Manage Users
Each mailbox is defined as a User in the Admin Panel. Here you can manage all of your Users: add new ones, remove or edit any user's settings, as well as login into the User's Control Panel to manage their preferences.
Before adding a new user please make sure you have a sufficient User quota (available mailboxes and quota), which can be checked in the top menu bar of your Admin Panel.
Adding a User
-
Go to
thethe Admin Panel. - Log in using your Admin username and password.
- Click
onon Usersin the menu bar. - Click on
thetheNewNew button. - Choose
thethe Account Typefrom the dropdown list. - Choose
thethe Domainwhere you want to add an account from the drop-down list. - Enter
thethe Usernameto add (only the part before the @ sign). - Enter
thethe Password. Note: Passwords must contain at least 8 characters, including upper/lowercase, numbers, and a symbol. - Enter
thethe Nameof the user to add, for your control (user´s full name, with spaces). - Enter
thethe Quotafor the user, in Gigabytes (GB). In order to assign 5GB, simply type 5. To specify 500 MB (Half of a gigabyte), specify 0.5. - Optional: you can click
onon More Optionsto define the User'ss Language,Timezoneoror Localizationandand Date format. - Click on the
buttonbutton AddUserUser to finish.
If you receive the error that the User already exists, check if you already have an Alias or a Distribution List with the same name. The username must be unique on a domain level, which means you cannot have a mailbox and an Alias with the same name.
Removing a User
-
Go to
thethe Admin Panel. - Log in using your Admin username and password.
- Click
onon Usersin the menu bar. - Select your domain from
thethe Select Domaindrop-down box. - Click on the
deletedelete icon (trash icon) next to the account you wish to remove. - An alert pop-up will appear, showing the User that will be deleted. Click
onon Deleteto confirm.
Deleting an account deletes all its e-mails and data. Be careful!
Editing a User
-
Go to
thethe Admin Panel. - Log in using your Admin username and password.
- Click
onon Usersin the menu bar. - Select your domain from
thethe Select Domaindrop-down box. - Click on
thethe pencil icon(edit) next to the User you wish to edit - You can update the:
- Name
- Password
- Account type (change from Basic to Enhanced and vice versa)
- Quota (increase or decrease)
- Click
onon More Optionsto update the:- Language
- Timezone
- Date format.
- Disabled
- settoto Yesif you want to temporarily deactivate the mailbox, without deleting the emails. - Only local SMTP
- enable this if you want to restrict the User to only send local emails (only to the same domain). - Click
onon Update Userto save your changes.
Logging in as a user
Admins are able to log in as the User, making it possible to to manage several aspects, such as autoresponder, forwarders, rules, black & whitelist on user level, track e-mails sent by account (in Track deliveries) and so on, which are only available on the user level. End users can login with their respective e-mail addresses addresses directly to the User Panel.
-
Go to
thethe Admin Panel - Log in using your Admin username and password.
- Click
onon Usersin the menu bar. - Click on
thethe arrow iconnext to the account you wish to login as in the User Panel. - Click on
thethe mailbox iconnext to the account you wish to login as in the Webmail. - Click on
thethe key iconnext to the account you wish to generate One Time Password (OTPassword). This password is valid for 5 minutes and you can use it to troubleshoot the User's issue.