Customer asking … curious what experiences you’ve had.
They’re at 8.5.1 on servers, and want to bump up the mailfiles to the 8.5.1 template.
Many of their clients are still at 8.0.2, however.
Will that work? Is it supported? Are there any switches to flip? What happens in admin/manager delegation situations if there’s a mis-match? (Manager has 8.5.1 client and 8.5.1 template, admin has 8.0.2 client and 8.5.1 template.) Does THAT work? Does delegation work correctly? Error messages?
Any input welcome!
Subject: no!
They’re at 8.5.1 on servers, and want to bump up the mailfiles to the 8.5.1 template.
Many of their clients are still at 8.0.2, however.
This is NOT supported! The mail template should not be at a higher version than the Notes client
Will that work?
Most things will work, but there’s some known issues with it, look here
Is it supported?
During upgrade only - meaning you may be in this configuration for a short period of time while you are in the process of upgrading your clients
Subject: only issue i’ve seen
is that u can’t change your sig anymore with 8.0.2 client when using a 8.5.x tempalte.
since u can change templates instantly via
“load convert mail* * Mail85.ntf”, for example, its easy to find out 
Subject: 8.5.1 FP1 environment is even better
From our experience, it’s a lot better to maintain uniform environment. With known issues in LN8.5 (clients and server sides), I would suggest you move up everything (clients and servers)to 8.5.1FP1. This will save you lots of headaches in terms of management as well.