Root User ID

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Each host in IMail Server must have user ID of root and an alias of postmaster in order to comply with the SMTP RFCs. These allow messages to be sent to the server by other hosts, and also allow certain system messages (such as error messages) to be automatically generated.

If the primary host uses the IMail database or an external database,
the installation procedure creates a user named root and an alias named postmaster and points the alias to the user named root.
The user ID of root is automatically registered, however the account is disabled by default.

When using the NT user database, the installation creates a user named administrator and an alias named postmaster and points the alias to the user name administrator.

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