To Access Mail Users

This section describes how to open the mail administration interface for your users. Messaging Server mail accounts are stored as attributes of user entries in your enterprise’s central LDAP user directory. Therefore, to manage mail accounts, you modify user entries in that directory.

To Create a New User

To create a new mail account, you create a new user in the directory. You must also install a mail account for that user; if you do not install the mail account, the mail-administration portion of Console is not available for that user.

To create a new mail user:

To Create a New User

Steps

1. In the Console main window, click the Users and Groups tab.

2. From the drop-down list, choose New User and click Create.

3. Select an organizational unit for the user and click OK. The Create User window opens.

4. Enter information about the user as described in the chapter on User and Group Administration, of the Sun ONE Server Console 5.2 Server Management Guide.

5. Leave the Create User window open and click the Account tab. A list of installed products for the new user’s account appears in the right pane.

6. Click the Mail Account Install box. The Mail tab becomes visible in the Create User window.

7. Click the Mail tab in the Create User window, then click the tab you want in the right pane.

8. Enter your changes, then click OK at the bottom of the Create User window.

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   Note –

   Make sure you complete all setup procedures in the relevant tabs before clicking OK.

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To Access an Existing User

To modify an existing mail account or to add mail capabilities to an existing user, you access the appropriate user in the user directory and then add or modify that user’s mail-account attributes.

To access mail information for an existing user:

To Access an Existing User

Steps

1. In the Console main window, click the Users and Groups tab.

2. In the Users and Groups main window, Click Search or Advanced Search.

3. Enter your search criteria (such as the user’s last name) in the Search window, and perform the search of the user directory.

4. Return to the Users and Groups main window, select a user from the search results and click Edit.

5. If the Mail tab is not visible in the Edit Entry window, do this:

   1. Click the Account tab. A list of installed accounts appears in the right pane.

   2. Check the Mail Account box. The Mail tab displays in the Edit Entry window.

6. Click the Mail tab in the Edit Entry window, then click the tab you want in the right pane.

7. Enter your changes, then click OK at the bottom of the Edit Entry window.