Lotus Notes Compare Chart

A B C D E
1 1. Mail
2 2. Calendar and Scheduling
3 3. To Do's
4 4. Personal Contacts
5.
Attachments/Miscellaneous/Other
5 Features
6
7 Table 1: Mail
Common Common
Lotus PIM PIM
Lotus Domino Portlets - Portlets -
Notes Web Lotus Microsoft
8 Feature Client Access Domino Exchange
9 Views and Folders
NSF
(Server, NSF Exchange
10 File type used Local) (server) NSF repository
11 In-box View Yes Yes Yes Yes
12 Drafts View Yes Yes Yes Yes
13 All Documents View Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes (New
14 Discussion Thread View Yes in 7.0) No No
15 Folders Yes Yes Yes Yes
16 Nested Folders Yes Yes Yes Yes
17 Create and delete folders Yes Yes Yes Yes
Planned for Planned for
upcoming upcoming
release of release of
WebSphere WebSphere
18 Drag & drop messages into folders Yes Yes Portal Portal
19 Copy & Move to folder Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes (New
20 Discover folder in 7.0) No No No
21 Unread count within folders Yes No No No
22 Soft Deletes Yes Yes Yes No
23 Restore a Message Yes Yes Yes No
From the action bar, open mail into
specific view (ie. inbox, sent, drafts,
24 etc) No Yes No No
Support displaying columns defined
25 in mail template Yes Yes No No
Support resizing various column
26 widths Yes Yes No No
Forwarding multiple selected
27 documents Yes Yes No No
Printing multiple selected
28 documents Yes Yes No No
29 Displaying Attention indicator Yes Yes No No
Color coding view lines based on
30 Sender Yes No No No
Allow individual users to show/hide
31 various columns Yes No Yes No
Message Creation and
32 Addressing
33 Create New Memo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Planned for Planned for
Yes, maintenance maintenance
Automatic update to update to
name upcoming upcoming
resolution release of release of
provides WebSphere WebSphere
34 Type-ahead addressing Yes this function Portal Portal
35 Support File Attachments Yes Yes Yes Yes
No, third
party
products
are
View file attachments from within available
36 message Yes for this Yes Yes
37 Spell checking Yes Yes Yes Yes
38 Alternate Name Support Yes Yes No No
39 Sametime Integration Yes Yes Yes Yes
Perform Name & Address Book
40 lookup Yes Yes Yes Yes
Display contacts sorted by
41 Organizational Unit Yes Yes No No
Perform Integrated Address Book
42 lookup when sending a message Yes Yes Yes Yes
43 Name lookups to LDAP directories Yes Yes Yes Yes
44 Personal Contacts Address Book Yes Yes No No
Delivery Options (Importance,
45 Delivery priority, delivery report) Yes Yes Yes Yes
46 Forward message Yes Yes Yes Yes
47 Save Message Draft Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes (New in
48 Create a Serial Route Memo Yes 6.5.3) No No
Forward web pages and documents
49 from any Notes application Yes No N/A N/A
Forward document as bookmark link
50 message Yes No N/A N/A
Copy Into - convert item to Task,
51 Calendar Entry or New Memo Yes Yes N/A N/A
52 Return Receipt Yes Yes No No
53 Prevent Copying Yes No No No
54 Apply Mood Stamps to messages Yes No No No
Yes (New
55 Create/use stationery Yes in 7.0) No No
56 Choose a Letterhead Yes No No No
Create a message containing a
57 signature file Yes Yes Yes Yes
Type-ahead within "Move to Folder"
58 dialog Yes No No No
Specify outbound message with a
59 "reply by" date Yes No No No
60 Specify message expiration date Yes No No No
61 Utilize Plain Text or Rich Text editor No Yes Yes Yes
62 Internet Message format Yes Yes Yes Yes
Viewing and Responding to
63 Message items
64 Support for Read/Unread marks Yes Yes Yes No
Navigate to next document without
65 returning to view Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delete current document and
navigate to next document without Yes (New
66 returning to view Yes in 7.0) Yes Yes
