28.09.2006 10:20
Webmail instructions
Click the dna Internet webmail link in the "Palvelulinkit" box of the dnainternet.fi website. Then you will be asked to log in to dna Internet Webmail. Log in to Webmail with your own user ID and password and click the Enter button.
NB! The Webmail service has a timeout feature that will automatically disconnect the session if it remains idle for 30 minutes. Webmail is also disconnected if writing a message takes longer than 30 minutes.
Inbox
After you have logged in to Webmail you will see a list of folders and any new messages sent to you.
There are five buttons in the upper left hand corner of the window. The New Mail (Message Composer) button opens a display in which you can write a new message. When you click the small arrow on the New Mail button, the New Mail, New Contact and New Group buttons will be displayed. Click the cross to close the buttons.
Click the folder icon to display folder-specific settings. Click the folder name to display the contents of the folder.
To modify Webmail’s general settings and message settings, click the Settings button. By clicking the Rules button you can check whether the Vacation Message is enabled or disabled. You can write a Vacation Message and enable the feature at My dna Internet. Click the Help button to view the Webmail instructions. Click the Log Out button to log out from Webmail.
Reading a Message
To read a message, click the sender’s name displayed in blue, or click the subject, size or date of the message.
A closed envelope symbol in front of a message means that the message is unread and an open envelope symbol means that the message has been read. A paperclip symbol means that the message contains an attachment.
You can choose how many messages you want to be displayed simultaneously in the Inbox by selecting the desired number from the Display pull-down menu.
Handling Incoming Mail
You can sort incoming messages in various ways. Tick the box next to the message and click the icon you want from above the window (Delete, Unread, Read, Flag, UnFlag). If you click the Delete (trash bin) icon, the message will be automatically transferred to the trash bin.
You can also transfer messages to folders. To create a new folder, click the blue Add New text next to the Mailboxes heading on the left column. To move or copy messages to folders, select the desired folder from the Select Mailbox pull-down menu and click either the Move or Copy button.
You can create a sub-folder for folder by creating a new folder and naming it using the format, ‘ foldername/sub-folder name’. For example, you can create a sub-folder for INBOX by creating a folder in the form, INBOX/sub-folder.
Reading a Message and Replying to It
To read a message, click the sender’s name displayed in blue, or the subject, size or date of the message. The message will be displayed and you can read it. If you want to reply to the message, click the Reply button at the top of the window. If the message has been sent to you and one or several other persons and you wish to reply to all of them, click the Reply to All button. If you wish to forward the message to a third person, click the Forward button. You can move to the next message by clicking Next and print the message by clicking Print.
When you reply to a message, a copy of your message will be automatically saved in the Sent folder.
You can move a message directly to the trash bin by clicking the Delete button or to the desired folder by selecting the folder from the pull-down menu displayed at the bottom of the message window and clicking the Move button.
If you wish to copy a message to a folder, select the folder from the pull-down menu and click the Copy button. You can also find the Move, Copy and Print buttons from the menu displayed at the bottom of the message window. From the same menu you will find the Delete & Next, Next, Delete & Next Unread and Next Unread buttons.
If you wish to show the message as unread in the Inbox, click the Unread button. By clicking the Flag button, the message you have read will be displayed in the Inbox as unread and marked with a red flag symbol. To add the sender’s e-mail address to the Address Book, click the Take Address button.
When you have read the message and wish to close it and return to your Inbox, click the red cross button in the top right hand corner of the message window.
Writing a Message
If you wish to write a new e-mail message, click the New Mail (Message Composer) button on Webmail’s front page.
Type the recipient’s name in the ‘To:’ field or click either the Address Book icon at the top right hand corner of the new mail display or the person symbol in front of the ‘To:’ field and select the recipient’s name from the Address Book.
NB! If you want to send a message to more than one recipient, separate their e-mail addresses using a comma (not a semicolon).
You can also write the other recipients’ addresses in the ‘Cc:’ field. If you wish to send a message to several recipients but do not want to display all of the recipients’ names, write the other names in the ‘Bcc:’ field. Type the subject of the message in the Subject field.
If you wish to know when the recipient has received the message, tick the Notify when Delivered box. If you wish to know when the recipient has read the message, tick the (Notify) when Read box.
The default text encoding is Western European, but you can change it from the pull-down menu. To send the message in HTML format, tick the ‘HTML’ box. You can select the message’s priority from the Priority pull-down menu.
Write the message in the Message field and click the Send button. A copy of your message will be saved in the Sent folder if you have ticked the ‘Copy Sent In Lähetetyt’ box.
You can add attachments to your message using the Browse button(s) at the bottom of the message window.
NB! The maximum size of all e-mail attachments is 10 megabytes and the maximum number of attachments per message is six.
Folders
By clicking the blue Add New text next to the Mailboxes icon in the left column you can create folders into which you can save received messages. Write the name of the folder in the field next to the ‘New Folder Name’ text and click the Create button.
You can sort messages under different folders. Tick the box in front of the message, choose the correct folder from the ‘Select Mailbox’ pull-down menu at the bottom of the window and click the Move button. If you wish to copy a message to a folder, select the folder from the pull-down menu and click the Copy button. If you want to move a message to the trash bin, click the trash bin icon. You can also find the Move, Copy and Trash/Delete buttons from the menu displayed at the bottom of the message window.
Sub-folders
You can create sub-folders by dividing the main folder name and the sub-folder name with the ‘/’ sign, in other words, by creating a folder in the form, ‘foldername/subfoldername’. If you wish to create a sub-folder for Inbox, create a sub-folder in the form, Inbox/subfoldername.
Folder-specific Settings
Click the folder icon to display folder-specific settings. Click the folder name to display the contents of the folder.
In Inbox settings you can delete all messages, delete a folder, or rename a folder. After you have made the necessary settings changes, click the Update button.
Settings
Go to settings by clicking the Settings button in the left column. On the General settings page you can modify General, Folder, Message, Trash Management and Text Encoding settings. If you change the default settings, save the changes by clicking the Update button. If you wish to restore the default settings, click the Reset button to restore the settings as they were before you opened the Settings window.
By clicking the Compose tab on the top of the Settings window a ‘Signature:’ text field is displayed in which you can compose a signature, i.e. your contact details that will be added automatically to your messages. Write the text and click the Update button. To delete the signature, click the Reset button.
Rules
From the Rules window you can check whether the Vacation Message is enabled or disabled. Click the link provided to enter Oma dna Internet, where you can write a Vacation Message and enable or disable the feature.
Address Book
To add new contact details in your address book, click the Addressbook text in the left-hand column to display the Addressbook window. Click the New Contact icon if you want to add one contact or the New Group icon if you want to create a group or add new members to a group.
Enter new contact details in the text fields of your choice and then click the Save or Save and New button to save the contact details in your address book.
If you wish to create a group, type the name of the group in the ‘File as:’ field. Then write the group member’s e-mail address in the ‘E-mail:’ field and click the Add Contact button. You can also pick a group member from the address book by clicking the Address Book icon. To delete a group member, select his or her name from the ‘Members:’ field and click the Delete button. Save the changes by clicking the Save button.
If you wish to add new members to a group, click the group’s name in the Addressbook window to display group details. Click the Edit Group icon to add contacts to or delete contacts from the group.
Log Out
Always remember to log out from Webmail so that any other persons using the same computer cannot read your mail. Log out by clicking the Log Out button or exit the browser application to disconnect your Webmail session.