Re: Kolab newbie, how do I add mail users to a kolab domain?

Thanks Timotheus and Axel, see inline:

On 12-09-2018 18:01, Timotheus Pokorra wrote:
> Hello Adi,
> 
>> I've just started recently to look at Kolab as a groupware suite and I
>> must admit I've just hit a massive roadblock: I can apparently create
>> kolab domains as "additional domain namespaces", but can't add
>> mailboxes to these domains. I'm most likely missing the obvious, so my
>> question(s) might look dumb :)
>> Following the instructions from
>> https://docs.kolab.org/administrator-guide/configuring-the-kolab-server.html
>> I went into the webadmin portal as Directory Manager and, using "Add
>> Domain" link to the right of the Domains page, added a new domain
>> named 0adit1.local. Select Status=active. Then I went to the "Users"
>> page and selected "Account Type"="Kolab User". Filled in the mandatory
>> fields, then in the "Contact Information" I'm seeing the "Primary
>> Email Address" greyed out, with a preset value and I've got 2
>> secondary email addresses, all 3 using the domain part of the FQDN.
>> Since my FQDN is ktest1.kolab.local, the domain part used for the
>> email addresses is @kolab.local.
> 
> Multi Domain can be used in two ways, as described on
> https://docs.kolab.org/administrator-guide/configuring-the-kolab-server.html#adding-domains
> 
> If you choose the "Parent Domain Name Space", then you need to reload
> the webadmin gui, and select the new domain at the top right corner.
> it is a dropdown, but a little bit difficult to detect.

Right :)) Got me, I'd have never thought to click on the domain name in 
the upper right corner, bit of egg on my face :)
Thanks a lot for pointing this out, that's a start.

> You also will need to adjust the Postfix LDAP configuration, as
> described here:
> https://docs.kolab.org/administrator-guide/configuring-the-kolab-server.html#configuration-considerations-for-multiple-domain-namespaces
> 
> You can have a look at my configuration script, perhaps it gives you
> some good ideas:
> https://github.com/TBits/KolabScripts/blob/KolabWinterfell/kolab/initMultiDomain.sh
> Please use it only if you understand what it does, I cannot give any 
> guarantuee.

Very interesting, will do, thanks.

> All the best,
>   Timotheus

Cheers,

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Adi Pircalabu, System Administrator