67 Perform mail file delegation Yes Yes No No
68 Reply w/ history Yes Yes Yes Yes
69 Reply to memo Yes Yes Yes Yes
70 Reply to All Yes Yes Yes Yes
71 Reply without Attachments Yes Yes Yes Yes
72 View Rich text within a message Yes Yes Yes Yes
 Support for Doc Links, View Links,
73 and Database Links Yes Yes Some No
74 View tables within messages Yes Yes Yes Yes
75 Create tables within messages Yes Yes Yes Yes
Resend documents from within a Yes Yes No No
76 delivery failure
77 View sections Yes Yes Some No
78 Action Bar Yes Yes N/A N/A
Add Sender of message to Personal Yes Yes No No
79 Contacts List
Modify/View the file's ACL from Yes No No No
80 client
Display of Importance/Type icons in Yes Yes Yes Yes
81 Views
Read encrypted mail and verify Yes Yes No No
82 signature of signed mail
83 Verify signature of signed mail Yes Yes No No
Next/previous navigation within an Yes Yes Yes Yes
84 open mail message
Preference setting for new mail on No Yes Yes Yes
85 top/botton
Automatically checking for new Yes Yes No No
86 messages
87 Follow Up flags Yes Yes No No
88 Column Sort in general Yes Yes Yes No
Sort by subject Yes (New Yes (New Yes (New in No
89 in 7.0) in 7.0) 7.0)
Display mail thread for current Yes Yes No No
90 message
Light weight view navigation for low N/A Yes (New N/A N/A
91 bandwidth connections in 7.0)
Advanced Editing features in
92 Rich Text field
Left, Right & Center, indent, outdent Yes Yes Yes Yes
93 Text justification
Tables - Simple tables, not all Yes Yes Yes Yes
94 complex.
95 View Sections Yes Yes Some N/A
96 Support for embedded OLE objects Yes No No No
97 Java applet support Yes No N/A N/A
98 Page break Yes Yes No No
99 Horizontal line Yes Yes Yes Yes
10 Hotspots Yes No No No
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10
1 Insert image resources Yes Yes No No
10
2 Create Sections Yes No No No
10 Ability to switch language
3 dictionaries for spell checking No Yes Yes Yes
10 Support for both Bullets and
4 Number lists Yes Yes Yes Yes
10
5 Undo Yes Yes Yes Yes
10
6 User Preferences
10
7 New mail notification Yes Yes No No
10
8 Default Mail Send/Save setting Yes Yes Yes Yes
10 Ability to archive mail and C&S
9 documents Yes Yes No No
11 Lookup across multiple Address Some Some
0 Books Yes Yes (Corporate) (Corporate)
Automatically create a reply
11 message by clicking on the From
1 field No Yes No No
11
2 Security
11
3 Send signed and/or encrypted mail Yes Yes No No
11 Yes (New
4 S/MIME Yes in 7.0) No No
11
5 Read encrypted mail Yes Yes No No
11 Field, form, view, document, section
6 level security Yes No No No
11
7 User roles Yes No No No
11
8 Local Encryption of Mail database Yes Yes No No
11
9 Other Features
 Control of Database
12 properties/design (refresh, replace,
0 etc) Yes No N/A N/A
12 Support for alternate editors for mail
1 messages Yes No No No
12 Built-in news reader, POP mail, Yes (no news Yes (no news
2 IMAP mail Yes No reader) reader)
12 Support for Notes/Domino database
3 subscriptions Yes No No No
Extended Search (w/in databases,
attachments, messages,etc)control
12 of search - refinement of search
4 with form, etc. Yes No No No
12 Drag and drop documents between
5 frames Yes Yes N/A N/A
12 User can change their own
6 password from client Yes Yes Yes Yes
12
7 Support for mail rules Yes Yes No No
12
8 Integrated Instant Messaging Yes Yes Yes Yes
12 Yes (New
9 Usage Indicator (Quota) No in 7.0) Yes No
13
0 Out Of Office Yes Yes Yes No
13
1 Ability to launch External Client N/A No Yes No
13
2 Auto discover user configuration N/A Yes Yes No
Planned for Planned for
upcoming upcoming
release of release of
13 WebSphere WebSphere
3 Quick Find Yes Yes Portal Portal
13 Support setting as default mail client
4 on Win32 system Yes Yes No No
13 Send current document from
5 Microsoft Office applications Yes Yes No No

