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94 Chapter 7 Managing Groups

Creating a New Group

You can create a new group whenever some server users need their own mailing list,

shared group folder, wiki and blog, calendar, or mailing list archive. You select which of

those services each group has.

To create a new group:

1 Click the Add (+) button in the Groups pane of Server Preferences.

2 Enter a name for the group, optionally change the short name, and click Create Group.

The group name can be as long as 255 characters (from 255 Roman characters to as

few as 85 Japanese characters). It can include spaces.

Once the account is created, you won’t be able to change the short name. If you don’t

want to use the short name generated automatically, type a new short name.

The short name typically is eight or fewer characters, but can be as long as 255 Roman

characters. Use only the characters a through z, A through Z, 0 through 9,

_ (underscore), or - (hyphen).

3 Select the services you want this group to have.

File sharing folder: A shared group folder is set up, and group members can get files

from the shared group folder and put files in it. It’s named after the group’s short name

and located on the server’s startup disk at /Groups/.

Mailing list: A group email address is set up using the group short name, and group

members receive all mail sent to the group address.

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