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User-specific Admin Console Settings

You can use user-specific mail settings in the Admin Console to perform actions such as adding email alias to users, routing incoming emails of a user to a different account, configure out-of-office replies, put in signatures, and more. 

User Views

Once you have added the users, you can view their information in the Users section such as their email address, status, contact number, etc. Additionally, you can view the plan assigned to each user, additional storage credited to them if any, and the storage amount they have utilised all from the Users section. You can select the Default view to see the user's personal information and switch to the Storage view to look at their storage information. 

To change user views, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to the Users section in the left pane. The users' personal information appears which is the Default View.
  3. To view the users' storage information, click on the Change View icon (four horizontal bars) in the upper right corner and select Storage View. You can see the users' storage information.
    change user view
  4. Click the Refresh button and select Yes to refresh the Total Used storage of all users in a single click. This may take some time to complete, based on the storage used by your users.
    storage view
  5. Clicking on Summary will display plan names, the total license count and the used and available no. of licenses.
    summary

When exporting user data, the information exported will depend on the view in which you are currently present. For example, if you are in the Default View, details like their contact number, location, etc. will be exported and if you export while present in the Storage View, details such as the users' assigned plan, additional storage, and the other columns will be exported.

Manage Columns

You can customize the columns displayed in the Users section using the Manage columns option. By default, the following columns cannot be removed from the display:

  • Role
  • Name & Email
  • More actions

manage columns

To customize, click on the Manage column icon on the top right corner and select or deselect the columns from the list:

  • Last Sign In
  • Contact Number
  • Location
  • Status
  • Block status

Edit User information

You can edit the users' information or add new details anytime you wish. To edit user data, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane. You will be taken to the user listing with all the users of your organization.
  3. Select the user whose information you'd like to edit.
  4. Under Personal Information, click Edit.
    edit user details
  5. Update existing details or add new ones.
  6. Click on Save Changes.

You can also change the user's role, enable/disable their Mail, Calendar, and Contacts services.

You will also have the option to update the details of the user's Zoho People information or add new details.

  1. Click on Show work fields under Personal Information.
    show work details
  2. Update the existing information or add new details.
  3. Click on Save Changes. The details will automatically be updated in the user's Zoho People. To learn more about adding Zoho People details while creating new users, refer to this page.

Note:

The Show work fields option will only be available to our paid users.

Block or Unblock Users

You can block the incoming and outgoing emails of one or more users with the help of the Block option.

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane. You will be taken to the user listing with all the users of your organization.
  3. Select the users you would like to Block or Unblock by clicking on their profile picture.
  4. After selecting the users, click Block or Unblock at the top menu.
    block or unblock users
  5. Confirm your selection in the pop-up window again.
    block user confirmation

Similarly, you can unblock blocked users by following the same steps and clicking Unblock.

Activate User accounts

When a user account has been deactivated or marked as inactive, it must be reactivated for the user to regain access to their account. Once reactivated, users can resume their normal activities within their mailbox and access other Zoho applications (such as CRM, Projects, and Invoice). To reactivate a user account, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console and select Users in the left pane. 
  2. Navigate to the user whose account you want to reactivate.
  3. Click the Activate icon next to the user's name under the Status column
  4. Select the actions you want to resume when reactivating the account, enter the administrator credentials, and click Enable to reactivate the user account.

Note:

When an account is reactivated, any restrictions that were applied during deactivation such as removal from groups, email alias removal, and blocking of email forwarding will not be automatically reinstated. These settings must be manually re-configured or re-added, as they are removed during the deactivation process.

Deactivate User accounts

Administrators have the option to deactivate user accounts from the Admin console. When a user is deactivated, their access to their mailbox and to all other Zoho applications ( including CRM, Projects, and Invoice) is suspended, along with a set of additional restrictions within their mailbox, as chosen by the admin.

