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Account
Administration
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User accounts can be managed in many ways: from IMail Administrator (right),
from IMonitor or Web Messaging with "host administration" privileges, or a suite
of command line utilities. Because users, aliases, and lists are added
to domains, the same names can be used several mail domains (e.g., info@mydomain.com,
info@yourdomain.com).Account administration within a domain can be delegated to
customers, providing greater flexibility while reducing administration cost. |  |
Each user requires a login and password; additional information (e.g.,
address, reply-to) is optional. Users can be temporarily disabled, granted access
to Web Messaging, and assigned administrative privileges: system; host or list
within own domain, and password for own account. Current usage can be viewed and
directory quotas and per-message limits can be established for individual users.
Defaults and global updates can be applied at the domain level for all users --
for example, quickly disable Web Messaging access for all while testing a site
update, then re-enable when done. 
| Aliases can be specified individually
or by list file (left). IMail creates a few aliases by default (imailsrv,
postmaster) and dovetails with the List Server to automatically create aliases
like "owner-TestList" and "TestList". Command line utilities are provided
for performing routine or repetitive tasks in batch mode. | They
can also automate flow-through provisioning initiated by customer care applications
(e.g., on-line account sign-up with real-time service activation). Utilities can
add, delete, or modify users, aliases, domains, and LDAP information. They can
also delete aged mail (e.g., immsgexp -tc:\imail -d60), clean up the spool directory,
or send "broadcast" messages to all users (e.g., mailall -h www.corecom.com -f
root -s Announce d:\msgfile). The following example creates three new user
accounts. We could just as easily modify existing users (reset password, enable
web access, disable account) or delete all users for a virtual domain.
D:\IMAIL>cat example
#userid,password,full name
test1,secret,Test
One
test2,secret,Test Two
test3,secret,Test Three
D:\IMAIL>adduser -f example
current host is www.corecom.com
OK: added
test1 to host www.corecom.com
OK: added test2 to host www.corecom.com
OK: added test3 to host www.corecom.com According to product
documentation, the "ldaper" utility populates IMail's LDAP user database with
additional account info (e.g., name, location), adding to the the basic account
created by "adduser". Unfortunately, I couldn't find "ldaper" installed on my
IMail server or CD. | 
