How to change the mail file template

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How to change the mail file template for a particular user

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Subject: changing template within admin

Hiya,

if you mean to replace their existing template with another existing one, you can select the properties of the mail file, deselect the “inherit design changes” on the 4th tab, to ensure that the old one is not picked up again, presuming that has been ticked.

Then - file, application, replace design and choose the template you want to use.

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Subject: Why to deselect “inherit design changes”

Hi Tom,

Why to deselect “inherit design changes” while changing the mail file template

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Subject: oops

hey there, sorry my bad. I meant “inherit design from master template”.

If that field is populated by the old template name - it will continue to update from the old one. So you untick that, change the design and then go back, fill in the new template name and tick the box.

Any changes you might make to the new template, will update the users one.

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Subject: Thanks

Thanks tom

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Subject: Can also use convert task on the 8.5 Server if you like.

Run CONVERT Task on the Domino Server to build indirect file containing all
mail file names for users whom this is their home server in the Domino
Directory

(n)convert -l mailfiles.ind

Run CONVERT Task against the indirect file to upgrade to mail85.ntf design

Optionally use -s to override prohibit design replace or refresh on folders
Optionally use -u to upgrade all folders with mail85.ntf $InBox design

(n)convert -s –u -f mailfiles.ind * mail85.ntf

if you want to run on individual mail file

(n)convert -s –u mail<user>.nsf * mail85.ntf

Also, make sure all replicas inheritance is either disabled or all set to StdR85Mail so the design doesn’t keep ping-ponging to older versions by the nightly design task that usually runs at 1:00AM… Some customers remove design from ServerTasksAt1= just to prevent this…

jpaganet@us.ibm.com

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Subject: Re doubt

Hi John,

Have to run this both command are anyone is enough??

(n)convert -l mailfiles.ind

(n)convert -s –u -f mailfiles.ind * mail85.ntf

“-s” to override prohibit design replace or refresh on folders

“-u” to upgrade all folders with mail85.ntf $InBox design

could not understand this point can you explain little bit more and brief please

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Subject: Use help!

The Notes admin guide covers this topic pretty well. Press F1…