In the repository options, we are asked to enter an Email Notification Domain Name. I’m guessing that this domain name is put together with the user name entered the first time that the Deadline Monitor is opened to create an email account for that user.
If this is correct, I have a problem, as the Deadline Monitor will not allow usernames containing a . (that’s a full stop 
). For instance, I can’t use the username of tim.ling. Is there a way around this issue, as all our users email addresses have full stops in?
user names can be different to user’s email addresses…
for example, my username in deadline is “mike” but my email address is "mike.owen@…etc …etc…)
Have a look at “manage users” under tools menu (logged in as super user).
Mike
PS - Yes, your “Email Notification Domain Name” entry in the repository options should be something like “amazon.com”…
Thanks for the reply, and I’ve found the “manage users” section now, but it doesn’t make things any easier. I am setting Deadline up for students to use in our computer lab, so I need an easy, simple, bullet proof way of getting the students email address into the system without the students or the admins needing to tweak things to make it work.
Is there any way to do this?
Yes.
Deadline is very scriptable, but NO, if you want some serious customisation, then sometimes you are going to have to dive in deep and therefore not ‘very simple solution’ 
You could write some code, say python, to auto-create all your user accounts on deadline…
Have a look at \yourserver\deadlinerepository\users*.xml files.
All you need to do, is write a script to create these xml files based on your domain accounts. 
Tricky but not impossible…
Mike
Thanks Mike. Time for some discussion around the office I think.