To deactivate a user, 

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane. 
  3. Click the Inactivate icon next to the user whose account you want to deactivate under the Status column.
    Deactivate user
  4. The following actions will be automatically performed during user account deactivation. If necessary, you can deselect the actions you do not want to perform using the checkboxes in the dialog box that appears.
    • Block incoming emails : Block incoming emails: When selected, all incoming emails to the user will be blocked, and a bounce message will be sent to the sender indicating that delivery failed.
    • Block email forwarding : When selected, any email forwarding configured for that specific user will be blocked and removed.
    • Remove from group : When selected, the user will be removed from any groups they are currently associated with.
    • Remove email aliasing :  When selected, all alternate email addresses (aliases) associated with the user will be removed.
  5. Enter your administrator credentials and click Disable.
    actions
  6. You'll be prompted to re-authenticate your session to verify your identity for security reasons.

Administrators can also change the status of a user from their User profile page. Navigate to Users in the left pane. Select the user whose account you want to enable or disable. Under Personal Information tab, Select Active/Inactive from the drop down under the Status section.

Once deactivated, the user cannot log in to their account or access any Zoho applications until reactivated by the admin.

Note:

  • Every time activate or deactivate a user account, it is mandatory to re-authenticate your session using the MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) method configured on your account for security purposes.
  • If you do not have MFA configured for your account, you will be prompted to re-authenticate your session using your account password in a new tab or window, depending on your browser preference.

Email Policy

Zoho Mail's Email Policy is for the administrator to give sets of privileges and/or restrictions to different sets of users depending on the requirement. If you want to assign an Email Policy to a particular user at a time, you can follow the steps below:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and click on the user you want to assign an Email Policy.
  3. On the user page, click Mailbox Settings from the top menu.
    email policy
  4. Click Email Policy and choose the policy you want to apply to the user.
  5. If you are sure about the change, click Change in the pop-up.

You have successfully changed the email policy of the particular user. To apply an email policy to a bulk of users, refer here. You can also click the pop-up icon, next to the drop-down, to reach the Email Policy section on the Mailbox settings page.

Email Aliases

Email Alias can be understood as nicknames of a user's primary email account. With the help of an email alias, a user can have multiple email addresses within one mailbox. That is, all the emails sent to the alias account will be delivered to the same mailbox as the primary account. Email aliases are handy for small and medium-scale organizations or organizations with multiple domains where a single person might be performing multiple operations. 

Email Alias behaviors:

  • When you add an email alias, the user will be able to send/ receive using the email alias. 
  • The additional email aliases will be added to the From drop-down, using which the user can select the From address for the particular email. 
  • The email alias can be used for only one user and cannot be reused unless the first created one gets deleted.
  • Once added, the email alias can be used to login into the account. 
  • The email alias can also be used to configure email clients. 
  • Email Filters can be used to organize the emails that arrive at different email aliases.
    • Use 'To/ Cc' contains filter condition
    • Apply the action Move to folder/ Apply label for classifying emails.

For example, say David is the marketing head of Zylker Inc. and his primary email account is david.r@zylker.com. While he uses his primary address for communication with his colleagues, he wanted to have a much more generic and memorable email address for performing external operations like sending newsletters. But instead of creating a new mailbox where he will have to log in to a completely different account, his administrator gave him an email alias, marketing@zylker.com. Now all the emails marketing@zylker.com receives will be forwarded to his primary mailbox david.r@zylker.com.

Note:

Email aliases will be available only to the free/ paid users who have their domains configured in Zoho Mail and not to the users who are using Zoho's domain.

Create an Email Alias

Follow these instructions to create an email alias:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and click on the user you want to assign an Email Alias.
  3. Select Mailbox Settings from the top menu and select Email Alias.
  4. Click the Add button.
  5. Enter an Alias username and then choose the domain using which you want to create the alias.
  6. Once done, click the Add button.add email alias

    Note:

    If your account reaches the maximum number of email aliases, contact support@zohomail.com.

 Are you thinking about Domain Alias? You can create aliases for all your employees with another domain. Click to learn more about Domain Alias.

