LotusScript button updates email addresses in Lotus Notes PAB

LotusScript button updates email addresses in Lotus Notes PAB

To change an email address stored in the location document of a Lotus Notes user's Personal Address Book (PAB), there is a simple way. Send the user an email containing a button that includes the following LotusScript.

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Using this code, you can change the email address in the location documents of the PAB from: <something@olddomain.com> to <something@newdomain.com>. You can also include instructions for users explaining why they're receiving this email and button.

This LotusScript is adjustable for your needs.Once installed, the code sends an email to the Notes/Domino administrator notifying him when the update has been made.

Author's note: I used the fnSendMailWithDocLink function; credit goes out to author Siva Ramanathan.


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This was first published in February 2009

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