August, 2004

The Release Notes contain information about Release 6.5.3 of the Lotus Notes® and Lotus DominoTM software products. Release Notes documentation contains the following chapters:

What's new? introduces you to Notes, Domino Designer, and Domino server, tells you about the new features and enhancements in this release, and points you to further information.

Things you need to know describes supported platforms and environments and other information that you need to know before installing this release.

Troubleshooting describes limitations and issues associated with this release of Notes and Domino.

Documentation updates describes last-minute information and corrections that are not included in the Notes, Domino Designer, and Domino server Help databases and printed documentation.

Compatibility and Interoperability describes known restrictions or potential incompatibilities between different versions of Notes and Domino.

History of changes contains information about enhancements and new features introduced to the software in previous Notes/Domino 6 releases.

Domino for z/OS contains details that are specific to the IBM z/OS platform.

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Revision History:
Original material produced for IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Domino Release 6.5.

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