Calendar
A B C D E
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2 Table 2: Calendar
Common Common
Lotus PIM PIM
Lotus Domino Portlets - Portlets -
Notes Web Lotus Microsoft
3 Feature Client Access Domino Exchange
4 Views
From the Action bar, open
Calendar into specific view ( ie.
5 1-day, 1 week, 1-month, etc) No Yes Yes Yes
2 day, 1 week,
2 week, 1 2 day, 1 week, 2
1 day, 2 day, month, 1 day- week,1 month,
5 day, 1 (Planned for 1 day-(Planned
week, 2 upcoming for upcoming
1day, 2 day, 5 week, 1 release of release of
day, 1 week, 2 month, 1 WebSphere WebSphere
6 Calendar Views week, 1 month year Portal) Portal)
Planned for Planned for
upcoming upcoming
release of release of
WebSphere WebSphere
7 Summarized calendar views Yes Yes Portal Portal
Display unprocessed invites in
8 calendar Yes Yes No No
Unaccepted meetings displayed
9 within calendar No Yes No No
10 Meeting view Yes Yes No No
Some (Event & Some (Event &
HTML view HTML view
11 Calendar Print Preview No Yes print) print)
12 Inline calendar view editing Yes Yes No No
Planned for
future release
Work / non-work hour of WebSphere
13 differentiation Yes Yes Portal No
Ability for Chairperson to see
status of invitees from the view
14 level Yes Yes No No
Calendar Entries and Group
15 Scheduling
Double-click within the calendar
16 view to create an entry Yes Yes No No
17 Create Appointment Yes Yes Yes Yes
18 Create All Day Event Yes Yes Yes Yes
19 Create Reminder Yes Yes Yes No
20 Create Anniversary Yes Yes Yes No
21 Create Meeting Invitation Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes (New in
22 Save calendar entry as draft Yes 7.0) No No
Yes (New in
23 Forward a calendar entry Yes 7.0) No No
Create rich text in detailed
24 description field Yes Yes No No
Automatic date (calendar picture)
25 and time selector controls Yes Yes No No
Centrally managed rooms &
26 resources Yes Yes No No
27 Create repeating entries Yes Yes Yes Yes
28 Add alarms to entries Yes Yes No No
29 Attach a file to invitation forms Yes Yes No No
Pencil in a meeting / tentatively
30 schedule Yes Yes No No
Mark an entry private/"not for
31 public viewing" Yes Yes No No
Delivery options on calendar
32 entries Yes Yes No No
Address lookup for inviting
33 people Yes Yes Yes Yes
Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming
release of
Check freetime availability for WebSphere
34 invitees Yes Yes Portal No
35 Support for counter-proposal Yes Yes No No
Freetime search within a counter- Yes (New in
36 proposal Yes 7.0) No No
Respond with comments within a
37 counter-proposal Yes Yes No No
38 Edit calendar entries Yes Yes Yes Yes
39 Send a reschedule notice Yes Yes Yes Yes
Add additional invitees after
40 invitation is sent Yes Yes Yes Yes
Send "broadcast" invitation (no
41 RSVPs/responses) Yes Yes Yes Yes
42 Send meeting confirmation Yes Yes No No
Display invitee responses in
43 invitation Yes Yes Yes No
44 Accept invitation Yes Yes Yes Yes
45 Decline invitation Yes Yes Yes Yes
Counter propose an alternative
46 time Yes Yes No No
47 Accept/decline with comments Yes Yes Yes No
48 Delegate an invitation Yes Yes No No
Check calendar from invitation
49 page Yes Yes No No
Planned for
upcoming
release of
Create and maintain group WebSphere
50 calendar Yes Yes Portal No
Planned for
upcoming
Create meeting invitation from release of
group calendar view populating WebSphere
51 group members in invitation No Yes Portal No
52 Accept counter proposal Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for meetings spanning
53 midnight Yes Yes Yes No
C&S entry support for online
54 Sametime meetings Yes Yes No No
Ability to specify time zones in
55 C&S entries Yes Yes No No
Users in different time zones can
share the same server and still
see meeting times with respect to
56 their own zone Yes Yes Yes Yes
57 Generate PDF calendar printouts No Yes No No
Drag and drop to reschedule a
58 calendar entry Yes Yes No No
Display unprocessed meeting
59 notices within calendar No Yes No No
Yes (New in
60 Import corporate holidays Yes 7.0) No No
61 User Preferences
Set global default appointment
62 duration Yes Yes No No
Set global default calendar entry
63 type Yes Yes Yes Yes
Option to make freetime
64 available to only certain users Yes Yes No No
65 Options to set allowable freetime Yes Yes No No
Enable conflict checking for
66 calendar entries Yes Yes No No
 Allow another user to manage
Calendar without allowing access
67 to email Yes Yes No No
Mark default calendar entry as
68 'not for public viewing' Yes Yes No No
Autoprocessing of Calendar
69 information
Option to remove invitations from
70 Inbox after processing Yes Yes No No
71 Ability to autoprocess invitations Yes Yes No No

