After logging into WebMail, the Read Message dialog will be shown. It is a default page which is shown after logging on.
You can also set your own welcome page which can be shown before the Read Message dialog.
By default, three sub-windows are shown:
If the user selects any message in the Messages List, the selected message is previewed in the bottom sub-window.
Top Menu
You can also use Short-cuts to access particular dialogs. To know all possible short-cuts, look at our complete list of short-cuts.
Icon |
Description |
Get Messages Ctrl+Shift+G |
Downloads messages for all accounts which are set by the user and refreshs the page |
New Message Ctrl+Shift+N |
Opens a New Message window |
Search Ctrl+Shift+S |
Opens a Search Engine window |
Address Book Ctrl+Shift+A |
User can manage their complete Address Book - Private Address Book, Global Address Book, Groups |
Calendar Ctrl+Shift+C |
Complete Calendaring Interface - Calendar with Events, Tasks, Notes |
Settings Ctrl+Shift+O |
Opens complete settings for whole WebMail (only with Administrator level accounts) and for user settings such as Certificates, Challenge Response, etc. |
JWChat |
Opens web client for Instant Messaging. |
Usage Indicator |
If the Administrator has established a Disk Quota option and checks Use Disk Quota option in Administrator Settings this Usage Indicator will be shown for each users. |
Help |
Opens a HTML help |
Logout |
Logs out user |
Some icons in the Top Menu can be disabled by the Administrator. Those are: Calendar and JWChat. So if any icon is missing in your Top Menu you have to contact your administrator to find out why he/she has disabled the feature.
Folders sub-window
Each user can manage his/her own folders. A tree structure is used. Each User can manage the folder/sub-folders easily by right-click on appropriate folder. A special dialog will be open. This is done via Java-Script.
The content of a chosen folder is shown in the Message List sub-window. Each User's own folders can be integrated with Drafts, Sent and Trash folders too. See Settings - Folders section. Administrator can also change the icons for folders.
Messages List sub-window
This sub-window shows a complete list of messages from the chosen folder. Unread messages are shown with a bold font. The User can select by which column the displayed messages are to be sorted and displayed. Last column, "!", represents a priority message.
Each User can change the number of shown messages per list in Settings by changing the Messages parameter.
On the image above, notice the differences in the Time column. These differences are caused by different settings for messages received today versus those emails received prior to today. This can be also set in Settings.
The User can choose any message and after the message is displayed in the Message Preview sub-window, they can choose which action should be performed with the chosen message(s):
It serves also for blacklisting/whitelisting. The procedure is simple - just check the messages whose sender you want to black/white list, choosee appropriate action in this pull-down menu, and click OK button. You can see all your blacklisted/whitelisted records in Settings - Server Rules.
Other icons are self-explanatory.
Message Preview sub-window
If any message is chosen in the Messages List, the text of the selected message is shown in the Message Preview sub-window. The dialog window that shows a list of attachments is shown after clicking the attachment icon in the right top corner.
Icon |
Description |
Reply |
Opens a New Message window with filled To: field by the sender of the chosen email. |
Reply & Delete |
Same as Reply with the Delete Message checkbox enabled in the New Message dialog. |
Reply All |
If the original message has more than a single recipient, a New Message dialog will have all these recipients plus the sender in the To: field filled in automatically. |
Forward |
Opens a New Message dialog where the original message is pre-defined automatically and user will be shown in the From: header. |
Redirect |
The same as Forward except that the sender of original message will be shown in the From: header. |
Enlarge Mail |
Opens a special window with the message. |
Source |
Shows the source of message |
Full Headers |
Shows all message headers |
Previous |
Shows previous message |
Next |
Shows next message |
Delete |
Deletes shown message |
Sends the message to a printer |
The next feature will automatically add any email address to the Address Book by clicking the [+] symbol next to the email address. If message was digitally signed, the sender's certificate is added automatically as well.
If any picture is in the email as an attachment, the user can use Show attached pictures checkbox to view them directly in Message Preview Sub-window.