Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 475)

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To open items at startup:
1 Before you enable the Startup Items option for Macintosh Manager clients, make sure you
place the items you want to open at startup in the correct location.
On Mac OS 9 computers, place items in the user's personal Startup Items folder located on
the server at /Library/Classic/Startup Items inside the user's home directory. Do not place
items in the local Mac OS 9 System Folder.
On Mac OS 8 computers, place the items in the Startup Items folder inside the Mac OS 8
System Folder.
2 In Macintosh Manager, click Workgroups, and then click Options.
3 Select one or more workgroups in the Workgroups list.
4 Select “Open items in the Startup Items folder” and click Save.
For computers that start up using NetBoot, you must follow special procedures to copy items
to the Startup Items folder on the startup disk image. See Chapter 12, “NetBoot,” for details.
Checking for Email When Users Log In
If a user has a Post Office Protocol (POP) email account, you can have Macintosh Manager
check the mail server for messages when the user logs in.
To check for email automatically:
1 Open Macintosh Manager.
Before you proceed, click Computers, and then click Control. Check the incoming email
server information and make sure it is correct. The incoming email server must be a POP
server in order to check email at login.
2 Click Workgroups, then click Options.
3 Select “Check for email when members log in,” then click Save.
Creating Login Messages for Workgroups
You can display a message or announcement when a user logs in.
To create a workgroup login message:
1 In Macintosh Manager, click Workgroups, and then click Options.
2 Type a message in the Group Message box, then click Save.
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