Lotus Notes forced from above - quirks that the support people didn't know

Assorted notes about the forced use of lotus notes for email and calendar

Can't send email as "group webmaster" with webmaster's email address from my usual account.

Even setting reply to address is a major task.

One option is to create a role account (and make me the delegate so I don't have to recall all passwords) for each role I send email for.

Better option is to use thunderbird and standard smtp/imap mail for real sysadmin work.

Role accounts and Delegates:

It turns out that the lotus web client works really well on a mac.

If you open the url of someones lotus notes and then log in as the delegate (who has permission for calendar access, you can control their calendar and see only their meeting invites in the mail tab - as expected.

One complication is that the real users preferences are what is seen by the delegate - so the OWNER of the account has to set all preferences that relate to display or working hours for the calendar.

Web client on late 2006 intel imac MUCH quicker and nicer than lotus client on p4 win laptop.