Mail clients

Various clients are available that enable users to interact with mail files on an HCL Domino® server.

You can use the following types of clients with a Domino® mail server:

  • HCL Notes®
  • HCL Verse On-Premises
  • Mobile devices through HCL Traveler
  • HCL Traveler for Microsoft Outlook
  • HCL iNotes®
  • IMAP
  • POP3

Notes®

A Notes® client can interact with a Domino® server using either Notes® protocols or Internet protocols, such as IMAP, POP3, and SMTP. If your organization uses Notes® clients, select any of these protocols for server access. Enable the protocol on the server that clients use for access.

Notes® clients access the Domino® Directory using either Notes® protocols or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Users can create a local replica of their mail file while maintaining a complete mail file on a Domino® server. Users can work off-line and then connect to their server to replicate changes to documents and send mail.

Verse

Verse™ is an email and business messaging experience that is based on an innovative user-centric design, including social analytics and advanced search capabilities. Verse helps users quickly find and focus on the content that is most important, empowering them to build stronger working relationships while optimizing business results.

Verse is a separate download package that you install and configure on a Domino server. For more information, see the Verse documentation.

Mobile devices through HCL Traveler

Mobile device users can use HCL Verse Mobile or other supported mobile applications to access their Domino Mail, Calendar, and Contacts through HCL Traveler. For more information, see the HCL Traveler documentation.

HCL Traveler for Microsoft Outlook

HCL Traveler for Microsoft™ Outlook (HTMO) provides users with Mail, Calendar, and Contacts features that allow them to work with their HCL Notes® mail through a Microsoft Outlook client interface. HTMO requires an HCL Traveler server. For more information, see the HCL Traveler documentation.

iNotes®

Users with mail files on a Domino server that runs the HTTP service can retrieve and send mail using the browser-based client iNotes. To enable users to use iNotes, register them in Domino as iNotes users with a Notes mail template.

IMAP clients

Users with IMAP clients can download mail to a local mail file or interact with and manage mail directly on a Domino® server that runs the IMAP service. They use the IMAP protocol to read and manage mail, use SMTP to send mail, and can use LDAP to access the Domino® Directory.

Enable the IMAP service and enable the SMTP listener to let IMAP clients use the Domino® server for mail.

POP3 clients

Users with POP3 clients can download mail to a local mail file and interact with it there, as well as leave a copy of the mail in their file on the Domino® server. POP3 clients retrieve mail from a Domino® server that runs the POP3 service, use SMTP to send mail, and can use LDAP to access the Domino® Directory.

Enable the POP3 service and enable the SMTP listener so that POP3 clients can use the Domino® server for mail.