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Limits of Lotus Notes
Limitations of IBMŸLotus NotesŸ are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Limits of Lotus Notes
ItemLimit
Maximum size of a NotesŸ applicationThe maximum OS file size limit (up to 64GB)
Maximum size of text fields32KB (storage); 32KB displayed in a view's column
Maximum size of a rich text fieldLimited only by available disk space up to 1GB
Maximum size of a single paragraph in a rich text field64KB
Maximum amount of text (Summary) data per document64KB
Levels of responses in a hierarchical view; number of documents at each level31 levels; 300,000 documents
Number of columns that can be included in one table64 nozeros
Number of rows that can be included in one table255 nozeros
Number of views that can be added to a Notes applicationNo limit; however, as the number of views increases, the length of time to display other views also increases
Number of columns allowed in a view289 ten-character columns; dependent upon # or characters per column
Number of documents that can be imported into a viewDocuments totaling at least 350K
Number of cascading views are allowed in a Notes application?200
Maximum value (in inches) you can enter for margin size22.75 nozeros
Maximum value (in inches) you can enter for page size cropping46 nozeros
Maximum point size you can select/print250 nozeros
Number of documents are allowed in one viewUp to the size of the Notes application, with a maximum of 64GB
Maximum number of documents that can be exported to Tabular TextLimited only by available disk space
Maximum number of entries in an Access Control ListApproximately 950 names (total ACL size is limited to 32767 bytes)
Maximum number of roles in an Access Control List75 Roles
Maximum password length allowed on an ID64 bytes (63 characters for single-byte character sets but only 21 characters for some double-byte languages)
Maximum number of contacts allowed in a group in Contacts32K of names in the Members text field
Maximum number of recipients in a single mail messageFor individual names and private groups which expand locally, 15KB; for public groups which expand on a server, 5MB

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