Mozilla is the standard web browser and e-mail application on the ThinkPad. Mozilla allows you to create, send, retrieve e-mail, and maintain an e-mail address book. NOTE: While Microsoft Outlook is part of the standard load, Wake Forest discourages the use of Outlook Express. Outlook Express is more susceptible to viruses and other attacks and cannot be made as secure as Microsoft Outlook.

File Attachments

Mozilla can be used to send and retrieve much more than just e-mail messages. Files can be “attached” to e-mail messages for downloading by the recipient.

Attaching a file to an outgoing message is simple. While composing your message, click the Attach button and then choose File. Browse through the ThinkPad to find the file that you want to attach and double click on it. The attachmened file will appear in the Attachment field to the right of the Address field. When you send your e-mail, all the attachments will be sent as well.

NOTE: Some e-mail providers limit the size of incoming and outgoing e-mails. This prevents large attachment files from being received by the recipient. Keep this in mind when sending files to people outside of the Wake Forest community. The Wake Forest outgoing e-mail limit is 10 MB.

When accessing an attachment, follow these steps to view or save it:

1. Open the message containing the attachment you want to save.
2. Locate the attached file in the attachment field to the right of the address field.
3. To display the attachment, click the link. Either the software will automatically launch and display the attachment or a window will appear prompting you to open or save the attachment.
4. Once the file is open, click the File menu and select Save As to save the file to the ThinkPad.

PROTECT YOURSELF! Attachments can contain computer viruses! Delete any messages with attachments if:

• The e-mail is unsolicited or contains no message text.
• You do not know the e-mail sender.

Please see the Virus Protection/Troubleshooting tab for more information. Please contact the Help Desk at 758-HELP for assistance.

Using Folders to Organize your Messages

Mozilla Mail provides the following folders:

• Inbox: new mail.
• Unsent Messages: messages you have deferred for later delivery or sent while working offline.
• Drafts: saved messages that you want to finish later.
• Templates: saved messages you wish to reuse.
• Sent: copies of messages you have sent.
• Junk (optional): messages tagged as Junk by Mozilla Mail.
• Trash: messages you have deleted. Emptying trash (go to File menu and select Empty Trash) removes the contents of the Trash folder.

Create your own folders to organize your mail

1. Right click on "username" on pop.wfu.edu icon in the left message pane and choose New Folder from the pop-up menu.
2. Type a name for the new folder.
3. Select a location for your new folder from the Create as subfolder of box.

Move messages to another folder

1. From the message list, select the message you want to move. Click a message icon to select it. To select additional messages, hold down the Ctrl key.
2. Click the File button and choose the name of the destination folder, or drag the message to the folder in the left pane.

Delete Folders

1. Click once on the folder name in the left folder pane.
2. Right click and select Delete Folder.

NOTE: Deleted folders and contents remain in the Trash folder until the user selects the File menu and clicks Empty Trash.

NOTE: You will not be able to receive any new mail if you exceed the 12.5 MB mail quota on the Wake Forest e-mail server. Once you download e-mail to the ThinkPad, the e-mail server space is available again. Contact the Help Desk at 758-HELP for assistance restoring access.

The Wake Forest E-mail Directory

To search for e-mail addresses of Wake Forest faculty, staff, and students, use the WFU Directory:

1. Open a new message. Click Compose.
2. Press the Address button in the toolbar.
3. From the Select Addresses window click on the WFU Directory in the navigation pane on the left side of the window.
4. Type the name of the person in the blank field For field at the top of the window.
5. Press the Enter key on the keyboard.
6. Select the name from the left side of the window as multiple names may be returned from the search.
7. Press the To button.
8. Repeat steps 4-7 to add additional addresses.
9. Press OK.

You can also quickly add people who have sent you an e-mail to your Personal Address Book. To do this:

• Open a message from the person whose e-mail address you want to add.
• Click on the sender's e-mail address in the From or CC field.
• Click on the option Add to Address Book.
• A new address book card will open for that entry.
• Type a nickname for that person, and any additional information that you want to enter.
• Click OK when you are finished.

To send that person an e-mail, type the nickname in the To: field of a message.

The Personal Address Book

To organize e-mail addresses, postal addresses, and telephone numbers for the people that you contact most often, use the Personal Address Book. Mozilla calls the process of adding people to the address book Creating a New Card.

Creating a New Card

1. From the Window menu, choose Address Book.
2. Click New Card.
3. Type the person's first name, last name, and e-mail address.
4. Type a nickname for the person. A nickname must be unique for each entry in your address book and can be any alternate name you want to use. Nicknames are convenient because you can type the nickname instead of the e-mail address when addressing mail.
5. Click the Address tab (optional).
6. Type any address and telephone information for this person.
7. Click the Other tab (optional).
8. Type any notes you want to keep for this entry.
9. Repeat steps 2 through 8 to add additional names to your address book.
10. Click OK.

Creating a New List

You can create lists of groups you e-mail often. To do so, use the New List button in the Address Book.

1. From the Window menu, choose Address Book.
2. Click the New List button in the toolbar.
3. Type the List Name.
4. Type the List Nickname.
5. Type the List Description.
   (The three fields can all be the same.)
6. Type the e-mail address of the person to be added to the list.
7. Press Enter.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for each addresses and click OK.

Using the Junk Mail filter in Mozilla

Train Mozilla to recognize Junk messages and Non-Junk messages: Select a message and click the Junk button in the toolbar to mark or unmark the message(s). Make sure to correct Mozilla when it incorrectly labels messages as junk.