By now, if you have updated your Domino server and relied on iNotes, you have found that it no longer works.
HCL was clear about this, and there is no workaround, so if you want iNotes and not Verse, better keep a server on 14.0 and point everyone there.
For the rest of us that move forward with the times, we will have seen that logging into the iNotes URL gets you to a pop-up which looks like this:
It states that iNotes is no longer available, and you need to open HCL Verse. If you click on the link, it directs you straight to Verse.
The URL for verse is something like https://companyname.com/verse, and you change your bookmark, but that doesn't work exactly. When you hit that URL, you will get the framework of Verse but this message:
So, you try the manual way, https;//companyname.com/mail/brooks.nsf, and that lets you in, via the 1st pop-up as above..
The next morning, you open your browser, and the /verse URL is not working with the same error about recent contacts.
What is going on here?
iNotes required the iNotes redirector. Well, there is no new redirector, but it did get renamed to Verse redirector(same template name), but it does include some options you probably hadn't considered, and this is how you resolve the problem.
If you haven't changed any settings in a while, now is a great time to update them. The redirector has been updated periodically along the way.
These are the ones to change or review:
Server Settings Button:
Do you wish to force SSL for the entire session? Yes
UI Setup Button:
Your company logo should be there, so your users know it is a legitimate site.
Enable Personal Options: Set to No, they were really about iNotes anyway.
Enable HCL Verse: Yes, you need this now.
Enable SAML options: If you use SAML, enable this option, which displays a secondary option for the Default Mail Application. Select Verse.
When you have finished all your changes, click Save & Exit and then test to ensure everything works properly.
And no more weird error messages about recent contacts.
This tech doc can help those who want more details: https://help.hcl-software.com/verse_onprem/2.0.0/admin/vop_configuring_server.html
Update June 30: I found that I now see this error the next morning.