The Options section allows you to set all the settings relevant to your work with this web-based email and calendar
application. It is important to go over
these items since many of them are critical to optimizing your work with the mail and the
calendar.
Please note that every change you make in the Options screens require that you click the Save button at the bottom of each screen once the changes have
been made.
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| Change password |
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In order to enter your account and check your email you were asked in the
login page before you began using the application to choose a login name
and a password.
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| 1.From the main vertical menu bar click Options. |
| 2.Click the Preferences tab at the top and click User on the the horizontal bar. |
3.Enter your old password, your new password, and then type it again in the fields provided. |
4.Clicking the save button. |
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| Change password hint |
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| A password hint is our way of helping you to never forget your password. |
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1.From the main vertical menu bar click Options. |
2.Then click the Preferences tab. |
3.Next click "User" on the top horizontal bar. |
4.Click "Change your password hint" field and enter the hint in free-text form. |
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| Increase security for HTML based messages |
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This application allows a remote user to send you emails by writing them
in HTML code so they can be posted immediately on the web or used for other purposes.
The safe mode gives an added security feature which allows you to accept messages written
in HTML without the hazard of being prone to damage caused by undetected malicious code.
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| 1. From the main vertical menu bar click Options. |
| 2. Click the Preferences tab |
| 3. In the top horizontal bar click "User" |
| 4. Click "I would like to view my HTML based messages in safe mode." |
| 4. Click the save button " |
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| Define number of inbox messages for screen |
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You view new messages in your Inbox (see section Inbox).
The amount of new email you receive varies from time to time.
Sometimes you may get very large amounts of new mail and your message
list becomes unnecessarily long. In this case you may want to divide
the message list to several parts in order to control the amount of
new mail you see in each page message list . Set the amount of emails
you would like to view in each screen of the message list. You can
choose to see either 10, 25, or 50 messages at a time.
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| 1. From the main vertical menu bar click Options. |
| 2. Click the Preferences tab |
| 3. In the top horizontal bar, choose the "User" button. |
| 4. In the checkbox next to "Number of messages per screen in the inbox:"
Choose the number of messages per screen you want to see in the Inbox |
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| View a confirmation for messages sent successfully |
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| This feature will flash a message on your screen indicating a message was sent successfully |
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| 1. From the main vertical menu bar click Options. |
| 2. Click "User" on the Preferences tab. |
| 3. Choose the checkbox next to "View a confirmation of successfully sent
messages". |
| 4. Click save
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| Cancel Remember me |
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When you first logged in to the email application you may have clicked a checkbox
called "Remember me" This means that every time you want to check your email, you don't have
to enter your login and password name. By entering the URL of the web-based email address
you are automatically brought to the main email page instead of the login page. If for some reason you would
like to see the login page (if you have another account for example) do the following:
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| 1.Click the Options menu item on the left vertical navigation bar.
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2. Click "User" on the Preferences tab. |
3. Mark the check box next to "Cancel remember me so I can enter my login and password".
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4. Click Save.
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| Empty wastebasket on logout |
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All the messages from your wastebasket will be deleted once you mark this checkbox when you log out.
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| 1. From the Options menu item on the left vertical navigation bar |
| 2. Click "User" on the Preferences tab. |
3. Mark the checkbox next to "Empty wastebasket on logout." |
4. Click Save |
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| Create a signature |
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A signature is a block of text that may be included at the end of every outgoing message.
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| 1.From the main vertical menu bar click Options. |
| 2.Click Email |
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your signature in the text area provided. You can use this
space to include your name, email address, a company logo or any
other text you desire. Try to keep your signature short, no more than
a few lines, as this signature may be appended to your outgoing messages,
adding overhead to the transfer time of the message. Here is an example of
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My First & Last Name
mylogin@host.domain
http://www.host.domain
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4.Click Save |
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| Retrieve messages from other mail accounts |
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If you have other email accounts, besides the one issued to you by
this service, and you would like our service to retrieve messages
addressed to those accounts, you should fill in the account details
in the following manner:
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1. From the main navigation bar click Options |
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| 3.By marking the Activate Account checkbox you choose to
download mail from your a specific account at your own convenience. Click the checkbox and activate the account.
