Account Settings
The options in the Account Settings page allow end users to customize the way SmarterMail
works for them. No changes are saved until you click on the Save icon in the upper left hand corner
of the Action Bar. The options are each explained below, separated by the tab on which
they reside.
To get started, click the Settings button on the main toolbar, and then select Account
Settings under the My Settings tree view.
User
Username - Your email address as it should be entered in email clients to
get your email
Display Name - Your full name will be included in the From field of emails
Reply-to Email Address - If you wish to have replies to your emails sent to a different
email address, enter it here.
Time Zone - Choose the time zone that you wish to use in SmarterMail. Daylight
Saving Time is automatically managed by SmarterMail. Your selection of the zone will impact how
SmarterMail sends calendar items to others and how they are received by you.
Disable Greylisting - Check this box if you wish to disable greylisting spam
filtering for your mailbox. Greylisting is an effective anti-spam method but does
have possible disadvantages.
- What is Greylisting and how does it work?
Greylisting is a new tool in the fight against spam. What it does is temporarily block
incoming mail from a sender. It blocks the mail from the sender's mail server with a message
saying try again later. The sending server will then retry sending the mail a few minutes later.
Greylisting is effective because spammers will not usually bother to attempt a second delivery,
but legitimate e-mail servers will.
- Why use Greylisting?
Greylisting is a very effective method of spam blocking that comes at a minimal price in terms
of performance. Most of the actual processing that needs to be done for Greylisting takes place
on the sender's server. It has been shown to block upwards of 95% of incoming spam simply because
so many spammers don't use a standard mail server which will do automatic retries.
Webmail
Initial Page on Login - Choose which page you would like to see upon first
logging in.
- My Today Page - Gives you a nice overview of current items in your mailbox,
RSS feeds, Calendar Items, etc.
- My Inbox - Takes you directly to your Inbox
Display Format - While you can choose to view a message in plain text or
HTML while reading it, this option will allow you to choose the default viewing
method.
- HTML - This option will display HTML content, if present in the email. This
content can include stylistic elements, like fonts or colors, as well as hyperlinks
and other formatting elements.
- Plain Text - This option will only display text. While it is less interesting
(no fonts, images, etc), it is also much more secure and is faster to view than HTML.
Sort messages by - When viewing the messages in a folder, they will be sorted
according to the option chosen in this drop down. Your options are—To, From, Subject, Size,
or Date. By default, messages are sorted by date in descending order.
Auto Refresh Rate - The amount of time chosen in this box will determine the frequency
that your page will refresh automatically. If “Never” is chosen, you will be required to click
the Refresh icon in the upper right hand corner of the actions toolbar to determine if any new
mail has arrived.
Items per Page - When viewing the messages in a folder, this option lets
you customize how many emails will appear per page throughout SmarterMail.
Upcoming Appointments - This allows you to set the number of days you would like displayed when
you select Upcoming Appointment in the My Calendar tree view and on My Today Page.
Delete Action - Choose what happens to messages when they are deleted. The
options are outlined below. For more information about deleted items, refer to the
help topic Deleting Messages.
- Move to Deleted Items folder - Deleted items will appear in the deleted items
folder, which will need to regularly be emptied manually.
- Auto-Purge Folder - Remove the message and get rid of any other email messages
that are marked for deletion.
- Mark as deleted - Does not actually delete the message. Flags the message for deletion,
and it will not get removed until the folder is purged.
- Mark as deleted and hide - Does the same thing as "Mark as deleted" above. Be careful
to monitor your disk space usage when using this option, as it may fill up with what appears to be
a small number of messages.
Preview Pane - This allows you to choose where you would like the preview pane displayed—Right
side or Bottom. You can also choose to disable this feature, which will then require you to double click
an email to view it.
Skin - If the domain administrator allows users to change skins, select the
skin you would like to use from the drop down list.
Enable Automatic Preview - When this is checked a preview panel will display the first message
available in the folder you are currently viewing.
Disable automatic image loading in the preview pane – Check this box if you do not want messages to
show images when viewing them in the preview pane.
