Note: This information may be old, and is not formatted properly yet. The client has gone past multiple revisions since this was written, and it has been ripped from another section of my website to here.
E-Mail Client Website: This full-scale website E-Mail client is fairly advanced, with many features. It includes an Address book, folders to sort e-mail, and spam filters (controlled by me, more news on this later).
Follow these steps to begin using SquirrelMail. Once you are done you should be able to successfully receive and send e-mails from anywhere.
If you ever need help on something, click the help button at the top of the page. It will show you information on what you are doing currently. Otherwise, look on this page.
You will enter the main interface, with the default folder showing (INBOX). Notice the following features:
Folders list to the left. This list shows all of your folders. The default list includes the following:
Commands for the current folder at the top of the list of contents in the folder.
Reading Mail (Click on the subject line of any message to read it.)
At the top of the message, you can see these links:
At the bottom of the message, you can see these links:
To open the file, click the file name itself. To download the file, click the download button to the right of it.
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If you look at the line at the top, you will see 8 buttons. Compose, Addresses, Folders, Options, Search, Help, Sign Out, and SquirrelMail.
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Compose - This button brings up a page for you to write an e-mail.
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When composing, you will be given the normal options you get with any e-mail program.
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To, CC, BCC, Subject, Send, and the Body area are self explanatory if you've ever used e-mail before.
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Priority can be set for more important / less important e-mails. Some clients prioritize the incoming e-mail this way.
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You can get a receipt if you'd like for when they read it, and/or when you deliver it. Just select the appropriate box.
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Signature - This adds the signature you've written in the Options section (not done yet, read on).
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Addresses - Allows you to add e-mail addresses from your address book in SquirrelMail (not done yet, read on).
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Save Draft - Saves the current message to .INBOX.Drafts instead of sending it. Resume writing the message anytime later by opening the Drafts folder.
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Attach, Browse, Add, Delete selected attachments - Allows you to add an attachment to your message. Make sure to click Add to add it to your attach queue.
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Address - Edit your Address book in SquirrelMail.
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Your first time using the address system, you will only be given the option to add a record. Simply type in the information you want, and click Add Address (Nickname can be anything you want to identify the person by, as long as it differs from all other records).
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Once you have added an address, you can see your personal address book. To edit or delete a record, select its check box to the left of the record, and click the appropriate button. To e-mail someone in the list of records, click on their e-mail address.
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Folders - You can create folders to later move mail into, on your account. Everything in this page is very easy to understand, just don't worry about Subscribe and Unsubscribe.
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Options - This page allows you to select different things you can do to change the way SquirrelMail works for you.
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Personal Information - Change your information regarding e-mail.
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Name - This is who people will see the mail originates from when you send it. Use your real name here. Ex. Mike Morgan
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E-Mail Address - This is the address people see the mail originates from. Use your username@mdmsolutions.org here. Ex. mikmorg@mdmsolutions.org
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Reply Address - This is the address people will send e-mail to if they click reply on any message you send them. This should be the same as above. Ex. mikmorg@mdmsolutions.org
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Signature - This will be a small summary that will go at the end of every e-mail you send.
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Mike Morgan
MDM Solutions
mikmorg@mdmsolutions.org
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Current Timezone - should be some location that is in the same timezone that you use. (Ex. I use America/Indianapolis)
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Use signature - Select Yes to add your signature at the end of every e-mail you send.
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Prefix with '--' line - Select Yes to add -- in between your message and your signature.
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Don't worry about multiple identities or citation, its silly.
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Message Highlighting - Allows you to color your e-mails in your list, so you can easily tell who they are from.
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New
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Identifying name - Used to show why it is colored.
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Color - Either select from the drop-down list of colors, type a hex coded color (advanced), or select the option button in the table of colors.
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Matches - Select the criteria from the drop-down box, and type the matching value in the adjacent text-box.
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Click submit.
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Delete and edit are self explanatory.
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Index Order - Used to change the order of the messages in your folders. This is quite unimportant, so I won't write much on it.
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Display Preferences - Allows you to change how SquirrelMail looks to you.
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Theme - Allows you to change the general colors of the page.
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Stylesheet - Allows you to change the font type and size for the page.
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- of messages to index - Allows you to change how many messages should be displayed per page in your folders.
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Everything else on this page is unimportant. They are mostly self explanatory.
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Click submit at the bottom to activate changes.
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Folder Preferences - Allows you to change how your folders are organized. This should be left alone probably.
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Search - Allows you to find messages by entering criteria and clicking Search.
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Sign Out - Click this to log out of SquirrelMail, so another person can use it.