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## New user onboarding
## New user onboarding
When onboarding new folks onto email, it is often necessary to hold
When onboarding new folks onto email, it is often necessary to hold
their hand a little bit.
Follow this checklist:
their hand a little bit.
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if not already done, reset their LDAP password. then set a new email
### Thunderbird and PGP setup
password
This guide is for advanced users who will be using PGP:
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if not already done, reset their LDAP password or
[
create a new LDAP account
](
howto/create-a-new-user
)
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set a new email password
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if they use Thunderbird for emails, set a primary password (in order
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if they use Thunderbird for emails, set a primary password (in order
to keep their imported PGP key stored as encrypted)
to keep their imported PGP key stored as encrypted)
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import their PGP private key into thunderbird
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import their PGP private key into thunderbird
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configure thunderbird to send emails via Tor's server
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configure thunderbird to send emails via Tor's server
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test sending an email to your address
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test sending an email to your address
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verify that they were able to obtain access to Gitlab and Nextcloud.
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verify that they were able to obtain access to Gitlab and Nextcloud.
If not, help them get access by resetting their password.
If not, help them get access by resetting their password.
### Non-PGP / gmail setup
This guide is for more "beginner" users who will
*not*
use PGP. In
that case, follow the
[
create a new user without a PGP key guide
](
howto/create-a-new-user#creating-a-user-without-a-pgp-key
)
guide.
## Resetting another user mail password
## Resetting another user mail password
To set a new password by hand in LDAP, you can use
`doveadm`
to
To set a new password by hand in LDAP, you can use
`doveadm`
to
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