Domain Default Web Preferences

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The IMail Administrator has the capability to set Domain level default web client preferences for all new users, to include Viewing, Composing, Forwarding, Replying and Deleting preferences.

Note: Domain Default Web Messaging Property settings override the Global Default Web Messaging Property settings.

Domain: Shows the current selected domain. From the drop down you can pick any of the domains available to this administrative user account.

Viewing Web Client Preferences

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 E-mail 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 check boxes in grids. Checked by default for new users. This feature allows selection of a message by use of a check box. Unchecked will remove the check boxes 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 check box option will be turned off. For existing users that have never saved their preferences, they will be treated as a new user with the check box option turned on.

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

• Enable Usage Bar. Checked by default for new users. This feature controls only the display of the web client disk usage bar. Turning this feature off will still adhere to the Maximum Mailbox Size, which is set at the Domain Properties, and/or User Properties.

  Note: This feature is only available for the IMail Administrator. Web Client users do not have access to this option.

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 check box 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.

• Maximum To/From 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.

• Maximum Subject 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 check boxes on a current page or check boxes 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.

Web Messaging and Web Messaging Lite Preference

• If No Charset Specified Use. Set by default to the operating system language character set. This specifies the message encoding to apply when none has been specified.
  • Server OS Default.
  • Unicode (UTF-8).  This encoding can handle multiple languages. For IMail Server, this includes English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish.  
  • English (US-ASCII).
  • Western European (ISO-8859-15). For French, Italian, German, or Spanish operating systems.
  • Chinese Traditional (BIG5).
  • Chinese Simplified (GB2312).
  • Japanese (ISO-2022-JP)

  Server OS Default Example:

  A United States IMail Server will default to UTF-8

  A Japanese IMail Server will default to ISO-2022-JP

  Note: This feature is only available for the IMail Administrator for update. Web Client users do not have access to this option.

Composing Web Client Preferences

Composing

Following are User Preferences settings for composing new messages:

• Default New Message Style.
  • HTML. Select this option if you wish to compose your message using features such as bold, italic, underlining, multiple fonts, multiple colors, bullets, numbering, etc.
  • Plain Text. Select this option if you wish to compose your message using no formatting.
• Open Compose In:
  • Same Window. This option lets you compose your message in a new message window that replaces the message list.
  • New Window. This option lets you compose your message in a new message window separate from the message list.
• Save Copy of Outgoing Messages in Sent folder. Choose this option if you wish to keep copies of your messages in the Sent folder.
• Save Recipients by Default. Choose this option if you wish to automatically add recipients to your Contacts when sending new messages.
• Enable Autosuggest for contacts (Web Messaging Standard Only). Choose this option to automatically suggests message recipient names as you type them in the To text box. If the recipient exists in your contacts, a drop down containing the complete name appears.

  Note: This feature is not available in the low bandwidth template, due to the large bandwidth requirement.

Forwarding

• Include original message. Checked by default. This check box will include the original message when it is forwarded.
• Include attachments. Checked by default. This check box will include the original attachments when it is forwarded.

Replying

• Include original message. Checked by default. This check box will include the original message in your reply.

  Note: Reply To does not include attachments. Use Forward to include attachments when sending a message.

Deleting Web Client Preferences

• Deleted Folder / Purge. Radio button selection.
  • Move message to deleted folder. Select this option to move deleted messages to the Deleted folder. These messages remain in the folder until you purge them by selecting one or more messages and clicking the Delete button.
  • Purge Message. Selected by default. Select this option to completely remove deleted messages. Purged messages are deleted from the server and cannot be recovered.
• Confirm Before Delete. Checked by default. Select this check box to have IMail ask you to confirm the request before deleting the selected message(s).

Save. Click to save your settings.