Document number: 16134

 

Note: Lotus iNotes (Webmail) is currently in beta testing mode only and is not available to the general PeopleSoft population. The pilot is currently closed and is not being expanded to include additional users. Look for communications via OneVoice regarding iNotes (Webmail) in the future.

The following chart is a feature comparison between the Lotus Notes client, iNotes Web Access and Webmail.

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Mail Features Views and folders Creating and addressing messages Viewing and responding to messages Editing features User Preferences Security Attachments

Calendar and Scheduling Views Calendar entries and group scheduling User preferences Autoprocessing of calendar information

To Do's Personal Names and Address Book (Contacts) Miscellaneous

                                        Mail Features

Views and folders:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Inbox view	Yes	Yes	Yes
Drafts view	Yes	Yes	Yes
All Documents view	Yes	Yes	Yes
Discussion thread view	Yes	No	Yes
Folders	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create and delete folders	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mail > 180 Days view	Yes	No	No
Nested Folders	Yes	Yes	Yes
Copy and move to folder	Yes	Yes	Yes
Drag-and-drop messages into folders	Yes	No	No
Soft deletes	Yes	No	No
From the action bar, open mail into specific view (ie. inbox, sent, drafts, etc)	No	Yes	No
Creating and addressing messages:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Apply mood stamps to messages	Yes	No	No
Choose a letterhead	Yes	No	No
Copy Into - Task, Calendar Entry or New Memo	Yes	No	Yes
Create new memo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create/use stationery	Yes	No	No
Delivery options (importance, delivery priority, delivery report)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Forward document as bookmark link message	Yes	No	No
Forward message	Yes	Yes	Yes
Forward Web pages and documents from any Notes application	Yes	No	No
Integrated Address Book lookup when sending a message	Yes	Yes	No
Internet message format	Yes	Yes	Yes
Name & Address Book lookup	Yes	Yes	Yes
Personal Contacts Address Book	Yes	Yes	Yes
Prevent copying	Yes	No	No
Return receipt	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sametime integration	Yes	Yes	No
Save message draft	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spell checking	Yes	Yes	No
Support file attachments	Yes	Yes	Yes (limit of 2)
Type-ahead addressing	Yes	Yes	No
Type-ahead within "Move to Folder" dialog box	Yes	No	No
Use signature file	Yes	Yes	Yes
View file attachments from within message	Yes	No	No
Viewing and responding to messages:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Action Bar	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add sender of message to Personal Contacts list	Yes	Yes	Yes
Automatically checking for new messages	Yes	Yes	No
Create tables within messages	Yes	No	No
Detach attachments	Yes	Yes	Yes
Display of importance/type icons in views	Yes	Yes	Yes
DocLinks, View Links, and Database Links	Yes	Yes	Yes (Same server only)
Navigate to next document without returning to view	Yes	No	Yes
Next/previous navigation within an open mail message	Yes	No	No
Perform mail file delegation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Preference setting for new mail on top/botton	No	Yes	No
Read encrypted mail	Yes	No	No
Reply to all	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reply to memo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reply with history	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reply without attachments	Yes	No	No
Re-send documents from within a delivery failure	Yes	Yes	Yes
Support for Read/Unread marks	Yes	Yes	No
View rich text within a message	Yes	Yes	Yes
View sections	Yes	Yes	Yes
View tables within messages	Yes	Yes	Yes
Verify signature of signed mail	Yes	No	No
Editing features:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Ability to switch language dictionaries for spell checking	No	Yes	No
Create sections	Yes	No	No
Hotspots	Yes	No	No
Insert image resources	Yes	Yes	No
Left, right, and center, indent, outdent text justification	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sections	Yes	No	No
Support for both bullets and numbered lists	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tables	Yes	No	No
Undo	Yes	No	No
User preferences:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Ability to archive mail and calendar & scheduling documents	Yes	Yes	No
Automatically create a reply message by clicking on the From field	No	Yes	No
Lookup across multiple Address Books	Yes	Yes	Yes
New mail notification	Yes	Yes	No
Security:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Clear browser cache and system temp directory upon logout	Yes	Yes	No
Read encrypted mail	Yes	No	No
Send signed and/or encrypted mail	Yes	No	No
User can change their own password from client	Yes	Yes	No
Attachments:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Ability to rename attachments on download	Yes	No	No
Drag and drop attachments from desktop/file system	Yes	Yes	No
Unlimited Attachments	Yes	Yes	No (Maximum 2)

