The snap and yawn of e-mail

magic gmail connection?

Strange... It usually takes gmail at least 10-15 seconds to load in my web browser. I certainly don't get any SNAP from gmail.

Notes also takes 10-15 seconds to get to the logon prompt. But once I'm in Notes, I never get an hourglass, and I certainly get tons of fun features that I can use to manage my email, instead of my email managing me. You should have someone look at your computer to see why Notes is hourglassing on you. Maybe you're not using a local replica of your mailbox.

Try writing an agent sometime and you'll see why you have a full featured email client with loads of functionality built in.

Last but not least, where I work now, I trained a bunch of die hard Outlook users who initially hated Notes, to use Notes for their email client. Less than a month after we started, they loved Notes and saw how limited and wonky Outlook is.

eMail management is required

It is obvious that you required a tool for email management. Certainly it can integrate one platform with others.

I know there is a tool called myDocs that can integrate SharePoint with Outlook, Lotus Notes, word, excel and others.

For more information, you can visit http://www.nsynergy.com or mail to Mark.Davis@nsynergy.com.

iNotes, (ie lotus notes

iNotes, (ie lotus notes email in a browser) starts within seconds (like 1 or 2 in Firefox 3 or Chrome), and feature a very clean and efficient user interface. Check it out. Comparing a rich client to a browser app is not apple to apple comparison.

what version of Notes?

I realize you shouldn't have to care, but what version of Lotus Notes is it? Mine loads in under four seconds from a warm start, and I never have to endure an hourglass whilst it is open all day. Even better, it works while I'm on an airplane, or sitting at my daughter's gymnastics class - two places I still (mostly) can't find a reliable wifi signal.

Wow I'm glad I'm not the

Wow I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels Notes is terribly slow. And it freezes for at least a minute if you try to copy and paste taxt from web sites which is frustrating. Wish my company could switch to Outlook but I don't see that happening anytime soon, we are just too integrated to Notes, all the documents and links are all integrated. And the new version of Sametime IM takes forever to load as well.