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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Composing and Sending an Email

This is the email composing page. You get this screen when you reply to a message or click the Compose Message link on the menu.

If you would like to work on a message you started earlier, you can click the Open Draft button at the top or bottom of the screen to select a previously started email message. Otherwise, you will work with this empty message.

First, you put the email address of the person you would like to email in the To: field in the light blue area of the screen. You can also click the Select button to choose addresses out of your addressbook. To add multiple email addresses, separate the addresses with a comma or semicolon. Similarly, you can add recipients to the Cc, or carbon copy, field. These fields should already be filled out if you got to this screen using the Reply or Reply All buttons when reading a message, but you can still change them, if needed.

Next, you enter the subject of the message in the Subject: field. Once again, if you are replying to or forwarding a message this will already be filled in.

If you would like additional fields in the header of your email, you can click the Customize Header button. This button opens another window where you can select additional fields to put in your email. These include Bcc (blind carbon copy), reply to (if you want the recipient to reply to a different address from your Haverford address), and Priority (if you would like the message to be marked urgent).

To attach additional documents to this email, click the Select Attachments button. This opens an additional window. There you will click Browse to select the document you wish to attach, then Upload File. Finally, when you have selected all your attachments, click Save Attachments. If you do not click Save Attachments the attachments you selected will not be attached to your email.

You also have the ability to request a delivery receipt message. If you check this box, you will receive an email back when your recipient opens your email message.

Finally, it is time to start writing your email message. You can spell check your message at any time with the Spell Check button. To save your message to finish later, click the Save Draft button. Remember that you can access your saved message later by clicking the Open Draft button from the Compose Message screen. Once you are satisfied with your message, send it by clicking the Send button. If you had checked the Save a copy... option, the message will also be saved in your Sent mailbox. Otherwise, you will not retain a copy of the message.