RE: Logic behind "Honor old names for up to <21> days" Raymond Neeves 12.Dec.05 05:27 AM Lotus Notes Domino Administrator 6.0.1All Platforms
because theres no such thing as instantaneous when it comes to distributed systems like domino. my admin server could be on the other side of the planet (or even the next room but) with a 4 hour replication cycle.
the rename starts pretty much straight away but it takes time for everything to get processed. check the administration requests database to see exactly what it does for a rename.
the 21 days, i believe, is how long it delays before the delete part of the rename kicks in (and possibly some of the ACL renames too)
the mail file owner definately gets renamed as part of the process, the database title does not.
if you really wanted to you could always drop it down to 1 day and see what happens, personally i wouldn't but that's only because it works fine with the 21 day value for us and it's not something i want to play around with.