To set up seamless mail upgrade in the Desktop policy settings document

1. In the Domino Administrator, open the Settings view on the People and Groups tab.

2. If you are creating a Desktop policy settings document, click Add Settings, then choose Setup. If you are modifying a desktop settings document, select the document, then click Edit Settings.

For more information about creating a Desktop policy settings document, see the topic Creating a desktop policy settings document.

3. Under the Mail template information heading, complete the fields described in the following table.

In this field	Do this
Prompt user before upgrading mail file	Select the check box to inform users before upgrading their mail files. If prompted, users can choose to defer the template upgrade.
Old design template name for your mail files	Enter the name of the mail template that you want to upgrade. For instance, if you want to upgrade the Lotus Notes 5 mail template, enter MAIL50.NTF. If you are upgrading users with different templates, specify an asterisk (*).
New mail template file name	Enter or select the name of the mail file template to apply. The standard Notes 6 mail file template name is MAIL6.NTF. If you do not want to implement seamless mail upgrade, do not complete this field.
Ignore 200 category limit	Select this option to override the default that limits the creation of folders in a database to 200.
Mail file to be used by IMAP mail clients	Select this option if you are upgrading IMAP mail clients.
Upgrade the design of custom folders	Select this check box to upgrade the design of custom folders to the Inbox design.
Prompt before upgrading folder design	Select this check box to inform users before upgrading their mail folder design. If prompted, users can choose to defer the folder upgrade.
Notify these administrators of mail upgrade status	Enter the names of administrators who must be notified of the upgrade.

4. Click Save and Close.

5. If you have not already done so, create a master policy and associate the Desktop policy settings document to the policy. Then, assign users and groups to the master policy.

For more information about creating a master policy, see the topics Creating a policy and Planning and assigning policies.

To set mail template information in the Setup Profiles

1. In the Domino Administrator, choose View - Server - Other.

2. In the Other dialog box, select Server\Setup Profiles, then click OK.

3. Select the Setup Profile you want to modify, then click Edit Setup Profile.

4. Under the Mail template information heading, complete the fields in the previous table.

5. Click Save and Close.

See Also

Using seamless mail upgrade