Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

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Chapter 29 Kerio Active Directory ExtensionsUsers and groups in the domain are connected to the LDAP Active Directory database. LDAPprovides some outstanding benefits such as the fact that user accounts are managed from onesingle point, which eases the administration and reduces possible errors (refer to chapter 7.6).To add users and groups, use MMC (Microsoft Management Console). New users or groupsadded to the domain connected to Active Directory with Kerio Administration Console will bestored into the local database of Kerio MailServer only.Run MMC from the menu Start → Settings → Control Panel → Administrative tools → ActiveDirectory Users And Computers.29.3 User Account DefinitionIn Active Directory Users And Computers select the Users section. Choose the New → Useroption to run the wizard for creating a new account.Warning: When creating a user account, ASCII must be used to specify username. If theusername includes special characters or symbols, it might happen that the user cannot log in.The standard version of the wizard is extended with a folder that will be used to create a newaccount within Kerio MailServer.Figure 29.2User account definitionNow, tick the Create a Kerio MailServer mailbox option to create in the database all itemsthat Kerio MailServer will need to work with. Define the basic email address of a user withthe Alias item (the user login name defined during the first step of the wizard will be usedautomatically).Other account parameters may be defined in Properties. Click on the new user account withthe right mouse button and select Properties in the context menu. Open the Kerio MailServerAccount folder. This folder provides the following options:Mail Account EnabledActivating this option you will allow the email account to be available in Kerio MailServer.If the option is off, the user account will be ignored by Kerio MailServer.308

29.3 User Account DefinitionFigure 29.3Kerio MailServer Account tabE-mail AddressesDefinition of email addresses (aliases) for a particular user. Under the default settings,each user has an email address created from the username and the name of the domainwhere the account has been defined.ForwardingHere, forwarding of mail to the desired email address may be defined. The Forward to:option can be used to forward mail addressed to the user to all addresses defined in thisentry.The Deliver messages to both option can be used to forward the mail and to store it intothe local mailbox (copies of the messages will be sent to defined addresses).Mailbox LimitsMailbox limitations according to the Storage size and Number of messages may be defined.Each limit option may be switched off by the Do not limit... option, thus the limitation willbe ignored within the mailbox.Administration RightsDefinition of Kerio MailServer administration rights. The menu provides the followingoptions to select from:• No access to administration — user is not allowed to access the Kerio MailServer ad-309

29.3 User Account DefinitionFigure 29.3<strong>Kerio</strong> MailServer Account tabE-mail AddressesDefinition of email addresses (aliases) for a particular user. Under the default settings,each user has an email address created from the username and the name of the domainwhere the account has been defined.ForwardingHere, forwarding of mail to the desired email address may be defined. The Forward to:option can be used to forward mail addressed to the user to all addresses defined in thisentry.The Deliver messages to both option can be used to forward the mail and to store it intothe local mailbox (copies of the messages will be sent to defined addresses).Mailbox LimitsMailbox limitations according to the Storage size and Number of messages may be defined.Each limit option may be switched off by the Do not limit... option, thus the limitation willbe ignored within the mailbox.Administration RightsDefinition of <strong>Kerio</strong> MailServer administration rights. The menu provides the followingoptions to select from:• No access to administration — user is not allowed to access the <strong>Kerio</strong> MailServer ad-309

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