Between blog postings, Tweets on Twitter and postings in the general Notes 8 forum on Notes.net, there seems to be some inconsistencies.  I personally have not seen all these yet, but it raises an eyebrow

From Notes.net:

	Date		Topic	Author
Link		3	8.0.2 - Sending new email	Leonard W Gray
Link		5	8.0.2 LN Client hangs	Lucia LE FLEM
Link		3	Sys Tray icon in 8.0.2, pops up then disappears really fast	Mark T Hughes
Link		11	Notes 8.0.2 - Instant Messaging Login Issues	Roland Reddekop
Link		6	Lotus Notes 8.0.2 Client - Issues/Feedback	joe wichowski

Summize search on Twitter can be found here where you get a mix of praise and problems.  Some say integration, some say startup issues, some say upgrade issues.

So as I dig in more and more I have been finding more and more stuff.  There are some more server commands that give a bunch more information for administrators"

New and enhanced server commands include:

• Show Stat Mail - View new messaging statistics in the server console window when you enter this command.
• DAOS Prune - Forces objects in the Domino Attachment and Object Service (DAOS) repository that are currently awaiting deletion to be deleted immediately, overriding any specified setting for deferred deletion.
• Show Tasks - The Show Tasks server command now includes task status from additional mail router threads, and generates detail regarding router activity.
• Show Server and Show Directory - These commands now report whether the Domino Attachment and Object Service (DAOS) is enabled, and provide a list of which databases are included in DAOS, with details for each.

Show Stat Mail is a great tool that is expanded to show you 154 stats (sample):

Continue Reading here" Domino 8.5 new server commands, let's peek" »

Woo hoo, yet another awesome change for 8.5 to make administrative overhead even less.

• The auto-populated groups feature uses pre-defined criteria to automatically determine and update group membership.  Use the auto-populated groups feature to apply policies to users and groups based on their home servers

I know admins get tired of maintaining groups over and over.  Having them self populate based on my own criteria will save loads of time and frustration as groups can change constantly. Oh did I mention that this affects policies in a great way:

Dynamic policy assignment is a new option for assigning explicit policies that allows administrators to assign policy settings to individual users and groups simply by specifying the appropriate user or group name in a policy document.  As the organization changes, only the Group document needs to be updated.  For example, if a user changes jobs or organizations, you do not need to determine which policies need updating; the updated group information is applied the next time the effective policy is calculated for any users in that group.

I thought about typing but making a grid is so much easier.  Some are carryovers meaning they were not fixed in 8.0.2

Number	Document Title	Status	Updated	Product
1316646	Upgrade Central: Planning your upgrade to Lotus Notes / Domino 8.0.2	Published	08/25/2008	Lotus Domino Server 8.0.2 ; Lotus Notes 8.0.2 ; Lotus Domino Web Access 8.0.2
7012642	Domino 8.0.2 - Detailed system requirements	Published	08/22/2008	Lotus Domino Server 8.0.2
7013242	Detailed system requirements - Domino Web Access 8.0.2	Published	08/14/2008	Lotus Domino Web Access 8.0.2
7012644	Lotus Notes 8.0.2 - Detailed system requirements	Published	08/14/2008	Lotus Notes 8.0.2
1315578	Server hang during MIME to CD conversion of a message that has a BinHex encoded file attachment	Published	08/08/2008	Lotus Domino Server 8.0.2, 8.0.1, 8.0
1313800	Duplicate icons appear when upgrading from Notes 8.0.x to Notes 8.0.2	Published	07/23/2008	Lotus Notes 8.0.2
1313805	Icons are lost after recreating the admin workspace on Microsoft Windows Vista	Published	07/23/2008	Lotus Notes 8.5, 8.0.2
1308097	Silent Notes multi-user install or upgrade command line statement	Published	07/09/2008	Lotus Notes 8.0.2
1306547	Cannot create documents in Lotus Symphony in Lotus Notes Client from desktop shortcut	Published	07/05/2008	Lotus Notes 8.0.2, 8.0.1, 8.0
1306536	Single Logon in Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook 8.0.2	Published	06/06/2008	Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook 8.0.2
1303396	Changes to Domino LDAP attributes officeStreetAddress and homeStreetAddress	Published	06/05/2008	Lotus Domino Server 8.5, 8.0.2

I got a ping from the wonderful folks at RIM to let you all know about this as it was being announced.  There are savings for registering this week.  The conference is from October 21-22, 2008  in Santa Clara, CA.  If you develop now or want to develop on the platform, this is the place for you to be.

I was rummaging around some more doing the slidedeck I said I would create on Friday and uncovered this.  While maybe not a secret, there are many that are unaware this is coming:

The Notes basic configuration Allclient install kit is no longer available, however the Notes-only basic configuration install kit remains available.  Customers looking to install or upgrade to the Domino Designer 8.5 or Domino Administrator 8.5 clients must use the Notes standard configuration Allclient install kit. This is applicable to the Windows client platform as there is no Notes basic configuration install kit for the Mac OS or Linux platforms.

On PlanetLotus I saw the posting by Scott Cochrane on the business case for the Domino 8.5 upgrade.  I have been pointing a few out this week but let's do a general rundown in random order (each business will need to prioritize):

• DAOS - disk savings, for free.  Change ODS (no issue there), transaction logs (plan), enable and go. Instant savings, reduced backups.  Not just for email files
• ID Vault - better archiving and storage, highly secure, for your id files.  we wanted easier and better id recovery mechanisms and they are delivering.
• Compressing images pasted into documents, across all database types.  More disk savings
• Roaming users for the Standard client
• Widgets and live text for your Mac and Linux users is finally here
• Nomad support is back
• iCal feed support
• Send contact as Vcard
• Better failover support (still wondering what here)
• Drag and drop into Sametime, even personal groups
• Auto populating groups - wow what an admin timesaver
• True dynamic policies
• Notes shared logon instead of the old Notes Single Login.  No password sync,

So I have a better idea, I am building a slide deck around this and will push it via SlideShare for everyone.

Apparently, turned on by default, is the automatic compression of images pasted into documents, as shown in this screenshot:



I went digging around and found this in the New Features area:

Automatically compress images pasted into documents.  Note that bitmap (.bmp) images that are imported into a Notes document are compressed; bitmap images that are pasted into a Notes document are converted to .gif or .jpg format.  Choose "File -> Preferences -> Basic Notes Client Configuration", and then choose the appropriate setting under 'Additional options' (the setting is selected by default).

We had been doing it in testing mode but went a little larger scale with the new DAOS (Domino Attachment Object Service).  It works, right out of the box folks.

• Set up transaction logging
• make the ODS in 8.5 format (50)
• click a few flags
• start firing off the attachments

The benefits of usage and savings were staggering in the on disk sizes.  Savings were in the 40-50% range right now.  Here is the good news many people are missing.  It is not shared mail in any way.  it uses new NLO (Notes Large Object) file types and the darn thing works across ANY freaking database that shares the attachment and is enabled for DAOS.

DId I say any database?  Yes, discussions, and soon I would think Quickr.

This has been seen and reported through the version, and was listed to be fixed in 8.0.2.  However, in my 8.5 Standard client I am getting constant mouse freezes and loss of it even showing.  Clean machine, clean install of 8.5 with the latest mouse drivers.  But I am not alone per some emails I have gotten.

When I run in Basic mode, I never see the issue, only in Standard.  Anyone else have the issue?  I have to restart my machine to get the mouse back.