Creating New User Accounts

Using the Management Console, you can create new Scalix users, set their level of service, give them authentication IDs, enter their personal information, assign them to specific mail nodes and more.

To create new user accounts:

In the toolbar, click the Users button.
All current Scalix users (if any) display in the contents pane.
At the bottom of the contents pane, click the Create User(s) button.
When the new user wizard appears, select the type of user this account will be:
- Scalix Premium User -- This account permits use of both Outlook or SWA, and has access to all Scalix features.
- Scalix Standard User -- This account has limited access to Scalix features.
- Internet Mail User -- This account serves as an alias to redirect mail to an external Internet mailbox.
Enter the first name, middle initial and last name for the user you are creating. The system uses this information to automatically fill in the following fields:
- Display name
- Mail address
- Authentication ID

NOTE	All three fields adapt the user’s first name, last name and middle initial according to rules (formulas) set up in the General tab of the Settings options. You can customize these fill-in rules according to your preferences. For more information, see Reviewing General Settings.

In some circumstances, you can manually edit any of these automatic fill-in texts. But if the Display Name, Mail Address, and/or the Authentication ID fields are disabled, click the check box that enables you to specify values in these fields, overriding the server-generated values.
If the Display name, Mail address, and/or the Authentication ID fields cannot be edited, this is due to an existing rule used by the server to auto-generate the values in those fields.

ALERT

Required fields are in red text.

If this user has more than one email address, click the Add Address button to enter additional data rows that you can fill in accordingly.
If you are creating an “Internet mail user” account, you must enter the user's fully qualified e-mail address.
Open the Mail Node pull-down menu and select the appropriate mail node, if more than one exists.
Enter the initial Password (and its confirmation) to be linked with the user's Authentication ID. (Users can change their passwords later.)

NOTE	You cannot proceed through the wizard until you successfully enter the password in both fields.

Click the checkbox by User Must Change Password on First Login if you want to require the user to create a new password when they log in to the Scalix messaging system for the first time.
You now have three options:
- Click Next to add contact information for this user.
- Click Finish to add the user to the system. You can enter contact and group information at any later time.
- Click Save and Create Another User to add this user to the system (with this level of data) and immediately reopen the new user wizard.
If you completed the contact information entry and clicked Next, the Group Membership screen appears.
All existing Scalix public distribution lists/groups display in this wizard, accompanied by empty checkboxes.
If you want to list this user in any distribution lists/groups, click the checkbox by each group name.
Repeat as needed until all users are created.

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