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 Tutorial - Webmail – Compose a Message

Click on Compose in the Navigational Sidebar and the following screen will appear. 

The Webmail compose function differs from the Mulberry compose screen.  You cannot automatically toggle in and out of the default compose screen as you could in Mulberry.

Once you click out of the compose screen (unless you have saved it as a draft) the screen and all typed information is deleted.

However, you can open a new compose window by right clicking on Compose in the navigational bar on the left.

By right mouse clicking on Compose, the standard Windows informational window opens. 

Click on Open a New Window, the compose screen opens in a new window and is unaffected by toggling back and forth inside Webmail.

Continue composing the message.
When you click on the   button, the new window will disappear.

If you need to find an e-mail name, go to the Using the Addressbook while Composing a Message tutorial.

In composing a message:  Add appropriate names in the To: Cc: and Bcc: boxes, making sure to separate them by a comma after each e-mail name.  anyone@jmu.edu, noone@jmu.edu,  
  • To: If you enter the nickname of the person, click the Expand button to see the entire name and address. To enter multiple addresses, separate them with a commas.
You can type address book nicknames, or JMU eIDs in the To: line.  When you send the message they will expand automatically to the fully qualified e-mail addresses.
Type the Subject of your message and tab to message box.  Type your message.

The default preference includes your signature, if you want to change it for a specific e-mail, uncheck Include signature box.  The default preference includes a copy of each sent message.

Move to the Add Attachment tutorial to add an attachment to your message.  Remember to click on the Add button after you have browsed to find the file to attach.

Click on the button in the Compose Toolbar to Send your message.

Click on button in the Compose Toolbar to save your message.

Click on the button to delete message so that it cannot be sent.

Click on button to spell check your message.

  Click on the Priority button near the bottom of the Compose screen (shown on left) to change the priority of your message.

Look at the other tutorials in the Messages section of e-mail tutorials.

 

 

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