New Install - Best Way to add users

Hi,
Disclaimer: 100% New to Macs!
I need advice on setting up a new Mac Mini Server. Our intent is to use this as an e-mail/calendar server for a small business, replacing a Lotus Domino server that is being retired. Our computing enviroment is based on a (don't laugh) Windows NT4 domain and as such we do not support Windows Active Directory.
Since I was not be able to import users automatically (presumably because of the lack of Active Directory) during the install, I selected "Create users and groups" and started adding users once the install was done. After doing that I then logged off of the Admin account and tried to log on as one of these newly created users and was unable to do so. I tried several others and had the same result.
So I guess my questions are:
Should I have chosen to "Configure manually" for the creation of users? or how should I go about adding these users to this system?
Any thoughts/recommendations on a OS X Server for Dummies type book?
Thanks,
Alan

After doing that I then logged off of the Admin account and tried to log on as one of these newly created users and was unable to do so.
When you say log on, do you mean log on as a user of the Mac Mini running OS X server?
I don't think server users can log on to the server itself unless they have a user account on the computer running OS X server, in this case your Mac mini.
Should I have chosen to "Configure manually" for the creation of users?
Not at all. Your users should have access to the services you allow for them
Matt

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