To access mail in AIMS, each mail-user must have a valid account in AIMS. User Information can be created by selecting the "Configuration" menu of AIMS - see screen image below.

| Name : | Name of the user as normally used. |
| Login Name : | The name the mail-user is expected to enter while logging onto AIMS. |
| Password : | The password that would authenticate the mail-user. |
| Allow Mail Download from Internet : | Check this option, if the user has an exclusive Internet mail-box. All mail from this mail-box would be retrieved and stored in the local mail-box by AIMS, periodically. |
| Server : | Name of the server that hosts the Internet mail. |
| Mail-box Password : | The password for the mail-user's Internet mail-box. |
| Allow Mail Upload to Internet : | Check this option, the mail-user is then allowed to send mail to Internet mail users. |
| Server : | This is the server that AIMS would use to upload Internet mail from the user. It can be either a name or an IP address. |
| Mail-ID : | The complete mail-id that the
Internet mailer will reply to. |