This appendix specifies the NOTES.INI parameters that you will need to configure workstations and servers. A few miscellaneous parameters that control the size and positioning of Windows aren't specified. These parameters are operating-system specific
and fairly easy to understand when you look in an .INI file.
Syntax: ActionPaneEnabled=value
Description: Specifies whether Notes displays the ActionPane while in Design mode.
1 (Display Action Pane)
0 (Do Not Display Action Pane)
Default: 0
Notes UI Equivalent: View | Action | Pane
Syntax: Admin=UserName
Description: Specifies the user name of a server administrator. The name must be in canonical format. For example:
Admin=CN=Andrew Dahl/OU=Consulting/O=L3Comm/C=US
CN specifies the common name, OU specifies an organizational unit (there can be more than one organizational unit), O specifies the organization, and C specifies a country code (optional).
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: The Administrators field in the server document in the Public Address Book
Syntax: Admin_Access=Name,Group
Description: Specifies the user names and administrative groups allowed to administer this server. Each name should be listed in canonical format. Admin_Access must have at least one entry.
Default: The administrator name specified when installing the server
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: The Administrators field in the server document in the Public Address Book
Syntax: AdminPInterval=x
Description: Specifies how often Notes runs the Administration Process. The Administration Process checks for new administration requests every x minutes. See Chapter 13 for detailed information on the Administration Process.
Default: 30 minutes
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: Server
Syntax: AdminPModifiedPersonDocumentsAt=time
Description: Specifies the hour of the day (using a 24-hour clock) when the Administration Process will update person documents in the Public Address Book.
Default: 0 (12:00 a.m.)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: Server
Syntax: Allow_Access=names
Description: Specifies the users allowed to access this server. Valid entries are server names, user names, group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. All names entered must be hierarchical. An asterisk (*) gives access to all users. See Chapter 18,
"Administering Notes Security," for full details on using the Allow_Access parameter.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: The Access Server field in the server document in the Public Address Book. The setting in the server document takes precedence over the Allow_Access setting in the NOTES.INI file.
Syntax: Allow_Accessportname=names
where portname is a valid port for this Notes server.
Description: Specifies the users, servers, and groups that can access a server, using the specified port. Valid entries include server names, user names, group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. For example:
Allow_Access_COM3=*/administrators/L3Comm
This example reserves the COM3 port for administrators.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Allow_Passthru_Access=names
Description: Specifies the users and servers that can access this server as a destination server by using passthru. Valid entries include user names, server names, group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. If this parameter isn't specified, this
server can't be accessed by using passthru. An asterisk (*) gives access to all users listed in the Public Address Book.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Access This Server field in the Passthru Restrictions section of the server document in the Public Address Book. The server document takes precedence over the entry in the Notes.INI file. The NOTES.INI Allow_Passthru_Access
parameter is used only if the Access This Server field is blank.
Syntax: Allow_Passthru_Callers=names
Description: Specifies the servers and users that can cause this server to dial a destination server. Valid entries include server names, user names, group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. If this parameter isn't specified, this server can't be
used to complete a connection to a destination server by using a dial-up connection. An asterisk (*) gives access to all users and servers in the Public Address Book.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: The Cause Calling field in the Passthru Restrictions section of the server document. The server document takes precedence over the NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI parameter Allow_Passthru_Callers is used only if the Cause
Calling field is blank.
Syntax: Allow_Passthru_Clients=names
Description: Specifies the users and servers that can use this server as a passthru server. Valid entries include server names, user names, group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. An asterisk (*) enables anyone listed in the Public Address Book to
use this server as a passthru server.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: The Route Through field in the Passthru Restrictions section of the server document. The server document takes precedence over the NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI parameter of Allow_Passthru_Clients is used only if the
Route Through field is blank.
Syntax: Allow_Passthru_Targets=names
Description: Specifies the destination servers to which this server can connect by using passthru. Valid entries include server names, groups of servers, and wild cards that specify servers. If this field is blank, all servers can be accessed as
destination servers.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: The Destination Allow field in the Passthru Restrictions section of the server document. The server document takes precedence over the NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI parameter Allow_Passthru_Targets is used only if the
Destinations Allow field is blank.
Syntax: Amgr_DocUpdateAgentMinInterval=minutes
Description: Specifies the minimum interval in minutes between executions of a document-update-triggered agent.
Default: 30 (minutes)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Servers and workstations
Syntax: Amgr_DocUpdateEventDelay=minutes
Description: Specifies the minimum interval between execution of a document-update-triggered agent due to a document-update event, and the next time the Agent Manager schedules that agent.
