Users can be added, modified, and removed.
It takes a user profile CLASS(*SECADM) user profile to accomplish this job.
1. Starting
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| Figure 1 - No users so far |
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To define users, you should use the following URL
http://.../mailusers
You will be asked to logon with user_profile/password.
You must logon with a user profile CLASS(*SECADM).
This is needed
- for security reasons
- because creating an user requires special authorities
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Initially, as no user is defined yet, you would receive a screen like the one in Figure 1.
Once some users have been created, you would also receive a list of the existing users (see Figure 10).
To define an user, press the button "new user".
You will receive a screen as the one in Figure 2.
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| Figure 2 - Select the type of user |
2. Define an Internet user
Internet users are users already defined at an ISP (Internet Service provider).
They usually get their mail on a PC mailer (e.g. Outlook) connected to the ISP POP server
via an appropriate account definition.
In this case, AMailer will generate an account definition able to connect to the ISP
POP server in order to receive the mail addressed to this Internet user.
Worth be noted that this AMailer account will not connect to the ISP SMTP server to send mail.
Mail will be sent from the iSeries SMTP server.
On the screen in Figure 2
- select the "Internet" radio button
- press the "go" button
You will receive a screen like the one in Figure 3.
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| Figure 3 - Creating an Internet mail user |
- Local account data
The following is needed for defining the account on the iSeries:
- Local account ID
This is a unique name (usually the last name or an acronym, example jsmith) identifying this user.
This piece of information is case sensitive.
This user_name is the one that the user should enter when logging on Amailer for mail.
- Full name
Full name of the user.
This piece of information is used to create the sender's name on the outgoing mail.
- Local password for logon / verify
This is the password associated to the user_name, that must be entered when logging on Amailer for mail.
It is case sensitive.
- Internet e-mail address
This is the e-mail address to be used as sender's address in the outgoing mail.
It should be the same as the internet address assigned to this user by her/his ISP.
- Options for sending mail
The following data is used to generate outgoing mail:
- Character set
See this page
for a list of registered character sets.
- Reply-to e-mail
The e-mail address where reply-to messages should be addressed.
This is usually the sender's e-mail address (as the default value "*sender" suggests),
but could be different.
- Return-path
The e-mail address where non-delivery messages should be addressed
(non-delivery messages are messages stating that the recipient could not be reached).
This is usually the sender's e-mail address (as the default value "*sender" suggests),
but could be different.
- Options for receiving mail
The following data is used by AMailer POP-client to receive incoming mail from an Internet POP-server:
- IP address of the ISP POP server
The IP address of the ISP POP server for this user (port 110 does not have to be specified).
If you do not know the IP address, just ping the DNS name of the POP server to find it.
The DNS name of the POP server can be found from the pc-mailer (e.g. Outlook) account.
- User name at the ISP POP server
The user name this user is registered at the ISP site.
It can be found from the pc-mailer (e.g. Outlook) account.
- Password at the ISP POP server / verify
This must be reported by the user. It is case sensitive.
- Retain mail at the ISP POP server after receiving it
This option tells whether the POP server should retain the mail messages after they have been received by AMailer.
If this is done ("yes"), the user could retrieve again the same mail messages also from the pc-mailer (e.g. Outlook).
- Remove mail at the ISP POP server after local deletion
This option tells whether the POP server should be instructed to remove mail messages after they have been locally
deleted in AMailer. A "yes" here makes sense only if the answer to the previous question was also "yes".
- Log all communications with the ISP POP server
This is a debugging tool to be very careful with, as it could generate tons of record on file QGPL/POP3LOG.
Note on Privacy - The following pieces of information are recorded in ciphered mode:
- Local password for logon
- User name at the ISP POP server
- Password at the ISP POP server
Note on account definition -
The above account definitions can be further modified by the user, after logging on AMailer for handling mail.
3. Define an Internal user
Internal users can
- exchange mail among themselves
- exchange mail with Internet users defined to AMailer on the same iSeries they are connected to
- send mail to external Internet mail addresses
but cannot receive mail from external Internet mail users, as their POP server, the iSeries POP server, cannot be reached from the outside.
In this case, AMailer will generate some control information on the iSeries:
- An user profile. The user profile name is a 10 char random string. The user profile cannot sign on in interactive.
- A system directory entry for this user profile.
- An SMTP alias table entry.
An internal mail user receives mail from the iSeries POP server.
Outgoing mail is sent from the iSeries SMTP server.
Basic requirements - Some basic requirements must be fulfilled in order to support local users. See
Appendix A for such a matter.
On the screen in Figure 2
- select the "Internal" radio button
- press the "go" button
You will receive a screen like the one in Figure 4.
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| Figure 4 - Creating an internal mail user |
- Local account data
The following is needed for defining the account on the iSeries:
- Local account ID
This is a unique name (usually the last name or an acronym, example "tomd") identifying this user.
This piece of information is case sensitive.
This user_name is the one that the user should enter when logging on Amailer for mail.
- Full name
Full name of the user.
This piece of information is used to create the sender's name on the outgoing mail.
- Local password for logon / verify
This is the password associated to the user_name, that must be entered when logging on Amailer for mail.
It is case sensitive.
- Local e-mail address
The local e-mail address has the format
user_name@domain_name
The user name must be unique within the domain name.
The domain name must be a domain name associated to an active iSeries interface
(see this page).
- Options for sending mail
The following data is used to generate outgoing mail:
- Character set
See this page
for a list of registered character sets.
- Reply-to e-mail
The e-mail address where reply-to messages should be addressed.
This is usually the sender's e-mail address (as the default value "*sender" suggests),
but could be different.
- Return-path
The e-mail address where non-delivery messages should be addressed
(non-delivery messages are messages stating that the recipient could not be reached).
This is usually the sender's e-mail address (as the default value "*sender" suggests),
but could be different.
- Options for receiving mail
The following data is used by AMailer POP-client to receive incoming mail from an Internet POP-server:
- IP address of this iSeries box (POP server)
The local IP address of the iSeries, used to contact the iSeries POP server (port 110 does not have to be specified)
(see this page).
- Retain mail at the iSeries POP server after receiving it
This option tells whether the POP server should retain the mail messages after they have been received by AMailer.
If this is done ("yes"), the user could retrieve again the same mail messages also from the pc-mailer (e.g. Outlook).
- Remove mail at the iSeries POP server after local deletion
This option tells whether the POP server should be instructed to remove mail messages after they have been locally
deleted in AMailer. A "yes" here makes sense only if the answer to the previous question was also "yes".
- Log all communications with the ISP POP server
This is a debugging tool to be very careful with, as it could generate tons of record on file QGPL/POP3LOG.
Note on Privacy - The following pieces of information are recorded in ciphered mode:
Note on account definition -
The above account definitions can be further modified by the user, after logging on AMailer for handling mail.
4. Change user properties
Once some users have been defined, you come up with a list like the one in Figure 5.
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| Figure 5 - Existing AMailer users |
Select an user by checking the appropriate check-box and press the "change" button to display or change user properties:
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| Figure 6 - Display / change user properties |
The user name cannot be changed.
Never enter data in the two password fields, unless you really want to change the user's password.
Please note that the individual users may also display/change the properties of their profiles through this same screen.
5. Removing users
From the screen in Figure 5 you can remove one user at a time or several users in a single shot.
When removing an user, you remove not only the profile and the related system information, you also remove from the system all the mail
owned by this user.
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