Class of Services (COS)

A COS determines which items can be accessed by a web client and how, setting default for a number of options. A users that belongs to that COS may later change some of these options from the Settings page on the web client.

To create a COS, click the CREATE NEW COS button and enter a name. You can then configure all the options from the left-hand side menu.

Features

Features are settings that allow or forbid the user to access the most used components of Carbonio, both via browser and mobile apps. Some of them can be enabled or disabled via CLI: please refer to section Setting Features from CLI for more information.

Preferences

Preferences consist of generic options for the various components (Mails, Calendar, Contacts).

The first is the default language to be used by the members of the COS, which includes also the locale. The remaining options concern

  • the default appearance of Carbonio in web clients: for example, if e-mails are displayed as conversations, or the calendar shows a month or a work week

  • the default values or behaviour of the features: for example whether new e-mail contacts are added automatically to Contacts or how often to check for new e-mails

  • which features are available to the user: for example, whether the user is allowed to forward e-mails or create a filter to forward specific e-mails

  • The default behaviour for sending the read receipt to the e-mail sender: to always send it or not, or asking each time

Server Pools

In this page it is possible to select on which servers new users can be added to the COS.

Note

If only one server has been defined, no choice is possible.

Advanced

The Advanced Option allow to configure the user quota, passwords, policies, and more.

The user quota, is a set of options that limit how much space a user can occupy on the server, or how many contacts he can have. It also encompasses the option to send periodic notifications when the user space raises over a given threshold.

The Password settings permit to tune the length, characters, and duration of the user passwords. It is also possible to reject common passwords.

The Failed Login Policy allows to define the behaviour of Carbonio when a user fails a log in. A typical policy can lock out the user for one hour when three consecutive login attempts fail within 30 minutes.

The Timeout Policy concern the duration of the token’s validity.

The Email Retention Policy define how long e-mail will be stored before being automatically deleted.

Finally, the Free/Busy Interop option allows to provide O and OU records to display the free/busy user schedule when using an Exchange server.