Web Mail Login and Help

by Ed Schmidt
February 08, 2010

Teachers and staff can login to Putnam County Webmail at: http://putnam.k12.il.us

WebMail Pro is based on AJAX technology for application like look and feel.

right-click mouse for context menu
drag & drop to move, copy and create items between folders
keyboard shortcuts control the application
browser controls (Reload, Back, Forward) log you out!

Window controls

Drag left/lower border of msg list to resize it
Drag lower-right corner to resize
Click [_] to minimize to dock
Hover the mouse over docked item for message subject
Click item in dock to restore
Click x to close

Email controls

Using mouse
Right click	Context menu for msg under cursor
Double-click/Left click	Focus left pane/message list/message view
Scroll wheel	Scroll list/text under cursor

Using keyboard
PgUp, PgDn	Move in the list up and down
Up, Down	Move in message list, scroll in message view
Enter	Open highlighted message
Shift+Up, Shift+Down	Select series in list
Hold Shift+left click	Select series in list
Hold Ctrl+left click	(Un)select multiple messages
Ctrl+A	Select all
Shift+Home, Shift+End	Select series from first to highlighted
End	Jump to last item in list
Home	Jump to first item in list
+	flag message ticked
0	Flag message
-	Unflag message
1..6 (keypad)	Set color flag
r	Reply
R	Reply to all recipients
f	Forward
F	Forward to all recipients
e	mark Read
u	mark Unread
c	Copy to folder
m	Move to folder
n	New message compose window
Delete	Delete
Esc	Close window, No in Are you sure.. dialog

Note.
Keyboard shortcuts work only if message list is focused. Sometimes you need to click a message in the list first.

Email hints

To redirect a message, or forward it as attachment, use context menu.
To create subfolders, select a folder, right-click - Add new. Selecting account name on top will create folder on the top level.
To unflag a msg, right-click it & select Unflag or press "-" on numpad.
To sort msgs in list by sender, click the caption From, click again to change order.
To exchange columns, drag the caption to left or right.
To display msg headers, double-click the subject in mail view.
To create an event without leaving mail, select New - Event from main menu. This works vice-versa as well as for all data objects.
To enable HTML toolbar, select HTML from the upper-right corner of msg composer window.
To close Search window, click Search in top menu.
To sort or flag messages automatically, use Tools - Rules. They will work even when you're off-line and flags and folders will appear the same in desktop clients configured with IMAP access.
To blacklist or whitelist sender, drag & drop email to Blacklist or Whitelist folder

To create a groupware item with email attachments, drag & drop email to a groupware folder

S/MIME certificates

To sign message, first upload your private key to Tools - Options - Security. Then select Options in message composer and tick Sign checkbox.
To encrypt message, you need to have your private key in Tools- Options - Security and public key of the recipient uploaded in his contact properties - Other tab.

The recepient needs to have your public key in contact properties - Other (or in his email client) under your name and email to validate the signature or read encrypted message.

Public keys can be exchanged by uploading them to website and adding a link to it into signature, they should not be e-mailed.

Sharing

To enable sharing of your groupware, add your friends in Tools - Options - Sharing - Friends and check the share mode settings.
To access somebody's shared groupware, add their account in Tools - Options - Sharing - Shared Accounts and they will appear in the folder tree.

Calendar controls

Click to set start time/date of a new event
Hold and Drag to set end time/date of the event
Right click selection - select New to create event
Right-click event for context menu
Double-click event to edit
Double-click day label to add new all-day event
Click and hold event left-hand event bar (handle appears) to move the event
Click and hold left/bottom event border to change start/end time/date

To go forward/backwards by month/week/day, click the arrows at the top. You can also just click and then press Enter.
To be notified of upcoming events, set reminder to send an email, Jabber message or pop up a dialog window.

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