How to upgrade Mail Template

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Hello, what is the command should iuse to upgrade Mail Templates from 6.5.4 to 7 in lotus domino server upon Linux Suse server plat form

thanks a lot

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Subject: RE: How to upgrade Mail Template

Go to Lotus Domino Administrator and search for ‘load convert’ …and you get all the options

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Subject: RE: How to upgrade Mail Template

Thanks a lot for your reply,My administrator is not working hope if you know the command to give it to me,Thanks a lot

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Subject: RE: How to upgrade Mail Template

From the Admin Help: 1. If users have customized their mail files, instruct them to back up these customizations. For example, users can make a copy of their mail file that includes only the database design. This allows users to apply changes they made to their Notes 4.6 or Notes 5 mail file to the new Notes 6 mail template, if necessary.

  1. Start the Domino server on which you want to customize mail files.

  2. Shut down the router. Enter:

tell router quit

and press ENTER to prevent Domino from routing mail to the mail files while they are being upgraded. Mail is stored in MAIL.BOX while you upgrade the mail files. After you upgrade the mail files and load the router task again, the router processes and delivers the mail in MAIL.BOX.

  1. Load the mail conversion utility. Type

load convert [arguments]

and press ENTER.

The mail conversion utility command uses arguments to specify options. It has the form:

load convert [-r | -l | -f | -m | -e | -u | -s] mailfilepath existingtemplatename newtemplatefilename

where -r converts mail files in subdirectories of the specified directory, -l creates a text list of mail files, -f uses a text list of mail databases to determine which mail files to upgrade, -m converts the file or files for IMAP use in Notes 5, -e converts the file or files for IMAP use in Notes 6, -u converts all custom folders to the Inbox design, and -s upgrades folders created without the Preserve bit set. Mailfilepath specifies which mail file or files to upgrade, existingtemplatename specifies a certain mail file design (for example, only mail files using Notes 5 design) to upgrade, and newtemplatefilename specifies the template with which to upgrade the mail files.

  1. Once you have finished upgrading mail files to the Notes 6 template on this server, load the router. Enter:

load router

and press ENTER.

  1. Notify users that you upgraded their mail files to the Notes 6 design.

For all of the switches, and examples, look in the Admin Help database under “Convert.”

HTH.

Gregg