Administration - Users

### Users

This feature allows you to add users (members), to edit or delete them as well.

#### Add new user

Fill out the form. Required fields are marked with an * (Nickname, Email, Password).
Other fields are not mandatory. The hidden email adress is the one displayed to the other users (profile, forums, articles). NEVER PUT YOUR REAL EMAIL ADRESS in this field.
Click on Add user and NPDS will send an email with the password to the newly created user.

#### Member' role

You can attribute a specific role (for exemple : administrator, hot-line ...) to a member. the forum show this role and the administration of the role'list is in forum' config.

#### Group

A user can be a member of 0 to n groups and the group value is between 2(min) and 126(max). Groups are separated by a comma in the database.
- ex : 2,25 (member of groups 2 and 25)
The list of available groups is displayed and allows a multi-selection (shift / Ctrl).
The first choice allows to delete the membership to a group.
A group is a level-link that finds its meaning when creating blocks (see blocks).

#### Allow connexion

By default if the proper option is set to Yes in preferences, a member can log in as soon as he gets his password (email).
You can set it to off to forbid a member to access the website's members only features

#### Edit user

Enter his nickname, select Modify user and click on Ok.
You can therefore change everything (including the password).

#### Delete user

Enter his nickname, select Delete user and click on Ok.

#### Unsubscribe user

Enter his nickname, select Unsubscribe user and click on Ok.

#### Directory extraction

By clicking on Ok, you obtain a zip of the file containing information on all users. The zip contains a file in csv format.

#### Functions

##### Check all users' mail servers

This function allows you to check the validity of mail servers. It is particularly useful for old user data entered in npds versions lower than 16.0, since a systematic check rejects non-compliant mail server entries. However, it remains useful for monitoring their evolution over time (closure, etc.).
In the event of a non-compliant mail server
- All subscriptions of the user concerned are suspended.
- A private message is sent to the user concerned. Without a response to this message within 60 days, he will no longer be able to connect to the site.

Interface: the command launches the check for the first 40 users, then click on continue or check the checkbox for automatic processing of the remaining batches.

NPDS - Administration manual