SAP workflow -approval steps

Hi ,
I need to send an email to lotus notes , for approval . how do I do that to lotus notes . Someone please give me the steps for that .
Thanks ,
Ramana

Hi,
Please try to download the correction through download manager , you will come to know the exact issue .
To check the size of SAP Note , I have downloaded that same SAP Note at my side using SAP download manager. ITs downloaded with ~941 KB size.
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http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info/ecatalog/en_US/products/Z262246B25186K14.html
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