Hi,
we are switching from the notes 9 full client (with domino 9) to inotes in our citrix enviroment (xendesktop 7 on win server 2012r2).
how can i configure windows to use inotes as the default mail client (windows applications and mailto with internet explorer/firefox)?
are there any registry keys that I could deploy via GPOs?
this may be a dump question but I’m just a windows admin^^
thx for your help and time
Subject: Suggestion Update
Point yourmailserveraddress to a alias entry to a server that has domino server that has webmailredirect as the default db that would direct the user to the proper home mail server/mail file
On a pc that yuo have admin right on manually click the button in inotes to set the default. A file called iNotesMapi.dll should be placed in c:\windows\system32\ directory (might be different on a 64 os. That file will be needed to be copied over to every terminal session and likely need to be registered.
Make a reg file of the below lines to a .reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail]
“MailHostName”=“https://yourmailserveraddress”
“MailOpenURL”=“/iNotes/Mail/?OpenDocument&ui=dwa_frame&l=en&gz&CR&MX&TS=20090313T105910,19Z&charset=UTF-8&charset=UTF-8&ua=ie”
“MailSendToURL”=“/($Drafts)/$new/?EditDocument&Form=h_PageUI&PresetFields=h_EditAction;h_New,s_NotesForm;Memo,SendTo;”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Lotus iNotes Web]
@=“Lotus iNotes Web”
“DLLPath”=“c:\windows\system32\iNotesMapi.dll”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Lotus iNotes Web\Protocols]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Lotus iNotes Web\Protocols\mailto]
“URL Protocol”=“”
@=“URL:MailTo Protocol”
“EditFlags”=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Lotus iNotes Web\Protocols\mailto\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Lotus iNotes Web\Protocols\mailto\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Lotus iNotes Web\Protocols\mailto\shell\open\command]
@=“rundll32.exe "c:\windows\system32\iNotesMapi.dll",MailToProtocolHandler %1”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Lotus iNotes Web\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Lotus iNotes Web\shell\open]
Subject: Re:iNotes on Citrix as default mail client
Thanks for your answers.
@Rodrigo: I know that there is the possebility to set the default mailclient via iNotes preferences (incl. the admin plugin), but i have to do this for every user on the terminalserver without UAC. And if i remember the tests correctly the registry keys that were set included the username. which means every user has to set the default context within his usercontext. not very nice…
@Mr. Kutsch: is there really no possebiltiy to automatically set the default mail client for the hole terminalserver??? or every single user eg with a login script?
Subject: currently we only have the activeX
currently this feature to make inotes the default mail client requires the activeX plugin to allow you to set the registry flag.
The enhancement request listed above is to allow this feature outside of the activeX so that we are not limited to the IE activeX installs
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that being said in 901 the activeX has been rewritten to not require admin rights
SPR# JUYA8M5DUE - Added the ability for standard (non-Admin) Windows OS users to install the iNotes ActiveX utility with Internet Explore
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/fixlist.nsf/Public/112213B7CC15D89485257C0C0041F410?OpenDocument http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/fixlist.nsf/Public/112213B7CC15D89485257C0C0041F410?OpenDocument
and also in 9x we have the msi to assist admins with the installation
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21440036 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21440036
Subject: Re: iNotes on Citrix as default mail client
I understand, that you need to set the default mail client as a user via iNotes with the activeX plugin.
But I don’t understand why I can’t set the registry flags as an admin eg via GPO for all users? I just don’t know what registry keys I have to modify. I hoped you could tell me.
It’s no problem to deploy the activeX plugin for all users but it is a problem to deactivate the UAC and that every user has to set this option on his own.
Subject: Re: iNotes on Citrix as default mail client
Hello Sebastian!
Manually, you should access iNotes preferences and select the button “Make Default” on the Basics tab.
Because enabling this setting requires a Windows registry update, the user must be logged in as administrator of Windows. Additionally, User Account Controls should be temporarily disabled in order to run this action. Once the default mail setting has been successfully made, the original setting of the UAC can be restored.
System administrators of Windows workstations can use a group policy to set the default mail client. Refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article 2008044 “How to configure the default e-mail client using Group Policy” http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2008044 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2008044
Best Regards!
Rodrigo
Subject: feature request
The ability to set inotes as default mail client outside of Internet Explorer
is an enhancement request currently under review for a future release
SPR NKEY8YVKJQ That Inotes Can Be Set As The Default Mail For All Applications
Subject: FYI
We could suggest opening a pmr with us and having an engineer add your additional interest onto the existing associated enhancement request spr to add weight on it’s interest of being supplied as a feature in a new/upgraded release.