Out of Office (OOO) Manager Server Component for Lotus Notes/Domino

This is the shared and core server component that is used by the iPhone/iPad OOO App, Android OOO App or Web xPages OOO App. The server component runs as a server task on the Domino server. Though it is not an absolute requirement, installing the Out of Office server component on the same server as the Lotus Traveller server is a good choice, since the server must be accessible from the Internet. There is no need to install the server component on every Domino mail server in the infrastructure.

For a complete overview, please read about the Out of Office Manager.

How it works:

When you start the OOO iPhone/iPad App, it will connect to the Domino server where the OOO server component has been installed. The OOO server component will then connect to the corresponding user mail server in order to manage the Out of Office profile in the user's mail database.

The OOO server component has two parts:

1) HTTP Servlet for listening to OOO app requests.
2) Domino Server Add-in task for executing the requests.

Note: iPhone/iPad support is free of charge, however the Android App and Web Browser XPages app will require activation with a license key. Without a license key, the product is still fully functional for 7 days for evaluation purposes. iPhone/iPad support will continue beyond the 7 day evaluation period and will not expire. All other features will be disabled after the 7 day evaluation period.

OOO server component (Version 2.1 Updated May 14, 2012)

* This is an important update and all users should upgrade to this version. **

Revision History

System Requirements:
- 32-bit or 64-bit Domino server for Windows / Domino server for Linux
- Domino 8.5.2 or later
- Domino Server accessible from the Internet via http. e.g. Lotus Traveller server

Setup instructions:

1) Download the Setup file from the following link.

OOO server component for Windows (Version 2.1)

OOO server component for Linux (Version 2.1)

2) Shut down the Domino server

3) Run Setup program

On Windows:
Run OOO_Setup.exe
- choose Domino Program folder
- choose Domino Data folder
- choose Domino Notes.ini location

On Linux:
Run OOOInstall.sh
- choose Domino Program folder
- choose Domino Data folder
- input Domino Linux user account

The setup program will.....

A) Copy files to the Domino program and data folders.
B) Setup the HTTP Servlet.
C) Modify the Notes.ini servertasks= parameter to include the "ooo" add-in task.
D) Set file permissions for the newly copied files. (Linux only)

4) If you are not installing on a Lotus Traveler server, please make sure you have enabled the "Domino Servlet Manager" in the Domino Directory server document or in the Internet Site document. Also ensure that the HTTP task is loaded at server startup.

5) If you are running Domino Out of Office Agent (not Out of Office service) in your environment, you will need to add the Domino server name which has the OOO server component installed into the "Sign agents to run on behalf of someone else" field in the Domino Directory Server documents for ALL mail servers.

This is a requirement since the OOO Agent will be signed by the Domino server running the OOO server component, e.g. Lotus Traveler server and will run on behalf of the user. Without this configuration, the OOO Agent will not run.

Security Settings:

You can specify who can use the OOO service in server settings document.

1) Open database OOO.nsf by Notes client

2) The Out of Office Manager page will be opened.

3) Click on "Configure Server Settings"

4) The Server Settings document will be opened. Go to the Security section.

5) You can then specify the Allow list and Deny list.

Fields Description

Allowed to use the Out-of-Office Manager Service People and groups allowed to use the service; None allows all.

Not allowed to use the Out-of-Office Manager Service People and groups not allowed to use the service; None denies no one.

Note: The Deny list takes precedence over the Allow list.