Hi there, I realize this is probably really fundamental, and I even remember skimming over it at one time, but I cant seem to find it anywhere. I’ve finally upgraded all my notes clients from 6.0.1 to 7.0.2 and did the DST hot fix on all of them. Now I am ready to replace the design of their mail templates from StdR6Mail to StdR7Mail. But I have a few users that are already on dwa7. I seem to remember a console command that will allow you to replace the design by telling it what old version to replace with what new one to replace it with. Am I correct that there is a way to do this en mass for all the mail files in the mail directory?
Thanks,
James
Subject: How do I replace design on mail templates en mass?
It’s in the help but here…
This example finds all databases located in the \MAIL subdirectory of the Notes data directory and all subdirectories of the \MAIL directory (for example, C:\NOTES\DATA\MAIL\GROUP1, C:\NOTES\DATA\MAIL\GROUP2, and C:\NOTES\DATA\MAIL\GROUP3) and upgrades them to the Notes 6 mail template, MAIL6.NTF.
load convert -r mail*.nsf * mail6.ntf
You can create a text file listing databases you want to upgrade and use it with the mail conversion utility to upgrade only those databases. For example, you can create the text file MAILLIST.TXT to list all the mail databases you want to upgrade and save it in the directory C:\TEMP. This example finds all databases listed in MAILLIST.TXT, determines whether the databases use a design template name that matches STD* (StdR46Mail, for example), and replaces the designs of the matching databases with StdR60Mail (MAIL6.NTF), the Notes 6 mail template.
load convert -f c:\temp\maillist.txt std* mail6.ntf
You can use the mail conversion utility to create a text file that lists all primary mail databases on the server (it does not list replica mail databases). This example creates a text file, MAILLIST.TXT, in the C:\TEMP directory. MAILLIST.TXT contains a list of primary mail databases on the server but excludes replica mail databases. After you create the text file using this option, you can use the file to upgrade the mail databases listed in it. See “Upgrading all mail databases listed in a text file” in this table.
load convert -l c:\temp\maillist.txt
Subject: RE: How do I replace design on mail templates en mass?
Drop the router before using the -l option to create a list. A colleage mentioned that it dropped their server. I believe that is part of the help documentation as well.
Shawn
Subject: RE: How do I replace design on mail templates en mass?
From what height shall I drop the router to achieve the best result?
Subject: RE: How do I replace design on mail templates en mass?
I dunno, how much do you like your current job?
Shawn