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More goodies brought to you by email with IMAP: two ways to do your
email from anywhere, even when you don't have access to your local email
program. Both methods fit right into however you normally do email
(though see the note below if you use POP), you don't
have to reconfigure anyone else's machine to use them, and, because both
methods use IMAP, you won't accidentally download and lose your whole inbox
when you use them.
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The WebMail URL brings your tigger, icarus, or mailserv email to you by
way of any Web browser, anywhere. Using Web browsers to do email isn't
new, of course; most browsers can do it. But you have to specifically configure
the browser's email functions to access your account. If the Web browser
in question is on someone else's machine, they're probably not going to
be too anxious for you change their settings. With WebMail, all you do
is point any browser to the right URL and you're off!
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Using WebMail
Use any Web browser to go to: https://webmail.uic.edu/
Type your ACCC netid in the netid: box, your password in the
password:
box, select the ACCC server your email account is on from the drop-down
box, and click Login. Figure 2 is Ada Bryan's
Inbox in WebMail.
Figure 2. Ada Bryan's WebMail Inbox, Default
View
This is WebMail's default "template." If it's too wide for your browser,
try the small button template. Small button uses
a table instead of graphics, so it conforms to the size of your browser
window. The buttons vary a bit in the different templates.
To change any WebMail option or to enter a default signature, click
Options
(hammer and chisel), make your changes, then click OK or the check-mark.
(Yep, this is the Ada Byron I invented for our last issue. Would you
believe she's received several spam email messages, even though she has
never sent an outgoing email message? Amazing!) |
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Figure 3. Ada Bryan's WebMail Inbox, Small Button
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You use WebMail pretty much like other email
software.
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To create a new message,
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click Create (a hand writing); a copy of each message you send is
kept by default for 15 days in your sent-mail folder. (There's an
option to change this default; see figure 2's caption.)
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To explore the other email folders you have on the server,
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click the File button (file folder or cabinet) to open the Select
Folder screen; you can also create new folders or delete existing ones
using this screen.
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To check the server for new email,
- click Check or Reload (a stack of envelopes or a mail inbox);
newer browsers can do this automatically. See the WebMail
User's Guide (To get help below) for more information.
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To logout,
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click the Logout button (closed mailbox).
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To get help,
- click the Help button (question mark) to open the WebMail
User's Guide in a new browser window. See "Start WebMail" and following
sections for instructions on how to use each WebMail function.
Depending on the template you're using, the Guide display might
use frames. If it does, the table of contents will be on the left and the
document on the right. In this case, to print the Guide, click in
the right frame of the browser window, then click the browser's
Print
button or select File->Print.
In the New-Mail Folder (figure 2 or figure
3) or in the index of any other email message folder:
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To sort the index by a column,
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click the column's heading.
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To apply a button's function to a message,
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first click the check box in the message's Subject, then click the button.
(Not all templates support this function.)
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To view an individual email message,
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click on the name in the From column. When viewing a message, you can Delete
(see the note below),
Reply, Reply All,
or Forward/Resend (an envelope going into an open mailbox)
the message. Click Index or Quit (stack of envelopes) to
return to the message index.
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To save a message into a email notebook, a.k.a. folder, on the server,
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click File (a folder) while viewing the message to open the File
Message in Folder screen.
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Special note on deleting messages: WebMail
moves the messages you delete to your deleted folder, where it will
keep your five most recently deleted messages. If you'd rather delete everything
without accumulation, change the WebMail "Maximum Number of Messages to
Retain in Deleted Messages Folder" option to 0. Figure
2's caption explains how to change WebMail defaults.
Go
on to Email on the Road: Method Number 2: Pine
Comments are welcome; please send them to
Judith Grobe Sachs, judygs@uic.edu
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