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For providing Lotus Connections for free for the Domino community!

Wouldn't it be nice if there was an article about performance best practices with Blackberry and Domino?

 Thanks to Aaron Payne you can read that article, titled "IBM Lotus Domino with BlackBerry Enterprise Server: Performance best practices", at Developerworks.

Keeping a pre-Notes 8 version on Windows is an entry that appears in the Domino 8.0.2 Admin Help database.

Click here to access the information in the browser.

I ran across this website a while back and was meaning to share it with you. Now that I have remembered, here's information about the Lotus Notes Ninjas website. Get to the Lotus Notes Ninjas website for: tips, user tips, hints, Golden Rules, and more. A lot of information for those who use Lotus Notes and Domino.

Sometimes a Domino administrator has to hit the ground running; without formal training. I can understand how that can happen. Below are free self pace tutorials that could get you up to speed in a particular area dealing with administrating the Domino server. Don't let the version number scare you off. There's good knowledge there.

• Domino Server 6 Administration

• Domino 6 Password and ID Management

• Domino 6 Monitoring and Statistics

• Using Policies in Lotus Domino 6

• Creating and Using the Certificate Authority in Lotus Domino 6

Below are a list of free educational documents. For a handy list of all documents, I separated them so you can see information about each one. You can access this Knowledge Collection document:

Lotus Software Knowledge Base Document
Title:        Knowledge Collection: Lotus Education on Demand Tutorials for Notes and Domino 6.x and 7.x
Doc #:     1250008
URL:        http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21250008


Smart Upgrade
Lotus Education On Demand: Lotus Domino/Notes 6 Smart Upgrade Tutorial
This free tutorial is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of configuring and using the IBM Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade feature in Lotus Domino/Notes 6. This course details how to create the required databases and documents needed to deploy Smart Upgrade functionality within your Domino environment.

6.5 Client, Mail, and Calendaring and Scheduling
Lotus Education On Demand: Lotus Notes 6.5 Client, Mail and C&S Features
This free tutorial is designed to introduce you to the new client features for Lotus Notes 6.5, with emphasis on workstation mail features and calendar and scheduling (C&S).

Lotus Notes IM
Lotus Education On Demand: Lotus Notes Instant Messaging
This free tutorial is designed to teach you how to use, support, and troubleshoot the new Notes Instant Messaging functionality in IBM Lotus Notes 6.5, IBM Lotus Domino Designer 6.5, IBM Lotus Notes Workplace 6.5, and the updated mail template (Mail6.ntf).

6.x Client Install
Lotus Education On Demand: Lotus Notes 6.x Client Installation
This workshop is designed to provide participants with hands-on experience installing the IBM Lotus Notes 6.x client, the IBM Lotus Domino Administrator 6.x client, and the IBM Lotus Domino Designer 6.x client.

6 Intro Admin: Operating Fundamentals
Lotus Education On Demand: Introduction to Administering IBM Lotus Domino 6/6.5: Operating Fundamentals
If you are new to Domino administration, here is a self-paced, e-learning tutorial to help you get started. "Introduction to Administering IBM Lotus Domino 6/6.5: Operating Fundamentals" introduces you to basic concepts that provide the foundation for Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes.

DWA Support and Troubleshooting
Lotus Education On Demand: IBM Lotus Domino Web Access Support and Troubleshooting
This free tutorial is an intermediate level course on troubleshooting IBM Lotus Domino Web Access issues. This course focuses on using mailfiles with IBM Lotus Domino Web Access. The exercises and activities in this course emphasize hands-on setup and testing in an IBM Lotus Domino Web Access environment.

7.x Domino Designer Client Building Databases
Lotus Education on Demand: Building Databases with Domino Designer 7
This free tutorial is designed to take you through the steps of building a fully functional Domino database using Domino Designer 7.  You will be introduced to all the necessary design elements such as forms and views, as well as actions, agents and outlines.  Each part of the course is accompanied by a database file.  This database provides completed examples of the exercises in each part.

Domino Domain Monitoring
Lotus Education on Demand: Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM)
This workshop introduces you to Domino Domain Monitoring, commonly abbreviated as DDM. DDM is a new feature in Lotus Domino 7 intended to provide a simple, flexible and powerful interface for Domino administrators to monitor the servers in their domain.

Domino Server Controller & Domino Console
Lotus Education On Demand: Lotus Domino Server Controller and Domino Console Tutorial
This free tutorial will introduce you to the Lotus Domino Server Controller and Domino Console.

Domino CA
Lotus Education On Demand: Lotus Domino Certification Authority Tutorial
This free tutorial will introduce you to the Lotus Domino Certification Authority (CA) process, which is used to manage and process certificate requests.

Troubleshooting DNS and SMTP Mail Issues
Lotus Education On Demand: Using NSLookup to Troubleshoot DNS and SMTP Mail Issues
This free tutorial is designed to provide you with hands-on experience using NSLookup to verify DNS records affecting Internet (SMTP) mail routing. IBM Lotus Support Engineers use a variety of applications to troubleshoot SMTP mail issues. In particular, NSLookup is used frequently to determine if a particular Internet domain is capable of receiving inbound SMTP mail and to verify the appropriate DNS records exist for the domain.

Troubleshooting SMTP Mail Issues Using Telnet
Lotus Education On Demand: Using Telnet to Troubleshoot SMTP Mail issues
This free tutorial is designed to provide you with hands-on experience using Telnet to troubleshoot Internet (SMTP) mail issues. IBM Lotus Support Engineers use a variety of applications to troubleshoot SMTP mail issues. In particular, Telnet is used frequently to determine if a particular SMTP server is capable of receiving inbound mail. 

Lotus Protector for Mail Security

IBM's preemptive protective and spam control for Lotus Domino.
Below are links with additional information.

• Home page
• Features and benefits
• System requirements
• Library
• Product documentation
• How to buy
• Podcast