Most SIMS configuration is done by the system administrator, but some configuration is accessible to users through the User Profile. To set a User Profile start a web browser (not HotJava) and go to the following URL:

http://<mailserver_name >/sims/en/emailuser.html
where <locale> is en for English ja for Japanese and so on.

FIGURE  10-1 User Profile Update Menu

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Note - For any changes describes in this section to take effect, an incremental or full directory synchronization must be run. Hence, there may be delay between making the changes and the changes actually taking effect. See "Alias Synchronization Schedule" on page 104.

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To Change the Mail Password

From browser (don't use HotJava) go to URL:

http://<mailserver_name >/sims/<locale>/emailuser.html
where <locale> is en for English ja for Japanese and so on.

Choose Change your mail password, enter login name, current mail password, and new mail password.

To Start and Stop the Vacation Notice

From browser (don't use HotJava) go to URL:

http://<mailserver_name >/sims/en/emailuser.html
where <locale> is en for English ja for Japanese and so on.

Choose Start, stop, or change vacation notice, enter login and password to bring up the Vacation Mail Update Page. Enter or modify the following fields and press Apply to start.

Enable vacation notice checkbox. Check this checkbox to start the vacation notice program. Uncheck this box to stop the program.

Disable vacation stop date (optional). Vacation notice program will stop on this date. If not entered, vacation notice will continue until it is manually turned off by unchecking the Enable vacation notice checkbox.

Subject line for automatically generated replies. You can type a subject line, or, if you specify $SUBJECT, the subject line of the incoming message will be used.

Body for vacation notices to be sent outside your organization. Text to be sent outside your organization (i.e., different domain names than yours). If you only enter a message for the outside organization, then the message will go to both internal and external senders.

Body for vacation notices to be sent inside your organization. Text for notices sent inside your organization (i.e., same domain name). If you only enter a message for inside organization, then the message will go only to internal senders. External senders will receive no message.

To Use Alternative Delivery Programs

Alternative delivery programs include things like auto-reply vacation mailers, mail sorting programs, or other programs that manipulate incoming messages. To start a delivery program, bring up a browser (not HotJava) and go to the following URL:

http://<mailserver_name >/sims/en/emailuser.html
where <locale> is en for English ja for Japanese and so on.

Choose Add, remove, or change Delivery Program options. For users click on Delivery Program Option and enter user login and mail password and press Apply. For distributions lists, enter the common name of the list and the password to login. The programs available to the user are displayed. Some programs may only be available to users with UNIX accounts while others are available to users with just mail accounts. Programs that can only be run by users with UNIX accounts only are specified by running the imta program command with the -e argument set to user.

After any user profile change is made, it will not take effect until after the next incremental or full alias synchronization.

If the example delivery programs on "To Make Delivery Programs Available to Users" on page 102 were added, FIGURE 10-2 shows what the screen will look like for a user with a UNIX account and login name "unixuser." FIGURE 10-3 shows the screen for a user without a UNIX account and with the login "nonunixuser."

FIGURE  10-2 User Delivery Programs for User's with UNIX Accounts

FIGURE  10-3 User Delivery Programs for Users without UNIX Accounts (procmail was added as a program for UNIX accounts only and is not displayed)

To Forward Mail