Alfresco / Notes Integration

Seamless collaboration between ECM and groupware

The mail client is the most frequently used daily tool at many workplaces. E-mail is also the common “transport highway” for documents to be filed in the central re­pos­i­to­ry of Enterprise Content Management System. What is more natural than in­te­gra­ting ECM functionalities into the user interface of these mail clients?

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Basic Functionalities

Westernacher's Alfresco / Notes integration allows easy access to all essential Alfresco functionalities:

• Directory listings based on user rights
• Request Alfresco's standard functionalities through context menus (Check-In, Check-Out, Copy, Move, Delete and more)
• Open and edit documents via WebDAV directly from the directory listing
• Store e-mails and/or attachments in the Alfresco Repository per drag & drop
• Attach documents (link or document attachment) from the Alfresco repository to e-mails per drag & drop
• Configurable search functions by metadata or in full-text mode

E-mail Archiving

Because of its flexible architecture and special functionalities, the Alfresco / Notes integration is perfectly suited for rule-based e-mail archiving:

• Store e-mails and/or attachments in the Alfresco repository
• Enter metadata during archiving
• Replace original e-mail messages on Domino server with link to respective archived e-mail in the Alfresco repository (stubbing)
• Use all original Lotus Notes rules for automated archiving of e-mails
• Customized e-mail display in the Alfresco SHARE document library
• Mail filter provisioning (today, yesterday, last Week) in Alfresco SHARE
• Store e-mails in the original format for later revisions and editing (forwarding and more)