Web Mail Overview

Webmail is a web based system that performs the functions
of a mail client. Once installed you can send, receive,
and view all the mail from your web hosting account from
anywhere in the world via an Internet connection. Once
configured, webmail can be reached from your account Control Panel or from any browser using the URL: http://yourdomainname.com/up.
Configuring
webmail To use webmail for your account you must first
access and configure it though the Control Panel. Simply go to
your Control Panel and click on the webmail button . This
will automatically set up the necessary files for your account.
The first time you access webmail for a particular pop account
you will be prompted to fill out a brief preferences section.
User Preferences
The
user preferences page is where you make changes to the default
settings for a pop account's webmail settings.
Real
name - Enter the
real name you want to show in the reply address.
Reply
address - Enter the full e-mail address that
you want your messages to be replied to.
Style
button - Allows you to change the webmail
color scheme for that pop account.
Default
sort - The default method that your messages
headers or simple headers. will be sorted by when you view them in webmail.
Default
headers - Gives you the option of viewing all
Headers
- The information about how your message was sent and
the various places it may have been relayed.
Custom
signature - A statement that will be appended
to all your out going messages. Log-In
Screen
The
first page encountered after installation
is the user log-in name. The User
ID is the name of the pop account that you
want to use. This can be the name of any valid pop account
that you have set up. The password
text box is the password for that pop account.
Important - Deleting Messages
You must log out after deleting email or the email will not be removed!

Mail
Boxes / Webmail Functions
The
inbox screen is the
first page you see after a successful log-in. Here you
can find all your new messages and ones that haven't
been moved or deleted.
To
read a message, click on its subject. This screen is
the basic format of all the various screens of webmail.
At the top the current mailbox (you can navigate between
mailboxes by clicking on this button) and total messages,
total size of messages is displayed. Below that are
links that take you to pages for composing a message,
changing user preferences, an address book, refreshing
the current page, and logging out of webmail.
If
you have many messages, you can jump to them by using
the arrows at the top or specify a page to view.
Next
to the arrows is the trash button. This will send the
current message (selected with the trash button next
to the name) to the trash folder. If you check the check
all button, it will select all messages in
this folder and move them to the trash folder. Sending
mail to the trash does not delete the message but simply
moves it. If you want to empty your trash, enter the
trash folder. Mark items in the same manner as before
but instead of moving them, the trash folder deletes
them with the delete button in the upper right corner.
At
any time if you are in a screen and want to go back,
either use the folder drag down button or the back to
button at the top of the screen.
Under
the menus and button at the top are the actual messages
for this pop account. The first category is status.
A paper clip will show up if there is an attachment
in the message.
The
following descriptors are fairly standard:
Date
- Shows the date that the message was received.
Sender
- The sender of the message
Subject
- The subject of the message
Size
- The size of the message and trash button selects the
message to be moved to the trash folder.
Compose
Page
The
compose page is where you compose and send messages.
The functions here are very similar to those found in
conventional e-mail clients. The lines are fairly self
explanatory:
To
- The full e-mail address to whom your sending this
message.
CC
- Carbon copy. Placing a full e-mail address here also
sends your message to the CC
address, and all recipients will see that is was carbon
copied.
BCC
- Blind carbon copy. Similar in function to CC
but all recipients will not see an address placed in
the BCC section.
Reply-to
- The address you want the message you are sending to
be replied to if different than the default.
Attachment
- Attaches a file to the message you are sending. Clicking
the browse button makes a file-manager type window to
locate a file to attach.
Subject
- The subject of the message you are sending.
By
clicking on To , CC ,
or BCC you will open
a small browser window that contains the address in
your address book. The large text box below is where
you type the body of the message. Hitting the send button
sends the message and cancel takes you back to the inbox.
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