Change the Default Mailbox Address

The default email address or mailbox address of an account is usually the email address given by the administrator during the creation of a user's mailbox. But you can change the default mailbox address to a different one.

It can be due to spelling errors or any mix-ups during the time of creation. For example, say David's (the marketing head of Zylker Inc) email address was created as daviid@zylker.com with a spelling mistake. You can rectify the problem by simply,

  1. Create an email alias with the desired email address.
  2. Change the default mailbox address to your desired email alias.

If you want to provide a different email address for the same user, this option is better than deleting the current address and providing a different one because all the current settings, contacts, emails, and so on of the user can be retained. 

Set Email Alias as the default address

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and click on the user you want to change the default mailbox address.
  3. Select Mailbox Settings from the top menu and select Email Alias. You will find all email aliases created for that user in the Alias Addresses table.
  4. Hover over the Alias address you want to mark as default and select Set as mailbox address to make it default.
    change mailbox address
  5. In the pop-up, click Change.
  6. If needed, hover over an alias address and click the   delete icon to remove an email alias.

Set any other email address you own as the Login Address

Apart from using the email addresses you created under your organization, you can also use other email addresses you own from different providers as your Default Address or Login Address. For example, if you have a personal email address you would like to use as the login address in Zoho Mail, you can do so by configuring that address under the Login Email Address section.

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and click on the user you want to add an existing email address.
  3. On the user page, click Security from the top menu.
  4. Select Login Email Address and click Add.
  5. Enter the email address you would like to add and the Admin Password for authentication.
    change login email address
  6. Once done, click Add.
  7. You will be prompted to re-authenticate your session before proceeding with this action for security reasons.

A confirmation email will be sent to the email address you added and after you confirm the validity and ownership of the email, the address will be available as a login address.

Set any other email address as your primary email address

When you have multiple email addresses added, you can choose one of the email addresses to be your primary email address. To set an email address as your primary one, follow the steps below:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and click on the user you want to set a primary email address.
  3. On the user page, click Security from the top menu.
  4. Select Login Email Address and click on the Star icon to make it your primary email address.
  5. You will be prompted to re-authenticate your session before proceeding with this action for security reasons.
    Primary email address

Note:

  • Every time you add or change the primary login email address of a user account, it is mandatory to re-authenticate your session using the MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) method configured on your account for security purposes.
  • If you do not have MFA configured for your account, you will be prompted to re-authenticate your session using your account password in a new tab or window, depending on your browser preference.
  • This additional re-authentication step helps protect your account by ensuring that only authorized users can perform this sensitive action.

Email forwarding from Admin Console

Email forwarding, when configured, forwards all emails received by a user to the given forwarding email address. Email forwarding can be performed by users for themselves from their mailbox, or by administrators from the Admin Console. It is usually configured by the Administrator for delegation/ back-up purposes. 

For example, say David, the marketing head of Zylker Inc., is on leave for a month. His work was piling up and the Associate marketing head, Rebecca was pulled in to take over temporarily. For Rebecca to respond to messages from clients or customers, the administrator configured email forwarding from David's account. Now, Rebecca's mailbox will receive a copy of all emails sent to David. 

Steps to configure Email Forwarding

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and click on the user you want to configure email forwarding.
  3. Select Mailbox Settings from the top menu and select Email Forwarding.
  4. Enter the email address you want the user's emails to be forwarded to and click the  button.
    email forwarding

    Note:
    A verification process is required for external email addresses. But, verification will not be required if the email forwarding address is from within your organization.
  5. Select Delete Zoho Mail's copy, to move the email to the primary user's Trash folder after forwarding the email.
    delete Zoho Mail copy while email forwarding
  6. If you have configured an external email address, you would have received an email with a Verification Code.
  7. Click Verify and enter the Verification Code.
    create email forwarding
  8. After entering the verification code, click Confirm.
    verify email forwarding address​​

Enable/Disable Email Services

Mailbox Actions enable Administrators to allow or restrict different services available in Zoho Mail. For example, say David, the marketing head of Zylker Inc., wants to sync his emails, calendar, and contacts from the email server to his mobile device. You, the administrator, can make an exception for David and give him ActiveSync access by simply going to Mailbox Actions. Now, except David, all other users will not have the ActiveSync access. 

