I use MultiBit 0.5.16 (Windows)

In %appdat%\MultiBit\multibit.properties there are the options of setting the transaction-fee:
sendFee=0.001
previousSendFee=0.001

If I set these to 0.0001 will this overide the MultiBit-policy not being able to set the transaction-fee in the MultiBit-software?
I mean: will it use my setting (0.0001) for future transactions?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=303407.0 does not give me a clear answer nor do any other topics I could find.

I know of the the new fee algorithm
+ 0.0001 BTC/ KB of transaction

Are the mentioned settings in multibit.properties simply ignored by MultiBit or are my new settings being used by MultiBit?