Web E-Mail Notes

You can read and send e-mail, change your account password and add Remote mail accounts via a web browser This Summary sheets details this process - you may want to print it and keep it handy.

To log-in to your mail account:

1. Load a web browser (e.g. Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer)
2. On the 'Address' line (Explorer) or 'Location' line (Navigator) type:

   http://mail.mydomain.com

   (the historical URL below will also continue to work)

   http://mail.mydomain.com:8100

3. Where mydomain.com should be replaced with your domain name (the part of your e-mail address AFTER the @ sign).
4. At the Login prompt enter your mail account name (the part of your e-mail address before the @ sign) in the Login Name field and your account password, then click 'Enter'
5. To logout at any time click the 'Log Out' menu

NOTE: If you forget your password AND you have entered an 'E-Mail Password to' field (see 'To Change your Acount Password' below) then you will be offered a 'Forget it?' menu item after the login failure. Clicking this will cause your password to be sent to the e-mail address you designated.

To READ and SEND mail via the Web (Webmail)

1. Log-in to your account
2. To read your e-mail, click the 'Mailboxes' menu then follow 'READING MAIL' below
3. To send mail click the 'Compose' menu then follow 'SENDING MAIL' below

READING MAIL

1. Click the 'Mailboxes' menu item and follow the options and menus supplied (clicking the '?' box at the top of the screen will open a help page)
2. You can read, reply to and forward mail from this screen.

SENDING MAIL

1. Click the 'Compose' menu item to send mail.
2. You can send mail with or without attachments from this screen.

To change your account password

1. Log-in to your mail account using a web browser.
2. When you have logged in click the 'Settings' menu.
3. When this page is displayed go to the bottom of the page until you see 'Password Modification'. You are requested to type your 'old password' (your current password) and the new password twice to make sure its correct.
4. The entry 'Forgotten Password Recovery' allows you to define an e-mail address to which your password will be mailed if you have forgotten it. This address should be someone you trust (though we advise that if you have to use this feature you should IMMEDIATELY change your password).
5. When you have finished making the changes click the 'Modify' button.
6. Click Log Out menu

NOTE: If you type the wrong password during the Log in sequence AND you have made an entry in the 'E-Mail Password to' line then a 'Forget it?' entry will appear under the password log-in box, clicking this will cause your password to be sent to the address you defined in the 'E-Mail Password to' line.

To create an RPOP Account

1. Log-in to your account using a Web Browser (not your normal e-mail client).
2. Click the External menu item.
3. In the External screen make the following entries:

   Under 'Poll Every' select the appropriate value from the drop-down menu (30 minutes is normal).

   Under 'Account' enter the part of your e-mail address that appears BEFORE the @ sign  i.e. if your full e-mail address is joe@sloppyjoe.com then joe will go here.

   Under 'at Host' enter the part of your e-mail address that appears AFTER the @ sign  i.e. if your full e-mail address is joe@sloppyjoe.com then sloppyjoe.com will go here.

   Under 'Password' enter the password you use to log into your account on the remote mailbox.

   Under 'Leave' check (click) this field if you want your mail to be left in your remote account. If you want your mail read into your local account then deleted from your remote account(default) then leave this field unchecked.

4. When you have completed all the entries you MUST click the 'Update' button for the changes to take effect.
5. You can then enter another RPOP account if required or exit (by clicking the 'Log Out' menu).

To send an automatic reply to mail

1. Login to your account using a Web browser
2. Click the 'Rules' menu
3. To set an automatic vacation message click the 'Vacation' checkbox.
4. To set an automatic reply enter the text that you wish to be sent in the text box.
5. Click the 'Update' button
6. Click the 'Log Out' menu