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Q200223: XCLN: Requirements for Microsoft Importer for Lotus Notes Mail

Article: Q200223
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0,5.0,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc4 exc5 exc55kbfaq
Last Modified: 22-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, used with:
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 
- Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server 
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SUMMARY
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The Microsoft Importer for Lotus Notes Mail and Exchange Server allows Notes
e-mail users to convert their existing Notes e-mail database, folders, and
messages to Exchange Server.

You can use the Importer for Lotus Notes Mail program to convert folders and
e-mail messages from a Notes e-mail database to Exchange Server mailboxes
directly from the desktops of the users.

A Importer for Lotus Notes Mail administrator runs the setup program. The
administrator can then perform the mailbox conversions, or the administrator can
provide users with the Importer for Lotus Notes Mail program and documentation
so that the users can perform the conversions.

The Importer for Lotus Notes Mail is a data migration program. Only data, such as
folders and messages, is converted by the Importer for Lotus Notes Mail.

MORE INFORMATION
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Hardware Requirements
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The minimum system requirement is an 80386 25 megahertz (MHz) computer that has
16 megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM). A Pentium personal computer
that has 32 MB of RAM is recommended.

Software Requirements
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You can run the setup program on any Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51 or later
workstation. After you successfully run the setup program, you can distribute
the Importer for Lotus Notes Mail to users that have computers running Microsoft
Windows version 3.1 or later, Windows NT version 3.51 or later, Microsoft
Windows 95, or Microsoft Windows 98.

You need to install the following software on the client workstation before you
start the Importer for Lotus Notes Mail:

- Lotus Notes client release 3.0 or later

- 32-bit Microsoft Exchange Client version 4.0 or later

Storage Requirements
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To store the Importer for Lotus Notes Mail programs, you need a minimum of 7 MB
of disk space and additional space for mail folders, forms, and messages.

Obtaining the Program
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You can obtain the Importer for Lotus Notes Mail program from the following
Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2000/NotesImporter.asp

Additional query words: download

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Keywords          : exc4 exc5 exc55 kbfaq
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :4.0,5.0,5.5
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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