Importing Accounts From a Text File

Click the AccountsàImporting...àImport accounts from a comma delimited text file... menu selection to access this account generation feature. It can also be reached by clicking the Import button on the Account Manager. This is a simple method for importing and automatically generating mail accounts. MDaemon will read a text file and generate new mail accounts using as little as just the first and last names of the user. If you are careful to setup your account template strings properly (see New Account Defaults) you can generate unique accounts using only the first and last names, but you can also include many other options for specific user settings if you want to override the new account defaults. All fields must be separated by commas.

Each line of the comma delimited text file must contain only a single user's entry. The first line must be a base line giving the names and sequence of the fields in subsequent lines. A sample file would look something like this:

"Mailbox", "FullName", "MailDir", "AllowAccess"

"arvel", "Arvel Hathcock", "C:\Mail\Arvel\", Y

"michael", "Michael Mason", "C:\Mail\Michael\", N

The field names in the base line are used by MDaemon to determine the data sequence and can therefore appear in any order. Each of the field names must be in quotes.

All "String" values must be contained in quotes, and a "bool" field value is considered FALSE unless the first char is: y, Y, 1, t, or T.

First, middle, and last names are acceptable in each full name. However, you may not use commas in them.

After running the import process, MDaemon will create TXIMPORT.LOG, detailing the import results and listing which accounts imported successfully and which failed. Typical reasons why an account might not be imported would include a conflict with an existing account's mailbox, name, or directory information, a conflict with an existing alias to an account, or a conflict with a mailing list name.

See the description of the MD_ImportUserInfo() and the MD_ExportAllUsers() within the MD-API.HTML file located in your \API\ directory, for more information on the field mappings.

Use the following values in the base line to map to MDaemon account fields:

Field Name	Type
MailBox	string
Domain	string
FullName	string
MailDir	string
Password	string
AutoDecode	bool
IsForwarding	bool
AllowAccess	bool
AllowChangeViaEmail	bool
KeepForwardedMail	bool
HideFromEveryone	bool
EncryptMail	bool
ApplyQuotas	bool
EnableMultiPOP	bool
MaxMessageCount	int
MaxDiskSpace	int
FwdAddress	string
FwdHost	string
FwdSendAs	string
FwdPort	string
NTAccount	string
MailFormat	string
AutoRespScript	string
AutoRespProcess	string
AddToList	string
RemoveFromList	string
PassMessageToProcess	bool
MaxUIDLCount	int
MaxMessageSize	int
RecurseIMAP	bool
MaxInactive	int
MaxMessageAge	int
MaxDeletedIMAPMessageAge	int
Comments	string
UserDefined	string

See:

Windows Account Integration