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Enabling multiple concurrent transfer threads between Domino domains
In a IBM® Lotus® Domino® network, message transfer over SMTP is always multithreaded, allowing multiple transfer threads to a single destination. However, by default, IBM® Lotus® Notes® routing is multithreaded only for transfers within the local Notes Named Network (NNN). When using Notes routing to transfer mail outside the NNN, Domino does not allow multiple concurrent transfer threads. You can add a setting in the NOTES.INI file to enable the use of multiple concurrent transfer threads for inter-domain Notes routing.

To transfer a message, the Router assigns a transfer thread to a message in its transfer queue. When Notes routing is used, the transfer thread moves the message across the network by copying it from the queue and writing it to the MAIL.BOX database on the destination server by means of a Notes remote procedure call. Each transfer thread processes a single message for a single destination only. If a message has multiple recipients at that destination, the thread deposits a single message addressed to all of them. To send additional messages or send the same message to additional destinations, the Router must activate additional transfer threads.

When the transfer queue has many messages for a given destination, the messages may be able to be transferred more efficiently if the server can create multiple transfer threads to that destination. However, for multiple transfer threads to improve efficiency there must be ample bandwidth on the connection between the servers. On a slow link, multiple active threads are forced to contend for bandwidth, with no resulting increase in the total throughput, thus defeating the purpose of multiple threads. Furthermore, if a high proportion of the total transfer threads are busy on a slow link, the server may be unable to transfer messages to destinations over other, faster links because of a lack of available threads.

For Notes routing, connections that rely on Connection documents, including connections to remote domain servers, are typically slower than local domain connections; so, by default, Domino does not allow multiple concurrent transfer threads to destinations that require a Connection document. To ensure that message transfer is not adversely affected, alter only the default behavior servers that have high-bandwidth connections to other Domino domains.

To enable multiple concurrent transfer threads between Domino domains

1. From the Domino Administrator, open the Domino Directory and click the Configuration tab.

2. To edit an existing Configuration Settings document, highlight and click Edit Configuration. To create a new Configuration settings document, highlight the server for which the Configuration Settings document will apply, then click Add Configuration.

3. Click the NOTES.INI Settings tab.

4. Click Set/Modify Parameters.

5. In the Item field, enter:


6. In the Value field, enter:
7. Click Add, and then click OK.

8. Click Save & Close.


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