Once the mailbox server is running, open your browser, enter the administration console URL and log on to the console to provision email accounts. The administration console URL is entered as:
https://[mailhost.example.com]:7071
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To go to the administration console, you must type https, even if you configured the Web server mode as HTTP. |
The first time you log on, a warning may be displayed stating the
connection is untrusted. This only applies the first time you log in.
Click I understand the Risks to be able to connect to the {product-short}
administration console. Then click OK.
Enter the admin user name and password configured during the
installation process. Enter the name as admin@mailhost.example.com
- Admin Console:
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After you log on, a dialog displays stating your license is not activated.
Go to:
Home > Configure > Global Settings > License
click Activate License on the toolbar then Click OK to continue.
You can configure one account at a time with the New Account Wizard or you can create many accounts at once using the Account Migration Wizard.
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The administration console New Account wizard steps you through the account information to be completed.
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From the administration console Home page’s Content pane, go to
Add Accounts.NoteFour accounts will already be listed - the admin account, two spam training accounts, and a global Documents account. These accounts do not need any additional configuration. -
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Enter the account name to be used as the email address and the last name. This is the only required information to create an account.
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You can click
Finishat this point, and the account is configured with the default COS and global features.
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To configure aliases, forwarding addresses, and specific features for this account, proceed through the dialog before you click Finish.
When the accounts are provisioned, you can send and receive emails.
{product-provider} developed different applications to facilitate moving a user’s email messages, calendars, and contacts from their old email servers to their accounts on the {product-short} server. When the user’s files are imported, the folder hierarchy is maintained. Use one of the {product-name} utilities to move user mail to {product-name} to guarantee that all information is imported correctly.
The following applications can be accessed from the administration console Download page, and instruction guides are available from the Help Desk page or from the {product-provider} Website, Documentation page.
Alternatively, you can download the following applications from https://example.com/downloads/index.html (with “example.com” being your {product-short} server name).
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{product-name} Migration Wizard for Exchange. Format is an .exe file. You can migrate users from Microsoft® Exchange server email accounts to {product-short} server accounts.
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{product-name} Migration Wizard for Domino. Format is an .exe file. You can migrate users from Lotus Domino server email accounts to {product-short} server accounts.
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PST Import Wizard (User Instructions). Format is an .exe file. Users download the Import Wizard to their computers and run the executable file to import their Outlook .pst files to the {product-short} server. Before users run this utility, {product-provider} recommends that they run the Outlook Inbox Repair tool,
scanpst.exe, on their .pst files, to clean up any errors in their file. For more information about this tool, go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497.
Initial administrative tasks when you log on for the first time may include setting up the admin mailbox to include features, aliases, and forwarding addresses needed for the administrator’s working environment.
Two aliases for the admin account are created during install:
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Postmaster. The postmaster address is displayed in emails that are automatically generated from Postfix when messages cannot be sent. If users reply to this address, the message is forwarded to the admin mailbox.
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Root. This address is where notification messages from the operating system are sent.
If you entered a notification address for AV alerts when you configured the MTA, that is different from the default, you need to create that account in the administration console. If you didn’t change the default during installation, the anti-virus notification is sent directly to the admin account.