Policy and Settings document questions (Repost)

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OK, a couple of questions here but first some background.

I’ve got an R6.0.1 server with the R6 Domino Directory. We use Exchange as our e-mail system and Domino for applications only, so, we use Other Internet Mail as the Mail System for all users with their e-mail address in the forwarding address field of the person document. This causes an issue, the users don’t have a Home Server put in their location document during workstation setup/registration since they don’t have a mail file created during registration.

So my questions are this:

Using Policies how do I set a default Home Server in the location document (for using the smart upgrade feature)?

Using Policies and a Corporate Welcome Pages Database how do I set the workspace as the default Home Page?

Thanks in advance.

Keith Strickland

http://www.keithstric.com

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Subject: Policy and Settings document questions (Repost)

I hope you are still watching this thread because here is the answer to your first question.

The desktop settings document is extensible. You can add ANY field that you want populated in the users location docs by adding a field to the desktop settings form with the correct field name. The naming convention is “LocAll” + fieldname. So if you wanted to modify ExhaustiveNameLookup you would create a field in the settings document LocAllExhaustiveNameLookup and set it up as a dialog list with the same formatting as other fields in the form. Also create the corresponding inheritance and enforce fields.

Where is this documented? How did I figure this out? Beats me! I had a need and remembered an oblique reference to it in the release notes.

If any Loti or others would like to comment on just how extensible this is I’d appreciate it. For instance the fact that the syntax is LocALL leads me to believe that if I change ALL to say LocOffice I could set an individual location document. I haven’t tested this yet buy would love a yes or no so I could do more productive testing.

Regards,

Rob

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Subject: RE: Policy and Settings document questions (Repost)

Cheers Rob. Did exactly as you said and it works GREAT!!!

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Subject: Some answers…

So my questions are this:

Using Policies how do I set a default Home Server in the location document (for using the smart upgrade feature)? There is no field to set the default Home Server in either the Setup or Desktop Settings form. I believe the rationale would be that Policies are typically deployed to a wide group of people and the Home Server varies - not likely to be the same server for everyone.

Using Policies and a Corporate Welcome Pages Database how do I set the workspace as the default Home Page? There is no way to do this - the Corporate Welcome Page database is intended strictly for deploying Welcome Pages.