Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 127)

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Mail Settings
You can create a Mac OS X Server mail service account for a user by setting up mail settings
in the user’s account. To use the mail account, the user simply configures a mail client using
the user name, password, mail service, and mail protocol you specify in the mail settings.
Mail account settings let you enable and disable the user’s access to mail services running on
a particular Mac OS X Server. You can also manage such account characteristics as how to
handle automatic message arrival notification.
Settings for Mac OS X mail service are configured using Server Settings, as Chapter 9, “Mail
Service,” describes.
Resource Usage
Disk, print, and mail quotas can be stored in a user account.
Mail and disk quotas limit the number of megabytes a user can use for mail or files.
Print quotas limit the number of pages a user can print using Mac OS X Server print services.
Print quotas also can be used to disable a user’s print service access altogether. User print
settings work in conjunction with print server settings, which are explained in “Enforcing
Quotas for a Print Queue” on page 322.
User Preferences
Any preferences you define for a Mac OS X user are stored in the user’s account. Preferences
you define for Mac OS 8 and 9 users are stored using Macintosh Manager. See Chapter 6,
“Client Management: Mac OS X,” and Chapter 10, “Client Management: Mac OS 9 and OS 8,”
for information about user preferences.
How Group Accounts Are Used
A group is simply a collection of users who have similar needs. For example, you can add all
English teachers to one group and give the group access privileges to certain files or folders
on Mac OS X Server.
Groups simplify the administration of shared resources. Instead of granting access to various
resources to each individual who needs them, you can simply add the users to a group and
grant access to the group.
Information Access Control
Information in group accounts is used to help control user access to directories and files. See
“Directory and File Access by Other Users” on page 125 for a description of how this works.