To access Mailbox Actions, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and click on the user you want to disable/enable an email service.
  3. Select Mailbox Settings from the top menu and select Mailbox Actions.
  4. You can toggle the switch next to the feature to enable   or disable   the respective service.
Mailbox ActionDescription
IncomingIf disabled, that particular user can't receive any emails. The Incoming option is enabled for all users by default.
OutgoingIf disabled, that particular user can't send emails. The Outgoing option is enabled for all users by default.
Spam checkIf disabled, Zoho Mail will not process that user's emails for spam. This includes all server-level Zoho Mail spam checks and also the ones configured by an admin. Spam check is enabled to all users by default.
Quarantine checkIf disabled, the 'to-be quarantined' emails of that particular user will not be quarantined and will be sent to the user directly. Disabling Quarantine check will not disable spam check. Quarantine check is enabled to all users by default.
POP accessIf disabled, that particular user can't access his/her email account in other email clients via POP. If you want to provide POP access to the user but want to limit it to emails received after a particular date, you can further customize by clicking the settings icon.
IMAP accessIf enabled, that particular user can access his/her email account in other email clients via IMAP. IMAP access is disabled to all users by default. 
ActiveSyncIf enabled, that particular user can access his/her email account in mobile devices using Active Sync protocol. ActiveSync is disabled to all users by default. 

Note:

All the above-mentioned actions will only affect the particular user you make changes to.

Out of Office response

Out-of-office response can be added by users themselves, or administrators, or both. This option for admins is particularly helpful when the user is unavailable to configure an out-of-office response by themselves. For example, say David, the marketing head of Zylker Inc., is on long leave due to a medical emergency. The administrator, in order to not leave his emails unattended, can configure an out-of-office response until he comes back.

To configure an out-of-office reply from Admin Console, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and select the user you want to add an out-of-office response.
  3. Click Mailbox Settings from the top menu and select Out of Office. The out-of-office message configured by the user appears.
    select user
  4. Proceed to edit the existing out-of-office response, or click Delete at the bottom of the section to create a new out-of-office response.
  5. Select the From/ To date for which you want to configure the out-of-office message.
    Duration
  6. Choose the Auto response interval using the options given below:
    • Send one reply for the entire duration of my unavailability
    • Reply to consecutive email from the same sender, with the gap of selected days
      auto response interval
  7. Select the Set auto response message for organization users checkbox to send out of office messages to emails sent by your organization members only.
  8.  Specify the subject and the out-of-office email content.
    Org users
  9. Select the Set auto response message for external users checkbox, to send out of office messages to external senders.
  10. Select who should get your out-of-office messages from the external users in the Send Message to dropdown. 
  11. Select the checkbox to use the same auto-response for both organization and external users. If not, create a new auto-response by entering the subject and content in the fields below, and click Add.
    External user

Out-of-office response for External users

Configuring unique out-of-office responses for external users entails setting up specific automated messages designed for individuals who are not part of your organization.  

Set up an out of office response for external users:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane and select the user.
  3. Click Mailbox Settings from the top menu and select Out of Office.
  4. Choose the From/ Till date and select the preferred Auto response interval from the list according to your preferences:
    • Send one reply for the entire duration of my unavailability
    • Reply to consecutive email from the same sender, with the gap of selected days
  5. Select the Set auto response message for external users checkbox under Auto response message.
  6. In the Send Message to dropdown, select one of the options: 
    • All External users
    • External users only in my contact
    • External users not in my contact
      Send response to
  7. Select the checkbox to use the same out of office reply you have set for organization users to external users as well. If not, create a new auto-response by entering the subject and the email content in the fields below.
  8. Once done, click Add.​
    autoresponse

Note:

  • The out-of-office reply added from the Admin Console can be viewed by the user from their mailbox.

