Starting the OpenEMM
The OpenEMM is a web-based service. All actions can be performed via your browser directly on the Internet. The advantage is obvious: it is possible to start or manage the newsletter service at any time from any desktop anywhere in the world, provided an Internet connection is available.
Carry out the following steps to start the OpenEMM:
1. | Enter the URL of your installed version of OpenEMM in your browser, for example: http://yourcompany.openemm.com. This brings up the homepage for the OpenEMM system. The URL to reach your OpenEMM system was defined during your installation process (please see installation manual for details). |
2. | Use the Username and Password entry fields to enter the access data. For your first login, please use Username admin and Password openemm. For security reasons, please do not forget to change your password as soon as possible (Administration, User). |
3. | Finally, click on the Login button. |
Fig. 2.1: The login screen for the OpenEMM 2013
Login Block
After three failed login attempts, access to OpenEMM is blocked for five minutes. Here, the following applies:
• | For each attempted and failed login during the five minute blocking period, the blocking time again increases to 5 minutes for security reasons. |
• | If you successfully login to OpenEMM during the five-minute blocking time, access still remains temporarily blocked. In contrast to logging in with an incorrect username or password, the blocking time is not again set to 5 minutes. |
Fig. 2.2: The standard settings block the Login to the OpenEMM after three failed logins for five minutes.
After logging in, you can access the OpenEMM system provided. You can conveniently select the individual options via buttons in the navigation area on the left-hand side of the screen. Depending on the access rights assigned, you may not see all of the functions of the system (see chapter "Teamwork: Client and User")
Important: To close the session in the OpenEMM, click on the Logout button in the navigation area on the upper side.
Please note: For security reasons, the system will perform an automatic logout after 15 minutes if you didn’t make entries or change data during this time.
If anyone tries to log into the user account and enters a false password when doing so, on the next successful login OpenEMM shows in the upper left edge of the window how many logins there were that were not successful.
Fig. 2.3: OpenEMM shows the number of unsuccessful login attempts for the user account.
A click on the note marked in red takes you directly to User Self-Administration. There you can see, on the right-hand side listed in tabular form, at what time the login attempts were made and in each case from which IP address. You can also make important account settings in User Self-Administration. Read more about this in chapter "User Self-Administration".
Using OpenEMM in several browser windows simultaneously
You can use OpenEMM without problems in several browser windows at the same time, for example in multiple tabs in Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. This is helpful when, for example, you are editing in a window in a text building block of a mailing and want to see a preview of this in another window.
Please note: To be able to work simultaneously in multiple windows with OpenEMM, you must first log in separately in each window to allow OpenEMM to allocate a so-called “session” to each window.