GETTING STARTED

Upgrading your mail file design
Your administrator can manage upgrades so that your mail file template is automatically upgraded after you upgrade your Lotus Notes client. When you first start the Lotus Notes client after upgrading, Lotus Notes begins upgrading the design of local databases like the Personal Address Book. At this time, the client also sends a call to your home server to upgrade the mail file template.

If your administrator chose not to automatically upgrade mail templates, you will see the Upgrade Mail File Design dialog box the first time you log in to Lotus Notes after you have upgraded to a new release.

Upgrading your mail template does not delete existing mail messages, personal folders or categories, document links, or any other standard Notes features. However, upgrading deletes certain custom features. Upgrade only if you didn't create any personal agents, forms, or views, or don't want to keep those you did create.

Note If you use multiple Lotus Notes clients, you should upgrade all of them before upgrading your mail file design.

Refusing to upgrade merely means that you may not be able to see new Notes features in the mail messages you receive from users who have upgraded, and in your mail view.

If you have customized forms or views in your mail database, you can protect each form or view from changing during the upgrade process by setting it to be unaffected by design changes.

What you can do

Do one of the following:


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