User-specific signature

The administrator can configure user-specific signatures, individually, for all accounts in the organization. To add a signature for the user, follow these instructions:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane, and click on the user you want to add a signature.
  3. Select Mailbox Settings from the top menu and select Signature.
  4. In the Signature section, click Add new signature to open the signature composer.
    user signature
  5. In the composer, give a name for your signature and then the content of the signature.
  6. You can associate one signature to different aliases of the same user. To do that, click the   button in the Associated email addresses column. Check all email addresses you want to associate the signature with.
  7. Once done, click Add.
    add new signature

Note:

Users will not be able to edit or change the associated email address of the signature created by Administrators.

Anti-Spam Settings

Administrators can allow emails from certain email addresses or domains to be delivered without being flagged as spam. The Allowed list typically consists of email addresses or domains from which you want the emails to be delivered directly to the user's inbox. This helps prevent important emails from being mistakenly marked as spam or blocked. 

On the other hand, the Blocked list contains email addresses or domains that you specifically designate as spam. Adding an email address or domain to the blocked list directs all corresponding emails to the user's spam folder. This prevents unwanted and potentially harmful emails from reaching the user's inbox. It is important to note that the organization's spam control settings take precedence over the user's spam settings. 

Adding Email addresses:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane and select the preferred user.
  3. On the user page, click Anti-Spam Settings from the top menu and select Email addresses from the drop down.
    Select user
  4. Click Add on the top menu within your chosen section, based on whether you're adding the email address to the allowed list or the blocked list.
  5. Enter one or more email addresses separated by a comma to add to the list, and click Add.
    Adding list

Adding Domains:

  1. Log in to Zoho Mail Admin Console.
  2. Navigate to Users in the left pane and select the preferred user.
  3. On the user page, click Anti-spam settings from the top menu and select Domain from the drop down.
  4. Click Add on the top menu within your chosen section, based on whether you're adding the domain to the allowed list or the blocked list.
    select user
     
  5. Enter one or more domains separated by a comma to add to the list and click Add.
    add list

To delete an email address or domain from the list, hover over the email address or domain and click the Delete icon.
In case you want to move an email address or domain from allowed list to blocked list and vice versa, you can use the checkbox to select them from the list and then click Move to Allowed List / Move to Blocked List in the top menu based on your preference.

You can also add email addresses or domains to these lists by clicking on the Import option from the top menu. Click the Import icon in the top menu from the preferred section and upload the relevant CSV file. Information in the file will be added to the selected allowed or blocked list. You can download any list of your choice by clicking on the Export option. 

Note:

Adding email addresses or domains to the Allowed List/Blocked List does not 100% guarantee email delivery/rejection. The emails will be processed as per the Delivery Action specified in the organizational Spam Control settings. 
 

Account Activity

The administrators can view the account activity of any user which includes their login history, session history, and recent activity. 
user account activity

Login history

A record is created every time a user logs in to their account. Along with the login time, details such as their IP address, browser, duration, the application into which they had logged in can be seen. The login history shows the login details of the last 90 days by the user.
user login history

Session history

The active sessions at a given time is shown in Session history. Active sessions are unique logins to the account. For example, if a user signs into his/her account from the laptop alone, one active session in recorded. If they sign in using their mobile too, two active sessions are shown. If multiple users login to the same account, then the respective no. of active sessions are displayed.

Once they sign out of their accounts, there will be no active sessions.
user session history

Recent Activity

The Recent Activity lists the recent events made on the user account by the admins and moderators. For example, events such as adding the user to a group, deleting the user, changing the role of the user, etc., are some of the events recorded here. 

The members who performed those events along with the time will be displayed next to the event. You can access the Audit Logs right from the Recent Activity tab which contains the detailed organizational activities. 

You also have the option to specify a particular day/week/month, or a custom timeline and the recent activities for that day/timeline will be displayed.
user recent activity

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