Default: 5 (minutes)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Servers and workstations
Syntax: Amgr_NewMailAgentMinInterval=minutes
Description: Specifies the minimum interval between executions of a new-mail-triggered agent.
Default: 0
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Servers and workstations
Syntax: Amgr_NewMailEventDelay=minutes
Description: Specifies the time to elapse between running a new-mail-triggered agent and the Agent Manager scheduling that agent again.
Default: 1 (minute)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Servers and workstations
Syntax: AMgr_WeekendDays=Day1,Day2,...
Description: Specifies the days of the week that should be considered to be weekends. Specify each day as a number, where Sunday is 1 and Saturday is 7. Agents with the Don't Run on Weekends option selected don't run on the days of the week specified in
the Amgr_WeekendDays parameter.
Default: 7 (Saturday), 1 (Sunday)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Server and workstations
Syntax: AppleTalkNameServer=ServerName
Description: Specifies the server name of the user's secondary AppleTalk server. This parameter applies to AppleTalk network users only.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Ports panel. Specify an AppleTalk port and choose Options.
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: AutoLogOffMinutes=minutes
Description: Specifies the number of minutes a workstation can be inactive before the user is logged off automatically.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Basics panel. Enter the number of minutes in the Lock ID field.
Syntax: CDP_command=value
where command can be any of these commands:
Description: Specifies a set of CDP settings to control opening, handling, and closing applications using OLE.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: CertificateExpChecked=FileName ExpirationDate
Description: Specifies the path and file name for the default user ID and its certificate's expiration date. For example:
CertificateExpChecked=c:/NoteData/User.ID 5/4/96
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Expiration Date field in the Certify ID dialog box.
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: CertifierIDFile=IDFileName
Description: Specifies the full path and file name for a certifier ID for a server. You must specify the full path.
Default: The location of the certifier ID file, specified when you install the server.
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | Server Administration | Certifiers
Syntax: COMnumber=ParameterValue1,ParameterValue2,...
where number is in the range 1-5.
Description: Specifies the settings for a specific COM port. You can specify a value for any of the parameters shown in the following table (in order, from top to bottom):
Required | Driver | Specifies the driver name for this port | .
Required | Unit ID | Specifies the unit ID for this port. |
Required | MaxSessions | Specifies the maximum number of concurrent connections to a server. |
Required | Buffer_Size | Specifies the size of the port buffer in kilobytes.* |
Optional | Flags | Specifies flags for logging modem I/O, logging script I/O, hardware flow control, and encrypting network data. |
Optional | Modem_Speed | Specifies the modem speed in kilobytes. |
Optional | Modem_Volume | Specifies the modem volume and dialing mode. |
Optional | Modem_File_Name | Specifies the modem command file for this modem. |
Optional | Dial_Timer | Specifies the number of seconds before dialing fails (the connection times out). |
Optional | Hang_Up_Time_Out | Specifies the number of minutes this connection can be idle before Notes hangs up. |
Optional | Acquire_Script | The file name for an acquire script to run when accessing a server using this port. |
For example:
COM3=XPC,3,15,0,,12302,57600,16,USRSP28.MDM,60,15,COMSERV.SCR
This example specifies that the COM3 port uses the XPC driver on COM port number 3, supports a maximum of 15 concurrent sessions, has a buffer size of 0, uses a variety of flags (don't try to set flags using the INI file; use the user interface
instead), has a modem speed of 57,600 kilobytes, uses tone dialing and has the speaker turned off, uses the US Robotics Sportster 28.8 modem file, has a connection time out of 60 seconds, hangs up after 15 minutes of idle time, and uses the Communication
Server acquire script.
Default: Depends on the type of modem you have installed.
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Ports panel. Select a port name and then choose Options.
Applies to: Servers and workstations
Syntax: CONFIG_DB=path
Description: Specifies the relative path and file name of the Statistics and Events database. For example, Data\Events4.NSF.
Default: Events4.NSF
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Console_Loglevel=value
where value is:
0-no information
1-errors only
2-a summary of the progress information
3-detailed information on progress
4-full trace information
Description: Specifies the amount of information to be logged while tracing a connection.
Default: 2
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Create_File_Access=names
Description: Specifies the users and servers that can create new databases on a server. All specified names must be hierarchical. Valid entries include user names, server names, group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. If this parameter isn't
specified, all users have the ability to create files.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Create New Databases field in the server document in the Public Address Book. The server document takes precedence over the NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI parameter Create_File_Access is used only if the Create New Databases
field is blank.
