DNUG/DACHNUG IS going on this week, and HCL have had a couple of very interesting announcements, The first (chronologically) is Domino 10.0.1 FP8 is out. This contains a series of low risk, high impact fixes, and should be applied ASAP to anyone on that release. The second is the announcement about the end of support… Read the full article
Category: Domino 10
Addressing ill informed opinions of HCL Domino
Something that has been discussed with HCL Ambassadors, HCL and within Domino People on an ongoing basis is ill informed opinions of HCL Domino. Get the name right for a start. Firstly this might seem like a particular pet peeve of a pedant who is working deeply with the technology but it’s not “Lotus” or… Read the full article
“Subjective Alternative Name” is missing from Certificate
Firstly, it would be remiss to not state the obvious here:- in Domino 12 there is a complete overhaul of how you initiate certs and cert requests within Domino. With the new CertMgr you can “magically” get a cert with LetsEncrypt. If you haven’t tried the beta of Domino 12 please do. It is magic.… Read the full article
Old versions of Domino and Notes client susceptible to a specific Denial Of Service attacks
This is a few days old but I missed it at the time and haven’t seen it elsewhere. HCL have published some security alerts around Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks. The first effects versions of Domino previous to previous to releases 9.0.1 FP10 IF6, 10.0.1 FP5 and 11.0.1. The second effects version of Domino previous… Read the full article
Can I use a pre-existing SSL certificate with Domino?
Here’s a common problem that comes up and the documentation on it is pretty non-existent (or more accurately the information is out there but not Domino specific so you really have to know what you’re doing to get it done). An organisation has purchased a SSL certificate, often a wildcard cert. Something like *.mycompany.com. They… Read the full article
The Truth about Migrating from Domino to Microsoft (Mail Edition)
In this article we describe our real life experience of migrating from Notes/Domino to Microsoft Exchange and Exchange online. To be clear we have a vested interest here. We don’t want any of our customers to migrate from HCL Domino to any other platforms. However we also do acknowledge that we have got business from… Read the full article
Domino Admin ID Expired? Here’s what you need to do…
What happens when your only Domino Admin type ID expires? Not a lot really because you won’t be able to do anything! You will need to recertify your Admin ID with a new certificate and expiration date but you need an Admin ID for that right? Not if you follow this simple guide which should… Read the full article

Why move from IBM Domino? An economic study
This is a very interesting and compelling document that you should read before buying into Microsoft’s never ending falsehood that “IBM Notes and IBM Domino is dead”. Indeed, the opposite is true. Of course, everyone acknowledges that there have been no counter-messages from IBM to Microsoft’s claims and IBM have underinvested in Notes/Domino over the… Read the full article