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2000 hosted sites
Creating
a new User
A user is a mail
account on the server to which e-mail can be sent and from which e-mail
can be retrieved. The instructions below cover creating an user on
your IMail server.
Step
1
Open
your Web browser and type in: http://mail.yourdomain.com
This will take you to the entrance of the Web interface.
Click the Logon link.
Enter your Username/Password combination that was emailed to you
when your site was set up. |
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Step
2
Click
User Administration under the Administrative
Accounts Options.
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Step
3
Click
Add User. |
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Step
4
Enter the full name
you want to be used with the email
address (for example: John Smith).
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Step
5
Complete
the fields accordingly.
UserID -
This is the actual account name, and is the address to which
mail will be sent. For example, if you wanted to receive mail
sent to jonn@yourdomain.com you would type John in the field.
Password -
This is the password that will be used to retrieve mail from the
server.
Confirm Password -
Same as above.
First Name -
The first name of the owner of the
account. This is only needed if you
plan to use the online mail interface,
and will be the name from which any
e-mail sent will display.
Last Name - The
last name of the owner of the account.
This is only needed if you plan to
use the online mail interface, and
will be the name from which any e-mail
sent will display.
Organization
to Telephone - Optional
information for online directory
searches.
Max
Mailbox Size - The total
size, in bytes, the account will
accept. Use this to limit the size
of the mailbox. The standard mailbox
limitation is between 3-5MB, which
would equal 3000000 or 5000000 in
the field. The default, zero, equals
unlimited.
Max Num Messages -
The total number of messages the
account will accept. Use this to
limit the size of the mailbox. The
default, zero, equals unlimited.
Allow Web Access -
Allows the user to access the online
mail interface.
Forwarding - The
address to which you want the e-mail
forwarded. Leave blank to disable
forwarding.
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Step
6
Click
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Creating
an Alias
An Alias is a reference
on the server to which e-mail can be sent that redirects the e-mail
to an
account or e-mail address you specify. The instructions below cover creating
an alias
on your IMail server.
Step
1
Open
your Web browser and type in: http://mail.yourdomain.com
This will take you to the entrance of the Web interface.
Click the Logon link.
Enter your Username/Password combination as was emailed to you when
your site was set up. |
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Step
2
Select
Alias Administration from the drop-down
menu at the top-right corner.
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Step
3
Click
Add. |
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Step
4
Complete the fields
accordingly.
Alias ID: - This
is the actual alias name, and is
the address to which the sender will
direct mail. For example, if you
wanted to receive mail sent to sales@yourdomain.com
you would type sales in the field.
Alias
Type: - Standard.
Group
Filename: Leave "Blank"
Destination: -
This is the e-mail address or user account to which any e-mail
will be routed. If the alias represents an existing user on the
same domain, simply type in their UserID. If the alias represents
an e-mail address on a different domain, simply type the full
e-mail address into the field.
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Step
5
Click
Save. |
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Cobalt (Unix)
Administration
Step
1
Go
to the site administration page for your
site by entering the following URL into
your browser: http://www.yourdomain.com/siteadmin/ |
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Step
2
On
the authentication window that appears,
enter the username and password that
you entered when you signed up for
your hosting package. You should
then see a list of users for your
site.
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Step
3
Click
the Add User button. An add new user
screen should appear. You can see help
for any of the items in the add new user
screen by moving your mouse cursor over
the question mark in the purple circle
beside each item. |
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Step
4
Enter the full name
you want to be used with the email
address (for example: John Smith).
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Step
5
The default username
is first initial/lastname. If
you wish to use another enter the
username you want to use. The
username will become your email address.
If you entered mary for your username,
your email address would become mary@yourdomain.com.
If, when you click the Confirm New User button, you get a message
saying that the username has already been taken, pick a different
username and add the one you wanted to use as an email address
to the Email Aliases section.
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Step
6
Enter the password you
want to use with your email account. |
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Step
7
Make sure that Site Administrator
and Enable FrontPage User Web are both
unchecked. Unless you want the new user
to have the ability to add, modify, or
delete users, then check Site Administrator.
Some options may not give you a choice
depending on what support you asked for
when signing up. |
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Step
8
Enter any email aliases
you would like to have. An email alias
will let you add other email addresses
that will receive email to that user
account. For example, if you have the
username mary and add the email aliases
webmaster and smurfet, then emails sent
to mary@yourdomain.com, webmaster@yourdomain.com,
and smurfet@yourdomain.com would all
be sent to the mary email account. |
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Step
9
Click the Confirm New
User button. If you get an error message
saying "User already exists" (where
this is the user you are trying to add),
then please re-read step 5 for what to
do. |
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Step
10
Set up the email account
in your email software. See our Email
Client Setup FAQ for the directions on
how to do this. |
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