Syntax: Create_Replica_Access=names
Description: Specifies the users and servers that can create replicas on this server. All specified names must be hierarchical. Valid entries include user names, server names, group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. If this parameter isn't
specified, all users listed in the Public Address Book have the ability to create replicas.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Create Replica Databases field in the server document. The server document takes precedence over the NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI parameter Create_Replica_Access is used only if the Create Replica Databases field is blank.
Syntax: CTF=FileName
Description: Specifies the international import/export character set.
Default: L_CPWIN.CLS
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, International panel. Select the Import/Export Character Set button and then select a character set from the list.
Syntax: DDE_Timeout=seconds
Description: The amount of time Notes waits for another DDE application to respond to a DDE message.
Default: 10 (seconds)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Default_Index_Lifetime_Days=days
Description: Specifies the default lifetime for full-text indexes for databases on this server or workstation. All indexes that haven't been used for the specified number of days are purged by the Indexer server task.
Default: 45 (days)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Deny_Access=names
Description: Specifies the users and servers that aren't allowed to access this server. All specified names must be hierarchical. Valid entries include server names, user names, group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. An asterisk (*) denies access
to everyone listed in the Public Address Book.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Name and Address Book Equivalent: The Not Access Server field in the server document. The server document takes precedence over the NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI parameter Deny_Access is used only if the Not Access Server field is blank. Be sure to add
your deny access group to this field.
Syntax: Deny_Access_portname=names
Description: Specifies the users and servers that can't access this server by using this specified port. The port name can be any valid port for this Notes server. All names specified must be hierarchical. Valid entries include server names, user names,
group names, an asterisk (*), and wild cards. An asterisk (*) denies access to all servers and users listed in the Public Address Book.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Desktop=path
Description: Specifies the location of the DESKTOP.DSK file. If this parameter isn't specified, Notes looks in the Notes Data Directory for the DESKTOP.DSK file. This parameter is workstation-platform-specific.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Directory=path
Description: Specifies the root directory of the Notes data tree.
Default: The Notes data directory specified during installation.
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Basics panel. Select the Local Database Folder entry field.
Syntax: Domain=name
Description: For a server, specifies the server's domain. For a workstation, specifies the domain of the user's mail server.
Default: The domain specified during installation.
Notes UI Equivalent: For a server, the Domain field in the server document. For a workstation, the Domain field in the user's person document.
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: DST=value
where value can be:
0-Do not observe Daylight Savings Time
1-Observe Daylight Savings Time
Description: Specifies whether this server or workstation observes Daylight Savings Time. This parameter affects the time stamp given to documents. If Daylight Savings Time is observed, documents are time-stamped one hour later during Daylight Savings
Time.
Default: 1 (Observe Daylight Savings Time)
Notes UI Equivalent: Daylight Savings Time field in the location document.
Applies to: Servers and workstations
Syntax: DST_Begin_Date=date
Description: Specifies the exact date when Daylight Savings Time begins. Specify a date, using dd/mm/year format. If you use the DST_Begin_Date parameter, you must also specify DST_End_Date.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: DST_End_Date=date
Description: Specifies the exact date when Daylight Savings Time ends. Specify a date, using dd/mm/year format. If you use DST_End_Date, you must also specify DST_Begin_Date.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: DSTlaw=startmonth,startweek,startday,endmonth,endweek,endday
Description: Specifies the exact day when Daylight Savings Time starts and ends. Months are specified using 1-12, weeks using 1-4, and days using 1 (Sunday) through 7 (Saturday). Weeks can also be specified using negative numbers, where -1 is the last
week, -2 is the second to last week, etc.
Default: DSTlaw=4,1,1,10,-1,1 (Daylight Savings Time begins the first Sunday in April and ends the last Sunday in October.)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Servers and workstations
Syntax: EditExpnumber=parameter1,parameter2,parameter3,...
Description: Specifies the settings used when exporting information from a document. The following are valid parameters:
parameter1-Program name and file type
parameter2-The value 0, 1, or 2, where:
0-Can't append to an existing file
1-An option to append is provided in a dialog box
2-Automatically writes a temporary file if needed to avoid a 64K limit
parameter3-Name of the export routine to use
parameter4-Reserved
parameter5 and up-File extensions used to select a file type in the File Export dialog box.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: EditIMPnumber=parameter1,parameter2,parameter3,parameter4,parameter 5,...
