Specifications

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IBM Technote 1312864 - How to configure the Smart Upgrade Tracking Database
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Upgrade by mail
Upgrade by Mail is still available in Domino 8.5, it was introduced in early versions of Lotus Notes, before
Seamless upgrade was introduced.
Tip: Use Upgrade by Mail if you are upgrading from pre 6.x release, for clients that does not have
SmartUpgrade functionality or for some reasons you want to upgrade particular users without
SmartUpgrade.
The idea of Upgrade by Mail is that we send to user special form, that is has a button which will trigger
upgrade of client and mailfile template. The benefit of this method this this will arrive to user as a regular
email.
To send user a Upgrade by Mail notification, open Domino Directory, select users to whom you would like to
send a message and choose “Send Upgrade Notification” from Action Bar menu.
In Basics tab of this for select whether you want upgrade Lotus Notes from “Lotus Notes 6 or higher” or
“Lotus Notes version that is pre 6.x release”
You may also include additional text for users in any local language.