This document provides additional informations regarding the Technote 1273378.
In Lotus Notes 8.0.2, you need to modify the notes.css including in a JAR file. To update this jar file, you need to follow a special process.
- Stop your Notes Client
- Backup the initial jar file (com.ibm.notes.branding_8.0.2.20080809-0430.jar).
- Extract the notes.css, containing in the "themes" folder.
- Create a folder "themes" with notes.css in the folder "
\framework\shared\eclipse\plugins"
- Modify the notes.css :
For unread mail in red color, you just need to change the color value as described in the picture :

- Launch the following command :
jar uf com.ibm.notes.branding_8.0.2.20080809-0430.jar themes\notes.css
- Restart your Notes Client
JAR Documentation : http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/update.html
The .jar file and location are in: \framework\shared\eclipse\plugins\com.ibm.notes.branding_8.0.2.20080809-0430.jar