Like everything in Domino and Notes, mail forms are completely customizable, allowing companies to create mail interfaces outfitted with the buttons and automation macros that best fit their needs. On the Internet side, as mentioned, Notes mail can be made available to Web browser users. Calendaring and Scheduling makes an impressive debut in Version 4.5. Your calendar can be viewed in two-day, weekly, biweekly, or monthly formats. A server process called Free Time Lookup checks Notes 4.5 users' schedules for you and returns free and busy times.
Notes continues to offer one of the most flexible remote-access models of all products tested here.
Mail and other databases can be replicated locally, making it simple to work off-line. Selective Replication, while sometimes confusing to set up, lets you limit which documents are replicated, minimizing connect time. A visual Replicator lets you specify for each database how and when to replicate automatically. On the development side, Domino provides its integrated development environment for creating forms and views and developing automation code. For developers using third-party tools such as Visual Basic, Notes APIs give access to database functions.