Ownmail Help

Administrator('admin') of a domain can perform several domain management tasks like creating users, managing web space, managing logs etc. He can also create semi-level administrators and give them rights to perform these individual tasks. Semi-level administrators can also extend their rights to other users.

To Create a New User
To Edit a User or to change the user password
To Delete a User

To edit user's administrative rights

NOTE: To perform any of the tasks you must have right to perform it. i.e. to add a user you must have right to add user or to delete a user you must have right to delete a user or to add a new administrator you must be atleast semi-level administrator.

To Create a New User

Click the Administer link on the top horizontal menu bar.
You are taken to the Administer page showing the list of tasks.
Click the Email link.
You are taken to the Users page.
Click Create new
You are taken to Add User Page
In 'Enter user id' field, type the login name of the user.(which should be unique for your domain)
In 'Enter new user password' field, type the password that user may use to login to the domain for the first time(User may then change it)
In 'Confirm user password' field, type the same password again.
Click OK to save the create the new user. Or
Click Cancel to leave without saving the change.
You are taken back to the Users page.

To Edit a User or to change the user password

Click the Administer link on the top horizontal menu bar.
You are taken to the Administer page showing the list of tasks.
Click the Email link.
You are taken to the Users page.
Click the Edit link to the right of the user that you want to edit.
You are taken to the Edit User page.
In 'Enter user password' field, type the NEW password that user may use to login to the domain for the next time(User may then change it)
In 'Confirm user password' field, type the same password again.
Click OK to save the new password. Or
Click Cancel to leave without saving the change.
You are taken back to the Users page.

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To Delete a User

Click the Administer link on the top horizontal menu bar.
You are taken to the Administer page showing the list of tasks.
Click the Email link.
You are taken to the Users page.
Click the Delete link to the right of the user you want to delete. Confirm the deletion in the new page that appears. The user will be deleted from the domain.

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To edit user's administrative rights

Ownmail allows three levels of administrator.

Top level(admin): who can perform any task that Ownmail allows to perform for a domain.
Semi-level: who is created by Top level administrator and can create Last level administrators. He has all the rights for the task of which he is administrator.
Last level: who can just perform add, edit or delete right for the task of which he is admin but can not create administrator or edit rights of other administrator.

NOTE: Only 'admin' can edit rights of any semi-level administrator.

To edit user's right

Click the Administer link on the top horizontal menu bar.
You are taken to the Administer page showing the list of tasks.
Click the Email link.
You are taken to the Users page.
Click the Rights link to the right of the user whose rights you want to edit.
You are taken to the Edit Administrator page.
NOTE: You will see checkboxes only for tasks you can change rights of.
Click the checkboxes as per the rights you want to assign.
NOTE: If your are Top-level administrator('admin') then you may click 'Can give ... management rights to other users' to make user semi-level administrator.(i.e. for that task)
Click Submit to save the new rights. Or
Click Cancel to leave without saving the change.
You are taken back to the Users page.