2. Run the Create NotesBench Mail Person Documents agent to create the desired number of Person documents in the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Directory. When prompted, set these variables:

Variable	Setting
Message storage format	2 (MIME)
Mail system	6 (POP3/IMAP)

3. On the Domino Administrator client, start Server.Load.

4. In the Test Type field, choose Built-In, and then choose SMTP and POP3 Initialization Workload from the list.

5. Click the Script Variables tab, and enter these values:

Variable	Action
MailServer	Enter the canonical name of the mail server -- for example, CN=MailServer1/O=Acme.
nb_dbdir	Enter a database directory relative to the Notes data directory. Recommended value is mail\.
MailTemplate	Enter the name of the mail file template.

6. Click the Test Parameters tab. If you are running the test on multiple clients, increment the value of the Starting Thread No. parameter when you run the test on each client.

7. (Optional) Click the Stop Conditions tab to set a stop condition.

8. Click Execute.

9. (Optional) Select metrics to monitor.

10. (Optional) In the "Server to receive console commands" field, enter the name of the SUT.

11. Click Start Test.

12. Verify that the correct number of test mail files were created in the data directory. Each mail file is named MAILn.NSF, where n is a number.

13. Complete the procedure to run the SMTP and POP3 workload.

Related topics

SMTP and POP3 workload
Setting up clients and servers for Server.Load
Monitoring Server.Load metrics
Setting a Server.Load stop condition
Tips for running a Server.Load test
Running the built-in Server.Load workloads
Running a custom Server.Load script

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