Description: Specifies the settings used when importing data into a document. The following are valid values:
parameter1-Program name and file type
parameter2-Reserved value. Set equal to 0.
parameter3-Name of the export routine to use
parameter4-Reserved
parameter5 and up-File extensions used to select a file type in the File Import dialog box.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: EmptyTrash=value
where value can be:
0-Display a prompt before closing a database
1-Always empty the trash when closing a database
2-Never empty the trash automatically. The trash must be emptied manually.
Description: Specifies whether the trash folder is automatically purged, and when this will happen.
Default: 0 (prompt when closing a database)
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Basics panel, the Empty Trash Folder field.
Syntax: ExtMgrAddIns=value1,value2,value3,...
Description: Each value specifies an add-in file to use for the Notes server. The file name representing the program is the specified value, appended with a platform-specific suffix. The platform-specific suffixes are:
Windows _
OS/2 $
Windows NT N
For example, ExtMgr_AddIns=Mypurge would instruct an OS/2 server to look for the file $MYPURGE.DLL.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: FileDlgDirectory=path
Description: Specifies a default directory for file searches. If this parameter isn't specified, Notes searches the Notes data directory and its subtree. If you specify this entry, Notes looks only in the specified directory.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: FixUp_Tasks=number
Description: Specifies the maximum number of Fixup tasks that can run on this server. You should never specify more than twice the number of CPUs.
Default: Twice the number of CPUs on the system.
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: FT_INTL_Setting=value
Description: Enables full-text searching to work with the Japanese language. When enabled, stemming is turned off, all full-text indexes are case-sensitive, and the STOPWORD file is ignored.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: FT_MAX_Instances=NumberOfWords
Description: Sets the maximum number of words from a single document to be included in a full-text index. The amount of memory required is 10 times the number of words you specify (in bytes).
Default: 100,000
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: FullTextMultiProcess=number
Description: Specifies the maximum number of full-text Indexer tasks that can run simultaneously on a server.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: KeyFileName=path
Description: Specifies the path and file name for the server or user ID file.
Default: The ID file for the administrator you specified when installing the server.
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: KitType=value
where value can be:
1-Workstation
2-Server, Workstation and Server
Description: Specifies whether you're running the Notes workstation or server.
Default: Depends on whether you're running the workstation or the server.
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: LANnumber=PortDriver,UnitID,EnabledFlag,,BufferSize
where number is a valid LAN port number
Description: Specifies information for a specific network port.
Default: This parameter is configured automatically when you install Notes.
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Ports panel.
Syntax: Location=LocationName
Description: Identifies the current location.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Mobile | Choose Current Location.
Syntax: Log=LogFileName,LogOption,0,Days,Size
The 0 (zero) in the middle of the command is a required placeholder.
where
LogFileName-Full path and file name for the Notes log
LogOption-1, 2, or 4, where
1-Log information to the console
2-Always run Fixup before opening the Notes log
4-Completely scan all documents in the Notes log when doing a database Fixup
0-This parameter is not used
Days-The number of days to retain documents in the Notes log
Size-The amount of text to be logged for a specific event
Description: Specifies the path and file name for the Notes log, as well as the information to be logged. For example,
Log=LOG.NSF,1,0,3,10000
This example specifies that the Notes log file is the file LOG.NSF, that all information logged will also be sent to the console, that all log documents will be retained for 3 days, and that the maximum amount of text for a single event is 10,000 words.
Default: Log=LOG.NSF,1,0,7,8000 (save information for seven days, up to 8,000 words per entry)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Log_AgentManager=value
where value can be:
0-Don't log agent execution events
1-Log agent execution events
Description: Specifies whether the Agent Manager logs the execution of an agent.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Log_MailRouting=value
where value can be:
0-No information is logged.
10-Displays errors, warnings, and major routing events such as startup, shutdown, the number of messages transferred, or a database compact.
20-Includes all information from 10, plus successful deliveries and transfers.
30-Logs all information from 20, plus thread information.
40-Logs all information from 30, plus transfer messages, message queues, and detailed information about documents placed in MAIL.BOX.
Description: Specifies the logging level for MAIL.BOX and the router.
Default: 20
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Log_Replication=value
where value can be
0-Don't log replication events
1-Log replication events
Description: Specifies whether replication events are logged. If replication events are logged, they are also displayed to the Notes console.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Log All Replication Event setting in the advanced server setup.
Syntax: Log_Sessions=value
where value can be:
0-Don't log individual sessions
1-Log individual sessions
Description: Specifies whether individual sessions are logged. If sessions are logged, information is also displayed to the console.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Log All Client Event setting in the advanced server setup.
