3.1 Sending E-Mail

When you send an e-mail message from GroupWise WebAccess, you can send the message either as text or HTML. Additionally, you can choose to attach a file, add a signature to the message, and spell check the message before it is sent.

The address book and name completion help you to quickly and easily find the contacts you need when sending an e-mail message.

3.1.1 Composing E-Mail

  1. Click New on the toolbar.

  2. In the To box, type a username, then press Enter. As you begin to type, the system automatically tries to match the name and complete it for you. Repeat for additional users. If necessary, type usernames in the CC and BC boxes.

    or

    To select usernames from a list, click Address Book on the toolbar, search for and select each user, click To, CC, or BC for each user, then click OK.

  3. Type a subject.

  4. Type a message.

    You can specify many options, such as making this message a high priority, requesting a reply from the recipients, and more, by clicking the Send Options tab.

    When you use the Categories option, only the four default categories carry over to the recipient.

  5. Include any attachments by clicking the Attachments tab on the toolbar.

  6. Click Send on the toolbar.

3.1.2 Formatting Messages

When sending a message, you can select from several format options. You can select to send the message as a text or HTML message, and you can change the fonts, colors, and layout of the message.

Changing the Font in the HTML View

The recipient of an item sees the changes you make in Plain Text view if he or she views the item in Plain Text view. The recipient of an item sees the changes you make in HTML view if he or she views the item in HTML view. You might want to let the recipient know which view you composed the item in.

  1. In an open item you are composing, make sure the HTML toolbar is displayed.

    HTML view

  2. Use the HTML toolbar to change the font, add background colors, add images, and more.

You might need to resize the item view horizontally to see all the buttons on the HTML toolbar.

Formatting Bulleted and Numbered Lists

You can easily include bulleted and numbered lists in messages.

  1. In an open item you are composing in the HTML view, use the HTML toolbar to insert a bulleted or numbered list

  2. Type the list item, then press Enter to create the next item in the list.

  3. Press Enter twice after the last item to turn off the list formatting.

Undoing the Last Text Action

You can undo the last text action in the Subject or Message field of a message you are composing.

  1. Click Edit > Undo.

You can also undo an action by pressing Ctrl+Z. (For information about other shortcut keys, see Section C.0, Using Shortcut Keys.)

3.1.3 Spell-Checking Messages

Spell Checker lets you check for misspelled words in the messages you create. It checks for misspelled words, duplicate words, and irregular capitalization in items you are creating.

When Spell Checker finds a misspelled word, you can replace it with a word Spell Checker suggests, edit the word manually, or skip the word.

You use the compose options to set up Spell Checker to automatically spell check your messages before you send them.

Spell-Checking an Item with Spell Checker

  1. Click the Subject or Message field.

  2. Click Check Spelling.

    WebAccess highlights any misspelled words.

  3. Click any highlighted word.

  4. Select one of the words Spell Checker suggests to replace the misspelled word.

    or

    Click Edit to make your own corrections.

  5. Click Resume Editing when spell-checking is complete.

Spell-Checking Items Automatically with Spell Checker

You can spell-check items automatically every time you click Send.

  1. On the main WebAccess page, click Options in the upper right corner.

  2. Click the Compose tab.

  3. Select Check spelling before send.

  4. Click Save, then click Close.

Selecting the Spell Checker Language

  1. Click the Subject field or the Message field.

  2. Click the drop-down menu next to Check Spelling.

  3. Select the language to use.

3.1.4 Attaching Files

Use the Attachments tab to send one or more files to other users. You can attach files that exist on your hard disk, diskette, or network drive to an item you are sending. The recipients can open the attached file, save it, view it, or print it. If you change the attached file after you have sent it, the recipients do not see the changes.

If you attach a file that is password-protected, the recipient cannot open or view the attachment without entering the password.

