Notes 9 Getting Started

IBM iNotes is a full-featured web-based version of the IBM Notes® client. IBM iNotes provides browser access to IBM Notes email, calendar and contacts. This software includes social capabilities that provide easier access to expertise, information and business applications, leading to increased productivity and better business results.
- Quick access to email, calendar, and social collaboration tools within a zero-footprint, simple-to-use browser experience on a variety of web browsers throughout multiple platforms.
- Efficient and simple ways to sort, search and filter email.
- Rich, full-featured calendar support including the ability to display your calendar invitations in different ways.
Features in Detail
Quick access to email, calendar, and social collaboration tools
- Equip your employees with capabilities similar to those included in IBM Notes client software, but delivered through a web browser.
- Send encrypted rich text email, schedule meetings, manage tasks and collaborate with colleagues using your own workstations, Internet kiosks or PCs that belong to other users.
- Get your email, calendars, and contacts directly through the browser on your mobile device, with no software for you to install.
Efficient and simple ways to sort, search and filter email
- Customize and organize the email in your inbox by different attributes such as follow-up priority and recipient indicator.
- See which email you have already opened and those that have attachments.
- Choose from horizontal, vertical or no previews of email.
- Set a delegation preference so that other people can manage your mail for you, including your calendar, contacts, and to do entries. You can also let them perform certain tasks for you, such as sending messages, or creating entries.
- Work with embedded experiences to take action directly from your mail messages
Rich, full-featured calendar support
- In addition to viewing meetings on your calendar on their scheduled dates and times, you can view all meeting notices as a list or in summary form.
- You can also view your calendar entries from the sidebar using DayAtAGlance.
- When you schedule meetings, you can check the schedules of invitees, reserve rooms and resources, set up online meetings, and track invitee responses.
- The sidebar provides quick and convenient access to your daily calendar and instant messaging contacts.
Using Notes 9

If you are prompted to download\install any add-ons or active-x programs from International Business Machines (IBM) Please click yes or OK to allow them to install. ONLY install add-ons from trusted organizations.
You should change your password the first you login to email. You can change your password once you login to mailcenter by following the directions below:
- Clicking on your name in the upper right hand corner.
- Choose preferences.
- Choose security.
- Choose “change password” under the internet password heading. Follow the prompts to change your password.
It may take up to 2 hours for the change to take effect. By the next time you reboot and login you should be able to use the new password.
Email Tips