Syntax: Log_Tasks=value
where value can be:
Yes-Log the server task status and display the status on the console
No-Do not log or display the server task status information
Description: Specifies logging of server task information.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Log_View_Events=value
where value can be:
0-Don't log when views are rebuilt
1-Log view rebuilding
Description: Specifies whether view rebuilding events are logged. If this parameter isn't specified, rebuild events aren't logged.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Mail_Log_To_MiscEvents=value
where value can be:
0-Don't display mail events in the Misc Events view of the Notes log.
1-Display mail events in the Misc Events view of the Notes log.
Description: Specifies whether mail events are displayed in the Misc Events view of the Notes log.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: MailCompactDisable=value
where value can be:
0-Enables MAIL.BOX compacting
1-Disables MAIL.BOX compacting
Description: Specifies whether MAIL.BOX is to be compacted. If this parameter isn't specified, MAIL.BOX is compacted normally by the Compact task.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: MailDisablePriority=value
where value can be:
1-The router ignores priorities when delivering messages
0-The router checks priorities when routing mail
Description: Disabling mail priority checking prevents immediate delivery of high-priority mail to different Notes networks.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: MailDynamicCostReset=minutes
Description: Specifies the elapsed time between when a server is unavailable and the time that the router will reset its cost estimate for that server.
Default: 60 (minutes)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: MailEncryptIncoming=value
where value can be:
0-Don't force encryption
1-Encrypt all incoming mail
Description: Specifies whether all incoming mail will be encrypted, or mail will be encrypted on a case-by-case basis as specified in the individual mail message.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: MailLowPriorityTime=TimeRange
Description: Specifies the time of day considered to be off-peak hours. Notes routes low-priority mail only during the low-priority time of day. Times are specified in 24-hour format. You must specify a range. For example:
MailLowPriorityTime=20:00-00:00
This example specifies routing low-priority mail between 8:00 p.m. and midnight. Notes doesn't deliver low-priority mail if you specify only a single time.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: MailMaxThreads=number
Description: Specifies the maximum number of simultaneous threads that the mail router uses. Notes typically uses 1 thread per port. Raise this number on hubs and mail servers to allow for faster mail routing.
MaxMailThreads isn't used under Unix.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: MailServer=ServerName
Description: Specifies a user's home server (the server that contains the user's mail file).
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Mail Server field in the person document in the Public Address Book.
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: MailSystem=value
where value can be:
0-Notes Mail
1-cc:Mail or any other mail system
Description: Specifies the mail system used by Notes.
Default: The mail system selected during Notes installation.
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | UserPreferences, Mail panel. Use the Mail Program drop-down list box to select the correct mail program.
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: MailTimeout=days
Description: Specifies the number of days an undelivered message can be in a server's mail box before the message is returned as undeliverable. If this parameter isn't specified in the NOTES.INI file, mail is returned after one day. Increase this number
if you are sending mail to a foreign domain or routing a large number of messages.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: MailTimeoutMinutes=minutes
Description: Specifies the number of minutes a message can be in MAIL.BOX before Notes returns the message to the sender. The maximum entry for a number is 1,440 (24 hours). If this parameter isn't specified in the NOTES.INI file, mail is returned after
one day. Don't specify both MailTimeout and MailTimeoutMinutes. To specify a time greater than one day, use MailTimeout rather than MailTimeoutMinutes.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Max_Retry_Delay=minutes
Description: Specifies the interval between call attempts when one server attempts to connect to another server.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Memory_Quota=megabytes
Description: Memory_Quota is used only under OS/2. Specifies the maximum amount of virtual memory that Notes can allocate. If this parameter isn't specified, Notes uses all available memory. The minimum value is 4 megabytes.
WARNING: Never use the Memory_Quota setting unless told to do so by Lotus support.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: ModemFileDirectory=path
Description: Specifies the directory containing modem command files.
Default: The modem subdirectory under the Notes data directory, which was defined during the Notes installation.
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: Name_Change_Expiration_Days=days
where days must be in the range 14-60.
Description: Specifies the elapsed time in days before name change requests are deleted by the Administration Process from the Administration Request database (ADMIN4.NSF). Name change requests rejected by a user are deleted after the specified number
of days. If the user doesn't connect to the server in the specified number of days, the name change request is deleted.
Default: 21 (days)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Names=AddressBook1,AddressBook2,...
Description: Specifies the Public Address Books to be searched when resolving mail routing and group names. A maximum of 256 characters can be used, but you don't need to specify the .NSF extension. Notes only checks the first address book listed when
looking for connection, domain, and server documents, and when resolving access control for groups.
