PoliteMail User Roles

Applies To:   ■ PoliteMail Desktop      ■ PoliteMail Online     ■ PoliteMail M365


Version:  4.9    5.0    5.1+


User Type defines the level of access and sharing the user has within the system. There are four types:


SysAdmin Admin  Manager User
Users All All Region/Business Self only
Lists All All Region/Business Self only (unless shared)
Content All All Region/Business Self only (unless shared)
Reports Any Any Region/Business Self only (can be emailed/exported)
Private Content Yes Yes Self only Self only
Unassigned Content All All All Self only (unless Owner is set to All Users)
Settings All Expanded User Prefs only User Prefs only

Notes

  • Most primary administrators of PoliteMail should be Admins and not SysAdmins; System Administrators have access to ALL settings, including those that can potentially break PoliteMail unless the SysAdmin knows what they're doing!
  • By default, PoliteMail users must share any content or lists they create if they want them to be accessible to any other users.  To create an "open sharing" account, it is recommended to set all users to Admins.
  • Admins and SysAdmins have full control over sharing settings and can assign content to any users or Groups, while Managers have control only over content, reports, and users within their Group(s).
  • If Unassigned content is assigned a Group by someone and the Owner is set to All Users, it will be accessible by all members of the Group automatically.  Otherwise, the Owner will need to manually set the sharing.
  • By default, any content a User creates will be automatically assigned to the Group they belong to. This means that any Manager level user assigned to that Group will be able to see the content, even if its not shared (User will have to share the content for other Users in the Group to see it). If the User does not have a Group assignment, the content will be labelled Unassigned.