Webmail Tutorial

Introduction
Recommended Schemes
Signing On
The Inbox
Reading Email
Composing and Sending Email
Using Folders
The Addressbook
Setting Preferences
Filters
Quotas
Logging Out
FAQ

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Setting Preferences in Webmail

You can customize Webmail with your own preferences by clicking the Options menu item and selecting Account Info. Shown here are the default settings for Haverford's Webmail. If you would like to make changes, be sure to click Save Changes when you are finished. If you make a mistake, you can always return to the default by clicking Restore Default Settings. Here is a table of all the customizable settings and what they do:

Account Option	Function
Name:	Fill this out with your full name. This will appear above your email address on the main menu in Webmail as well as in the From: field in messages you send.
Organization:	You may want to place "Haverford College" in this field. This will appear in the Organization: field in messages that you send.
Email:	Your email address should be here. Do not change it from the default, as it may cause you difficulties in sending email. If Name: is blank this will show up in the From: field in messages from you.
Messages Per Page:	Change this if you would prefer to receive greater or fewer numbers of messages on each page of your inbox and folders.
Sent Mail Folder Name:	You may set this to whatever folder you want your sent mail saved in. If this is blank, sent mail is saved in a folder called "sent-mail-aug-2001" with "aug-2001" representing the month and year of the sent mail.
Don't Synchronize with POP Server	If you select this option, your Webmail Inbox will not match what is currently on the mail server; however, Webmail will start more quickly. You may get frequent "message not found" errors if you select this option. ACC does not recommend selecting this option.
When reading email, automatically display attachments	If this preference is selected, attachments that your web browser can display (such as images, PDF documents, and text files) will be displayed when you click on the attachment while reading your email. If it is not selected, you will have to download the attachment to view it.
When reading messages, use full headers	This option will display all the information available about a message when reading it. This is useful when trying to detect the sender of unsolicited email, but otherwise just creates visual clutter.
When replying to email, always quote form the original message.	Selecting this preference will place the text of any email you respond to in the body of your response. It will be preceded with text indicating the time and sender of the message, and each line of text quoted will begin with ">."
When downloading new email, automatically apply active filters	If you choose to use this option, any active filters you have set up will run when you receive new email.
Send deleted messages to "TRASH" folder	By default, deleted messages are removed from the system and you cannot retrieve them. If you check this option, mail will be moved to a folder named "trash". You will then be able to access deleted mail. However, you will have to periodically click the Empty Trash link to avoid quota problems.
Email Signature:	Text entered in this box will be placed at the end of all messages you send.