Specifications
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Managing
users/groups
Description
Adding
users or
groups
Active Directory: To add users or groups click New licensed user/group.... Key in the user/group
name and click OK.
No Active Directory: To add users click New licensed user/group.... Key in the user login name,
Full name and E-mail address. Click Personal to enter more information. Click OK.
User/Group
properties
Right-click a user/group and click Properties.
NOTE: When GFI FaxMaker is not installed in an Active Directory environment, user properties are
customizable. When GFI FaxMaker is installed in an Active Directory environment, user properties are
imported from Active Directory.
Removing
users/groups
Right-click a user/group to delete and click Delete. Click OK to confirm.
NOTE: Deleted users are not recoverable and must be re-added.
Table 10: Managing licensed users and groups
NOTE
You can also create a dedicated Active Directory group (for example, GFI FaxMaker
users) so that you can manage all GFI FaxMaker users directly in Active Directory.
3.2.1 Types of users
NOTE
Only applicable to the GFI FaxMaker Unlimited Users license.
Configure the types of users allowed to send/receive faxes using GFI FaxMaker. Navigate to GFI
FaxMaker Configuration > Advanced > Miscellaneous node:
Allow non-AD users to send faxes - Allows all faxes/SMS to be processed by GFI FaxMaker, even if
user is not in Active Directory.
Only allow users in the Licensed user list to send faxes - allows a user to send faxes/SMS only if
included in the Licensed User list.
3.2.2 Importing list of users from CSV
NOTE
Only available if GFI FaxMaker is installed on a machine not connected to a domain.
GFI FaxMaker can import the list of users from a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file. This allows bulk
addition of users.
Ensure that the text is formatted as follows:
"first name","last name","company","department","fax number","voice
number","email address","display name","internet email address"
For example:
"Joe","Bloggs","MyCompany","Sales","+1-555-12345678","+1-555-87654321",
"JoeBloggs@ABCinternal.com","Joe Bloggs","JoeBloggs@ABC.com"