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The following items only apply to the standard version of Web Messaging.

• Upon login go to: This drop down box gives two alternate selections for login.
  • INBOX - Initial login will open the INBOX message folder.
  • Default Page - Initial login will open the mail folders page, displaying all message folders and sizes. This can be manually accessed by clicking on Email in the folder tree.
• Show Message Preview Pane. Checked by default. This feature will split your message list window, and allow user to preview the selected message below the message list.

  When preview pane is off, the message list window will display more messages, but will required a double click to view a message.

  Note: This control is not used with the low bandwidth template, as it is set to automatically open a message when clicked on.

• Display selection checkboxes in grids. Checked by default for new users. This feature allows selection of a message by use of a checkbox. Unchecked will remove the checkboxes and revert to usage of message highlighting with usage of the shift+ key for blocks of messages, or the ctrl+ for multiple random messages on a page.

  Note: For existing users before who have a saved user preferences file, the checkbox option will be turned off. For existing users that have never saved their preferences, they will be treated as a new user with the checkbox option turned on.

  Important: "Check All" will only apply to the currently displayed page for the standard web client.

The following preferences only apply to the low bandwidth template (Web Messaging Lite).

• Upon login go to: This drop down box gives three alternate selections for login.
  1. Default Page - By default the initial login page displays a message showing the number of unread messages. This message is also a link to the user's INBOX if there are new unread messages. This checkbox will skip this page and go to View Mail Folders.
  2. Mail Folders Page - Initial login will open the mail folders page, displaying all message folders.
  3. INBOX - Initial login will open the INBOX message folder.
• Message Click Action. Use the drop down menu for the following two options:
  • View Message in Existing Window
  • View Message in New Window
• Number of items to show per page. Default set to 10. Allows flexibility for users customize page display. If the number is larger than the screen will hold, a scroll bar will appear. When there are more messages to display than the setting, then linked page numbers will display at the bottom of the message folder. The highlighted page will tell you what page you are on.

  If your messages per page is set to a number that higher than what will fit in your web browser window, a scroll bar will appear.

• To/From maximum characters to display. Default set to 50. To/From is the address displayed in a mailbox folder list. The number set will control the maximum number of characters that will display in the mailbox folder before it truncates the display. This control allows flexibility for users with wide monitors or large font.

  For example, for a user with a wide monitor can set this field to 70 to allow more characters to display. Should the screen display not be wide enough the displayed line will wrap within the text box.

• Subject maximum characters to display. Default set to 50. Subject is the message subject displayed in a mailbox folder list. The number set will control the maximum number of characters that will display in the mailbox before it truncates the display. This control allows flexibility for users with wide monitors or large font.

  For example, for a user with large font can set this field to 30 to allow fewer characters to display. Should the screen display not be wide enough the displayed line will wrap within the text box.

• "Check All" will check all items across all pages in a mail folder. Unchecked by default. This feature controls checkboxes on a current page or checkboxes for all messages in the mailbox folder.

  When this feature is checked, the "Check All" will mark all messages in the mailbox folder.

  When this feature is unchecked, the "Check All" will check only the messages on the current page.