Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 379)

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m “Limiting Junk Mail” on page 398
m “Working With Undeliverable Mail” on page 402
Step 7: Set up accounts for mail users
Each person who wants mail service must have a user account in a directory domain
accessible by your mail service. The short name of the user account is the mail account name
and is used to form the user’s mail address. In addition, each user account has settings that
determine how your mail service handles mail for the user account. You can configure a
user’s mail settings when you create the user’s account, and you can change an existing
user’s mail settings at any time. For instructions, see
m “Administering User Accounts” on page 137 of Chapter 3
m “Working With Mail Settings for Users” on page 150 of Chapter 3
Step 8: Create a postmaster account
You need to create a user account named “postmaster.” The mail service may send reports to
the postmaster account. When you create the postmaster account, make sure mail service is
enabled for it. For convenience, you can set up forwarding of the postmaster’s mail to
another mail account that you check regularly. Chapter 3, “Users and Groups,” tells you how
to create user accounts.
Step 9: Set up each user’s mail client software
After you set up mail service on your server, mail users must configure their mail client
software for your mail service. For details about the facts that users need when configuring
their mail client software, see “Supporting Mail Users” on page 405.
Overview of Ongoing Mail Service Management
Information in these sections will help you with your day-to-day mail service maintenance
activities:
m “Monitoring Mail Status” on page 403
m “Performance Tuning” on page 407
m “Backing Up and Restoring Mail Files” on page 408
Before You Begin
Before setting up mail service for the first time:
m Decide whether to use POP, IMAP, or both for incoming mail.