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User Object - Internet Mail

IMPORTANT: Changes to User object properties are implemented immediately.

 

Internet Mail

User Status

By default, all users are enabled. To exclude the current user from the messaging system, select Disabled.

Though the user might reside in a supported NMAP context, selecting Disabled prevents the user from sending or receiving mail through NetMail®.

NOTE: This option only affects the NetMail messaging system. It does not disable the User object in NDS®.

 

Timeout

The amount of idle time before the user is automatically logged out of the Modular Web client.

Type a value (in minutes) between 1 and 40.

Specific actions, such as opening or sending an item, generate a call to the Web server. Other actions, such as scrolling through items in the Item List, composing a message without sending it, or reading Help topics, do not generate a call to the Web server. If, for a period of time, the user leaves the Modular Web client alone or perform actions that don't generate a call, the client logs the user out. Doing so not only secures the user's mailbox, but it also ensures that the Web server and Modular Web client run efficiently. When a user has timed out, and therefore is automatically logged out, and attempts to perform a function, the user os prompted to log in again.

If the user is logged out while composing a message, NetMail displays a login dialog when the user attempts to send the message or go to another page, If the user logs in successfully, NetMail resumes the original session so the message is not lost.

 

Privacy

Sets the user’s level of privacy within the messaging system. The privacy level controls what the Address Book Agent reveals about the user.

 

None

The current user’s e-mail address, first name, last name, and full name is returned in address book queries.

 

Limited

Only the current user’s e-mail address is returned in address book queries.

 

Unlisted

The current user’s personal information is not available.

 

Reply To Address

The user’s preferred reply-to address. The reply-to address appears on the From: line of the user’s outgoing mail.

IMPORTANT: Typing the Reply To Address does NOT automatically enable the user to receive mail at this address. If the reply-to address differs from the user’s actual e-mail address, you must create an alias that associates the reply-to address with the user’s system e-mail address. You can user either an NDS Alias object or the Alias Agent to create the alias. For more information, see the Novell® NetMail Administration Guide at http://www.novell.com/documentation. (You cannot create Alias objects in WebAdmin; therefore, you must use another administrative tool, such as iManager, to create Alias objects.)

If this field is left empty, ModWeb uses the Internet E-mail Address attribute from the User object as the user’s Reply To address.

NOTE: ModWeb does not verify the domain listed in the User Object’s Internet E-mail Address property is a supported Global or Hosting domain. Therefore, it is recommended you use the Alias Agent to populate this property or manually ensure the domain is valid.

If the Internet E-mail Address property is not configured in the User object, ModWeb dynamically generates the user’s e-mail address as follows:

  • If the user belongs to a Hosting Domain, ModWeb simply uses the username as the e-mail address.

  • If the user belongs to a Global Domain, ModWeb generates the e-mail address from the username and the user’s Internet domain (username@domain).

To identify the user’s Internet domain, ModWeb looks in the following objects:

  • If the user is associated with a Parent object, ModWeb looks in the Parent object’s Global Domains list.

  • If no Global Domain is configured in the Parent object, ModWeb looks for the user’s Container Domain.

  • If no Container Domain is configured, ModWeb uses the messaging server’s Official Domain.

 

Quota

If enabled, the designated disk quota is enforced for the current user.

This property overrides the System-Wide Mailbox Quota set in the NMAP Agent. For the Quota to take effect, you must enable the Per User Quota option in the NMAP Agent’s configuration or the user’s Parent object must defer the quota parameters to the User object.

Use the Disk Quota property to allot additional mailbox space on a case-by-case basis (e.g. system administrators, the messaging server’s postmaster, or company VIPs).

 

Amount

The user’s mailbox quota. The user’s messages, folders, and calendar items count against the mailbox quota.

 

Forwarding

Message Forwarding can be defined by the administrator in the Parent object or the User object.

NOTE: If Message Forwarding is enabled in the Features page, the user can define his or her own forwarding preferences in WebAccess or Webmail.

 

Enabled

Forwards the current user’s incoming messages to the designated e-mail address. Incoming messages are simply forwarded; they are not delivered to the user’s NetMail mailbox

The AutoReply Agent must run a messaging server within the user’s messaging system for this option to function.

 

Enabled and Keep Local Copy

Forwards the current user’s incoming messages to the designated e-mail address and keeps a copy of all forwarded messages in the user’s NetMail mailbox.

 

Disabled

Disables message forwarding as configured in the User object.

IMPORTANT: This option does not disable the Forwarding feature. To disable message forwarding in WebAccess and WebAdmin, disable Forwarding on the Features page in the User or Parent object.

 

Forward Mail To

The e-mail address where the current user’s incoming messages are forwarded.

 

AutoReply

AutoReply can be defined by the administrator on the Parent object or the User object.

NOTE: If AutoReply is enabled in the Features page, the user can define his or her own autoreply preferences in WebAccess or Webmail.

 

Enabled

Sends the defined message in response to incoming messages.

 

Disabled

Disables autoreply as configured in the User object.

IMPORTANT: This option does not disable the AutoReply feature. To disable message forwarding in WebAccess and WebAdmin, disable Forwarding on the Features page in the User or Parent object.

 

Message

The autoreply/vacation message sent in response to all incoming messages.

 

Mail Proxy

NOTE: If Mail Proxy is enabled in the Features page, the user can define his or her own mail proxy preferences in WebAccess or Webmail.

 

Enabled

Retrieves new messages from the designated POP3 or IMAP4 e-mail accounts to the current user’s NetMail mailbox.

Proxied messages are deleted from the target account’s mailbox.

 

Enabled and Leave Messages on Server

Retrieves new messages from the designated POP3 or IMAP4 e-mail accounts to the current user’s NetMail mailbox.

A copy of all proxied messages is left in the target account’s mailbox.

 

Disabled

 

Does not retrieve messages from the designated POP3 or IMAP4 e-mail accounts.

IMPORTANT: This option does not disable the Mail Proxy feature. To disable the mail proxy feature in WebAccess and WebAdmin, disable Mail Proxy on the Features page in the User or Parent object.

 

Entry

The currently displayed Proxy entry. A user can have up to three proxy entries.

 

Type

The target account’s e-mail protocol. Select POP3 or IMAP4.

 

Host

The host name or IP address of the target account’s POP or IMAP server.

You need to know the Host Name of the POP or IMAP server for the service provider, such as imap.myisp.com, mail.myisp.com, or pop.mail.myisp.com. If you do not know the host name, contact the service provider.

 

Username

The username for the target account.

 

Password

The password for the target account.

 

Clear

Clears the current proxy entry.

 

Time and Date Settings

Timezone

The default time zone for the current user.

NOTE: If the Default Timezone is defined in both the User and Parent objects, precedence is determined by the Parent object’s Default Inheritance setting. If the Default Timezone is defined in User Preferences, the User Preference setting takes precedence over both the Parent and User object settings.

 

Modular Web Agent

Template

The default mail client template.

Click the Browse button to locate and select the default template using the Browse dialog box.

NetMail 3.5 ships with two client templates—WebAccess (Webacc.ctp) and Webmail (WebMail.ctp).

The WebAccess interface provides standard mail client functionality including calendaring, scheduling, busy search, assigning tasks, writing notes, and advanced rules. Administrators can also give users access to self-administration features like changing passwords and configuring vacation messages. Furthermore, administrators can use the WebAccess interface to delegate NetMail administrative functions such as adding, modifying, and deleting user accounts.

Webmail is patterned after the NIMS 2.5 mail client interface. It provides all the features of the WebAccess template with the exception of advanced rules and adding, modifying, or deleting user accounts.

 

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