Preferences

Preferences

To manage preferences, click the Preferences button in the lower left of the side panel. There are four tabs available General, Signatures, Filters and Vacation.

The following settings may be modified within the General tab:

• Real Name - The name that will appear in the From field in your outgoing email messages.
• Auto-Check Mail - Use this field to specify how frequently Webmail should check your mail server to see if new messages have arrived. You can manually force a check at any time by clicking on the Check Mail button on the home screen.
• Reply-To Address - The email address that will appear in the From field in your outgoing email messages.
• Reply Quoting - When this field is checked, the complete text of the message to which you are responding is included with your response. When it is not checked, the response template is empty.
• Save Outgoing Messages - When this field is checked, a copy of your outgoing messages is saved in the Sent folder. If you uncheck this, saved messages remain saved, but new messages will not be saved.
• Sound - When checked, a sound will play when new email arrives.
• HTML Privacy Protection - When this option is checked, external images are automatically blocked from being displayed in the email message.

On the Signatures tab, you can create as many distinct signatures as you like to use in different types of messages. For example, you might have one signature that you use on professional correspondence and another for personal letters. To create a signature, type the name you wish to associate with the signature in the left panel, and the contents of the signature in the preview pane. The name of the signature does not appear in the message; it is just a way for you to order your signatures.

When you have specified one or more signatures, a signature selection menu appears at the bottom of the compose message window. By default, your default signature will be included, however, use this menu to select alternative signatures.

On the Filters tab, sometimes called rules, you can setup a set of conditions and actions that can process and organize incoming messages. You can add a new filter or set an existing filter to be active (or not). Filters can also be duplicated or deleted.

Each filter consists of two parts: one or more conditions that specify which messages the filter applies to and one or more actions that specify what should be done with messages that meet the criteria. For example, you can create a rule that automatically moves all of the messages you receive with the subject Word of the Day to a separate folder called New Words.

With the Vacation tab, you can setup an automatic reply to new messages when you are going to be away from your email for an extended amount of time. Just type your message in the field and Automatic Vacation Response. The new message will be in your Inbox awaiting your return.