Accessing an IMAP Mailbox from Lotus Notes 8.5.1

Hello everyone!I recently had the demand to access an IMAP mailbox from a Notes client. What’s special about it is, that the Notes client is used for standard Notes mail with a Domino server. But one user also needs to access an IMAP mailbox on the internet.

Under “Preferences” → “Accounts” I added an account for the IMAP mailbox which resulted in a new icon on the workspace for that mailbox.

But when double-clicking that icon, the Notes client freezes.

That happens on different clients on different machines with different mailboxes.

Is there something wrong with the Notes client? Or is my idea of accessing an IMAP mailbox somehow not practical?

Thanks in advance and greetings,

Marcus