CommuniGate Pro WebMail Guide: Messages

Message Browsing
Storing Addresses
Messages Copying
Messages Redirecting
Storing Attachments

The CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface allows you to read messages stored in your account mailbox(es). To read ("open") a message, open the Mailbox page first and click on the message link.

Message Browsing

The WebUser Interface allows you to view messages in your mailboxes. It checks the MIME structure of a message and decodes its MIME parts.

A mailbox message is displayed as an HTML page, containing the important fields of the message header, the decoded message body, and the controls. Text, HTML, and graphics MIME parts are displayed, other parts (attachments) are shown as icon links that allow you to download these parts.

The multipart-messages are displayed according to the MIME multipart rules, and the nested messages (forwarded messages, reports, digests) are displayed, too.

The message header (and message headers of all embedded messages) has icon-links that allow you to view the complete header information, and to view the undecoded message body.

You can use the following controls (links/buttons) on Message pages:

Next Unread: Click this control to open the next unread message (a messages without the read marker) in the mailbox.
Back to mailboxname: Click this control to close the message and to open the mailbox page.
Close as Unread: Click this control to mark this message as unread (removes the read marker), to close the message page, and to open the mailbox page.
Delete: Click this control to mark this message as deleted (sets the deleted marker), to close the message, and to open the mailbox page.
Undelete: Click this control to remove the deleted marker from the message.
Reply: Click this control to open the Compose page and to send a reply message.
Reply To All: Click this control to open the Compose page and to send a reply message. The pre-composed recipients list will include not only the author of the original message, but all message Cc: and To: recipients, too.
Forward: Click this control to open the Compose page and to forward a message.
Set Flag: Click this control to add the flag marker to the message.
Reset Flag: Click this control to remove the flag marker from the message.
Redirect: Click this control to redirect the message to the specified address(es). If you need to type in several addresses, separate them with the comma sign.
Edit Draft: This control appears only for draft messages; click this control to open the message in the Compose page, so you can complete it and send it to its recipients.

You can open the Settings page and specify how messages should be displayed:

Show HTML

This option specifies how the WebUser Interface should process messages in the HTML format:

in frame: In this mode the HTML portions of messages are displayed in an embedded frame, providing complete separation of the message HTML code from the WebUser Interface Mailbox page code. If you use a browser that does not support embeded frames (Netscape 4.x), you will have to click a special link to open the HTML portion of the message in a separate window.
inline: In this mode the HTML portions of messages are inserted into the WebUser Interface Mailbox page code. The WebUser Interface checks the message HTML portion code and removes some tags that may distort the entire WebUser Mailbox page.

Fields

The fields listed in this set are displayed in the message headers.

Storing Addresses

The WebUser Interface allows you to store the sender's name and E-mail address in your Address Book. Click the Take Address button to add a the message From: address to your Address Book:

If a message contains a digital signature and your CommuniGate Pro Account has the Secure Mail feature enabled, you can add the sender's certificate (also known as digital ID) to your Address Book:

See the Secure Mail section of the manual for more details.

Message Copying

You can copy or move the opened message to any other mailbox in your Account (or to a mailbox in any other Account if you have the proper access rights).

Select the mailbox you want to copy to, and click the Copy to button.

If you click the Move To button, the message will be copied, and the original will be either removed, or marked as deleted (if the WebUser Interface Delete Mode is set to Marked).

Message Redirecting

You can redirect the opened message to one or several E-mail addresses.

Type the addresses you want to redirect the message to (separating them with the comma (,) sign, and click the Redirect button.

Storing Attachments

The WebUser Interface allows you to store the attachments on your own computer by just clickling the attachment name in your browser. If the Personal Web Site feature is enabled for your CommuniGate Pro Account, you can store attachment and images directly to your Web Site folders.

When a message has file parts, the Store In button appears:

Select the Web Site folder, and click the Store File button. All message attachemnts and images will be copied into the selected folder.