I need to upgrade the mail template for a large subset of my users. We don’t want to issue a console command for every user, eg.
load convert -u mail/user.nsf * mail8.ntf
Is there a way to do this for multiple selected users, but not all users?
And should we stop the router before do mail template conversions?
Subject: Use list file…
Hellothe standard tasks like this one are well documented by IBM.
In Notes 8 administrator guide you can find the answers.
Here are the steps to convert mail files of the selected users:
Enter: tell router quit. You need this “to prevent Domino from routing mail to the mail files while they are being upgraded…”.
load convert -l to generate list file with mail file names of people from Domino Directory.
Edit this file only leaving the users you need to convert mail files for.
Upgrade all mail databases listed in a text file.
Enter: load convert -f c:\temp\maillist.txt mail*.ntf mail8.ntf
(using mail*.ntf prevents utility from converting any non-mail files)
Enter: load router
Good luck
Subject: Didn’t test it in NOtes 8but.
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RE: File List for DST (Jean-Yves Riverin)
Subject: Re: How can I convert selected multiple mail templates with one cmd?
Hi Rodger!
Is there a way to do this for multiple selected users, but not all users?
And should we stop the router before do mail template conversions?
As Alex previously said, the Lotus Administrator Help Database should contain information on what you would like to do. As an alternative to the Help Database, the following TechNote contains specific information on the Convert Utility, which you can feed a text-file containing a list of Databases you wish to change the Design Template of:
Title: Upgrading mail files with the Mail Conversion utility
Doc #: 7002694
URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg27002694