Sending and retrieving emails using Webmail Services

NOTE: Instructions below assumes that you are currently connected to the internet and have installed Microsoft Internet Explorer v.4 or above program onto your computer. Please follow the instructions below to Login, Send, Retrieve and Modify your webmail preferences using Webmail Services.

Log into your webmail account profile:

1. Start the Microsoft Internet Explorer v.4 program.
   
2. Type "http://mail.calview.com:1998" from the Address field.
   NOTE:  If hosting, type "http://mail.yourcompany.com:1998".
   
3. Enter your userid, password and click "Log In".

To send mail using webmail:

1. Click the "Compose" menu.
   
2. Type the user's email address from the To: field.
   NOTE:  Seperate additional email address with a comma ",". ex: user1@calview.com, user2@calview.com, user3@calview.com
   
3. Type additional email address'es in the CC: (Carbon Copy) or BCC: (Blank Carbon Copy) field.
   
4. Type in your subject of your email in the Subject: field.
   
5. Type your message into the empty message box below the Subject field.
   
6. When you are finish typing your message, click "Send Message". You will be prompt a message is sucessfully sent.
   NOTE:  Navigate through the interface and get familiar with the webmail features.

To view or retrieve mail using webmail:

1. Click the "Menu" menu.
   
2. Click "Inbox" folder.
   
3. Select the message you would like to view in the "Subject" menu. All unread messages will be highlighted in the color yellow.
   NOTE:  Navigate through the interface and get familiar with the webmail features.

To modify your preference to fight against SPAM mail:

1. Click the pulldown menu "Account Options..." located upper right corner.
   
2. Scroll down and select "Change My Processing Rules".
   
3. Click the "Add" button.
   
4. Click the pulldown menu and select "To", highlight the "doesn't contain" option.
   
5. Under the empty box, type in your userid of your email address...Example: if your email address is "user1@calview.com", then you will enter "user1" in the empty box.
   
6. In the "to the Mailbox" field, make certain "<new>" is selected. In the empty field next to it, enter "NUL" and click "Add". You have just created a rule where spam mail will be deleted automatically.
   
   NOTE:  If you like your mail not to auto delete, you can route the mails to a folder, just replace "NUL" with "Junkmail" on step #6 above. You have just created a folder where spam mail will be delivered into the Junkmail folder to be later viewed and manually delete messages.
   
7. You can view your Junkmail folder when unneccessary mails are received from the internet.
   
8. Click the "Add" button once more.
   
9. Click the pulldown menu and select "Header", highlight the "contains" option.
   
10. Under the empty box, type in your userid of your email address...Example: if your email address is "user1@calview.com", then you will enter "user1" in the empty box.
    
11. In the "to the Mailbox" field, make certain "<Inbox>" is selected and click "Add". You have just created a rule where your email address identified in header field will send to Inbox folder. This step will be needed just incase you are in a CC (carbon copy) situation.
    
12. You should now have two rules created. Make sure the rule with "Header"  option is listed at very top of list followed by the rule "To" below.
    
13. Navigate through the "Account Options..." menu and get familiar with the webmail features.
    
14. When finish navigating, make certain you log off the the interface by clicking "Log Off".
    
15. Congratulations! You're done!
    

You can refer to the help menus from the webmail interface for more information.