Default: Names
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Server and workstations
Syntax: NewMailInterval=minutes
Description: The interval at which a Notes workstation checks for new mail, based on the number of minutes specified.
Default: 1
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Mail panel. Fill in the option for New Mail.
Syntax: NewMailTune=FileName
Description: Specifies the full path and file name for a WAV (sound) file to be played when new mail arrives. You must have a sound card and it must be enabled for this value to be used.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Server and workstations
Syntax: NoDesignMenus=value
where value can be:
0-Shows the Design menu
1-Hides the Design menu
Description: Removes the Design menu from the menu bar on workstations. Users can't view or change designs or create private views without this menu item. If this parameter isn't specified, the Design menu is included in the menu bar.
WARNING: Don't rely on this setting as a security feature; a workstation user can easily edit his own NOTES.INI file to gain access to the Design menu.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: NoExternalApps=value
where value can be:
1-Disables automatic launching of external applications
0-Enables automatic launching of external applications
Description: Use this parameter to protect against rogue mail messages. Mail messages can include executable applications. If you haven't disabled automatic execution of external applications, applications included in the mail file are automatically
executed when the user opens the message. The application may cause data loss or disruption of the workstation. When NoExternalApps is set to 1, the following features are disabled on the workstation:
If this parameter isn't specified, you aren't protected against rogue mail messages.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: No_Force_Activity_Logging=value
where value can be:
0-Prevents logging
1-Enables logging
Description: Prevents the Statistics task from automatically enabling activity logging for all databases on a server. If this parameter isn't specified, the StatLog server task enables the Record Activity option for every database on the server, which
causes 64 kilobytes to be added to the size of each database. Regardless of the value of this parameter, database activity is recorded in the Database Usage view in the server's Notes log. Because of this, you generally set No_Force_Activity_Logging to 0.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: NoMailMenu=value
where value can be:
1-Hide the Mail menu
0-Don't hide the Mail menu
Description: Specifies whether the Mail menu is displayed on a workstation. If this parameter isn't specified, the Mail menu is included. The user's mail system is set to none in this case.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: NSF_Buffer_Pool_Size=value
Description: Specifies the maximum size of the NSF buffer pool. The NSF buffer pool is a disk cache used to store database updates temporarily before they are permanently written to disk. A large buffer pool can increase performance only when enough
memory is available to hold the entire buffer in memory, not in virtual memory. If your server is swapping, specify a low value for NSF_Buffer_Pool_Size. The maximum size for Windows and Macintosh is 16 megabytes. Notes automatically changes this
parameter, based on the value of the MEM.AVAILABILITY statistic. MEM.AVAILABILITY can be set at painful, normal, or plentiful, and affects the NSF buffer pool in the following way:
Painful-Sets the buffer pool size to 460K
Normal-Sets the buffer pool size to 4M
Plentiful-Sets the buffer pool size to 6M
Default: The Notes server automatically determines this value
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: OS2DDE_Command=value
Description: This group of NOTES.INI settings controls opening and closing of files using DDE under OS/2.
WARNING:Don't change any of these settings unless instructed to do so by Lotus support. Notes may cease to function if you change this parameter.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Passthru_LogLevel=value
where value can be:
0-No information is logged
1-Errors are logged
2-Errors and summary information are logged
3-Errors, summary, and detailed information are logged
4-All information is logged
Description: Specifies the amount of detail recorded in the Miscellaneous view when using passthru.
Default: 3 (Errors, summary, and detailed information is logged)
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Ports panel. Choose Trace Connection and specify Log Options.
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: PhoneLog=value
where value can be:
0-Don't log phone calls
1-Record all calls except those that have a busy signal
2-Record all calls
Description: Specifies which phone calls are logged.
Default: 2 (Records all calls)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: Port_MaxSessions=number
Description: Specifies the maximum number of sessions that Notes allows on a specific port. Notes creates at least one session for each active user or server connected.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Ports=PortName1,PortName2,...
Description: Lists the enabled ports in the order that they will be used in the absence of server connection documents. Specify the actual name of the port, such as COM1, LAN0, TCP, as listed in the list of ports in the User Preferences dialog box.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Ports panel.
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: ProgramMode=value
where value can be:
0-Full Notes
1-Notes Mail
8-Notes Desktop
Description: When a user uses Notes with a mail ID rather than a Notes desktop ID, Notes automatically updates this parameter.
Default: 1 (Full Notes)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Repl_Error_Tolerance=number
Description: Specifies the maximum number of times a specific error can occur during replication before replication is terminated.
