Active Directory

Authenticate against Windows domain:

This facility, operational on WindowsNT and Windows Server editions, enables Mailtraq to access the operating system user database to perform automatic account creation and password verification.

It is accessed from the Console:

Users

If the Auto Create User checkbox is enabled and the Authorize via User Database checkbox is enabled in the User Properties, Properties-tab thne Mailtraq will perform User password verification via the Windows domain.

Older versions of Mailtraq access this dialog from Options | Users - User Manager as shown below. 

Auto Create User Accounts...

Enable this and specify the NT Domain which to be used for Mailtraq to create a user and associated mailbox when verified credentials are provided by the operating system which do not match an existing Mailtraq account. If password verification is enabled in the properties of a user, Mailtraq user password verifications and Mailtraq mailslot password verifications for that user are performed against the specified NT Domain.

Mailtraq must either be running as a service or be run under an account with the SE_TCB_NAME privilege (Right "Act as part of the operating system" in User Manager) to access the NT features. In practice this means that Mailtraq must be installed on the same machine as the AD server.

A registry entry can be used to force Mailtraq to authenticate against a specific NT domain.   

Using the Import Wizard to authenticate against Remote LDAP or Active Directory Server.

This method (available from build 2.16.1.2936) allows Mailtraq to authenticate against Active Directory or LDAP hosted on a machine other than itself.

     Select the Users | Import Users... option.

You can opt to use this wizard in 'Update' mode if you wish to work with an existing Mailtraq user base, rather than import a new user base.

The wizard allows you to specify the authentication login to the remote server with the necessary privileges to obain a list of users.

• Directory Domain Name
• Directory Server (Host Name or IP address)
• Account name (username@domain)
• Account password 

Configuration Tip 

Pay attention to the User Template and Mailbox Template that you select.
The characteristics of these templates determine the behavior of the automatically created accounts.

Think particularly about Archiving and Indexing settings as these can impact storage and efficiency over the long term. Review the information available in the Mailbox Services section.

Traditional Console view