Web Messaging allows users to send and receive email using a Web browser. Users can log on to Web Messaging from any browser on any machine and perform all of their mail functions - without having to install email client software or a browser plug-in on their local PC or workstation.
To the Administrator:
To access the Web Messaging system we provide, log on to your Web browser and type into the address box:
http://mail.simplesiteonline.com
(We highly recommend adding this URL to your Favorites as you will come here often to administrate as well as check your email. You will also give this URL to people as you create accounts for them.)
After the page has loaded in, it should look like this:
When we set up the Web Messaging system, we took the liberty of creating one User Account for you. This is the Administrative account. The Administrator has the ability to create as many User Accounts as desired.
To log in as the administrator, your User ID is:
admin@yourdomainname.(com,org,net)
The password (until you change it) is: changeme.
(For increased security, you may enter Secure Mode and protect your mail communications. A prompt asks you to confirm that you want to enter Secure Mode. Click Ok to continue. You can click the link at the bottom of any page to return to normal mode. You will see this option only if Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security is enabled on the mail server)
After you’ve logged in, you will see the Main Screen.
From this screen, you can select basic email functions, such as View Mail, Compose, Search and Log Off.
Note: Disregard "Invalid Folder". As you use the system, these folders will automatically become: Inbox, Sent, Deleted, and Drafts.
Look to the upper right hand corner of the screen, Account Options. If you click the drop down menu arrow, you'll see the menu. They are:
Set My Preferences
Change My Signature
Change My Password
Change My Forwarding Info
Change My User Info
Edit My Address Book
Manage My Folders
Set My Auto-Responder
Change My Vacation Message
Change My Processing Rules
My Finger Info
Online Help
We recommend you click through each to orient yourself with these options. For more information on each of them, CLICK HERE.
Note: Every user you create an account for will have these basic options.
Beneath the basic Account Options, you will see Admin Options. These options are available only to the Administrator. They are:
Edit News Message
User Administration
Alias Administration
Domain Processing Rules
List Administration
We recommend you click through each to orient yourself with these options. For more information on each of them, CLICK HERE.
Creating User Accounts: Under Admin Options, Click User Administration.
You will see a box with the word "admin". Each user account you create will appear in the box. The Administrator will manage these accounts using the buttons to the right of the box. They are:
Add
Delete
Display
Change Password
Modify User Account
For more information on each of them, CLICK HERE.
Click Add, enter the new user account information, and then click Save.
--User ID. This is the User ID for the user account. The User ID must be unique within the system. It can be from 3 to 30 letters and numbers and cannot contain spaces. You can use the hyphen, underscore, and period characters in the User ID. The last hyphen in a User ID is used to delimit a mailbox name. For example, if mail is sent to the address mr-fred-account@killerwebmail.com, reads account as a mailbox that belongs to mr-fred.
--Enter the user's First and Last Name.
--Password. In the Password box, enter a Password and confirm it. The password must be between 4 and 15 characters. We suggest something generic like “changeme” and telling the user that until they change the password, it is “changeme”.
Setting User Attributes
Set any of the following user attributes:
User cannot change password. Select this option to prevent the user from changing their password remotely.
Account access disabled. Select this option to prohibit the user from accessing the account remotely through POP3 or IMAP4. This option allows you disable the account without changing the user's password or removing them from the system.
Hide from information services. Select this option to prevent the distribution of any information about this user through Finger, LDAP, or Whois if you have the Finger, LDAP, or Whois servers running. Note: We do not distribute any information on any user to any information services.
Enable Spell Checking. Enables spell checking for users. This is available on the Compose, Reply-to, Forward and Draft pages.
Allow Web Access. Select this option to allow this user to access their account via the Web Remote Administration utility (provided the utility is configured) and Web Messaging.
List Administrator. Select this option if you want this user to add, modify, or delete list server mailing lists.
Enable Calendaring. Allows the user to have Web Calendaring access directly from Web Messaging. Enabling this option for users will create a Calendar button on the header menu.
System Administrator. Select this option to allow this user all functions provided by the Remote Administration utility, the Web Remote Administration utility, or Web Messaging -- including the creation and administration of virtual hosts. To use the web utilities, Allow Web Access must also be selected.
For more detailed information about administrating your web messaging account please see Online Help. However, you can contact Customer Service for questions as well.
To use a POP3 Mailserver...
? Outlook Express Setup:
Open Outlook Express, click on the Tools menu and click on Accounts. This will open a new window. You will see tabs across the top of this window that read: All, Mail, News and Directory Service. Click on Mail, click on the Add button and choose New.
The Account Wizard will open and ask you basic questions regarding your email account.
Note: See below for Server name information.
? Netscape Communicator v4.77 Setup:
Open Netscape Communicator, click on the Edit Menu and choose Preferences. This will open a new window with a white box on the left hand side. Highlight Identity; enter in your name and email address. Continue down the left hand side to Mail Servers. Enter the correct information for SMTP server and username and click the Add button on the upper right hand side. You should see two tabs on the top of this window, General and POP. If you see IMAP instead of POP, choose POP from the drop down menu on the General Tab. Enter the server name and username. Click OK, then click OK again and you should return to Netscape.
Note: See below for Server Name information.
POP3 Server Name: mail.simplesiteonline.com
SMTP Server Name: mail.simplesiteonline.com
Note: Although mail.simplesiteonline.com can be used as
the SMTP Server Name, we recommend using the SMTP
Server name provided by the current Internet Service
Provider. If mail.simplesiteonline.com is used, the box My
outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication needs to
be checked.
Username (Accountname) : userID@yourdomainname.com
(Example: john.smith@yourdomainname.com)
(For further help, email us at
(support@simplesiteonline.com)
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