Default: 2
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Repl_Push_Retries=number
Description: Specifies the number of times a Release 4 server can attempt to push changes to a database on a Release 3 server. Databases on Release 3 servers can be updated by only one replicator at a time. Second and simultaneous attempts to push
changes to a database are denied. If a server is denied push access to a database, it retries the specified number of times once every 30 seconds.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ReplicationTimeLimit=minutes
Description: Specifies the maximum duration for a single replication session. If this parameter isn't specified, there is no limit.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Replication Time Limit field in a connection document in the Public Address Book.
Syntax: Replicators=number
Description: Specifies the number of Replicator tasks that can run simultaneously on a server. You must restart the Notes server after changing this value.
Default: 1
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ReportUseMail=value
where value can be:
0-Use the Statistic Delivery API call
1-Use the mail router
Description: Specifies whether the Reporter task uses mail or its own internal call to deliver statistics, when delivering statistics to another server within a domain. When this parameter is set to 1, the Reporter task logs the fact that it is forced
to use Notes mail.
Default: 0
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: SecureMail=value
where value can be:
0-Don't force encryption of all outgoing mail
1-Force encryption of all outgoing mail
Description: Secure mail applies only to workstations. No way exists to force encryption of all outgoing mail from a particular server. Mail sent by a workstation with secure mail enabled is encrypted. Secure mail also causes all outgoing Notes mail to
be digitally signed. When secure mail is specified in NOTES.INI, users aren't given the option to sign and encrypt when creating mail. If this parameter isn't specified in the NOTES.INI file, users have the option of signing and encrypting on a
message-by-message basis.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: File | Tools | User Preferences, Mail panel. Choose the Encrypt Sent Mail option.
Syntax: Server_Console_Password=password
Description: This entry is created automatically by a Notes server when the Set Configuration command is entered at the server console. See Chapter 18, "Administering Notes Security," for more details on the Set Configuration Server command.
The password is encrypted before being stored in the NOTES.INI file.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Server_MaxSessions=number
Description: Specifies the maximum number of concurrent sessions that a server can start. Decrease this number if you increase the number of replicators or mail router threads.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Server_Session_Timeout=minutes
Description: Specifies the maximum amount of time that a server keeps an idle connection open. When the specified number of minutes elapses, Notes terminates the connection.
Default: (OS/2, Windows NT, Windows 95, UNIX) 240 minutes; (Netware) 30 minutes.
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Server_Show_Performance=value
where value can be:
Yes-Displays server performance events on the console
No-Records server performance events to the Notes log
Description: Specifies whether server performance events are displayed on the console. Whether or not this feature is enabled, events are logged. If this parameter isn't specified, events are logged.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ServerKeyFileName=FileName
Description: Specifies the server ID file on a Notes server used as both workstation and server. (KeyFileName specifies the user ID for an administrator when a Notes machine is being used as both server and workstation.)
This parameter is ignored on NetWare servers.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ServerName=name
Description: Specifies the full hierarchical name of the server.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: The Server Name field in the server document.
Syntax: ServerNoReplRequests=value
where value can be:
0-Accept replication requests
1-Refuse replication requests
Description: When this feature is enabled, the replicator running on this server doesn't respond to requests from other servers to push changes during a replication; other servers must perform pull-push replication with this server. If this parameter
isn't specified, the server accepts replication requests.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ServerPullReplication=value
where value can be:
1-All scheduled replications must be push-pull
0-Scheduled replications occur normally
Description: When this feature is enabled, all scheduled replications initiated from this server must be pull-push. This parameter is generally used in a hub-and-spoke replication configuration to reduce the workload on the hub server. You reduce the
workload on the hub server by specifying 1 on all spoke servers.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ServerPushReplication=value
where value can be:
1-Prevents this server from pulling changes from other servers
0-Scheduled replications occur normally
Description: When this feature is enabled, all scheduled replications initiated from this server must be push-pull. This server doesn't send a request to the other server to replicate back changes.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ServerSetUp=number
where number is:
1-NetWare
2-Windows
3-OS/2
Description: Specifies a server's operating system.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ServerTasks=task1,task2,task3,...
Description: Specifies all server tasks to be started when the Notes server is started.
Default: Replica, router, UPDALL, stats
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: ServerTasksAttime=ServerTask1,ServerTask2,...
where time specifies an hour of the day, using 24-hour format (0 is midnight and 23 is 11 p.m.)
Description: Use ServerTasksAttime to schedule server tasks to start at a specific hour of the day. (To schedule programs, use program documents instead of this parameter.)
