# Add a New User

To add a user:

1. From Administrative Account Options, select User Administration. Click Add, enter the new user account information, and click Save.

2. User ID. This is the User ID for the mail account. The User ID must be unique within the system. It can be from 3 to 30 letters and numbers and cannot contain spaces. You can use the hyphen, underscore, and period characters in the User ID. The last hyphen is a User ID is used to delimit a mailbox name. For example, if mail is sent to the address mr-fred-account@ipswitch.com, IMail Server reads account as a mailbox that belongs to mr-fred.

3. Enter the user's First and Last Name.

4. Password. In the Password box, enter a Password and confirm it. The password must be between 4 and 15 characters.

5. Max Mailbox Size. This is the maximum size allowed for the total of all mailboxes in the users mail account. If new mail would cause the total size to exceed this maximum, the mail is returned to the sender. Enter zero to use the host defaults; if the host default is also set to zero, the mailbox size is unlimited.

6. Max Num Messages. This is the total number of messages (for all mailboxes) allowed in the users mail account. If new mail would cause this maximum to be exceeded, the mail is returned to the sender. Enter zero to use the host defaults; if the host default is also set to zero, the mail box size is unlimited. Note that 1,000,000 is a small mailbox size

7. Set any of the following user attributes:

- User cannot change password. Select this option to prevent the user from changing their password remotely.

- Account access disabled. Select this option to prohibit the user from accessing the account remotely through POP3 or IMAP4. This option allows you disable the account without changing the user's password or removing them from the system.

- Hide from information services. Select this option to prevent the distribution of any information about this user through Finger, LDAP, or Whois if you have the Finger, LDAP, or Whois servers running.

- Host Administrator. Select this option if you want this user to add, modify, or delete users and aliases on their mail host by using IMail Remote Administration utility, the Web Remote Administration utility, or Web Messaging. To use the web utilities, Allow Web Access must also be selected.

- Allow Web Access. Select this option to allow this user to access their account via the Web Remote Administration utility (provided the utility is configured) and Web Messaging.

- List Administrator. Select this option if you want this user to add, modify, or delete list server mailing lists.

- User cannot modify LDAP attributes. Select this option to prohibit the user from modifying their LDAP attributes (name, address, organization, etc.).

- System Administrator. Select this option to allow this user all IMail functions provided by the IMail Remote Administration utility, the Web Remote Administration utility, or Web Messaging -- including the creation and administration of virtual hosts. To use the web utilities, Allow Web Access must also be selected.