Notes.ini reverts from drive letter to UNC path

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Hi,

I originally set up Notes to find the mail file using a UNC path. After discovering that these were not supported, I changed the path to use a drive letter. Everything seems to work except that after I shut down and reopen Notes, the mail file path in the ini-file reverts back to a UNC path.

e.g., Here’s an excerpt from my notes.ini file:

Incoming Mail Sound=Windows Exclamation
Location=Office (Network),9D6,CN=Michael Quigley/O=TheWay
MailFile=h:\IBMNotes\mquigley.nsf
MailType=1
Maximized=0

(h: points to \s03\home\pgmmjq) After restarting Notes, here’s the same section of the ini file:

Incoming Mail Sound=Windows Exclamation
Location=Office (Network),9D6,CN=Michael Quigley/O=TheWay
MailFile=\s03\home\pgmmjq\IBMNotes\mquigley.nsf
MailType=1
Maximized=0

Any ideas what I’m missing?

Thanks in advance.

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Subject: check connection documents

Check to see if you have any connection documents in your personal address book for your home mail server. See if the location is listed as a UNC or TCPIP Address.

you can also look at your $Connections view to see how it lists the mail server.

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Subject: MailFile Location

If you set Mail file location in your Location document to “On server” , then you may want to try using the mail path on the mail server.

For example my mail file is on mail01/mailfile.nsf , then I would configure on the Location document.

Mail tab > Mail file location > On server

Mail file > mail01/mailfile.nsf

Hope this helps.