Simplify Notes Client's first/initial configuration

When starting Notes Client for the first time, you need to enter the user's and the Domino server's name.

You can use a client setup configuration file and use it in the shared/stub notes.ini (parameter: ConfigFile). This file, however, must be present, accessible and the shared/stub notes.ini needs to be edited beforehand, appropriately.

It would be much easier if the Notes Client asks the customer's DNS for the users home/mail server.

My approach is the following:

• The administrator creates a simple DNS TXT record (named _autodiscoverdomino) containing the Domino home/mail server (example: TREEFROG/ACME).
  As it is a TXT entry it will not conflict with other DNS entries (some users might have an alias record for their Domino server(s)).

• The client asks the DNS Server for that TXT record, receives its answer: HEAVEN/ACME (for example) and prefills the text field.

• Pro feature #1: Determine the users first and last name and prefill the user's name

• Pro feature #2: Completely get rid of the ConfigFile and move all those settings to the DNS

Think of Outlook which also does not need any manual input when starting for the first time. It identifies everything itself.