Creating the upgrade notification for Upgrade-by-mail
The following procedure describes how to upgrade IBM® Lotus® Notes®.

1. In the IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Administrator, select the server bookmarks, then select the server on which your users' mail files reside.

2. Click the Messaging tab.

3. Open the "Mail users" view, select the users whom you want to upgrade, and then click "Send Upgrade Notifications."

4. On the Basics tab, select the "Upgrade Notes Client & Mail Template to Notes 6 or higher" option.

5. On the Client Versions tab, enter a build number to prevent upgrades of Notes clients running the specified build or a later build. By default, the build number is determined by the @Version function.

6. On the Software Distributions tab, in the Notes Install Kit Paths section, enter the directory path in the "Root path for Install kits" field using the following format:


7. In the "Path for Windows" and "Path for Macintosh PPC" fields, enter the file path to the installation file following the format above, but include SETUP.EXE in the path.

8. If you want users to upgrade their mail file templates, complete the Mail Template Information section. Enter the template name of the existing mail files. The default field value is a wild card character (*).


9. By default the new mail template name appears in the New Mail template file name field. If you renamed the template or used a custom mail template, enter the new name. Note that the new template must exist in your users' Notes data directory.

10. By default the "Ignore 200 category limit" check box is selected. This option overrides a default that limits the creation of folders in a database to 200 folders. If you want no more than 200 folders created, deselect the check box.

11. If you are upgrading IMAP clients, select the "Mail file to be used by IMAP mail clients" check box.

12. (Optional) If you want to automatically upgrade custom folders to the Inbox design, select the "Upgrade custom folders" check box.

13. (Optional) To prompt the user before upgrading custom folders, select the "Prompt before upgrading custom folders" check box.

14. (Optional) If you want to provide additional information to your users, complete the Additional Information field.

15. (Optional) Select whether or not to be notified after users have upgraded their mail file templates.

16. Click Send when done.

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