Searching in the Mail Administration Console (MAC)

When you view the users or domains pages in the Mail Administration Console, you see a complete list of all the user accounts or domains in your company. Instead of scanning the list to find what you want, you may want to narrow your search to a subset or a single entry. To narrow your search you can use the filters at the top of the page, or you can use the Jump box. 

Using filters to find a domain

On the Domains page, you can use filters to search for domains that meet specific criteria.

  1. Log in to the Mail Administration Console (MAC)
  2. In the navigation pane, click Domains.
  3. In the text field at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. You can use * and ? wildcards to represent part of the name.
  4. Optionally, click one or more of the associated checkboxes to narrow your search. You can select the domain type. 
  5. Click Refresh.
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Use filters to find a user

  1. Log in to the Mail Administration Console (MAC)
  2. In the navigation pane, click Domains and then click on Users.
  3. In the text field at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. You can use * and ? wildcards to represent part of the name.
  4. Optionally, click one or more of the associated checkboxes to narrow your search. You can select the user type, and for users, you can also choose the workgroup to which the user belongs.
  5. Click Refresh.
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Using the Jump box

The Jump box, which is found at the top left corner of every page, is a way to quickly find the domain or user that you want. Simply enter your search criteria in the box and press Enter.
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 If you specify the complete domain or user name and a match is found, the searched domain or user is displayed. If you use wildcard characters in your search, you will see a list of all of the domains or users that match your criteria.

Using wildcard characters in searches

When performing a search, you can specify an exact match or you can use the * and ? wildcards.
The * wildcard matches 0 or more characters while the ? wildcard matches exactly one character. Both the Jump box and the Search field support the use of wildcard characters, and you can use wildcards multiple times in the same search.

Here are some examples of wildcard searches:

Search for Finds
foo.com Domain named foo.com
bar@foo.com User account bar@foo.com.
*foo.com All domains ending in foo.com.
*bar@foo.com All users in the domain foo.com whose account name ends with bar.
bar* All domains beginning with bar.
bar*@foo.com All users in the domain foo.com whose account names begin with bar.
*bar* All domains containing bar.
*bar*@foo.com All users in the domain foo.com whose account names contain bar.
a*1 All occurrences that start with a and end with 1, for example a1, area51.
c*bob All occurrences that start with c and end with bob, for example, cbob, carlbobson.
*bob*12* All occurrences that contains bob and 12 in that order, for example bob12, bobby512, hobbit123.
a???bob All occurrences that start with a followed by any 2 characters, followed by bob, for example, allbob, a11bob, artbob.

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