An account or a user account is an access permission to a computer system. Account examples:
groupware account
GMail account
DropBox account
Facebook account
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Contains the address data for all users. Depending on the configuration, each user can edit their own personal data in this address book.
Depending on the configuration, this address book can have a different name, e.g. Internal users or Global address book.
An allowlist is a list of domain names or email addresses that you trust.
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An application is a groupware component that provides certain functions. Example: With the E-Mail application you can send, receive and organise E-Mail messages.
A distribution list consists of a distribution list name and a number of email addresses. You can create and edit your own distribution lists. Other users cannot see your distribution lists. Distribution lists can be used as follows:
send an email to multiple contacts
add multiple persons to an appointment or task
grant multiple persons permissions by inviting to a shared item
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A domain is the address used to open a page on the Internet. Example: www.example.com. A domain is often also referred to as web address or Internet address.
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An E-Mail thread is an E-Mail conversation The E-Mail thread includes the original E-Mail and all replies. All E-Mail messages in an E-Mail thread have the same subject. The current E-Mail corresponds to the last reply.
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Elements of the user interface. Example: windows, labels, buttons.
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Your groupware email account. You will automatically get this account. You cannot delete this account.
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The administrator can set up functional email accounts and assign them to specific users. A functional email account has the following properties:
It serves a specific purpose like communicating with customers.
Typical examples are support@example.com, info@example.com.
It can be used jointly by multiple users, to read, reply or send email messages.
The administrator defines the users who are allowed to use a functional email account.
Users can neither edit nor delete a functional email account.
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A participant of an appointment or task who is not an internal groupware user but a guest user.
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Folders contain app specific objects. In some apps, folders can also include subfolders. Some folders are preset, other folders can be set up by the user. Folder examples: email folders, address books, calendars, task lists
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A group consists of a group name and a number of internal users. Groups can be used as follows:
add to an appointment or task
grant permissions by inviting to a share
Depending on the configuration, specific groups are predefined. Depending on the groupware configuration, users can get the permission to create additional groups.
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The software described in this documentation. It includes the PIM functions (Personal Information Manager) email, contacts, calendar. This includes functions for cooperating within a group, like shared address books and calendars. Depending on the configuration, further functions are available: task management, file storage for private or shared files, document processing.
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A person who received an invitation to a shared object by another user or has been added to an appointment or task as external participant is called guest or guest user. Guests only have access to objects they have been invited to. Some objects cannot be shared with a guest, e.g. The All users address book.
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Objects are groupware data that are created and organised by the user. Examples: E-Mail messages, contacts, appointments, tasks, documents, files, folders, address books, calendars
A user invited to an appointment or task. Participants are also called internal participants, in contrast to an external participant who has been invited as guest.
Resources are rooms or devices that can be added to an appointment. A resource consists of a resource name, an E-Mail address and an optional description.
You can only add resources that are not used for other appointments.
Depending on the configuration, specific resources are predefined. Depending on the configuration, users can get the permission to create additional resources.
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A session is a connection between a client, e.g. a browser, an E-Mail client or a smartphone app and a server, e.g. the groupware server. A session starts with the login and ends with the logout.
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Tabs provide an easy and simple way of keeping the Inbox folder neat. With tabs, incoming email messages are saved separated by sender in the Inbox folder. Depending on the configuration, specific categories are predefined. You can set additional tabs according to your needs.
Tabs can only be used in the Inbox folder. If you need additional storage options, use the folder view to create E-Mail folders.
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Persons with a groupware account are called users or internal users. Each user has a username and a password. The All users address book contains the contact data of all users.
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This refers to the groupware user interface. The user interface consists of individual elements.
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