Domino is a generic name for a family of server products: Domino Mail Server for mail, groupware,
calendaring and Internet support functions; Domino Application Server for mail plus application
development capabilities; and Domino Enterprise Server which adds partitioning, clustering, and usage
tracking capabilities on top of Domino Application Server.
Domino supports a wide variety of popular clients, including Lotus Notes clients as well as Web
browsers, Microsoft Outlook®, and mail clients based on Internet standards such as POP3 and IMAP4.
Full function Notes R5 clients for messaging and/or collaboration run on Windows® 95, 98, 2000, and
Windows NT® 4.0 workstations, as well as Macintosh® computers running Mac OS 9.
The latest release of Domino is R5 and contains the following advancements over Domino R4:
1.Native Internet format for mail including SMTP and MIME
2.Built-in upgrade tools for migration from applications such as cc:Mail and Microsoft®
Exchange
3.Wide choice of supported clients such as Notes clients, browsers, Eudora®, and Outlook
4.Built-in connectivity for live access to relational databases and transaction systems
5.New simplified deployment and administration tools
6.Choice of Internet authoring tools for HTML, JAVA, IDE’s, and scripting
7.Improved failover supporting browers, as well as Notes clients
8.Dynamic load balancing
9.Improved capacity of directories with corresponding improvement for mobile users
10. Higher performance due to database redesign
11. Optimized to AIX® for improved capacity and response time
Lotus Domino Server R5 Implementation Guide June 18, 2001
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