You can view your database subscription forms in the Database Subscriptions (also known as Headlines) database (headline.nsf), located in your Favorites folder on the Bookmark bar. Headline.nsf is automatically created from the template headine.ntf and is located in your Notes/Data directory. If you do not see the Database Subscriptions (or Headlines) bookmark in your Favorites folder, choose File - Database - Open and open headline.nsf from your Notes/Data directory.

Click any of these topics:

• To enable or disable subscriptions for a database
• To create a subscription for a database
• To check for database subscription updates
• To display database subscription results on your Welcome Page
• To edit database subscription information
• To enable or disable individual database subscriptions
• To set a time when database subscription results should be automatically deleted

1. Choose File - Preferences - User Preferences.
Macintosh OS X users: Notes - Preferences - User Preferences.

2. Click Basics, and under "Startup Options" select or deselect "Check subscriptions."

Notes

• If you do not use subscriptions, make sure they are disabled to optimize the performance of Notes. Disabling subscriptions can save up to four megabytes of memory.
• If you have an old headline.nsf, you can update it in these ways:
  • Delete headline.nsf and it will be recreated with the new template information.
  • Change the archiving on headlines.nsf to purge every 2 days instead of 365.
  • Disable the New Mail subscription in the headline.nsf database.
  • Manually purge the subscription results by right-clicking New Mail results on the Database Subscription outline and select Remove in the pop-up.

To create a subscription for a database

1. Open the database to subscribe to.

2. Choose Create - Subscription.

3. In the Subscription form, select the options you want to be notified of in the database, and then click OK or Save and Close.

Notes

• If you cannot create a subscription for a database, contact your administrator for help.
• Subscription forms can vary for each database. If you have trouble with the form see the database designer for more information.

To check for database subscription updates

Notes checks for database subscription results twice as often as it checks for new mail. For example, if you set your preferences to check for mail every four minutes, Notes checks for database subscription results every two minutes. To set your new mail notification settings, see Setting the way Notes announces new mail.

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To display database subscription results on your Welcome Page

1. From your Welcome Page, click the top border of the Welcome Page that says "Click here for more Welcome Page options," then click the "Create a new Welcome Page" button.

2. Use the Welcome Page wizard to set up your Welcome Page. When choosing what you would like on your Welcome Page, select to have frames, and then select Subscriptions for a frame content.

Note You can also check your subscription results in the Database Subscriptions database, headline.nsf.

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To edit database subscription information

1. Open the Database Subscriptions database, headline.nsf, and click "Subscription options" in the upper left corner, or if you have subscriptions displayed on your Welcome Page, click Customize in the Subscriptions frame.

2. Select a subscription and click Edit.

3. Edit the subscription, and then click OK or Save and Close.

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To enable or disable individual database subscriptions

You can enable some subscriptions and disable others that you don't want to check on a regular basis.

1. Open the Database Subscriptions database, headline.nsf, and click "Subscription options," or if you have subscriptions displayed on your Welcome Page, click Customize in the Subscriptions frame.

2. Select a subscription, and click Enabled/Disabled.

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To set a time when database subscription results should be automatically deleted

1. Open the Database Subscriptions database, headline.nsf, and click "Subscription options," or if you have subscriptions displayed on your Welcome Page, click Customize in the Subscriptions frame.

2. Select a subscription, and click "Global Subscription Results Expiration."

3. Select "Keep results forever" or "Automatically discard after", and enter the amount of days.

4. Click OK.

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See Also

Opening and creating a Welcome Page
Opening a database
Increasing database performance and functionality

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