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<center><u>'''Zimbra Basic Administration Trainning Document'''</u></center>


'''Note : '''The below knowledge of basics were required must to work with it.

1: Basic understanding of linux open source commands

2: Understanding of the Architecture.

3: Understanding of Mail components and its flow.


'''Z'''imbra open source is very user friendly having interactive administration console, from where most of the default configuration and settings can be managed, only customised and specific setting need to be done via CLI (Command line Interface )


<u>'''User Creation Process '''</u>


Open Admin Panel

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Click On manage and you will get the below console


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Click on setting tab the click on new for the new Id creation you will get the below screens. 


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Provide the basic Information accordingly.


Note : Password will not ask here because the server is integrated with the External MS AD, due to which zimbra always looks for the AD user autentication, if user doesn't exsist in AD it will never authenticate unless we remove the external authentication.


'''T'''o delete the user search the user in search tab, right clik on it and press delete you will get the below promt, if you provide yes it will delete the user, if no it will not.


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Basic configuration can be done via configure tabe in admin console and you will get below prompt


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To add New domain click on the Domain tab in the above screen and you will get the below screen follow the instrauctions accordingly and your new domain will be created and mailling starts working, and also must have the internal DNS entry in the DNS configuration of the server is required for that to work properly, which be done via cli only.


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To configure the New Distribution list need to click on the Distribution list tab in the configure console, and you will get the below screen and follow the Instrauction accordingly.


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Log Analysis.


To check the logs via cli hit below commads.


<nowiki># less /var/log/zimbra.log</nowiki>


then search for the users from address and to address and delivery notifications.