Versions
| Release | Date | Lotus Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1989 | |
| 1.1 | 1990 | |
| 2 | 1991 | |
| 3 | May 1993 | Added support for hierarchical naming |
| 4 | January 1996 | Removed support for Netware servers |
| 4.1 | ||
| 4.5 | December 1996 | Server renamed to "Domino", added native HTTP server, POP3 (POP) server, added Calendaring & Scheduling, and introduced Java support. Also included SMTP MTA "in the box", but not installed by default. |
| 4.6 | Added IMAP support. OS/2 and Unix client support dropped. No Mac client for this particular release. | |
| 5 | 1999 | Moved SMTP functionality from a separate MTA task to become a native ability of the mail routing task, improving performance and fidelity of internet email. Major improvements to HTTP server. Notes client had a major interface overhaul. Java support greatly expanded and enhanced. |
| 5.0.8 | Added a new webmail interface, called iNotes (later changed to Domino Web Access in Release 6). | |
| 6.0 | September 2002 | Added Domino Web Access (formerly iNotes Web Access) support. Dropped OS/2 server support. |
| 6.0.1 | February 2003 | |
| 6.0.2 (Japan Only) | June 2003 | |
| 6.5 / 6.0.3 | September 2003 | Added Lotus SameTime Instant Messaging integration to the Notes client (Windows only). |
| 6.5.4 / 6.0.5 | March 2005 | |
| 5.x | 30 September 2005 | Support Ended for Lotus Notes 5.x IBM End of Support Reference |
| 6.5.5 | December 2005 | |
| 6.5.6 | March 2006 | Release 6.5.6 is the last Maintenance Release for the 6.5.x code stream |
| 7.0 | August 2005 | Added DB2 support as database storage (see also IBM Support Statement for NSFDB2) |
| 7.0.1 | July 2006 | Added native Linux client, with initial release certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. |
| 7.0.2 | September 2006 | Added blog template, rss feed support, iCal support, SAP integration and "Nomad" which allows you to take your Notes client with you on a USB device. |
| 7.0.3 | October 2007 | Current server versions available: All Platforms — Windows, Linux (Red Hat, SuSE x86 and zSeries), i5OS, z/OS, Solaris 9 & 10. Current client versions available: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/x86 (Red Hat & SuSE initially). Various versions of the client have been run under Wine on Linux, but with varying degrees of success and no official support. The Notes 7 client and Domino Designer 7 are known to install and run well under version 0.9.19. Domino servers can also translate most databases into HTML for browser based users. |
| 7.0.4 | April 2009 | Support for the 7.0.x line ended 30 Apr 2011 IBM Software Support product lifecycle dates |
| 8.0 | August 2007 | Current server versions available: Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX. Current client versions available: Linux and Windows XP/Vista English. The first version based on IBM Workplace technology (which is in turn based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform). |
| 8.0.1 | February 2008 | IBM added support for Widgets and Google Gadgets. |
| 8.0.2 | August 2008 | Integrated viewers for Microsoft Office 2007 documents (Office Open XML). Number of performance improvements. |
| 8.5 | December 2008 | ID Vault, New Roaming Features, XPages, DAOS (disk space savings range from 40% to 60%), ... Some performance improvements. Domino Designer ported to Eclipse. Windows 2008 Support |
| 8.5.1 | 12 October 2009 | Several Improvements to performance and UI. Significant improvements to functionality (including within the XPages application language, performance and stability of Eclipse-based Designer client) |
| 8.5.1 FP1 | 12 December 2009 | Added support for Windows 7 and Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.2) |
| 8.5.1 FP2 | 26 March 2010 | This is mainly a fix release. |
| 8.5.1 FP3 | 31 May 2010 | This is mainly a fix release. |
| 8.5.1 FP4 | 4 August 2010 | 9 reported keyview attachment viewer security vulnerabilities and fixes to Dojo component |
| 8.5.1 FP5 | 19 October 2010 | |
| 8.5.2 | 24 August 2010 | Focused on Reliability, further changes to XPages |
| 8.5.2 FP1 | 17 December 2010 | This is mainly a fix release. |
| 8.5.2 FP2 | 25 March 2011 | This is mainly a fix release. |
| 8.5.2 FP3 | 18 July 2011 | This is mainly a fix release. |
| 8.5.3 | 4 October 2011 | Focused on reliability and fixes. |
| 8.5.3 FP1 | 23 March 2012 | This is mainly a fix release. |
| 8.5.3 FP2 | 13 July 2012 | This is mainly a fix release. |
| 8.5.4 | Est Q1 2013 | Lotus Notes Social Edition, and a scheduled maintenance release containing several bug fixes and new features. |
Lotus Notes donated parts of code to OpenOffice.org on September 12, 2007 and since 2008 has been regularly donating code to OpenNTF.org.
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