Main Mail Screen
Once you are logged in, WebMail will check the Mail server and will display the EMail messages that are available.
 
This is the Smooth template view.
 
The screen is divided into four portions: the Menubar (across the top), the Folders bar (on the left), the EMail List, and beneath that the current message.
After logging in, you will be viewing your Inbox folder.
 

 
Menubar
This will download any new EMail you have received since you logged in and will return you to the Inbox.
This opens the "New EMail Message" window.
This will open your address book for editing.
This will take you to your Todo list. Reminder messages can be stored here.
This will take you to your Calendar. Reminder messages can be stored here.
This will open your options page so you can customize your WebMail.
This will open the User Manual in a new window.
This will end your WebMail session.
Folder Bar
This will take you to your Bulletins folder so you can view messages broadcast by the admin.
This will take you to your inbox folder.This folder cannot be deleted. (Note: this will not check for new messages)
Personal Folders. These will take you to the folders you have created yourself using the folders page.
Drafts. This folder is for draft messages and cannot be deleted
This is a public folder that you have access to.
Sent Items. This will take you to your sent messages or outbox folder
This will take you to your Trash folder. Delete messages from other folders and they will be in here until you 'Empty Trash'
This will take you to your SPAM folder. The spam folder is the location where SPAM is stored.
Message List
This is the list of messages in the selected folder, or folder page. The name of the displayed folder is at the top and is also highlighted in the Folder Bar. The number of messages per page can be configured in 'Options' - 'Message List'.
 
  • Sorting - You can sort your messages by sender name (From), Subject, Date, Attachment (Attach) or by size by clicking on From, Subject, Date, Attach and Size respectively. Clicking on one of these links once will sort the messages in an ascending order and clicking on the links another time will sort them in a descending order.

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  • - This shows the message has not been read. If you click here you can manually mark a message as read or unread.

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  • - This shows the message has one or more attachments.

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  • - This shows the message has been replied to. If there is an arrow icon showing in this column next to a message, the message has been replied to.

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  • Select - This column lets you select or deselect messages in the list. Clicking on "Select" will select or deselect all the messages.

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  • From - This column shows who sent you this message. If you are in the Sent folder then this column is headed To, and shows who the message is addressed to. Clicking on 'From' or 'To' will sort the list alphabetically on this column. Clicking messages in the column will open the message for viewing.

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  • Subject - This column shows the subject of each message. Clicking on "Subject" will sort the list alphabetically on this column. Clicking messages in the column will open the message for viewing.

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  • Date - This column shows the date and time the message was sent. Clicking on this column will sort the messages on the date they were sent.

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  • Size - This columns shows the size of each message in bytes. Clicking on 'Size' will sort the messages on size.

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  • Navigating between pages - If there are more messages in the folder than the number of messages per page setting (in the options), then the messages will be split up into more than one page. The pages are displayed beneath the list of emails. Click on the page icon to display it. (Page: )
Mail Preview
To reply to the message, select a message and then click on the Reply icon. You can then compose and send your message.
To reply to all of the recipients of a message, click on the Reply All icon. This replies to all the people in the To: and Cc: fields in the message currently being viewed.
This will send the message on to a new address, using your address as the from and reply-to address. Either type in the email address of the person or people you would like to forward to, or choose from the 'Address Book' and/or 'Recent Addresses'.
This will send the message on to a new address and will keep the original from and reply-to address.
This will display the previous message.
This will display the next message.
This will delete the selected message(s).
This will delete the selected message(s), and tread as SPAM.
This will submit this email as not being spam.
This will save the message's attachment to the filestore system.
This will save the message to your local disk.
To print a message, click on the Print icon.
user@domain.com This will take you to the New message page with the 'To:' field filled out.
This will take you to the Add Addresses screen. The 'Full Name' and 'EMail' fields will be filled out. Add a Nickname and any other details you wish to keep, then click "Add Address' to save.
This will delete this message and automatically delete all messages you recieve from this person in the future. Use this feature carefully!