  1. Open a new item.

  2. Fill in the To, Subject, and Message fields.

  3. Click the Attachments tab, then browse to and select the file or files you want to send.

  4. Click Attach.

    To remove an attached file, click the attachment, then click Remove.

  5. Click Send on the toolbar.

Moving or deleting a file on a disk or network drive does not affect a file you attached to an item and sent.

If you delete an attached file, it is not erased from disk or network drive; it is simply removed from the attachment list.

3.1.5 Adding a Signature

Use Signatures to insert a signature or tag line at the end of items you send. For example, you can have WebAccess automatically list your name, phone number, and e-mail address at the bottom of every item you send.

In addition to personal signatures, your system administrator can create a global signature for everyone to use. If the system administrator requires the global signature, it is automatically appended to all items that are sent. When you resend an item, the global signature is not automatically added to the message.

Signatures that you have already set up in the GroupWise Windows client are not automatically transferred to the GroupWise WebAccess client. You must re-create the signature in the WebAccess client.

  1. On the main WebAccess page, click Options in the upper right corner.

  2. Click Compose.

  3. Click Enable signature.

  4. Type your signature text in the box.

    Compose Options view

  5. Click Automatically Add Signature to have WebAccess automatically add your signature when you send the item.

    or

    Click Prompt before adding signature to have WebAccess prompt you to add the signature when you send the item.

  6. Click Save, then click Close.

3.1.6 Saving Unfinished E-Mail

Understanding Auto-Save

When you compose a new message in GroupWise WebAccess, items are automatically saved for you. This prevents the loss of any messages you are authoring if WebAccess unexpectedly shuts down. When you restart WebAccess, you have the option to recover these messages to finish composing them.

If you stop using GroupWise WebAccess for 10 seconds (the default non-use value) and have unsent messages or if you have been actively composing messages for 60 seconds (the default continuous use value), WebAccess automatically saves your messages to your Work In Progress folder. WebAccess adds two characters to the title of all auto-saved messages to distinguish them from other items you might have manually saved to your Work In Progress folder.

Your administrator can disable the auto-save feature and change the non-use and continuous values.

When you start WebAccess, if there are auto-saved messages, the following window is displayed:

Figure 3-1 Auto-Save Window

You have the following options to deal with auto-saved messages:

Open: Opens the auto-saved messages so that you can finish composing them.

Save: Saves the messages as regular Work In Progress items so that you can finish composing the messages later.

Delete: Deletes the auto-saved messages. The information in them is permanently lost.

Skip: Retains the saved messages on disk but does not recover them in WebAccess. The next time you start WebAccess, the Auto-Save window reappears.

Enabling or Disabling Auto-Save

By default, Auto-Save is enabled if you use a high-speed connection to access your GroupWise system. It is disabled by default if you use a low connection speed. For more information on your login options for connecting, see Section 1.2, Starting GroupWise WebAccess.

  1. On the main WebAccess page, click Options in the upper right corner.

  2. Click the Compose tab.

  3. Select Enable auto-save to enable Auto-Save.

    or

    Deselect Enable auto-save to disable Auto-Save.

  4. Click Save, then click Close.

Saving an Unfinished E-Mail

  1. In an open item, click the Save icon.

  2. Click the folder you want to save the item to, then click OK.

The draft message is placed in the folder you chose in Step 2. The default folder for unfinished messages is the Work In Progress folder Work in Progress folder icon.

3.1.7 Selecting the Default Compose View

When you are composing a message in GroupWise WebAccess, you can select to have the default compose format in either plain text or HTML.

  1. On the main WebAccess page, click Options in the upper right corner.

  2. Click the Compose tab.

  3. Select either Plain text or HTML in the Message Format section.

  4. Click Save, then click OK.

3.1.8 Addressing Mail Messages

A mail message has a primary recipient, a subject line, and can be carbon copied and blind copied to other users. You can also attach files, document references, sounds, movies, and OLE objects to your mail messages.

