UseDomino® policysettings to control how users work withNotes®. A policy is a document that identifiesa collection of individual policy settings. Policy settings documentsdefine a set of defaults that apply to the users and groups to whichthe policy is assigned. You can change policy settings and they willbe automatically applied to the assigned users and groups.

Policy settings documents include the following:

• Archiving -- Use archiving policy settingsto control where archiving is performed and to specify archive criteria.
• Desktop -- Use desktop policy settingsto update the user's desktop environment and to assign the settingsthat are applied only once, during user setup. You can use the desktoppolicy settings document to establish desktop policy settings andsetup policy settings (see "Setup"). Desktop policy settings controlthe user's workspace and are enforced the first time a user logs intoNotes® and runs setup. Afterinitial setup, you can use them to update the user's desktop settings.These settings control availability of functions such as Widgets andLive Text, the composite applications editor, calendar and scheduling,and many others.
• Registration -- If registration policysettings are in place before you registerNotes® users, they set default user registrationvalues including user password, Internet address format,Domino® roaming user designation, and mail.
• Mail -- Use mail policy settings to setand enforce client settings and preferences for mail, calendaringand scheduling.
• Security -- Use security settings to setup administration ECLs and define password-management options, includingthe synchronization of Internet andNotes® passwords.
• Setup -- Setup settings, used only in earlierreleases ofDomino®, includeInternet browser and proxy settings, applet security settings, anddesktop and user preferences. Setup policy applies to the Locationdocument when you set up a newNotes® client.
  Note: Donot use the setup policy settings in the current release ofDomino®. All settings in the setuppolicy settings document are available in the desktop policy settingsdocument. Use the desktop policy settings document to define bothyour desktop policy settings and your setup policy settings.
• Connections -- Use connections policy settings to define a user's HCLConnections (activities) server and assigned port, and whether the user names, passwords, andactivities data are to be encrypted with SSL.
• Traveler -- Use the Traveler policy settingsdocument to define preferences for synchronizingDomino® users' mail database data with theirmobile handheld devices. You can synchronize Email, Calendar, To-Do,Address Book and Journal data.
• Roaming -- Use the Roaming policy settingsdocument to configure roaming for registeredNotes® standard configuration users.