## Policy General

This property page specifies policy settings for all users (if this is the default policy) or for the users you select on the Used By property page of this policy.

After you change information on the General page of the Default Policy object, you must restart the Messenger agents in order to put the new default policy into effect throughout your Messenger system.

After you change information on the General page of any other Policy object, users must log out and back in to the Messenger client to see the results.

You can also specify these settings at the User object level. Settings on the User object override settings on the Policy object.

Enable Novell Messenger Services
Select this option to enable Messenger for the users governed by this policy.

Archive Sessions
Select this option to archive the conversations of the users governed by this policy.

Allow Users to Search eDirectory for Other Users
Select this option to allow users governed by this policy to perform searches in Novell® eDirectory™ for contacts. If you disable this option, users can only add known eDirectory user IDs to their contact lists.

Allow Users to Send Broadcast Messages to other Users
Select this option to allow users governed by this policy to send broadcast messages to other users on the system.

Allow Users to Send System Broadcast Messages
Select this option to allow users governed by this policy to send broadcast messages delivered to all users on the system.

Allows Users to Join Chat Rooms
Select this option to allow users governed by this policy to join chat rooms.

Allow Users to Create Chat Rooms
Select this option to allow users governed by this policy to create and manage chat rooms.

Allow Users to Change Their Password
Select this option to allow users governed by this policy to change their eDirectory passwords in the Messenger client. This adds a Change Password option to the client Tools menu.

Allow Users to Use Remember Password
Select this option to allow users governed by this policy to select if they want Messenger to remember their passwords. If you disable this option, users must always enter their passwords.

Enable Conferencing Integrations
Select this option to allow users in this policy to launch Novell Conferencing meetings directly from the Messenger client.

Default Host
If you have set up multiple host profiles, browse to and select the host profile that applies to the users governed by this policy.

Scope Profile
If you want the users governed by this policy to have a different Messenger system scope from other users, browse to and select the scope profile that defines where users can search for other Messenger users.

Lock Buttons
If you click the Lock button on a setting, the setting cannot be changed for the User object.

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