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What are the most egregious Notes error messages?

The Notes "Hannover" developmentteam is looking for input, and somehow I suspect a few of you can helpwith this one.  Quote: In Hannover, we would like to fixthe most egregious Notes error messages.  To qualify as "mostegregious," they should probably:- Be seen by business end users (likeSamantha, Ted, and Betty) as a result of trying to do something that seemslogical to them- Be particularly confusing or unhelpfulto those end usersUnfortunately, it's not easy for youto post screen shots into comments on the blog... so, maybe this is oneof those e-mail preferred entries.  E-mail them to me at ed_brillat us.ibm.com.  Please also provide info on when the error messageoccurs, and if you have a suggestion on what the error should say,feel free to include that, too.Some examples that have already beensubmitted:The six entries on the Lotus Notes Suckssite called "Stupid Error Messages" (though we don't agree withall of these, and many have been addressed in Notes 7 already) 123456MIME Save warning dialogMultilingual MIME warning"The internet service certificateis not trusted.  Do you want to take corrective action now ... ?"
Written by Ed Brill, Contributor
The Notes "Hannover" development team is looking for input, and somehow I suspect a few of you can help with this one.  Quote:

In Hannover, we would like to fix the most egregious Notes error messages.  To qualify as "most egregious," they should probably:
- Be seen by business end users (like Samantha, Ted, and Betty) as a result of trying to do something that seems logical to them
- Be particularly confusing or unhelpful to those end users

Unfortunately, it's not easy for you to post screen shots into comments on the blog... so, maybe this is one of those e-mail preferred entries.  E-mail them to me at ed_brill at us.ibm.com.  Please also provide info on when the error message occurs, and if you have a suggestion on what the error should say, feel free to include that, too.

Some examples that have already been submitted:
  • The six entries on the Lotus Notes Sucks site called "Stupid Error Messages" (though we don't agree with all of these, and many have been addressed in Notes 7 already) 1 2 3 4 5 6
  • MIME Save warning dialog
  • Multilingual MIME warning
  • "The internet service certificate is not trusted.  Do you want to take corrective action now ... ?"

Originally by Ed Brill from Ed Brill on March 20, 2006, 7:08am

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