Zimbra Collaboration Suite 7.0

Administrator's Guide

Open Source Edition

Configuring One Account

The administration console New Account Wizard steps you through the account information to be completed. Before you add user accounts, you should determine what features and access privileges should be assigned. You can configure the following type of information:

General information, including account name, Class of Service (COS) to be assigned, and password

Contact information, including phone number, company name, and address

Language preference to display Zimbra Web Client

Default time zone

Aliases to be used

Forwarding directions

Features and preferences available for this specific account. Changes made at the account level override the rules in the COS assigned to the account

Themes and Zimlets that the user can access

Advanced settings including attachment settings, quotas, quota warning flag, and password log in policies

For a description of the features see Customizing Accounts, Setting General Preferences and Password Rules.

If the COS you assign is configured with the correct functionality for the account, you do not need to configure features, preferences, themes, zimlets, or advanced settings.

Creating an account sets up the appropriate entries on the Zimbra LDAP directory server. When the end-user logs in for the first time or when an email is delivered to the user’s account, the mailbox is created on the mailbox server.