Creating GroupWise Accounts Manually

You can create eDirectory users and GroupWise accounts in ConsoleOne as well as in iManager. In ConsoleOne, you can create GroupWise accounts individually or for multiple users in the same post office.

• Adding GroupWise Accounts When Adding eDirectory Users
• Adding Multiple eDirectory Users to a Post Office

Deleting GroupWise Accounts

You cannot delete GroupWise accounts in iManager. You must use ConsoleOne.

1. In ConsoleOne, browse to and select the context where the User object is located.

2. Right-click the User object, and then click Delete.

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   Select multiple User objects, right-click the selected objects, and then click Delete.

3. Click Yes to display the Delete Options dialog box.

   
   

   In ConsoleOne, you can delete the user's eDirectory object and GroupWise account together, or you can delete the GroupWise account while retaining the eDirectory object.

4. Click OK to delete both the eDirectory object and the GroupWise account.

   or

   Deselect Delete in the eDirectory Account box if you want to retain the eDirectory object, while deleting the GroupWise account.

5. Click OK.

Disabling LDAP Password Changing

To facilitate easy access to GroupWise mailboxes, the GroupWise/Messenger Setup Wizard in YaST automatically enables LDAP authentication for the post office it creates. It also configures the LDAP server for use by GroupWise users. This default configuration accommodates SSL if it is in use on the LDAP server.

LDAP authentication allows the same password to be used for network login and mailbox access. When LDAP authentication is enabled, users are, by default, allowed to change their LDAP passwords in any of the GroupWise clients (WebAccess, Linux, Macintosh, or Windows). It is possible that users could change their GroupWise passwords without realizing that they are also changing their network login passwords. To prevent this, you can use ConsoleOne to disable the ability to change LDAP passwords in the GroupWise client.

1. In ConsoleOne, browse to and right-click the post office (by default, the gwpo object), and then click Properties.

2. Click GroupWise > Security.

   
   

3. Select Disable LDAP Password Changing, and then click OK.

   ConsoleOne notifies the POA to restart so the new LDAP setting can be put into effect.

Assigning a Postmaster

On the Internet, each site must assign at least one user to be a Postmaster. The Postmaster is the recipient of messages addressed to postmaster@mydomain.

1. In ConsoleOne, browse to and select the domain (by default, the gwdom object) to display its contents.

2. Right-click the Internet Agent (GWIA) object for the domain, and then click Properties.

3. Click GroupWise > Gateway Administrators.

4. Click Add, select a GroupWise user to be the Postmaster, and then click OK.

5. Select the user from the list, and then click Postmaster.

6. Click OK to save the information.

   ConsoleOne notifies the Internet Agent to restart so that applicable messages are sent to the Postmaster as needed.

Managing the GroupWise and Messenger Agents

When you set up your GroupWise system, the GroupWise and Messenger agents are configured to start automatically whenever you reboot your server. When started automatically, the agents run as daemons, without a user interface. Status information is written to log files.

In a smoothly running system, you should not need to deal with the agents individually. However, the following sections provide useful commands and procedures for managing the GroupWise and Messenger agents, should you need to do so.

• Viewing Agent Log Files
• Starting and Stopping the Agent Daemons
• Starting the Agents with a User Interface
• Monitoring the Agents from Your Web Browser

Maintaining Your GroupWise System

Depending on the importance and volume of e-mail generated by your users, a number of maintenance tasks might need to be performed to keep your GroupWise system running smoothly. The GroupWise 6.5 Administration Guide can help you learn to perform the tasks your system needs.

The following table summarizes the most common tasks and where they are described:

Guide Section	Task
System	Using the GroupWise View in ConsoleOne Customizing the GroupWise Address Book
Domains	Adding a domain Moving a domain
Post Offices	Adding a post office Moving a post office Managing disk space usage
Users	Renaming users Moving users
Resources	Creating schedulable resources for meeting rooms, company equipment, etc.
Distribution Lists, Groups, and Roles	Creating public groups of e-mail users in addition to eDirectory groups
Libraries and Documents	Creating a library to store and manage documents Importing documents into the library
Databases	Repairing damaged databases Backing up databases Restoring databases and deleted messages Recovering deleted GroupWise accounts
Post Office Agent	Monitoring and optimizing the Post Office Agent Scheduling database maintenance and disk space management
Message Transfer Agent	Monitoring and optimizing the Message Transfer Agent Scheduling domain links
Internet Agent	Monitoring and optimizing the Internet Agent Configuring SMTP/MIME services Configuring paging services Blocking unwanted e-mail
WebAccess	Monitoring and optimizing the WebAccess Agent Customizing the WebAccess interface Creating Palm Query Applications for Palm OS devices
Monitor	Monitoring all GroupWise and Messenger agents from a single Web page Generating reports about domain links, server environments, and message traffic Measuring agent performance
Client	Supporting Caching mode and Remote mode for the GroupWise Windows client Enabling AutoUpdate of the GroupWise Windows client software
Security	Supporting personal digital certificates, digital signatures, and S/MIME encryption Generating and installing server certificates for SSL encryption

Maintaining Your Messenger System

Depending on the importance and volume of instant messages generated by your users, a number of maintenance tasks might need to be performed to keep your Messenger system running smoothly. The Messenger 1.0 Administration Guide can help you learn to perform the tasks your system needs.

The following table summarizes the most common tasks and where they are described:

Guide Section	Task
Messaging Agent	Monitoring and optimizing the Messaging Agent
Users	Providing user searches based on e-mail addresses Setting user policies
Archiving	Enabling archiving of instant messages Monitoring and optimizing the Archive Agent Searching the instant message archive