To Do
A B C D
1
2 Table 3: To Do's
Lotus
Domino
Lotus Notes Web Common PIM
3 Feature Client Access Portlets
4 To Do's
To Do's follow day-to-day in calendar
5 view Yes Yes
6 Display To Do in Calendar View Yes Yes
7 Delegate a To Do to another person Yes Yes
Create To Do's (With Start & End
8 Dates) Yes Yes
9 Categorize new To Do entries Yes Yes
10 Alarm notification on To Do's Yes Yes
Mark To Do's complete or
11 uncompleted Yes Yes
12 Create Group To Do's Yes Yes
13 Ability to set time on To Do's Yes Yes
14 Display To Do's in Gantt chart format No Yes
Priorities for To Do's (High, Medium, &
15 Low) Yes Yes
16 Create personal To Do's Yes Yes
17 Owner and Participant actions Yes Yes
18 Create mail message or meeting No Yes
invitation while selecting a contact and
automatically populate email address
 of contact in message/invitation
Yes (New in
19 Forward a to do item Yes 7.0)

Personal Contac
A B C D
1
Table 4: Personal
2 Contacts
3
Lotus
Domino
Lotus Notes Web Common
4 Feature Client Access PIM Portlets
5 Personal Contacts
Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming release
Sort contacts by Last Name, of WebSphere
6 Company, Email, Address etc Yes Yes Portal
Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming release
Add users in Domino Directory to of WebSphere
7 Personal contact list Yes Yes Portal
Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming release
Select multiple contacts and send of WebSphere
8 message Yes Yes Portal
Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming release
Select multiple contacts and schedule of WebSphere
9 a meeting Yes Yes Portal
Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming release
of WebSphere
10 Business Card Summary view Yes Yes Portal
 Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming release
of WebSphere
11 Categorization of contacts Yes Yes Portal
Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming release
Automatically add email sender to of WebSphere
12 Personal contact list Yes Yes Portal
Planned for
maintenance
update to
upcoming release
Yes (New in of WebSphere
13 Forward a contact Yes 7.0) Portal

Attachment & Misc.

A B C D
1
Table 5:
Attachments/Miscellaneou
2 s
Lotus
Lotus Domino
Notes Web Common PIM
3 Feature Client Access Portlets
4 Unlimited Attachments Yes Yes Yes
Drag and drop attachments from
5 desktop/file system Yes Yes No
Ability to rename attachments on
6 download Yes Yes No
7 Miscellaneous
 6.5.x = Win32
Internet Explorer
5.5 or higher
Linux / Mozilla
1.3.1+

7.0x= IE 6.0+
(Win32), Mozilla Win32 = IE 5.5, IE
1.7x (Linux), 6.0 & FireFox 1.0.x;
FireFox 1.0.x
(Linux & Win32) Linux = Mozilla 1.4 &
FireFox 1.0.x

Upcoming
maintenance
release to 7.0
code stream=
Plan to add
support for Mac
clients w/
8 Browser Support N/A FireFox
Advanced Search (contextual by text,
9 author, or date) Yes Yes No
10 Journal integrated in mail file No Yes No
11 Contacts integrated in mail file No Yes No
Ability to snooze alarms across
12 multiple sessions / logins No Yes No
13 Context sensitive help Yes Yes Yes
14 Multilingual template support Yes Yes Yes
15 Support for all Domino server platforms Yes Yes
Messaging, PIM
(same DOLS
Offline support for Messaging, PIM and code used for
16 Collaborative Applications Yes apps) No
17 Welcome Page Support Yes Yes No
18 Mail view filter for unread messages No Yes No
Mail view filter for high priority
19 messages No Yes No
20 Mail view filter for last 10 messages No Yes No
Yes (New in
21 Schedule replication Yes 7.0) No
22 Secure Logoff Yes Yes No
Yes (with more
enhancements
23 Cache Cleaning N/A in 7.0) No
Yes (New in
24 Auto Save 7.0) No No
25 Message Disclaimers No Yes No
26 Archiving Yes Yes No