Review Simple Preferences

Review Simple Preferences

Preferences include a number of features. In this exercise, we will work on four features:

Checking for new mail
Setting a new mail alert
Changing a signature
Copying outgoing mail

Select File on the Menu Bar
Click on Preferences
Select Simple in the Remote Preferences Window. Notice the buttons on the right, either Simple or Advanced.

Check for New Mail: This may be changed to the time in minutes you desire. Click on the number of minutes displayed and enter the number in minutes that you want mail sent to your mailbox.

Class Exercise: Change checking for new mail time to 3 minutes.

Setting a new mail Alert: Selecting this box will display a foreground alert text box announcing that new mail has arrived for you. This alert will only display if you are currently using Mulberry.

Class Exercise: Check the "Use Alert" box now.

Signature: Your signature should be changed to reflect your name, UMD address, telephone, email name and/or Dept. Name and any information you would like your recipient to receive. Select the Signature button.

Class Exercise: Change the signature information displayed above by highlighting the text and entering your own informational data. Click on OK.
(To highlight the text, holding down the left mouse button, drag the cursor over the text to be deleted. Then release the mouse button and press the delete button on your keyboard.)

The signature information will be displayed at the end of your email messages that you send.
Note: If you use Mulberry for email, both on a PC and a Mac, you will need to set the preferences in both applications, including the preferences for your signature.

Copy Outgoing Messages: If you would like to copy all your outgoing messages, check the "Copy Outgoing Messages" and enter the name of the mailbox where you would like the email copies sent.

Class Exercise: Check the Outgoing Message box and type Inbox or browse and select Inbox.

Selecting Inbox is the same as carbon copying yourself and the message will be sent back to you. (Inbox is the mailbox selected for this exercise, because it is the only common mailbox that everyone would have in order to try this feature out.) A mailbox must be created before you can enter it as a default mailbox.

When you are ready, move to "Mailboxes."