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3. Fill your login name for the particular account from which you want to retrieve your mail.
This is usually the name appearing to the left of the '@' sign in the email address (example: John@net.com).
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4. Fill the The password associated with the account. The password is held in strict confidence by our service.
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5. Fill the name of the POP server which is usually the name appearing to the
left of the '@' sign in the email address. The word "mail" should
be added to the left of the @ sign. (For example: the POP server name for the
email account john@net.com would be mail@net.com)
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6. Fill the Port number which is the communications port used when connecting to the POP server. The default for most servers is 110.
Normally, you should not change it.
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7.Mark the checkbox next to the question Retain Mail on Host. Check the box
if you do not wish messages to be deleted from the POP server (where your
mail was sent originally) after they have been retrieved. This is important since you may not want
to download all the mail messages you have already downloaded in previous mail
retrieval sessions.
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8. Enter the maximum number of messages to be downloaded at a time.
This number should be adjusted to the amount of new emails you are
used to retrieve each time you check your mail
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9. Choose where you want your mail downloaded: Inbox, Existing Folder, New Folder.
Marking the "Inbox" will cause email to be downloaded to your inbox.
You can also choose to download the email to one of your customized
folders (see the Folders tab). You can create a new folder by
filling a name in the New Folder box.
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10.Color Messages In: By checking the checkbox next to this phrase and choosing one
of the checkboxes below each color, you will be able to differentiate
between emails from the various email accounts. You are given the option
of having this application download emails from three other accounts.
This adds up to a maximum of four accounts in all (including the account
offered by this application). After choosing the color coding for the messages from each account,
you will find in the Inbox a message list where the details of each new message are colored according to your selections (this depends if you are viewing
your Inbox and not some other folder). Your messages from each email account
will then be distinguishable from one another.
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| Tips - retrieve messages from other accounts |
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Here are some tips on how to configure your Other Mail settings, if you are not absolutely sure of what to specify in each field:
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1. From the main navigation bar click Options |
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Check your ISP's web site for a page which supplies configuration information.
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If you have another mail program already configured, copy the settings which are used there, into the appropriate mail fields.
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| 4.Try using common convention. Many ISP's use "mail" as the first node of their mail handling DNS (Domain Name Server -
a storage area which contains a list of Internet addresses and their alphanumeric equivalent). For example, a Service Provider by the name of net.com
might use mail.net.com as the POP Mail Server Name. Therefore the user, John Doe, has an account, john@net.com.
John might enter "mail.net.com" in the POP Server field and "john" in the Login Name field. |
| 5. If the above doesn't work, you might try another guess, by using your Service Provider's
name in the POP Server field and your user ID at that Provider in the login name field.
Using this option in the above example, John might try putting "net.com" in the POP Server field and "john" in the login name field.
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The changes above will take affect only after pressing the Save button.
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| Note: Our service can handle up to three accounts, not including the
default account issued to you by our service. If you have opened
several email accounts in this service, you will not be able to
use them as Other Mail accounts, since they are intended to be
managed separately. |
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| Name, title, and email reply destination |
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| The "Name and Title" field determines what name will appear in the "From"
field of your messages' recipients. The "Reply-To E-mail Address:" determines where the email responses
to your messages will arrive.
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| 1.Click the Options menu item on the left vertical navigation bar.
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| 2.Click the Preferences tab and then Email.
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to appear in the From field of your outgoing messages.
Filling this field will help the recipient better identify
the message sender |
| 4.Enter the email address to which your mail recipients will reply.
When a recipient of your mail clicks "reply", this is the address that
will appear in the "to" field.The default value, if not specified, is your free email account.
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| Change information |
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Here you can change your personal information.
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| 1. From the vertical navigation bar click Options. |
| 2. Click the Preferences tab and then click Personal |
3. Enter your first name, last name, address, and city. US residents should enter
their state while non US users should enter their country in the drop-down menu.
