This article introduces an authentication technique between Lotus Domino and Apache Tomcat. If you have stand-alone Tomcat servers, this is for you.

• Limit Tomcat access to the members of a Domino Directory group.
• Create JSP pages to show user information.
• Display information from a Domino database view. (Domino's JSP tag library)
• Secure other Tomcat applications with a simple change to web.xml.

Here's an idea for a forum that doesn't seem to exist anywhere so far. The only topic would be Extreme Security.

I am currently involved in a project with some pretty interesting security requirements. The office discussions about some of these issues are extremely interesting and I think that a forum to talk only about implementing extremely secure Domino environments could be quite interesting also. It's probably so interesting because it involves not just the technical questions of how to get mail from here to there. There's a bit of psychology, some philosophy and a lot of politics also.

Some topics that could get a forum like that started: ...

If you haven't downloaded Duffbert's iWatch application for Notes you are missing out on a great application.

The iWatch application is a mail-in database that collects news alerts received from Google News Alerts service and then categorizes them for viewing. The application also offers a newsletter subscription feature that will deliver a daily recap of the received items of interest to you.

Along with the Madicon RSS reader, iWatch has become a must have tool in my books. I use it to keep up with news on various topics including, Lotus Notes, Microsoft, Vancouver-WA, SAP, Exchange and many other topics.

Duffbert has done a great job with this application. If you enjoy using iWatch please be sure to make a donation to Tom via his PayPal link.

You can download iWatch here.

Download it iWatch now and let's hear it for Duffbert!

Be sure to download V1.3 of the OpenNTF Mail Experience Template. This template includes whitelisting support.

Kudos to Vince Schuurman for making this happen. This release is based on the Notes 6.5.1 mail template core.

Download it here

What is RSS? RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format for timely content distribution. It brings the web to you.

Where can I find an RSS feed reader? News aggregators are the most popular tool for interpreting RSS. The news aggregator will check the feed for updates and alert you when there is new content. A popular (open-source) news aggregator is FeedReader. There are many other low- or no-cost news aggregators.

How can I use RSS with Domino? Create a View in your Domino database. It will describe the documents as XML. Next, create a Page and embed the View. It's that simple. The Page becomes the RSS feed. Here is an example database library to get you started. For technical information, please read these excellent articles by Ben Poole, and Mike Golding.

Want more information on RSS?

• Wikipedia
• Online Journalism Review
• RSS specification
• InfoWorld

For several years, Mike Woolsey of Solutions by Design maintained a list in the Business Partner Forum of the various known or guessed limits in Notes/Domino. He graciously agreed to allow this list to be distributed to any Lotus Customer, and I have decided to post it on my website and try to maintain it as a living document. Please post any errors, oversights or comments either here or in my blog on my Limits in Notes/Domino page. By the way, I'd just maintain this list in here, but I don't know a good way to keep it always easily accessible, while on my website I can post a link prominently.