Adding user authentication settings

The page Settings > Users > User Authentication is used to add new user validation/authentication settings for domain/user directory groups.

1. From the page Settings > Users > User Authentication, click Add. The Add User Authentication page displays.
2. In the text field Name, enter a name for this set of authentication settings.
3. From Authentication options, mark the check box for the type of user validation/authentication settings to apply: Recipient Validation, SMTP Authentication, Personal Email Authentication, or Distribution List Validation.

   Multiple check boxes can be selected.

   • (Optional) If you specify recipient validation, you can mark the associated check box If User Directory is not reachable for Recipient validation, continue to next user directory.

     Selection allows the system to continue a recipient search in the next user directory listed in the User Directories section Recipients box if the current user directory cannot be accessed (e.g., server is down or not connected).

   • If you specify SMTP authentication, you must ensure that the option Allow relays only for senders from trusted IP addresses option is selected for both outbound and internal relays on the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Relay Control.
4. From the pull-down menu Domain group, select the domain group to target with your authentication settings.
5. (Optional) Add or remove domain names from your domain group; from Domains, click Edit.The Edit Domain Group page displays. Changes you make here are also reflected on the page Settings > Users > Domain Groups. See Editing a domain group.
6. From the box Current User Directories, select the corresponding user directories to which these authentication settings should apply; mark the check box next to the directory name and click >.

   The user directory is added to the Recipients box.

7. (Optional) Create a new user directory for these authentication settings; click Add user directory.The Add User Directory page displays to create a new directory. See Adding and configuring a user directory.
8. In the Recipients box, move selected user directories up or down; select the buttons Move up and Move down.
9. (Optional) Delete a user directory reference from the Recipients box; select it and click Delete.This action removes the user directory from the Recipients list, but does not delete it from the page Settings > Users > User Directories.
10. Click OK.

    The settings are saved.