Guide to

ICICILL SqWebMail

INTRODUCTION:

GETTING TO  SqWebMail:

To get to SqWebMail, go to http://mail.nnyln.net/cgi-bin/sqwebmail.

Once you type in the above location on your address bar of the web browser, you will be see a screen similiar to:

Enter your User ID and password.  Keeping the Restrict IP address box checked will give you increased security meaning no one else can login as you from a different computer at the same time. However, some firewalls and cable connections can change your address during a session. If this happens to you, uncheck this box

Once you have your Login ID and the Password ready, click on the LOGIN button. You will be taken to the main screen similiar to the Web Mail program shown below.

The main screen consists of the lists of folders and the number of messages, both read and unread. If you want to store a particular type of message on a different folder than the default ones you can create a new folder by using the Create New Folder tool at the bottom of the page. If you look carefully at the above screen shot there are two folders with the name Sent. The first Sent folder is the one in which all the messages that you send are saved. At the end of the month, the messages you send will be moved to the next >>SENT  folder and stored by the name of the month. 

 To view the messages on your INBOX, click on the Inbox folder. The following screen will appear. All new messages are marked as N and are in bold face. You can read these messages by clicking on the message link. You can delete messages by checking the boxes next to the message and clicking on the DELETE button. The messages will now be marked with a D. If you wish to move a particular message to a different folder, check the box next to the message and go to the bottom of the screen with the pull down menu that reads MOVE TO. Choose the appropriate folder from the menu and click on GO. Your message will now be in the folder that you designated.  

When you delete a message, the message gets marked with a D but does not get immediately purged. The default setting for the purge is 7 days. However, you can change this by clicking on the PREFERENCES link on the left hand menu bar. You should see something similiar to the following screen.

You can changed the number of days to purge the messages from 7 to any number. The minimum is 1. You can change the number of messages per page that you want to view. Above all, you can add a SIGNATURE text to be automatically sent with each message if you want. Make sure you click on the UPDATE PREFERENCES button after you are done. 

CREATING A MESSAGE

To create a message, click on the Create Message link at the top. You will see something similiar to the following page.

Enter the email address of the recipient. If there is more than one, enter a list with email addresses seperated by commas. You can also choose the receipient from your address book by clicking on the To button next to the ADDRESS BOOK field.  You can now type your message on the MESSAGE field.

If you need to attach a particular file or files with your message click on the 0 attachments button. The ATTACHMENTS screen will appear. Click on the Browse button. Find the file and double click on the file. The path of the file will appear on the field next  to the BROWSE button. Click on UPLOAD to attach the file. To get back to the Compose message screen and continue with your message click on Preview.

On the COMPOSE MESSAGE screen click SEND once you are done.

CREATING THE ADDRESS BOOK

To create or edit your address book, click on the ADDRESS BOOK link at the top.

If you want to add a new person to the address book, first think of a nickname for that person. You will use that nickname in the address field when composing messages rather than the person's real name and address. Type the nickname on the NEW NICKNAME field and hit create. Then on the name and address field that appear, type in the name of the person and the email address. Make sure you hit the ADD button once you are done.

To edit a particular nickname on the address book, choose the nickname from the drop-down menu. and hit edit. Make appropriate changes and click on ADD to activate the changes.

From now on you have only to enter the nickname in the To: field instead of that person's email address.

Note that the "Global Addressbook Search" link in the Address Book window does not work on this system.