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In order to enter your account and check your email, remember that you were asked in the
login sign-up page before you began using the application to choose a login name
and a password.
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| 1. From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. Under Preferences, click User Preferences. |
3. Enter your old password, your new password and then type it again in the fields provided. |
4. Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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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 left navigation bar, click Options. |
2. Under Preferences, click User Preferences. |
3. Fill in the Old Password field and enter a new hint question and/or answer.
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4. Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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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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From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
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Under Preferences, click User Preferences. |
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Locate the "I would like to view my HTML based messages in safe mode" field at the bottom of the screen. |
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Click the box next to "I would like to view my HTML based messages in safe mode". (A check mark should appear in the box.) |
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Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Define number of inbox messages per 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 left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click User Preferences. |
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Locate the "Number of messages per screen in the inbox:" field at the bottom of the screen. |
| 4. | At the "Number of messages per screen in the inbox:" field, click the circle next to the number of messages that you want to see (per screen) in the Inbox. |
| 5. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| View a confirmation for successfully sent messages |
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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 left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click User Preferences. |
| 3. | Locate the "View a confirmation of successfully sent messages" field at the bottom of the screen. |
| 4. | Click the check box next to "View a confirmation of successfully sent messages". (A check mark should appear in the box.) |
| 5. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Cancel Remember me |
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When logging into the email application, you may have clicked the "Remember me" check box. "Remember Me" enables you to bypass the login screen and go directly to the Welcome page. If for some reason you need
to access the login page (if you have another account, for example) you can deselect this option. Do the following:
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| 1. | From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click User Preferences. |
| 3. | Locate the "Cancel remember me..." option towards the bottom of the screen. |
| 4. | Click the check box next to "Cancel remember me so I can enter my login and password". (You'll be placing a check mark in the box.) |
| 5. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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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 left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click User Preferences. |
| 3. | Locate the "Empty wastebasket on logout" option at the bottom of the screen. |
| 4. | Click the check box next to "Empty wastebasket on logout". (You'll be placing a check mark in the box.) |
| 5. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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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 left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Email. |
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Click in the "Signature:" field and type the text for your signature. A
signature might include your name, email address and a company logo. For example: |
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My First & Last Name
My email address
http://www.mycompany.com |
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NOTE: It is recommended to keep your signature short (a few lines) because the signature will be appended to your outgoing messages,
which could increase the transfer time of the message. |
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4. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Other-Mail (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, you can choose to retrieve messages from those accounts, into this account.
You can set your options to retrieve mail from a maximum of three additional accounts. |
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From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
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Under Preferences, click Email. |
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Click the "Activate Account" check box (placing a check mark in the box). This enables you to download email from this specific account.
NOTE: To download mail you would click the Other Mail button in the Inbox screen. |
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In the Login Name: field, type your login name for the account that you want to retrieve messages from.
This is usually the name appearing to the left of the '@' sign in the email address (e.g. John@net.com). |
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In the "Password:" field, type the password associated with this account. The password is held in strict confidence by our service. |
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In the "POP Server:" field, type the name of the POP server for your account. This normally is the name that appears to the right of the '@' sign in an email address. For example, in the email address "john@net.com", the POP server name would be "net.com". However, you should also check with your ISP.
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In the "Port:" field, type the number for the communications port used when connecting to the POP server. The default for most servers is 110. |
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Click the "Retain Mail on Host?" check box (placing a check mark in the box) if you do not want messages to be deleted from the POP server (where your
mail was sent originally) after they have been retrieved. |
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In the "Max # of Messages:" field, type the number for the maximum number of messages you want to download at one time. |
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Select the location where your mail will be downloaded. There are three options:
- Click the circle next to "Inbox" to download the email to your Inbox.
- Click the circle next to "Existing Folder" to download the mail to a specific folder. Then click the drop down arrow and select the folder.
- Click the circle next to "New Folder" to download the mail to a new folder. Then click in the "New Folder" field and type the name of the new folder.
