THE VIRTUAL SERVER HANDBOOK

Creating E mail mailboxes

The "vadduser" command was introduced earlier in this Handbook.

Vadduser is the command used to create user accounts on the virtual server.

While running vadduser you set the user up an E mail and FTP account.

You can also use vadduser to modify user accounts after they have been

created. Use vadduser:

When you create a user account.

To modify an existing user account.

Tips for creating E mail accounts:

1.

Ensure that the user has FTP service (if the user intends to retrieve mail

through the IMAP server).

2.

Set disk space quotas for the E mail and FTP accounts.  If the user is

going to use IMAP they use disk space on the server for storing E mail.

3.

Select the vadduser option number 2 for the FTP home directory when

virtual hosting.

4.

Inform the user that the mailbox address is the account name followed

by the "at" sign (@). The domain name associated with the virtual

server always follows the "at" sign.

For example, Mary Smith has the account name "mary" and the domain

name associated with your virtual server is "yourdomain.com." Mary s

E mail address is "mary@yourdomain.com".

Note:  The FTP quota governs the space that may be consumed by the

entire directory tree of a user s home directory. The FTP quota is only

effective when using FTP to upload files. The mail quota governs the

space that may be consumed by a user s mail file under ~/usr/mail. Each

quota is expressed as a decimal integer number of megabytes (MB) of

disk space.

Changing E mail mailbox passwords

As the Virtual Server administrator, you can change user passwords at any

time. However, due to the nature of the UNIX password system, you cannot

easily recover a user's password. If one of your users accidentally forgets

his or her account password then you must establish a new password.

To change an E mail mailbox password

1.

From the UNIX command prompt enter:

%vpasswd 

username

(where username is the account name).

2.

Enter the new password twice, as prompted.

Note:  If your users use Eudora POP/IMAP client software, the package

includes Poppass, a password change option. Eudora users can select

the Change Password menu option to change their own passwords

without intervention by the server administrator.

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 1999  DIGITAL TOOLS  LLC.

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