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Webmail – the new WING

Webmail – the new WING. Tony Brett Oxford University Computing Services. Agenda. What is it? Why the upgrade – the competition. What’s new Login Sending E-mail – attachments Folder View – replying & forwarding Searching & Sorting Filtering, especially SPAM

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Webmail – the new WING

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  1. Webmail – the new WING Tony Brett Oxford University Computing Services OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  2. Agenda • What is it? • Why the upgrade – the competition. • What’s new • Login • Sending E-mail – attachments • Folder View – replying & forwarding • Searching & Sorting • Filtering, especially SPAM • Vacation and automatic forwarding • Address Book • Questions OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  3. What is it? • A much-improved web gateway for access to Herald, the University E-mail system OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  4. Why the upgrade? • User feedback requested many changes • Interface was out-dated and hard to use • Needed to be more intuitive and in line with other Webmail systems • Increasing volumes of E-mail (and SPAM) called for more advanced handling tools. OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  5. The Competition OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  6. What’s New? (1) • Checkbox message selection • Word wrapping on compose and read • Advanced Searching • Advanced filtering • Whitelist • Blacklist • Junkmail folder • Immediate deletion OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  7. What’s New? (2) • Attachments handled properly • Totally new address book • Only one • Groups and Individuals • In-context help • Clearer status page • Hide deleted messages option • Folders not mailboxes! OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  8. How do I log in? • https://webmail.ox.ac.uk • Normal herald username/password OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  9. How to send an Email Recipient Carbon Copy Send Message Subject Keep a copy Type your message here! OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  10. How to add an attachment Attached files show here Click here to find file Click here to attach file once found Check this box to mark for removal OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  11. The Folder View Move around the folder Where you are in the folder Folder heirarchy Sort columns Folder name Message select checkboxes OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  12. The Folders List Message folder Folder folder OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  13. How to reply or forward Reply to sender (Reply to: address if present) Reply to all To: and Bcc: recipients Forward message (Opens new compose window) OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  14. Reply Headers This header is important – it helps mail programs keep track of message threads. OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  15. More advanced features Can Modify and Refine Useful for finding messages from a person Useful for getting rid of big messages Message Searching OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  16. Mail Filtering • Whitelist prevents messages ever being filtered • Blacklist makes messages get discarded before ever being delivered • Spam thresholds • Save in junk-mail • Discard without saving OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  17. Doesn’t reply to mailing lists with Precdence: Bulk header Only replies once to each recipient for each time activated Vacation OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  18. Forwarding • Automatic forwarding on arrival • Useful if you will be on a different E-mail system or want to forward to a colleague • Not the same as forwarding a message manually • Only messages that get through the filters are forwarded (i.e. would have been delivered to the INBOX) OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  19. Using the Address book Group Person Migrate from old WING addressbook(s) OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

  20. Questions OUCS Course Code ZAE 1 March 2004

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