OUCS Course Code ZAE

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Webmail the new WING

• Tony Brett
• Oxford University Computing Services

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Agenda

• What is it?
• Why the upgrade the competition.
• Whats new
• Login
• Sending E-mail attachments
• Folder View replying forwarding
• Searching Sorting
• Filtering, especially SPAM
• Vacation and automatic forwarding
• Address Book
• Questions

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What is it?

• A much-improved web gateway for access to Herald,
  the University E-mail system

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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.

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The Competition
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Whats New? (1)

• Checkbox message selection
• Word wrapping on compose and read
• Advanced Searching
• Advanced filtering
• Whitelist
• Blacklist
• Junkmail folder
• Immediate deletion

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Whats 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!

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How do I log in?

• https//webmail.ox.ac.uk
• Normal herald username/password

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How to send an Email
Recipient
Carbon Copy
Send Message
Subject
Keep a copy
Type your message here!
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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
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The Folder View
Move around the folder
Where you are in the folder
Folder heirarchy
Sort columns
Folder name
Message select checkboxes
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The Folders List
Message folder
Folder folder
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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)
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Reply Headers
This header is important it helps mail programs
keep track of message threads.
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Message Searching

• More advanced features
• Can Modify and Refine
• Useful for finding messages from a person
• Useful for getting rid of big messages

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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

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Vacation

• Doesnt reply to mailing lists with Precdence
  Bulk header
• Only replies once to each recipient for each time
  activated

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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)

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Using the Address book
Group
Person
Migrate from old WING addressbook(s)
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Questions