Help! Local server accounts not showing up in Mail accounts?

Question

Hello. I need some guidence in setting up the Mail server. I have just Mail, AFP, and DNS running, and only 2 user accounts (admin and one other) These accounts are under the local server. Neither of these accounts show up under mail? Workgroup manager says something like "you are working in a directory node that is not visable to the newtork." How do I create Mail accounts???

Answer 1

You can run Work Group Manager remotely or on the server itself - that part doesn't matter. (Wherever you run WGM it will connect to the server itself and make changes there.)
What does matter is that the accounts are created in WGM. Server users accounts are created in WGM. Server administrator accounts are created in the traditional System Preferences > Accounts > Add Account.... etc.
Anyone you want to use file sharing, mail etc needs to be created via the WGM interface or you won't be able to assign the kinds or permissions and settings they need to access services like file sharing or mail.
Is that clear?
=Tod
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