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a message is sent and when it is delivered, to contribute to reduced I/O, and to address
scalability issues caused by a large message backlog. Mailbox event notification is also a router
optimization. In Domino, when the router is running in a steady state and a new message is
deposited in MAIL.BOX, a copy of the message is made and placed on a mailbox event queue
which is then used by a new MailEvent thread in the router. The router then uses this copy of the
message without having to search MAIL.BOX to discover new messages nor perform a full note
open for use in transfer or delivery. The message is cached and additional copies of this
message are made as needed for multiple recipients. You can use NOTES.INI settings to limit the
amount of memory used by open notes. The memory values are shared and maintained by
mailbox event generation and any open router note. These enhancements do not cause changes
to the UI, but they are noticeable as performance improvements, see new Show Stat Mail, and
new router task detail.
New Policies features
There are several new features related to policies in Version 8.5. An overview of these features
are presented in the following sections.
New Dynamic Policies
Dynamic policy assignment is a new option for assigning explicit policies that allows you to assign
policy settings to individual users and groups just by specifying the appropriate user or group
name in a policy document. You are able to "set it and forget it" as far as the policy goes. As the
organization changes, you only need to update the Group document. If a user changes jobs or
organizations, you do not need to determine which policies need updating. The updated group
information is applied the next time the effective policy is calculated for any users in that group.
File Server Roaming Policy Settings
A new Roaming policy settings document has been added in support of the file server roaming
and IBM® Lotus® Domino® server roaming functionality introduced in this release for the IBM®
Lotus® Notes® 8.5 and greater standard configuration user. Notes standard configuration user
roaming, and this policy page, are introduced in this release.
New Widgets Policy setting
A new setting has been added to the "Enable provider IDs for widget addition" and "Restrict
provider IDs for installation/execution" Widgets policy page settings to allow for widgets that
deploy client plug-ins. The setting, "com.ibm.rcp.toolbox.prov.provider.ToolboxProvisioning" is
also available for the equivalent Eclipse preference settings in the plugin_customization.ini file.
Additional Window Management settings in Desktop Policy
The desktop policy settings document contains additional Window Management settings. On the
Preferences - Window Management tab, the setting "Display sidebar" controls whether the
sidebar displays on the Notes Client user's desktop. There are new "Hide" settings for several
sidebar panels including Feeds, Day-At-A-Glance, Activities, Sametime Primary Contacts, and
My Widgets. To review all of the new Window Management settings, see the topic Creating a