Editing HCL Notes (section)

==Use==
Notes can be used for email, as a calendar, [[Personal information management|PIM]], instant messaging, [[Web browsing]], and other applications. Notes can access both local- and server-based applications and data.

Notes can function as an [[Internet Message Access Protocol|IMAP]] and [[Post Office Protocol|POP]] email client with non-Domino mail servers. The system can retrieve recipient addresses from any [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]] server, including [[Active Directory]], and includes a web browser, although it can be configured by a Domino Developer to launch a different web browser instead.

Features include group calendars and schedules, [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|SMTP]]/[[MIME]]-based email, [[Network News Transfer Protocol|NNTP]]-based news support, and automatic HTML conversion of all documents by the Domino [[HyperText Transfer Protocol|HTTP]] task.

Notes can be used with Sametime instant-messaging to allow to see other users online and [[instant messaging|chat]] with one or more of them at the same time. Beginning with Release 6.5, this function has been freely available. [[presence information|Presence]] awareness is available in email and other HCL Domino applications for users in organizations that use both Notes and Sametime.

Since version 7, Notes has provided a [[Web service]]s interface. Domino can be a [[Web server]] for [[HTML]] files; authentication of access to Domino databases or HTML files uses the Domino user directory and external systems such as Microsoft Active Directory.

A design client, Domino Designer, can allow the development of [[database]] applications consisting of forms (which allow users to create documents) and views (which display selected document [[field (computer science)|fields]] in columns).

In addition to its role as a [[groupware]] system (email, calendaring, shared documents and discussions), HCL Notes and Domino can also construct "workflow"-type applications, particularly those which require approval processes and routing of data.

Since Release 5, server clustering has had the ability to provide geographic redundancy for servers.

Notes System Diagnostic (NSD) gathers information about the running of a Notes workstation or of a Domino server.<ref>
{{cite book
| last1 = Speed
| first1 = Tim
| title = Upgrading to Lotus Notes and Domino 7
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4J4IPaxR7n0C
| series = From technologies to solutions
| date = February 22, 2006
| publisher = Packt Publishing Ltd
| publication-date = 2006
| isbn = 9781847190499
| access-date = 2014-04-21
| quote = Notes System Diagnostic (NSD) is a Lotus tool designed to gather information about a Notes workstation or a Domino server.
}}
</ref>

On October 10, 2018, IBM released IBM Domino v10.0 and IBM Notes 10.0 as the latest release. In December, 2019, HCL released HCL Domino v11 and HCL Notes v11.