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Accessing
e-mail accounts on the web...
The
webmail facility uses SquirrelMail and provides a browser based interface
for you to send and receive email from a mailbox on our servers, ideal
for keeping in touch when you are away from your regular email client.
Accessing
Webmail
Webmail can be accessed at the URL http://www.your-thisbit.co.uk/webmail
- You will be prompted for the username (the complete e-mail address)
and password of the mailbox you wish to access. Enter these details
and click the 'Login' button. Once logged in, click the 'Log Out' link
from the navigation menu to end your webmail session at any time.
Viewing
your Email
Click the 'INBOX' link from the folders list to view the contents of
your mailbox. The date and time of receipt, sender, message subject
and size are viewable. Click on the sender or subject to view a message.
The various menu options immediatly above and to the right of the mail
message allow you to delete, reply, forward, print and download the
message as required.
Composing
& Sending and saving draft Emails
Click the 'Compose' link from the navigation menu to compose
a new message. Populate the To, CC (Carbon Copy), BCC (Blind Carbon
Copy), Subject, and Message fields as required. You may include an attachment
to the email (2 Megs max size) by clicking the 'Browse' button
below the compose window in the Attach area and browsing
to the file on your computer that you wish to send and then clicking
the 'Add' button. Clicking 'Send' will deliver the email to the
specified recipient. Clicking 'Save Draft' will allow you to retain
a copy of the message.
Creating
Folders to keep your mail in
Click the 'Folders' link from the navigation menu to create,
rename or delete a folder. Folders are a great way of managing your
e-mails by keeping them in order. To move an email into a folder view
your inbox, check the tick box beside the messages that you wish to
move. Then from the 'Move selected to:' drop down menu choose
the folder where you wish to move the email messages to and then click
the 'move' button.
Webmail
Preferences
Click 'Options' from the navigation menu to set your preferred
options for your webmail account.
Messages
can be sorted by Date, Sender, or Subject, the preferred option may
be selected via the drop down menu.
The 'Show
Oldest Messages First' option reverses the default setting of your webmail
client and displays oldest messages on the first page, rather than newest
messages.
You may
add a default signature to each email sent using the webmail facility,
simply complete the signature box with your chosen message.
Message
Highlighting can allow e-mails from selected people to be highlighted
for easy finding.
Click
the 'Submit' button at the foot of the relevent page to set your
chosen preferences.
Notes
On Webmail
Please be aware that as part of our system maintenance, designed to
ensure continuous provision of high quality service, read messages more
than one month old and unread messages more than three months old are
removed from your mailbox. If you need to keep messages for a longer
period of time you must download them to your system using your mail
client or the download facility within the webmail application.
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