How to compare, contrast and edit Lotus Notes document field values with scanEZ (1)
We’re always eager to hear how customers are using our software. Oftentimes folks surprise us with novel and creative uses we never would have thought of ourselves. But every so often, we hear from people who are so busy they haven’t had the chance to explore anything beyond the most immediate, hit-you-over-the-head noticeable aspects of [...]
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A quick way to uncover (and fill) security holes on Domino servers using aclEZ (1)
One of the nicest things about aclEZ’s grouping grid interface is that is that it allows you sort and filter live information on all the Lotus Notes database ACLs on a server (even for databases that aren’t included in the catalog.nsf file). Here’s a simple-yet-practical application of this feature:
Using aclEZ’s Grouping Grid to Spot Inappropriate [...]
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How to clean up a Lotus Notes out-of-office agent mess with agentEZ (1)
One of our customers recently used our agentEZ tool in an interesting way to deal with a big out-of-office agent problem. We realize that the Out of Office agent is already ancient history to folks who’ve switched to the Out of Office service (introduced in R8). But we still talk to a lot of people [...]
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When the dreaded “Field is too large (32K)” Lotus Notes error strikes… (5)
There are some problems in life—and in Lotus Notes—that defy easy solutions. And one such problem is the “Field is too large (32K)” error, which affects documents whenever the size of the Summary data for a field grows beyond the limit set in Notes*.
*The Lotus Notes Summary data limit is 32K for a single field [...]
Lotus Notes Secrets
A fast way to change NSF Replica IDs: Often a handy time-saver (and occasionally a life-saver) (3)
Try to picture yourself in this situation: An end-user alerts you to the fact that they just did something very bad to a Lotus Notes database—and somehow accidentally deleted hundreds of essential documents. Naturally, this end-user doesn’t apologize for his stupidity, he just orders you to “fix it now.” Suppressing your natural urge to lay [...]
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ACL inconsistencies giving you headaches? Here’s how to find and fix missing ACL entries on a Domino server using aclEZ (0)
Domino security is something of a mosaic, built upon, among other things, the many individual entries found in all the Notes database ACLs on a server. This system works great—it’s extremely flexible and it gives admins the control they need to make their servers impregnable fortresses. But there is one problem associated with this approach [...]
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Dynamically sortable Lotus Notes view columns are trouble: Here’s how viewEZ can help you find and fix them (2)
We recently posted a tip to help you figure out which views in a Lotus Notes databases are the least often used, so you’ll know which ones to cut if the application’s size needs some trimming (the fewer the views, the fewer the space-consuming view indexes). But after you’ve finished throwing all the dead weight [...]
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