Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

Chapter 13 User accounts13.4 Editing multiple usersKerio MailServer allows for mass editing of user accounts. Simply use the mouse pointer toselect accounts and click Edit.The dialog window regarding mass modification of user accounts consists of four tabs wherequota and user access rights parameters as well as other settings (user description, authenticationtype, password format settings, etc.) and user restrictions can be edited for the selectedusers.Figure 13.14Mass change of user accountsIn this dialog window, only items and parameters that will be changed en bloc for all selectedaccounts are set. Three status modes are available for the Store password in highly secureSHA format and Account is disabled options on the General tab that can be switched by checking/uncheckingthe checkboxes:• inactive, grey — the former settings will be kept in the accounts,• checked — the item will be enabled in all accounts selected,• unchecked — the item is disabled in all accounts selected.The first status (inactive) is available only if set differently for the accounts included. If allaccount are set in the same way, only the checked and unchecked options are available.The Rights, Quota and Restrictions tabs can be edited in the same way as while editing theirparameters for individual accounts.Example:One of the typical cases where mass change is helpful is setting maximal size of outgoing/incomingmail. The Kerio MailServer administrator set maximal size of outgoing mail(for one message) for the company.com to 20 MB. However, some users need to send largerattachments.116