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Administrator Documentation
Welcome to the HCL Verse Administrator Documentation.
Completing optional post-installation steps
There are some optional post-installation steps to consider.
Preventing users from downloading attachments
By default, users can download files attached in messages to their computers. Use the notes.ini setting VOP_GK_FEATURE_234=0 on the Domino server to prevent attachment downloads.

Administrator Documentation
Welcome to the HCL Verse Administrator Documentation.
- Overview
  HCL Verse™ is an email and business messaging experience that is based on an innovative user-centric design, including social analytics and advanced search capabilities. Verse helps users quickly find and focus on what content is most important, empowering them to build stronger working relationships while optimizing business results.
- Accessibility features
  Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
- System requirements
  See the Verse System Requirements on the HCL Customer Support site.
- Installing and configuring
  To install and configure HCL Verse™ on a Domino® mail server, complete the following steps.
- Configuring a proxy to provide high-availablity
  You can configure a proxy for HCL Verse to distribute requests across Domino servers to provide high-availability.
- Completing optional post-installation steps
  There are some optional post-installation steps to consider.
  - Setting up mail-in databases
    You can create mail-in databases on the Domino server that HCL Verse users can open through the delegation panel.
  - Enabling password and Notes ID options
    As of Verse 1.0.8, features are available in Security settings for users to change the passwords they use to log in to Verse, change their Notes ID passwords, and manage their Notes IDs. This topic describes the configuration requirements for each of these features.
  - Enabling replying to and forwarding messages from archived mail
    If your users use another client such as HCL iNotes® to archive mail on a server, or if you archive mail for them, as of release 1.0.8, users can see their archived mail in Verse. By default, users can't reply to or forward messages from a mail archive, but you can enable this capability.
  - Enabling relative paths for archived mail
    To allow archive mail file URLs to be relative to the Domino server being used, use the server notes.ini setting iNotes_WA_UseRelativeUrl=1.
  - Enabling the three-click requirement for attachments and links
    Use the server notes.ini setting VOP_GK_FEATURE_217=1 to enhance security by requiring three clicks to download attachments or to access web links.
  - Preventing users from downloading attachments
    By default, users can download files attached in messages to their computers. Use the notes.ini setting VOP_GK_FEATURE_234=0 on the Domino server to prevent attachment downloads.
- Integrating with other products
  You can integrate HCL Verse with HCL Sametime, HCL Connections, or Box.
- Customizing the user experience
  There are many ways to customize the experience for your HCL Verse users.
- notes.ini settings
  For a complete list of notes.ini settings available to use in Verse, see the Support article https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0077185.
- Uninstalling
  If you need to uninstall Verse™ application files, simply stop the Domino server, remove the Verse .jar files, and then restart the Domino server.

Preventing users from downloading attachments

By default, users can download files attached in messages to their computers. Use the notes.ini setting VOP_GK_FEATURE_234=0 on the Domino server to prevent attachment downloads. When this setting is used, the download file icon

does not appear next to attachments.