IBM AS/400e User Handbook Manual page 639

Mobile Support and Ease of Deployment
Notes has always offered superior offline use. Wherever you are, you can access and control
a wide variety of information. With Notes R5, additional offline capabilities give you greater
control over the information you're working with and sharing, whether it's Internet mail or Web
pages that can be updated from a site to reflect changes when you reconnect.
In addition, mobile enhancements such as the Mobile Directory Catalog, a single database
that contains all of the directories in an enterprise, were created for the road warrior. It
contains partial replica information in a compressed form, with each user entry measuring
about 100 bytes in size, instead of the 10 Kb per user in earlier versions of Notes. There is
enough data in this compressed "catalog" of directories to yield information about the entire
directory object if needed, automatically and invisibly to the user. This new directory occupies
minimal disk space, so that mobile users can easily maintain a copy on their local hard disks.
• Disconnected use
Offline browsing and management of mail, Web pages, and news. Simplified mobile
configuration and setup. Easier replica management with bookmarks.
• Remote, connected use
Use Notes with your existing Internet service provider.
• Mobile directory catalog
Storing an optimized local copy of your enterprise directory means fast response time as
you access critical information about the people in your company, regardless of whether
you are connected and the size of your organization.
• Mobile location enhancements
Connection documents and Dialup Networking entries are created for new users
automatically as they complete the Location document dialog. We now provide end-users
with a Connection Configuration Wizard to facilitate setting up Remote Access
Connection documents. The Wizard can configure connections to servers on an Intranet
over Dial-up Networking, to servers on the Internet, or to remote Domino servers using
Notes Direct Dialup over X.PC.
• Native PDA support
• User input during async script execution
A scripting command, Promptuser, allows Notes to pop up a password dialog box during a
connection call, so that users do not have to redial when their passwords expire.
• Passwords hidden in connection documents and dial dialogs
Passwords (such as HTTP) are now hidden in the Server Connection documents and dial
dialog boxes, which provides users with an additional level of security.
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