APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
When a document is deleted, it leaves behind a deletion stub. When the database replicates, IBM® Lotus® Notes® uses the deletion stub to identify and delete the same document in the replica.
To save disk space, Notes purges deletion stubs according to the replication setting "Remove documents not modified in the last [ ] days." If Notes purges the deletion stubs before they replicate, deleted documents can reappear after the next replication. This option is on the Space Saver panel when you choose File - Replication - Settings in the Notes client.
A document edit writes over a document deletion