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IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 6.5, starts at $1,454. IBM Lotus Software, (800) GO-LOTUS, (617) 577-8500. www.ibm.com/lotus/messaging
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Lotus is taking IBM's workplace metaphor seriously. The intention is to make it possible for users to live in Notes. E-mail, calendar, tasks, IM, a Notes database and Web search facility, and a Web browser are integrated. With the addition of a launcher window in 6.5, users can add links to their favorite applications and documents by dragging and dropping them into the launcher. Many nontechnical information workers will be able to do everything they need to on their computer systems using Notes as their primary interface.
E-mail Enhanced
Since most of us spend a lot of time dealing with e-mail, Lotus has added some welcome features to Notes mail. In addition to a number of visible action icons that help you keep track of which items you've replied to or forwarded, you can mark messages for follow-up at a later date, which automatically adds the item to the Notes Follow-up folder. Thanks to the Notes QuickRules wizard, you also can mark an address as non-grata, and mail from there will be instantly deleted--I easily created a rule to delete automatically those annoying messages from the boss.
The Notes calendar in version 6.5 supports another welcome capability--drag-and-drop item creation. Simply drag any document or e-mail onto the calendar icon to create a new calendar event.
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