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Access to GroupWise mailboxes is protected by post office security settings or GroupWise
passwords. Agent passwords grant access to remote servers and to Novell
protect access to GroupWise agent status information.
Section 74.1, "Mailbox Passwords," on page 1151
Section 74.2, "Agent Passwords," on page 1155
See also Part XVII, "Security Policies," on page

74.1 Mailbox Passwords

When you are setting up a new GroupWise system, you need to determine what kind of password
protection you want to have on users' GroupWise mailboxes before users start running GroupWise.
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In ConsoleOne , you can choose where password information is obtained when users log in to
GroupWise and you can set defaults under Client Options to enforce your choices. You and
GroupWise client users should keep in mind that GroupWise passwords are case sensitive.
Section 74.1.1, "Using Post Office Security Instead of GroupWise Passwords," on page 1151
Section 74.1.2, "Requiring GroupWise Passwords," on page 1152
Section 74.1.3, "Managing GroupWise Passwords," on page 1152
Section 74.1.4, "Using LDAP Passwords Instead of GroupWise Passwords," on page 1154
Section 74.1.5, "Bypassing Mailbox Passwords to Respond to Corporate Mandates," on
page 1155
74.1.1 Using Post Office Security Instead of GroupWise
Passwords
When you create a new post office, you must select a security level for it.
If you select Low Security for the post office, users are not required to set passwords on their
GroupWise mailboxes. However, passwordless mailboxes are completely unprotected from other
users who know how to use the @u-user_ID startup switch.
If you select High Security for the post office, users are still not required to set passwords on their
GroupWise mailboxes, but they are required to be successfully logged in to a network before they
can access their own passwordless mailboxes. Users cannot access other users' passwordless
mailboxes.
After you select High Security, you can further enhance post office security by requiring specific
types of authentication before users can access their passwordless GroupWise mailboxes. You can
require eDirectory authentication so that users must be logged in to eDirectory before they can
access their passwordless GroupWise mailboxes.
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