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Mail tab

The Mail tab within VPOP3 version 4 webmail enables you to manage your sent and received messages.

As you can see from the screenshot, the page is divided into three main sections:

Mail tab - VPOP3 Version 4 Webmail

Page structure

Mail toolbar

The Mail toolbar contains the following buttons:

  • New Message → Launch a tab to compose a new message
  • Reply → Launch a tab to compose a reply to the selected message
  • Reply All → Launch a tab to compose a reply to all recipients and the sender of the selected message
  • Forward → Launch a tab to forward the selected message
  • Resend → Launch a tab to resend a verbatim copy of the selected message
  • Delete → Delete the selected message(s) - Send to Deleted Items / permanently delete from Deleted Items folder
  • Mark As Spam → Quarantine the selected message
  • Refresh → Refresh the Mail tab - check for any changes, i.e. any new messages, any messages/folders that have been affected by another user or email client.
  • Search → Perform a keyword search to filter the displayed messages

Mail folders

The left panel forms a tree structure to display the various mail folders. Subfolders are stored within branches. Any branch of the tree can be opened/closed by pressing the +/- icons next to the parent folder.

Selected folder messages

The top-right panel is a grid containing fields: From, Subject, Date, read, flagged, with attachments, Size. By default, 50 messages are displayed at a time, with page navigation options made available once enough messages are present.

Selected message display

The bottom-right panel displays the currently selected message. It contains a header bar, which provides the most commonly required header information: Subject, From, To, Date. An Options button enables you to:

  • Show Headers → Launch a dialogue box with the full message headers
  • Print Message → Output a printer-friendly display of the message and launch the printer options dialogue

Underneath, the message appears, with vertical and horizontal scrollbars, if required. Further boxes may appear if:

  • The message has attachments
  • Images have been blocked

Performing actions

Moving messages

There are two ways to move a message to a different folder:

  1. Drag and drop
    1. Select the message(s) you wish to move
    2. Left-click and hold the mouse button down, over a selected message
    3. Drag the mouse to the left, over the desired new folder. The mouse cursor should be accompanied by a tick icon.
    4. Let go of the mouse button
  2. Right-click context menu
    1. Select the message(s) you wish to move
    2. Right-click on a selected message
    3. Left-click on “Move to folder”
    4. Select the target folder
    5. Left-click on “Move to folder”
  3. Message menu
    1. Select the message(s) you wish to move
    2. Left-click on the “Message” option in the Menu bar
    3. Left-click on “Move to folder”
    4. Select the target folder
    5. Left-click on “Move to folder”

Copying messages

To copy messages, you may either use the Right-click context menu or Message menu options above, but you must select “Copy to folder” instead of “Move to folder”.

reference/mail_tab.1290597652.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/11/14 10:44 (external edit)