1.3 The Kerio WebMail environment | ||
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Once you are successfully connected to Kerio WebMail, a special user interface resembling of usual email clients is opened in the browser (see figure 1.7 The first connection to Kerio WebMail). Kerio WebMail actually consists of three main sections — one with a tree view of folders (remains unchanged), one with the contents of the folder currently selected (changes according to the type and contents of the folder), which is referred to as a main window, and the toolbar (its appearance depends on the folder type). This section addresses main Kerio WebMail components: In the Kerio WebMail header, the name of the active folder and company logo is displayed. The Logout button in the upper right corner is used for logging out from the server where Kerio MailServer is installed (for details, check section 1.2 Authentication to Kerio WebMail). The left pane of the Kerio WebMail window provides the folder tree (see figure 1.9 Folder tree). The tree includes all folders of the mailbox. Clicking on any folder displays its contents in the main pane (message list, calendar, etc.). The folder tree allows manipulation with individual folders. This means that folders can be moved, renamed, created and removed here. Folders and possible options are focused in chapter 1.10 Folder Administration. In addition to the basic operations, in the folder tree it is also possible to add or remove access rights to users as well as subscribe folders of other users. Sharing and subscription of folders is addressed in section 1.10.5 Shared and public folders. The main pane of Kerio WebMail displays contents of a folder currently selected in the folder tree. To view content of the folder in the main pane, click on the particular folder in the tree. The way of display in the main pane depends on folder type. Kerio WebMail supports viewing of the following folder types:
The Kerio WebMail's pop-up context menu, opened by right-clicking on an object (folder, message, note, etc.), provides a list of actions. The pop-up menu is always associated with a particular object. This implies that right-clicking on an email message opens a menu (this menu is shown at figure 1.15 Context menu for email) which includes options different from the options included the pop-up menu associated with the Tasks folder (opened by right-clicking on Tasks in the folder tree). The Kerio WebMail's pop-up context menu generally includes the same items as found on toolbars of individual folders. Notes:
The “Today” page provides overview of the current status of the mailbox. It shows current number of unread messages in Inbox (Settings allow to add more folders for which this information will be shown) as well as tasks and events for the current day. It also includes a quota for disk space reserved for the particular mailbox (if the quota has been set by the server administrator). This section also provides information about current free and occupied space in the mailbox so the user can always easily recognize how much of the mailbox is currently available. To open the “Today” page, click on the root folder (at figure 1.17 Today page, the root folder is In the user interface it is possible to set the “Today” page as an introductory page that would be displayed upon each connection to Kerio WebMail (for details on these settings, see chapter 1.11.1 User settings). Thus the users can see right at the start what should be done on that day and they do not have to surf through individual folders. Individual items at the “Today” page are formated as links which can be simply clicked to view the particular event, task or email folder. The “Today” page is divided into four parts. The information in individual sections vary (events, tasks, quota and number of unread messages):
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