Using the Address Book

For information on using the Address Book, see Section 6.0, Contacts and Address Books.

CC (Carbon Copy)

Carbon copy recipients (CC) receive a copy of an item. CC recipients are users who would benefit from the information in an item, but are not affected by or directly responsible for it. All recipients can see that a carbon copy was sent. They can also see the names of the CC recipients.

BC (Blind Copy)

Blind copy recipients (BC) receive a copy of an item. Other recipients receive no information about blind copies. Only the sender and the blind copy recipient know that a blind copy was sent. If a recipient replies and chooses Reply to All, the blind copy recipient does not receive the reply.

Adding Addresses to Mail Messages

  1. Click New on the toolbar.

  2. In the To field, type a username, then press Enter. Repeat for additional users. If necessary, type usernames in the CC and BC fields.

    or

    To select usernames from a list, click Address Book on the toolbar, search for and select each user, then click OK.

  3. Type a subject.

  4. Type a message.

    You can specify many options, such as making this message a high priority, requesting a reply from recipients, and more, by clicking the Send Options tab.

    Mail view send options

    If you want, you can change the font of the message text. For information, see Changing the Font in the HTML View.

  5. Include any attachments by clicking the Attachments tab.

  6. Click Send on the toolbar.

3.1.9 Selecting Send Options

Changing the Priority of Mail You Send

  1. To change the priority of one item, open an item, then click the Send Options tab.

    or

    To change the priority of all items you send, click Options in the right corner of the main WebAccess page, then click the Send Options tab.

  2. Select High, Standard, or Low.

    The small icon next to an item in the Mailbox is red when the priority is high, white when the priority is standard, and gray when the priority is low.

  3. Click Save, then click Close.

Changing the Security Setting (Classification) of All Items You Send

A classification is a security setting that lets the recipient know if the item is confidential, top secret, and so forth. This information appears at the top of the item. A classification does not provide any encryption or additional security. It is meant to alert the recipient to the relative sensitivity of the item.

  1. On the main WebAccess page, click Options in the upper right corner.

  2. Click the Send Options tab.

    Options view with Send Options selected

  3. Select a security setting from the Classification drop-down list.

  4. Click Save, then click Close.

Changing the MIME Encoding of a Message

Many languages require different character encodings to display certain characters properly. In GroupWise WebAccess, you can change the encoding for items that you send and receive.

Changing the Encoding for All Items You Send

  1. On the main WebAccess page, click Options in the upper right corner.

  2. Click the Send Options tab.

  3. Select your MIME encoding from the MIME Encoding drop-down list.

  4. Click Save, then click Close.

Changing the Encoding for One Item

  1. In the Mail Message window, click the Send Options tab.

  2. Select your MIME encoding from the MIME Encoding drop-down list.

  3. Click Send on the toolbar to send the message.

3.1.10 Posting a Note

A note is a message that is posted to your mailbox only. Notes are a way of creating personal notes for yourself.

  1. On the main WebAccess page, click the arrow next to New, then click Posted Note.

  2. Type a subject.

  3. Type a message.

  4. Include any attachments by clicking Attachments on the toolbar.

  5. Click Post on the toolbar.

3.1.11 Sending a Phone Message

A phone message is a note you can send to notify other GroupWise users of calls they received while they were out of the office or unavailable. Phone messages are stored in the recipient’s Mailbox. You cannot answer your phone from a phone message.

  1. On the main WebAccess page, click the arrow next to New, then click Phone.

    Phone Message view

  2. In the To field, type a username, then press Enter. Repeat for additional users. If necessary, type usernames in the CC and BC fields.

    or

    To select usernames from a list, click Address Book on the toolbar, search for and select each user, then click OK.

  3. Type the name, company, and phone number of the caller.

  4. Type the message in the Message field.

    If you want, you can change the font of the message text. For information, see Changing the Font in the HTML View.

  5. Click Send on the toolbar.