Ownmail Help

Compose Normal or HTML message, add attachment, add Personal Signature, add Global domain message.

To Compose a New E-mail Message
To Compose an E-mail to Fax Message
To Create a Personal Signature File
To Append Your Personal Signature File to an E-mail Message
To Edit a Global Message
To Send an Attachment
To Compose an HTML E-mail Message

To Compose a New E-mail Message

Click Compose on the top horizontal menu bar.
Type the complete e-mail address in the 'To:' field.
Example:
To: myfriend@ownmail.co.in
You may fill multiple addresses separated by commas(,)

NOTE:
Similarly, you can Cc or Bcc your message to other e-mail addresses by filling in 'Cc:' and 'Bcc:' fields respectively. (See below)

If you have created any e-mail nicknames in your Address Book, you can directly type in the nickname or if you had selected Address Book in Compose(Options/Preferences) then you can select the nicknames to which you want to send e-mail; from Addresses drop down box and Add to .. buttons.(for this feature to work your browser must support JavaScript)
Type a subject of the message in the 'Subject:' field.
You do not have to type a subject, however, a subject may help your recipient(s) identify the message.
Type the body of your message in the text box provided.
You can scroll down the page by using your browser's scroll bar. You can scroll down the message box by using the scroll bar to the right of the box.
If you want to keep a copy of your message, click the "Save a copy(in Sent Folder)" check box.
Click any of the Send buttons to send your message. Or
Click Cancel to cancel composing the message.

The 'Cc:' Field

"Cc" stands for "carbon copy." The 'Cc:' field is used as a "For Your Information" field. That is, anyone to whom you Cc the message doesn't need to respond to the message.

The 'Bcc:' Field

"Bcc" stands for "Blind Carbon Copy." The 'Bcc:' field is used to send a copy of an e-mail message to a person without any of the other recipients knowing it. The address(es) of the person(s) you blind carbon copied are hidden from the other recipients.

Example:
If you were to enter these e-mail addresses:
To: myfriend@ownmail.co.in
Cc: myotherfriend@ownmail.co.in
Bcc: mybestfriend@ownmail.co.in

All of myfriend, myotherfriend and mybestfriend would receive a copy of the message, the header of each person's message would look like the following:
From: "I am myself" <myself@ownmail.co.in>
To: myfriend@ownmail.co.in
Cc: myotherfriend@ownmail.co.in

NOTE: There is no field indicating that mybestfriend has also received a copy of the message.

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To Create a Personal Signature File

Click the Options link on the top horizontal menu bar.
You are taken to the Options page.
Click the Personal Signature/Global Message link.
You are taken to the Personal Signature page.
Type the information that you want to append to your outgoing messages.
Click Submit to save the information. Or
Click Cancel to return to the Options page without saving your Personal signature.
You are taken back to the Options page.

Global Message File

Global Message is appended to every message going out from the domain. The Global Message can be viewed by every user of the domain but can only be edited by an administrator.

To Edit a Global Message

Click the Options link on the top horizontal menu bar.
You are taken to the Options page.
Click the Personal Signature/Global Message link.
You are taken to the Personal Signature page.
Click the View Global Message link.
Type the information that you want to append to every outgoing messages of the domain.
Click Submit to save the information. Or
Click Cancel to return to the Options page without saving your Message.
You are taken back to the Options page.

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To Append Your Personal Signature File to an E-mail Message

You can append your Personal signature file to the bottom of a message by clicking the Add Signature checkbox on the Compose page.

NOTE: The signature will not be shown in your Compose page but will automatically be added when you click Send.

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To Send an Attachment

You can attach a file before or after you type a message. You can attach one file of any type. For example, you can attach picture, word processing document, sound file, etc. If you attach an HTML file or a text file or a GIF image, your attachment will be displayed directly in the body of the recipient's message.

To Attach a File

In the 'Attachment:' field, type the path to the file. Or
Click the Browse button.
The Choose file dialog box opens.
1. Select the file that you want to attach.
2. Click the Open button.
  The path to the file appears in the 'Attachment:' field.
The attachment will automatically be uploaded when you Send the message by clicking the Send button
NOTE: The transfer of an attached file requires 30 seconds to 10 minutes, depending on connection rates and file size.

To Remove a File You Have Attached simply clear the 'Attachment:' field.

WARNING! If a file that you want to attach is open, close it before you attach it.

NOTE: The total size of the e-mail message including the attachment may not exceed 2MB (2000K).

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To Compose an HTML E-mail Message

An HTML E-mail Message is composed in the same way as the non-HTML E-mail message but first you should click 'Send as HTML' checkbox.
Type in your HTML tags in textbox where you type the non-HTML E-mail message text.
To preview how your message will look, click 'Preview HTML' link(for this feature to work your browser must support JavaScript).
Click the Send button to Send the messsage.

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