Postmaster
Understand the Postmaster role in Qboxmail and how it manages a single domain and its email accounts.
Who is the Postmaster?
The Postmaster is responsible for an individual domain.
How is a Postmaster created?
A Postmaster is created automatically with each new domain, and its account has 50 MB of fixed available space.
What can a Postmaster do?
A Postmaster can manage its domain and associated accounts within the assigned limits.
Postmaster list
The Postmaster list shows all Postmasters associated with an Admin in Qboxmail, along with their details. To view the Postmaster list, click Multi-level and then Postmaster in the Control Panel sidebar.
Information shown in the postmaster list:
- Postmaster status.
- Name of the domain the postmaster belongs to.
- Postmaster email address
- Space used by the postmaster account.
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
 | Updating |
 | Active |
 | Inactive |
Postmaster settings
To edit a postmaster’s settings, click the postmaster address in the postmaster list that you want to modify.
Personal details
This section contains information about the user assigned to the Postmaster account.
Account information
Enter the details of the user assigned to the Postmaster account. The available fields vary depending on the plan selected for the domain.
Language and time zone
Set the default language (Italian or English) and time zone for the postmaster.
General
Settings and limits for the Postmaster account.
Sending limits
Change the maximum number of email messages that can be sent daily by the postmaster.
Increasing the maximum number of messages that can be sent by an email account increases the cost.
Services
Modify the services* available for the postmaster, set during creation:
- POP access
- IMAP access
- SMTP access
- Webmail access
- Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync
- DAV access
*The available services vary depending on the domain’s general settings.
Forwarding
Enter up to a maximum of 20 alternative addresses to which messages received by the postmaster should be forwarded.
Other
Modify the delivery of spam messages to the Inbox* and choose whether to reject all messages received by the postmaster by setting an automatic reply message.
*Service availability varies depending on the domain’s general settings.
Security
Security settings for the Postmaster account.
Password
Set the policies related to the use of access passwords for the postmaster.
- Set a new password for the postmaster.
- Require a mandatory password change every 3, 6, or 12 months.
- Block reuse of old passwords.
- Disable password change.
- Disable password recovery.
- Force password change at the next account login.
OTP authentication
Require the use of two-factor authentication (OTP) for the postmaster.
Allowed IPs
Restrict access to the postmaster’s POP, IMAP, SMTP, Webmail, and API services only to the IP addresses you consider secure and trusted. You can specify up to 10 IP addresses / classes; all connections from IPs not included in the list will not be authorized.
API access
Choose whether the Postmaster can access the API.
Email sender restrictions
Restrict the sender (From) of email messages to the exact authentication username. This prevents the mailbox owner from sending messages on behalf of other users in the organization.
Autoresponder
Set an automatic reply to all messages received by the postmaster for the time interval you prefer.
Webmail
Localization
Define the Webmail localization settings this user will see. The user can then change them independently from the Webmail settings.
Signature and identity
Manage identities connected to the primary email address and email aliases associated with the user. You can customize the display name and signature for each email address. This information lets the user send messages with names and email addresses different from their own.
Company Address Book
Choose whether this user should be hidden from the Company Address Book.