Neue Features in Lotus Notes/Domino 6.5.4

Kategorie: Notes/Domino 6.x

Notes Client
"Ambiguous Names" and "No Match" dialogs improved
Usability of the Ambiguous Names dialog and the No Match dialog has been improved to include: sorting by name, adding a horizontal scroll bar, and including help text informing the user that they can customize the dialog.

New Turkish Lira symbol available
The new Turkish Lira symbol (YTL) has been added to the list of customizable currency symbols for Notes fields.

Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook

x509-encrypted messages can be received
DAMO users now have the ability to receive x509-encrypted messages.

Launch/shutdown performance improved
The initial launch and shutdown performance of Outlook with DAMO has been improved.

Option to separate Data and Program directories
DAMO now allows customers to install the Data and program directories to separate install locations. Previously, the Data and Program directories were installed to the same location.

New Mail notification
Users now see a system tray icon when new mail arrives in their Inbox.

Offline Address Book support
Users can now perform Address Book look-ups when working offline.

iSeries

Memcheck process
Memcheck is a binary file (executable) that is invoked by the NSD utility whenever NSD is run. Memcheck runs a scan of all shared memory segments in use by Notes processes, as well as the individual stack memory allocated to each process, and determines if the actual memory segment format matches the expected format.

Automatic Diagnostic Collection tool
The Automatic Diagnostic Collection tool is a way for Administrators to automatically collect crash diagnostic data on Notes clients and Domino servers, and send that information to a centralized mail-in database of their choosing. This will eliminate the issue of users not reporting crashes, or not capturing the proper data on a client or server crash.

Platforms

AIX 5.3 supported
AIX 5.3, with patches PTF IY58691* and PTF IY58143, is fully supported. This support extends to all processor architectures supported on the AIX 5.3 operating system, including Power 5.

* With PTF IY58691, also upgrade bos.net.nis.client to version 5.3.0.10 if NIS is installed on the system and NIS is not at this level (or higher) after this PTF is installed

Server

Name reversion requests are approvable rather than automatic
Admin process requests for name reversion, which would normally execute automatically after 21 days will no longer automatically execute. The requests will now have to be approved, helping to prevent issues with automatic reversion happening prematurely.

Password Compliance feature set
The Password Compliance feature set is controlled by new Policy Security Settings, and provides administrators with more granularity in setting a policy for acceptable passwords on Notes IDs. When the user changes passwords, they will also be prompted with a dialog that reflects the policy, for example:

Your new password must
• Contain at least 'x' characters
• Contain a minimum of 'x' and a maximum of 'y' alphabetic characters
• Contain a minimum of 'x' and a maximum of 'y' numeric characters
• Not reuse any of the previous 'x' passwords
• Not contain your user name as part of the password
• Not start with 'xxx'
• Not end with 'yyy'

In addition to providing more flexibility in managing and complying with corporate password guidelines, this feature set will assist customers who may need to comply with the Italian Privacy Law, legislation enacted in Italy that requires all systems used or accessed by Italian citizens to provide and enforce a new set of password management features.

Smart Upgrade Governor
The Smart Upgrade Governor prevents any particular server from being overloaded by a large number of Smart Upgrade requests, preventing potential downtime and instability during peak work hours.

Quelle: Lotus.com