Web Mail Description:

Web Mail allows you to access your Assumption University e-mail from any web browser, anywhere in the world. To begin using WebAccess, open your web browser and go to http://www.au.edu

Figure 1: Mailbox Illustrated

The major components of the screen are:

1. Left Toolbar
The toolbar on the left side of the window allows you to access the major areas of WebAccess.

Click the Mailbox button to view e-mail messages, the Compose button to compose a new e-mail message, appointment, task, or note, the Address Book button to access your personal address book as well as search the system wide address book, and the Calendar button to access your personal calendar.

2. Top Toolbar
The toolbar on the top of the window allows you to access online help for Web Mail, set Au-NetMail Options, or Logout of Web Mail.

3. Folder List
To select one of your mail folders for viewing, simply click the name of the desired folder. The currently selected mail folder is displayed in boldface. You may also Add, Delete, or Rename folders from the folder listing.

4. Current Mailbox Usage
Web Mail displays how much space you are using on the e-mail server above the folder listing. Usage is displayed in terms of Megabytes (MB) as well as the percentage of your storage quota that is in use. Your quota is the maximum amount of disk space you are allowed to use on the e-mail server, as configured by the Au administrator.

5. Item List
Displays messages in the currently selected folder. If there are more messages than will fit on one screen, a Next button will appear at the bottom of the page.

6. Item Toolbar
Allows you to Delete, Move, or Mark messages unread, or perform other tasks on the messages selected in the Item List.