The Best Things in Life are Free …
  

And Lotus Traveler is just one of these things! It’s free and it just plain works. Of course, if you want to avoid running into JVM memory issues from time-to-time, you should put the latest and greatest fixes for Traveler on your server (pick them up from Fix Central here).
 

But what happens when you start getting more and more calls from your users who want to activate their shiny new iPhone with your Lotus Traveler server (or their iPad – hey, it works!)?
 

Well, since the best things in life are free, how about downloading my presentation below and giving it to your users? Yep, simply “borrow” this presentation and tell them to follow the steps in it. If you decide to use it on your [unsuspecting] users, simply tell them something along the lines of “here, read this and use this url [put url of your own Traveler server here] on page 17 and use your email address when required [not the one in the presentation]…”.
  

Please keep in mind that I don’t know if anybody else has written such a guide … I just decided to share the one I created for my employees.
 

Also keep in mind that all the urls and email addresses in the presentations that I post on this blog are photoshopped and faked … so don’t try to contact me using the email address in the screenshots in the presentation (leave a comment if you want to get in touch with me).
 

Ok, Moving Along … What Does This Presentation Cover?
  

Well, this 111 pages presentation covers this:
  

Overview of Lotus Traveler
 

Part 1 – How to Activate your iPhone with our Lotus Traveler Server.
 

Part 2 – Accessing your eMails and Calendar on your iPhone.
 

Part 3 – Changing your eMail Settings on your iPhone to keep more (or less) eMails on the device.
 

Part 4 – Security Considerations and Requirements.
 

Part 5 – Keeping your Address book on your iPhone in Sync with your Lotus Notes Address Book.
  

Part 6 – Downloading the “Lotus Notes Traveler Companion” from the App Store to be able to read encrypted emails.
  

Part 7 – How to “Un-Activate” your iPhone from our Lotus Traveler Server.
  

Part 8 – Basic Troubleshooting.
  

Where’s the Presentation?
  

To download the presentation, simply click on the icon below. If you wish to obtain a copy in MS PowerPoint format (so that you can add/remove parts you need to suit your own company’s policies for example), simply drop me a line in the comments section with the best way to contact you.
   

 
Conclusion
  

Well, I hope this helps someone out there. Please keep in mind that I don’t have an iPhone: I just have an iPod Touch so that’s why you don’t see any cell phone carrier name anywhere on my screenshots of the presentation.
 

On my side, now that this presentation is done, I really need to find the time to update my Smart Upgrade presentation to show how to put the FP1 along with the 8.5.1 client into 1 [huge] Smart Upgrade kit document.
  

Thanks for reading!
 

Marc