10:11:17 AM
Homepage: http://www.cubert.net

One reason not to load remote images is many spam e-mails have "web bugs" that track when the messages are loaded. This can tell spammers that an e-mail address is active and make the user a target for further attacks. Here is more information on the process: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_bug#E-mail_Web_bugs .

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