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Click the "Color Messages in" check box (placing a check mark in the box) to select a specific display color for messages retrieved from this account. (This can help you differentiate email retrieved from specific accounts.) Then, click the circle below your color selection.
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If applicable, repeat steps 3-11, for "Account No. 2" and "Account No. 3" (if you want to retrieve email from additional accounts). |
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Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Tips for retrieving 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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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 their POP Mail Server Name. If there is a user, "John Smith", who has the email account, "john@net.com.", "mail.net.com" would be the POP Server and "john" would be the Login name. |
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Try using your Service Provider's name in the POP Server field and your user ID as the Login name. Using the previous example, a user "John Doe" who has the email account "john@net.com" could try "net.com" as the POP Server and "john" as the Login name.
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default account issued to you by our service). If you have opened
several email accounts in this service, you will not be able to
retrieve mail from them into one account (using them as "Other Mail" accounts), since they are intended to be
managed separately. |
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| Name & title / "Reply To" email address |
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| The "Name & 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. | From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Email. |
| 3. | Enter your Name & Title as you would like them
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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| 5. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Change Personal information |
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Here you can change your personal information.
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| 1. | From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, 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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| 4. | 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 email. |
| 5. | 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 entering your Calendar preferences, you can always change them by clicking Options from the left Navigaion bar and then selecting Calendar under the Preferences area.
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| Daylight savings time |
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Daylight savings time is the number of hours added to your specific time
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,
check your local radio, television, or meteorological station for information. |
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| 1. | From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Calendar. |
| 3. | Click the checkbox next to the Daylight savings time field. |
| 4. | Click the drop-down arrow and select the amount of hours to be added to your time zone specification. |
| 5. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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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 nine hours. |
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| 1. | From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Calendar. |
| 3. | In the "Time Zone:" field, click the drop-down arrow and select your time zone relative to GMT. |
| 4. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Change the default view |
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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 that you choose. |
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| 1. | From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Calendar. |
| 3. | In the "Default View:" field, click the drop-down arrow and select how you want your calendar to be displayed. |
| 4. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Define the 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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| 1. | From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Calendar. |
| 3. | In the "Working days:" field, click the drop-down arrow for the "Start at:" setting and select the day in which your work week should begin. Then click the drop-down arrow for the "End at:" setting and select the day in which your week should finish. |
| 4. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Calendar View (Set the start and end time of your day) |
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Determine the starting and ending hours of your day as well as the time interval for each day. |
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| 1. | From the left navigation bar, click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Calendar. |
| 3. | In the "Calendar view:" field, click the drop-down arrow for the "Start Time:" setting and select the day in which your work week should begin. Then click the drop-down arrow for the "End at:" setting and select the day in which your week should finish. |
| 4. | Now, click the drop-down arrow for the "Time interval:" setting and select how you would like your time divided during the day; in 15, 30 or 60 minute segments. |
| 5. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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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 (e.g ICQ) to your pager or to some other email client.
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| Send notification about new incoming email |
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Follow the instructions below to set the type of notification. There are three methods: instant
messaging (ICQ) and alternate email.
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| 1. | From the left navigation bar click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Notification. |
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Fill in the details of your instant messaging number (ICQ), your pager number (PIN), your pager
service provider and your alternate email address. |
| 4. | By checking one or all the checkboxes next to "Activate Notification on new email"
you will receive notifications to your instant messaging application, pager and/or alternate email account
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| 5. | Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. |
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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: In the calendar itself, you can set individual
notification settings for each calendar event. The notification options you set here are
default settings. The notifications you set in the calendar section will overwrite these settings. |
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| 1. | From the left navigation bar click Options. |
| 2. | Under Preferences, click Notification. |
| 3. | Fill in the details of of your instant messaging number, pager, and your alternate email address.
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Below "Activate Notification on Upcoming Upcoming Event", click the check box next to the method of notification (on the left side). |
| 5. | In the first field, select the amount of time that you want to be notified before the event. |
| 6. | In the next field, click the drop-down arrow and select the unit of time (minute, hour, day or week) that you want to be notified before the event. |
| 7. | Click the Save button to save your changes. |
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