Default:
ServerTasksAt1=Catalog,Design (runs Catalog and Design at 1:00 a.m.)
ServerTasksAt2=UPDALL,Object Collect MailOBJ.NSF (runs UPDALL, Object Collect MailOBJ.NSF at 2:00 a.m.)
ServerTasksAt5=StatLog (runs StatLog at 5:00 a.m.)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: SetUp=RevisionNumber
Description: Identifies the version number of Notes software.
Default: This parameter is set during Notes installation.
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: Shared_Mail=value
where value can be:
0-Shared mail is disabled for new mail delivered to this server. Any currently shared mail is unaffected.
1-Shared mail is enabled for new mail delivered to this server
2-Shared mail is used for mail delivered to this server and for mail transferred through this server
Description: Specifies whether the shared mail feature is used for new mail on this server.
Default: 0 (Shared mail not used)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: SwapPath=location
Description: Specifies the location of the server's swap file. This parameter shouldn't be used, as the swap file should be specified by using the OS/2 system configuration files. If this parameter is specified, the Reporter server task uses this
location for the Server.Path.Swap statistic.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: TimeZone=value
Description: Specifies a time zone. Time zones begin at Greenwich, England (0) and move westward. Eastern Standard Time is 5.
Default: Provided during Notes installation.
Notes UI Equivalent: The Local Time Zone field in the location document.
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: Update_No_BRP_Files=value
where value can be:
1-The Fixup server task creates a .BRP file when it encounters an error
0-The Fixup task doesn't create a .BRP file
Description: Determines whether a Fixup server task creates a .BRP file.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Update_No_FullText=value
where value can be:
0-Indexes are updated
1-Indexes aren't updated
Description: Specifies whether the UPDATE.ALL server task can update full-text indexes. If this parameter isn't specified, the UPDALL server task updates full-text indexes.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Update_Suppression_Time=minutes
Description: Specifies the elapsed time between full-text and view updates. This parameter is used even if immediate indexing is specified for a database.
Default: 5 (minutes)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: Updaters=number
Description: Specifies the number of full-text indexing tasks that can run simultaneously on a server. If this parameter isn't specified, only a single indexer runs at a time.
You must restart the server after changing this parameter.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: UseFontMapper=value
where value can be:
1-Enables the FontMapper
0-Disables the FontMapper
Description: Determines whether the FontMapper is used to map fonts.
Default: 1 (Enabled)
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax:
ViewExpNumber=parameter1,parameter2,parameter3,,parameter4,...
Description: Specifies the parameters used when exporting data from a view. The following are valid parameters:
parameter1-The program name and file type
parameter2-The value 0, 1, or 2, where
0-Can't append to an existing file
1-An option to append is provided in a dialog box
2-Automatically writes a temporary file if needed to avoid a 64K limit
parameter3-Name of the export routine to use
parameter4-Reserved
parameter5 and up-File extensions used to select a file type in the File Export dialog box
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: ViewImpNumber=parameter1,0,parameter2,,parameter3,...
Description: Specifies parameters to be used when importing files at the view level.
parameter1-The program name and version number
parameter2-The name of the import routine to use
parameter3 and up-File extensions used to select a file type in the File Import dialog box
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: Window_Title=text
Description: Replaces Lotus Notes on the title bar with the specified text.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Applies to: Workstations and servers
Syntax: WhenInfoBoxPos=xlocation,ylocation
Description: Determines the position of an info box.
Default: 85,193
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: WhenSysFontNumber=value1,value2,value3,...
Description: All CGM metafiles contain numeric identifiers for fonts. When the FontMapper is disabled, these font numbers are used to map fonts from a Windows system font.
Default: None
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: XPC_Console=value
where value can be:
0-Hides the console
1-Displays the console
Description: Displays the XPC console that contains modem input/output information, if this information is being logged.
Default: 0
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: XPC_No_Look_Ahead_Reads=value
where value can be:
1-Disables XPC protocol from looking ahead in the Serial Driver's Receive queue to determine if enough data is available to form an XPC packet.
0-XPC look-ahead is enabled
Description: When this feature is disabled, XPC can't look ahead to see if enough data is available to form an XPC packet. Disabling look-ahead results in less than optimal performance, but is useful when troubleshooting.
Default: 0
Notes UI Equivalent: None
Syntax: XPC_Pool_Size=bytes
Description: Specifies the size of an XPC memory pool. You should add 15K to this value for every COM port beyond your sixth COM port. The maximum size of this pool is 1M.
Default: 50,000 (bytes)