Preface

Sun^TM Internet Mail Server^TM (SIMS) 4.0 Delegated Management Console enables an ISP who provides e-mail to a customer to delegate the administration of that customer's mail domain to the customer. This delegated management can perform a prescribed set of operations on a prescribed set of users and groups within the customer's mail domain. The administration is performed through the web-based Delegated Management Console.

This guide explains the SIMS Delegated Management Console and the tasks associated with the console. In particular, it describes how tasks for a domain are performed on users and distribution lists.

Who Should Use This Book

This guide is intended for those people who administer the SIMS Delegated Management Console, hereafter referred to as the Delegated Management Console. In order to administer a domain through the Delegated Management Console, you should have experience using a web browser. You should also know basic e-mail concepts and have experience using e-mail.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, "Overview" provides an overview for the Delegated Management Console.

Chapter 2, "Getting Started" describes what you need to do in order to bring up the Delegated Management Console and how to log into and out of the console.

Chapter 3, "User Administration" describes the tasks performed on a user account.

Chapter 4, "Distribution List Administration" describes the tasks performed on a distribution list.

Chapter 5, "Personal Preferences" describes how users can set and change their personal preferences.

Appendix A, "Warnings and Error Messages" describes the warnings and error messages that are displayed on the Delegated Management Console.

What Typographic Changes Mean

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.TABLE P-1 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning Example AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% You have mail. AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output machine_name% su Password: AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value To delete a file, type rm filename. AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

**TABLE P-1** Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% You have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.TABLE P-2 Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell prompt machine_name% C shell superuser prompt machine_name# Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt #

**TABLE P-2** Shell Prompts
Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`

Notice

To better illustrate the process being discussed, this manual contains examples of data that might be used in daily business operations. The examples might include names of individuals, companies, brands, and products. This manual uses only fictitious names, and any similarity to the names of individuals, companies, brands, and products used by any business enterprise is purely coincidental.