SECURING YOUR DATA

Your Notes and Internet names
You can view all of the names that identify you in Notes by choosing File > Security > User Security (Macintosh OS X users: Notes > Security > User Security), and then clicking Your Identity > Your Names.

User name
Your User name is the name that Notes recognizes when you login to Notes and access servers, databases, and documents. It is in hierarchical format, which means your common name and your certificate authority's (CA) name makes up your User name. Your common name is usually your first, middle, and last name. The CA is the entity that created the certificates in your User ID. For example, if your User name is Joe User/ACME, Joe User is your common name and ACME is your CA's name.

Your User name is contained in your certificates, which give you access to Notes servers in your IBM® Lotus® Domino™ domain. Your User name also represents you in Access Control Lists and Execution Control Lists. If you would like to change your Notes User name, see Requesting a new User Name.

Alternate user name
You may have an alternate user name, which is equivalent to your User name. Most often, an alternate user name is a User name in a language other than English in an alternate character set.

Aliases
Aliases are often shortcuts of your User name that can be used in any Notes application in which directory lookup and type-ahead are supported, such as mail. For example, the Notes User name Jack M Smith/LOC/ACME could have an alias of Jack M Smith and Jack Smith. A mail message sent to Jack Smith would route to Jack M Smith/LOC/ACME. Unlike the Notes User name and alternate name, aliases cannot appear in Access Control Lists and Execution Control Lists.

Internet email Name
Users who are not Notes users can identify you with your Internet email Name and send mail to it. See your administrator for other Internet e-mail names that may be supported for you.

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