                                        Calendar and Scheduling

Views:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Ability for chairperson to see status of invitees from the view level	Yes	No	No
Calendar print preview	No	Yes	No
Calendar views	1 day 2 day 5 day 1 week 2 week 1 month	1 day 2 day 5 day 1 week 2 week 1 month 1 year	1 day 2 day 1 week 2 week 1 month 1 year
Inline calendar view editing	Yes	No	No
Meeting view	Yes	No	Yes
Open Calendar into specific view (1-day, 1 week, 1-month, etc)	No	Yes	No
Summarized calendar views	Yes	No	No
Work/nonwork hour differentiation	No	Yes	No
Calendar entries and group scheduling:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Ability to specify time zones	Yes	No	No
Accept counter proposal	Yes	Yes	Yes
Accept/decline invitation with comments	Yes	Yes	No
Accept invitation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add additional invitees after invitation is sent	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add alarms to entries	Yes	Yes	No
Address lookup for inviting people	Yes	Yes	Yes
Attach a file to invitation forms	Yes	Yes	No
Automatic date (calendar picture) and time selector controls	Yes	Yes	No
Centrally managed rooms & resources	Yes	Yes	Yes
Check calendar from invitation page	Yes	Yes	No
Check freetime availability for invitees	Yes	Yes	Yes
Counter propose an alternative time	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create All Day Event	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create Anniversary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create Appointment	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create group calendar	Yes	Yes	No
Create Meeting Invitation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create meeting invitation from group calendar view populating group members in invitation	No	Yes	No
Create Reminder	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create repeating entries	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create rich text in detailed description field	Yes	Yes	No
Decline invitation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delegate an invitation	Yes	No	Yes
Delivery options on calendar entries	Yes	No	Yes
Display invitee responses in invitation	Yes	No	Yes
Double-click within the calendar view to create an entry	Yes	Yes	No
Edit calendar entries	Yes	Yes	Yes
Freetime search within a counter-proposal	Yes	No	No
Mark an entry private	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pencil in a meeting / tentatively schedule	Yes	No	Yes
Respond with comments within a counter-proposal	Yes	Yes	No
Send a reschedule notice	Yes	Yes	Yes
Send "broadcast" invitation (no RSVPs/responses)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Send meeting confirmation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Support for meetings spanning midnight	Yes	No	No
Users in different time zones can share the same server and still see meeting times with respect to their own zone	Yes	Yes	No
User preferences:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Allow another user to manage calendar without allowing access to email	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enable conflict checking for calendar entries	Yes	Yes	No
Option to make freetime available to only certain users	Yes	Yes	Yes
Options to set allowable freetime	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mark default calendar entry as "not for public viewing"	Yes	Yes	No
Set global default appointment duration	Yes	Yes	Yes
Set global default calendar entry type	Yes	Yes	No
Autoprocessing of calendar information:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Ability to autoprocess invitations	Yes	Yes	Yes
Option to remove invitations from Inbox after processing	Yes	Yes	Yes

To Do's	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Ability to set time on To Do's	Yes	No	No
Alarm notification on To Do's	Yes	Yes	No
Categorize new To Do entries	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create group To Do's	Yes	No	Yes
Create personal To Do's	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create To Do's	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delegate a To Do to another person	Yes	No	Yes
Display To Dos in Gantt chart format	No	Yes	No
Mark To Do's complete or uncompleted	Yes	Yes	Yes
Owner and participant actions	Yes	No	Yes
Priorities for To Do's	Yes	Yes	Yes

Personal Names and Address Book (Contacts)	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Add users in PeopleSoft Directory to Personal contact list	Yes	No	Yes
Automatically add email sender to Personal contact list	Yes	No	Yes
Categorization of contacts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Contacts integrated in mail file	No	Yes	Yes
Sort contacts by Last Name, Company, Email, Address etc	Yes	Yes	Yes
Select multiple contacts and send message	Yes	Yes	No
Select multiple contacts and schedule a meeting	Yes	Yes	No

Miscellaneous:	Notes Client	iNotes Web Access	Webmail
Browser Support	N/A	Win32 Internet Explorer 5.0 with SP1 or higher and Internet Explorer 6.0	Internet Explorer 4.x Internet Explorer 5.x Netscape Navigator 4.x
Context sensitive help	Yes	Yes	No
Welcome Page Support:	Yes	Yes	No
Mail view filter for high priority messages	No	Yes	No
Mail view filter for last 10 messages	No	Yes	No
Mail view filter for unread messages	No	Yes	No
Use Web browser to display HTML mail messages	Yes	Yes	Yes

 

 

 

 

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Created: dcb 02/11/2003