Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 52)

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With remote mail administration you can manage the message database from any IMAP
client. Realtime Blackhole List support allows you to block messages from known spam
sources. Support for single or dual IMAP/POP3 mail inboxes gives flexibility in mail retrieval; a
user can have a POP mailbox for office use and an IMAP mailbox for mobile use. Automatic
blind copying (BCC) on incoming mail from specified hosts lets you track email coming from
specific sites. You can limit the amount of disk space a user consumes for mail messages.
To protect email communication from eavesdroppers, mail service features SSL encryption of
IMAP connections between the mail server and clients, SMTP AUTH authentication using
LOGIN and PLAIN, and APOP and Kerberos v5 authentication for POP, IMAP, and SMTP clients.
For complete information about mail services, see Chapter 9, “Mail Service.”
Macintosh Workgroup Management
Mac OS X Server provides work environment personalization for Mac OS 8, 9, and X
computer users, ranging from preference management to operating system and application
installation automation.
Client Management
You can use Mac OS X Server to manage the work environments of Mac OS 8, 9, and X
clients. Preferences you define for individual users, groups of users, and computers provide
your Macintosh users with a consistent desktop, application, and network appearance
regardless of the Macintosh computer to which they log in.
To manage Mac OS 8 and 9 clients, you use Macintosh Manager, described in Chapter 10,
“Client Management: Mac OS 9 and OS 8.” To manage Mac OS X clients, you use Workgroup
Manager, as Chapter 6, “Client Management: Mac OS X,” describes.
Mac OS X client management has several advantages:
m You can take advantage of the directory services autoconfiguration capability to
automatically set up the directory services used by Mac OS X client computers.
m When you update user, group, and computer accounts, managed Mac OS X users inherit
changes automatically. You update Mac OS 8 and 9 accounts independently, using
Macintosh Manager.
m You have more direct control over individual system preferences.
m Network home directories and group directories can be mounted automatically at login.
NetBoot
NetBoot lets Macintosh clients boot from a system image located on Mac OS X Server instead
of from the client computer’s disk drive. You can set up multiple NetBoot disk images, so
you can boot clients into Mac OS 9 or X or even set up customized Macintosh environments
for different groups of clients.