Disable scroll bars in pulldown menus - Certain drop down menus, such as Move, can grow rather long
making it difficult to view all the menu items. Selecting the Scroll Long Menus checkbox
will cause the possible options to display in a scrollable list. De-selecting this checkbox
will cause the available options to display as one long continuous list even if the list length
exceeds the available display area.
Enable popups when reading messages - When this is checked, your message will appear in a new popup
window when a message is selected and double-clicked.
Enable popups when editing calendars – Enable this to have the ability to edit all calendar entries
within a popup window.
Enable popups when editing contacts – Enable this to have the ability to edit contacts within a popup
window.
Enable popups when editing notes – Enable this to have the ability to edit notes within a popup window.
Enable popups when editing tasks – Enable this to have the ability to edit tasks within a popup window.
Enable automatic popup when new reminders occur - When this is checked all reminders will appear in
a new popup window rather than embedded.
Disable reminders for appointments and tasks - When this is checked you will not be reminded of upcoming
appointments or tasks.
Enable Sounds - Checking this box will allow sound throughout SmarterMail.
Compose
Compose Format - Choose the method of email composing that you would like
to use.
- HTML - Use this option if you wish to add stylistic elements to your emails.
- Plain Text - Use this for a simple method of email editing. You will not
be able to change colors or fonts, but your emails will generally be much smaller
and readable on more email clients.
Compose Font - This is the default font (type & size) that will be used when you are composing a message.
Text Encoding - Choose the encoding that you wish to use for outgoing messages.
Encodings define what character sets are used in messages you compose through the
web interface.
Spell Check Dictionary - Choose from any of the dictionaries that the administrator
has installed on the server, or choose to auto-detect which dictionary to use from
your browser's language setting.
Forwarding Method - There are several methods by which a message can be forwarded.
Please see the list below to understand each of them.
- Normal - Includes original content, including font styles from original message,
as part of the new message.
- Plain text only - Inserts the plain text version of the original message into the
new message. This is useful if you want to exclude links or fonts.
- Embed as attachment - Attaches the original message to the new one. The message will
not appear in the body of your message.
Auto Save Frequency - When composing a new message, this will establish how often your message
is saved automatically—Do not auto-save, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, or 5 minutes
Reply Header Type - Choose whether to include a shortened basic header in
your replies, or the full header instead. For most users, basic headers will be
sufficient. Basic headers include From, To, and Subject headings whereas the full
header includes MIME type filter restrictions, etc.
Reply Text Indicator - If your compose method is plain text, this character
will get added to each line of the original message in order to distinguish it.
Include previous replies in reply - If checked, the message you are replying
to will get embedded in the new message.
Enable Sent Items folder - If checked, all messages you
send from the web interface will get saved in the Sent Items folder. If you send
many messages, you may need to regularly delete items from the sent items folder.
Enable popup for new messages and replies - Composing a new message or replying to a
message will be performed in a separate pop up window.
Enable read receipts by default - Checking this will make read receipts for outgoing
email your default.
Forwarding
Forwarding address - If you wish to send copies of all incoming mail to a
different email address(es), enter that address(es) here. For example, if your mobile phone
has an email account and you will be away from your computer, enter the mobile phone's
email address here to receive the emails on your mobile phone. To forward emails to
multiple addresses, simply add a semicolon after each email address.
Enable Deletion of messages on forward - Enable this to delete the message from the
inbox of the original email account after forwarding it to the new email address.
Plus Addressing
Plus Addressing is feature that allows you to automatically filter incoming email
into folders without pre-creating the folders or filters to deal with them. A detailed
description of this feature can be found in the topic
Using Plus Addressing.
Action - When a plus addressed email comes in, SmarterMail can act on it
in several ways. See the list below for a description of each:
- Move to folder - If the target folder exists, the incoming message will be
placed into it. If the folder does not exist, it will be created. No more than 10
folders can be auto-created in this method during a six hour period to prevent abuse.
- Move to folder (if it exists) - If the target folder exists, the incoming
message will be placed into it. Otherwise, the email will get placed in the Inbox.
- Leave in Inbox - Drops the message into your Inbox.
Enable Plus Addressing - Enable this to accept emails into the folder you specified.
Signature
Add text to this area for a 'signature' that will display at
the bottom of each email message that is composed in the web interface.