NOTES CLIENT INSTALLATION AND SMART UPGRADE

Setting up Notes with a scriptable setup
The scriptable setup option uses a setting in the NOTES.INI file to provide information to the client setup wizard. During installation, the wizard displays only those panels that users need to set up the IBM® Lotus® Notes® client. The NOTES.INI setting ConfigFile= points to a text (.TXT) file that contains the parameters that the wizard needs. The wizard reads the text file and completes the setup. The user is able to bypass the wizard screens for which parameters have been provided by the text file.

The settings and parameters that you can use in the text file are listed in this table:
SettingDescription
UsernameUser's hierarchical name -- for example, John Smith/Acme
KeyfileNameDirectory path to the user's ID file name --for example, c:\program files\lotus\notes\data\jsmith.id
Domino.NameDomino server in the same domain as the user name. You do not need to enter a hierarchical name.
Domino.AddressAn address for the IBM Lotus Domino server, such as the IP address of the server, if needed, to connect to the server. For example, server.acme.com or 123.124.xxx.xxx
Domino.PortPort type, such as TCPIP
Domino.Server1 to connect to the Domino server, 0 for no connection
AdditionalServices1 forces display of the "Additional Services" panel even if sufficient information is provided for these services; the Additional Services panel lists Internet, proxy, and replication settings.
AdditionalServices.NetworkDialTo configure a network dialup connection to Internet accounts created via Additional Services dialog box
Mail.Incoming.NameIncoming mail account name, a friendly name used to refer to these settings
Mail.Incoming.ServerIncoming mail (POP or IMAP) server name
Mail.Incoming.Protocol1 for POP; 2 for IMAP
Mail.Incoming.UsernameMail account user name or login name
Mail.Incoming.PasswordMail account password
Mail.Incoming.SSL0 to disable; 1 to enable the SSL protocol for incoming Internet mail
Mail.Outgoing.NameOutgoing mail account name, a friendly name used to refer to these settings
Mail.Outgoing.ServerOutgoing mail (SMTP) server name
Mail.Outgoing.AddressUser's Internet mail address, such as user@isp.com
Mail.InternetDomainInternet Mail domain name such as isp.com
Directory.NameDirectory account name, a friendly name used to refer to these settings
Directory.ServerDirectory (LDAP) server name
News.NameNews account name, a friendly name used to refer to these settings
News.ServerNews (NNTP) server name
NetworkDial.EntryNameName of remote network dialup phone book entry
NetworkDial.PhonenumberDial-in number
NetworkDial.UsernameRemote network user name
NetworkDial.PasswordRemote network password
NetworkDial.DomainRemote network domain
DirectDial.PhonenumberPhone number of Domino server
DirectDial.PrefixDialup prefix, if required. For example, 9 to access an outside line.
DirectDial.PortCOM port to which the modem is connected
DirectDial.ModemFile specification of modem file
Proxy.HTTPHTTP proxy server and port -- for example, proxy.isp.com:8080
Proxy.FTPFTP proxy server and port -- for example, proxy.isp.com:8080
Proxy.GopherGopher proxy server and port -- for example, proxy.isp.com:8080
Proxy.SSLSSL proxy server and port -- for example, proxy.isp.com:8080
Proxy.HTTPTunnelHTTP tunnel proxy server and port -- for example, proxy.isp.com:8080
Proxy.SOCKSSocks proxy server and port -- for example, proxy.isp.com:8080
Proxy.NoneNo proxy for these hosts or domains
Proxy.UseHTTPUse the HTTP proxy server for FTP, Gopher, and SSL security proxies
Proxy.UsernameUser name if logon is required
Proxy.PasswordUser password
Replication.ThresholdTransfer outgoing mail if this number of messages held in local mailbox
Replication.ScheduleEnable replication schedule
IM.ServerIBM Lotus Instant Messaging server name required unless you have set the NOTES.INI variable IM_NO_SETUP= 1. To use this NOTES.INI variable, you must also use InstallShield Tuner which is included on the Notes/Domino CD.

When this variable is set to 1, the IM Configuration dialog box does not display during new client setup or client upgrade, and all IM variables in a scriptable client setup are ignored. If the user wants to configure IM, they can leave the NOTES.INI variable out of their NOTES.INI file or set it to 0 (IM_NO_SETUP=0).

IM.PortIBM Lotus Instant Messaging server port (any positive number)
IM.ConnectWhen(Optional setting) Defines when to connect to IBM Lotus Instant Messaging:
  • 0 -- At Notes login (default)
  • 2 -- Manually
IM.ProtocolUse one of these:
  • 0 -- Directly to IBM Lotus Instant Messaging server
  • 1 -- Directly to IBM Lotus Instant Messaging server using HTTP protocol
  • 2 -- Directly to IBM Lotus Instant Messaging server using IE HTTP settings
  • 3 -- Use a proxy
IM.ProxyTypeRequired if IM.Protocol is set to 3. Use one of these:
  • 0 -- SOCKS4 Proxy
  • 1 -- SOCKS5 Proxy
  • 2 -- HTTPS Proxy
  • 3 -- HTTP Proxy
IM.ProxyServerRequired if IM.Protocol is set to 3. Name of IBM Lotus Instant Messaging proxy server
IM.ProxyPortRequired if IM.Protocol is set to 3. Port of IBM Lotus Instant Messaging proxy server (any positive number)
IM.ServerNameResolveOnly used if IM.ProxyType is 1 (SOCKS5) but it is not required. Use one of these values:
  • 0 -- Disable IM.ServerNameResolve
  • 1 -- Enable IM.ServerNameResolve
IM.ProxyUsernameRequired if IM.Protocol is set to 3 and IM.ProxyType is not SOCKS4

Sample scriptable setup file

This is a sample scriptable setup file for a LAN connection. All options are used in this sample file. Username = Joe Employee


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