UPGRADING TO LOTUS NOTES 6 AND LOTUS DOMINO 6

Upgrading shared mail databases
When you upgrade Domino 4.6 or 5 mail servers hosting shared mail databases, Lotus Domino 6 maintains existing shared mail databases, but does not use them for new mail. You must configure shared mail to receive mail.

Note The existing shared mail databases remain on the server, but are inactive and no longer receive mail. You can continue to read mail from these share mail databases.

To configure the new shared mail databases to receive mail, edit the Shared Mail tab of the Server document, then restart the server to apply the changes.

For more information about configuring shared mail databases, see the topic Setting up shared mail databases.

To configure and close existing shared mail databases

Existing shared mail databases are not automatically listed in the shared mail configuration. You can configure these databases as closed. Configuring and closing the databases is optional. If you do not close the databases, they will be listed as not configured when you enter the command "show SCOS" at the Domino server console.

To configure and close an existing shared mail database, follow these steps.

1. Open the Shared Mail tab of the Server document.

2. Enter the directory path of the shared mail database that you want to close in an empty directory row.

3. Enter 1 in the Number of Files column.

4. Enter 0 in the Maximum Directory Size column.

5. Select Closed in the Delivery Status column.

6. Select Online in the Availability column.

7. Click Save and Close.

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