Editing local subscribers

This topic describes how to edit local Modular Messaging system subscriber information. The information that you can edit includes subscriber names, email handles, classes-of-service, and many other basic, directory, security, and mailbox feature settings. You edit local subscriber information on the Edit Local Subscriber web-based administration page.

Note: You can use this procedure or the Mailbox Manager application to edit or modify subscribers. It is recommended that you use Mailbox Manager if you have to edit a large number of subscribers, since you can edit multiple subscribers at once instead of editing each subscriber individually. For more information about Mailbox Manager, see the Mailbox Manager User Guide.

You can change a subscriber's name or mailbox number without disrupting mailing lists because a unique, system-generated subscriber ID, not the name or mailbox number, actually links the subscriber's mailbox to lists. (The system-generated ID is not accessible to you.) Lists are automatically updated with name changes. For example, if Jane Doe is on a mailing list and her name is changed to Jane Smith, the list is updated automatically to reflect the change.

To edit a local subscriber:

1. On the Manage Subscribers page, in the Local Mailbox Number field, enter the subscriber's local mailbox number and click Edit Subscriber.

   If you do not know the subscriber's local mailbox number, do the following:

   Note: If you are accessing the system through a dial-up connection and you have a large number of local subscribers administered on your system, you may want to filter subscribers to reduce the number of subscribers that display on the Manage Local Subscribers page. Doing this allows the page to download more quickly. See Sorting and filtering local subscribers for information about filtering subscribers.

1. Click Manage in the Local Subscribers row.
2. Select the name of the subscriber whose settings you want to edit.
3. Click Edit the Selected Subscriber.

   The system displays the Edit Local Subscriber page.

4. Continue with Step 2.
2. Modify the fields on the Edit Local Subscriber page as necessary. For more information, click the field names or Help.
3. Click Save to save the change.

   The system saves the changes and returns you to the Manage Local Subscribers page or the Manage Subscribers page, whichever you were using previously.

   Note: It may take from 5 to 10 minutes for the Messaging Application Servers (MASs) to learn about this change.

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