How to disable iNotes for a single mail file

Question

Should be simple, but IBM doesn't make it easy...

How do I NOT use iNotes when accessing a mail file over HTTP.

I would like to access a custom view and form to my mail file, but I cannot seem to bypass iNotes. The server always gives me an iNotes page instead of my form.

If I use an old mail file template, it will work, but somewhere in the newer mail templates there is a 'switch' that says use iNotes.

Obviously I still want HTTP, just not iNotes on this one mail file -- I do not want to use an old email template. Where is the 'switch?'

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Thanks to Torsten for 2 options.

I may as well describe the solution in detail:

In Domino Designer, open the Icon in the Resources folder for the database.

Click on the Properties tab, select Document IDs, and copy down the Note ID -- in my case the value was 0000011E.

Run the following agent in LotusScript:

Sub Initialize
   Dim session As New NotesSession
   Dim db As NotesDatabase
   Dim iconDoc As NotesDocument

   Set db = session.CurrentDatabase
   'NoteID of icon document from icon properties
   Set iconDoc = db.GetDocumentById("11E")

   'Delete the field $FormsTemplateFile
   Call iconDoc.RemoveItem("$FormsTemplateFile")

   Call iconDoc.Save(True, True)

End Sub

This gets the icon design doc by NoteID from which you can modify any of the fields 'hiding' there. Removing $FormsTemplateFile disconnects the mail file from using iNotes. Cheers.