Moving or migrating emails, To Do's and Calendar entries from one Lotus Notes mail file to another

If your Lotus Notes mail file has become corrupted one solution is to create a new one on the mail-server. This is typically done by your sys-admin and may take some time [and arm-twisting]. Once the file has been created first open the Replication tab and unselect the tick-mark next to the old mail-file then open the new file in the Workspace page and replicate to create a local copy [from which you will work].

You will notice that none of the emails, To Do's or Calendar entries are there, these have to be moved from your old mail file to the new before you can access them. I believe this can be done using Lotus scripts, but there is a more immediately practical method to get them into your new mail file. Proceed as follows:

1. Open both the old and new mail Inboxes
   
2. In the old file select emails you want to show in the new mail file
3. Right-click on one and select 'Copy'
4. Go to the new file
5. Right-click in the empty space in the Inbox
6. Select 'Paste'

All the emails you copied will appear in your new Inbox.

Do the same for your To Do list and Calendar entries, but for the Calendar select the 'All Calendar Entries' tab where you can paste all selected items at once.

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