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| 3. Enter your zip code, gender, age, the industry you're in, your occupation, and click
the checkbox at the end if you want tips and upgrades for this web-based
Finally click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| About calendar preferences |
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The first time you enter the Calendar, the Calendar Preferences form appears.
These preferences are very important. For example, the Calendar needs to know your
time zone, whether you are in daylight savings time, and other details so it can always display your schedule and notify you about Appointments
correctly. Please take a few seconds to fill out this form.
After filling the preferences you can always change them by clicking in the main calendar screen
Calendar, Options and selecting Calendar.
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| 1. Click Options on the vertical navigation bar of your calendar. |
| 2. Click the Preferences tab and then Calendar. |
| 3. If this is the first time you enter the calendar you will see the preference menu. |
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| Define daylight savings time |
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Daylight savings time is the the number of hours added to your specific time zone during the summer
when there is more sunlight. This is actually the hour difference between times in summer and winter. To find out whether you are in daylight savings time and the number of hours concerned,
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From the main menu click Options and then click the Preferences tab.
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Click calendar
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Click the checkbox next to the Daylight savings time item.
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| Define a time zone |
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The time zone is the amount of hours added or subtracted from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) relative to your location
in the world. For example New York is GMT minus five hours, London is GMT (00:00) and Japan is GMT plus seven hours.
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From the main menu click Options and then click the Preferences tab.
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Click calendar
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| 3. Click the checkbox next to the Daylight savings time item.
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| 4. Use the drop-down menu to specify the amount of hours to be added to your time zone specification
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| Change the default display to day/week/month |
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The Calendar can be displayed in three different views:daily, weekly, monthly. Every time you enter
the calendar it will be displayed according to the view you choose.
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From the main menu click Options and then click the Preferences tab.
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Click calendar
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| 3. Find the Default View menu and choose the view of your choice.
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| Define the first/last working days of the week |
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The calendar displays your weekly schedule according to your work-week.
The two drop down menus tell the Calendar when your work-week begins and ends.
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From the main calendar screen click Options and then click the Preferences tab
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Click calendar
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| 3. Click the Start at and End at drop-down menus to set the first and last days of your work-week.
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| Set the start and end time of your day |
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Here you can set the limits for the beginning and end of your day.
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From the main calendar screen click Options and then click the Preferences tab
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Click calendar
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| 3.Next to the item Working Days use the drop-down menus to set the appropriate beginning and ending time of your day.
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| About notification preferences |
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Notification preferences allow you to define how you should be notified about a new
incoming message or calendar event. You can be notified to your instant messaging account, to
your pager, or to some other email client.
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| Send notification on a new email |
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Follow the instructions below to set the type of notification. There are three methods: instant
messaging (ICQ), pager, and alternate email.
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From the main calendar screen click Options and then click the Preferences tab
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Click Notification
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service provider and your alternate email address.
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you will receive notifications to either your instant messaging service, pager, or alternate email
account.
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| Send notification about upcoming calendar event |
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This feature allows you to choose the default settings of
notifications for various calendar items. These steps set your notification of an event before its due date.
Note that in the calendar itself you can set individual
notification settings for each calendar event. The notification options you set here are
default settings: whatever notifications you set in the calendar section overwrite these settings.
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From the main calendar screen click Options and then click the Preferences tab
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Click Notification
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| 3. Next to "Activate Notification on Calendar Upcoming Event" choose the method of notification.
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| Send notification on a new email |
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Follow the instructions below to set the type of notification. There are three methods: instant
messaging (ICQ), pager, and alternate email.
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From the main calendar screen click Options and then click the Preferences tab
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Click Notification
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service provider and your alternate email address.
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you will receive notifications to either your instant messaging service, pager, or alternate email
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| Opt in |
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Opt in is a service that allows you to choose from (or register to) different
free offers.
- It is not applicable in all countries
- For some versions this service may be unavailable
- If you register to it, you will not see it in the options window again (only when
a new offer becomes available)
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| 2. Click the Preferences tab and click Opt in |
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