User Permissions


There are totally 4 administrative levels of user account:

User Level Description
System User

This user has right to manage all settings in the email server. Unlike other user accounts, it doesn't have an email address and mailbox, so user can't use this account to send or receive email.

Domain Administrator

Domain administrator has right to manage almost all settings in a specified domain, except Domain General Settings such as MaxUsers, Nobody Alias and Domain Message Size limit. After logon as domain administrator, you can manage domain in "Options" -> "Domain Administration".

Only "system" user or domain administrator can set a user as domain administrator.

Normal User

Normal user has right to manage all settings in her email account.

Anonymous User

Reset password by secret question.


"system" user and domain administrator can manage domains, users, filters remotely via a web browser. To maintain a high system security, administrative level is introduced in EmailArchitect Email Server.

The "system" user has right to manage all settings in the email server such as services, domains, users journal and etc. Unlike other user accounts, it doesn't have an email address and mailbox, so user cannot use this account to send or receive email.

Domain administrator has right to manage almost all settings in a specified domain, except Domain General Settings such as MaxUsers, Catch-All Alias and Domain Message Size limit. After logon as domain administrator, you can manage domain in "Options" -> "Domain Administration".

Only "system" user or domain administrator can set a user as domain administrator.

The administrative level is very helpful to ISP Company to manage the email server which hosts hundreds of domains. For example, ISP administrator has the "system" level and the client only has the "domain administrator" level for the specific domain.

See Also

Quick Tutorial  User Permissions  Domain Administration  User Administration  Services Administration  SMTP Service  POP3 Service  IMAP4 Service  Remote Object Call Service  Webmail Service  SSL Configuration  Realtime Black List  Anti-Spam  Anti-Virus  List Administration  Traffic Control  DBConnector  Mail Archive  DomainKeys and DKIM signature  Storage and User Mailbox   Incoming/outgoing Filters  Advanced Functions in Filter  Templates  

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