 |
FirstClass Preferences
FIRSTCLASS DOCUMENTATION LIST: |
|
 The
Preferences dialog box allows you to make changes that apply to your
account on any computer that you use. Open preferences by clicking
the button on your desktop toolbar. To set your preferences to the
system default at any time, open your preferences, then click
the Default button followed by Apply and OK.
Register FirstClass as default
mail client
- Click the Preferences button on
your desktop.
- Click the General tab.
- If the Register
FirstClass as default mail client box
is checked, a FirstClass New Message window will
open whenever you click an e-mail address link.
If this box is not checked, another e-mail program
may open when you
click an e-mail address link.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Separate
inbox from sent mail in Navigation Pane
 Click
the Preferences button on your desktop.- Click the General tab.
- The Mailbox Style field offers the choice
of a Unified Mailbox or Separate Inbox/Outbox. Default
is a Unified Mailbox. This option only applies if you
are using the Navigation Pane to view your mailbox
and it works in a similar way to filters. If you set
this option, when using the navigation pane you will
no longer see your sent and received messages on the
same subject as grouped together.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
The preference will take effect after you exit FirstClass
and log back in
After
setting your preference to Separate Inbox/Outbox, your
navigation pane will look like the picture below.
If you click on Inbox, received mail will appear in the
main pane and unread messages will be in a bold font. Clicking Drafts shows messages with white flags
that you created but did not send. Junk Mail shows messages
marked as Junk by FirstClass, and Sent Items shows messages
sent by you.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Set text style
for sent messages
 Click
the Preferences button on your desktop.- Click the Content tab
and the Text Styles sub-tab.
- In the Normal text section select the
font that you would like to use from the pull down menu.
The size of the font can be selected via the up and down
buttons beside the field or a numerical point size can
be typed in. The color can be chosen from the window
that appears after you click on the arrow beside the
color field. If the color you would like to use is not
listed, you can select Other to see more colors.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
 It is not recommended that you
select an unusual or specialty font as your text style. Other users
may not have your font installed on their computers
and FirstClass will substitute it for a default
font found on the recipient's computer.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Spell
Check
 Click
the Preferences button on your desktop.- Click the Content tab
and the Spell Check sub-tab.
- Check off boxes to customize your Spell Check options.
- If you would like spell check to run automatically
when you send an email, check Automatically check
on send. Otherwise, to spell check your messages
you can click the spell check icon in the toolbar above
the message body.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
If you choose
to set spell check to automatically check your messages,
it is recommended that you leave the box beside Ignore
URLs checked to keep from accidentally spell
checking and altering links within the body of messages.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Magnify message
content
 Click
the Preferences button on your desktop.- Click the Content tab
and the Options sub-tab.
- In the Zoom field,
click the up and down buttons or enter in a percentage
to adjust the magnification of your messages.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
The magnification
that you set will be applied to both sent and received
messages.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Show only unread
items
 Click
the Preferences button on your desktop.- Click the Viewing tab.
- Check Show only unread items.
- Click Apply and OK.
Show all messages
- Click the Preferences button on your desktop.
- Click the Viewing tab.
- Uncheck Show only unread items.
- Click Apply and OK.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Set
Reply Sender or Reply All as default
 Click the Preferences button
on your desktop.- Click the Messaging tab and
the Mail Rules sub-tab.
- The Reply preference: field
displays the current default setting for the way a reply
message will be pre-addressed. (You can always edit the
names and addresses in the header of an unsent message.)
Reply sender is the recommended setting for this field.
-Automatic
- replies to e-mail messages will be addressed to
the original sender with CC:'s to the other addresses
receiving the original message. Replies to conference
messages will be pre-addressed to the conference
-Reply All - relies to both e-mail and conference messages will
be pre-addressed to all names, addresses and conferences in the To and CC fields
of the original message
-Reply Sender, replies to both e-mail and conference messages
will be pre-addressed only to the original sender.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
The
reply preference you choose is only used when replying
to messages in your main mailbox, not those that
are in folders.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Set automatic
reply
 Click
the Preferences button
on your desktop.- Click the Messaging tab
and the Mail Rules sub-tab.
- The Automatically reply to: section
allows you to send a message that you have written in response
to every e-mail message that is received in your Mailbox.
-In
the Local Mail: and Internet Mail: fields,
choose whether or not you would like the automatic reply
to go to each of these types of mail. Local mail is sent
from one FirstClass account to another using FirstClass
names. Internet mail is sent from any other address. In
the Reply text field write your short message (250
character limit).
-To turn off automatic reply, change both Local
mail and Internet mail fields to No.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
When you log in after the auto-reply has been set, the following reminder will pop-up. Simply click the Turn off auto-reply button on the reminder if you no longer want the automatic reply to be sent. This will change your preferences. Otherwise click Close.
Auto-reply messages are now sent only once per day to any address. If you have an auto-reply set up when someone sends you multiple messages in the same day, that person will receive your auto-reply only to the first message. This helps prevent messages bouncing back-and-forth between a FirstClass user and an Internet address.
If you decide to set up an auto-reply to Internet mail, you should try to avoid having these replies sent to spam originators. (Sending messages to spam originators validates your e-mail address in their listings.) Mailbox rules allow you to be more specific with your auto reply. You can use rules to send an automatic reply only to specified
Internet addresses, or you can filter spam messages prior to an auto-reply rule. See Advanced
Mailbox Rules.
Top of Page | Find It FC
 Set automatic
forward
- Click the Preferences button on
your desktop.
- Click the Messaging tab and the Mail Rules sub-tab.
- The Automatically forward: section
allows you to forward a copy of every e-mail message
received in your Mailbox to another e-mail address. The
forwarded messages will also remain in your mailbox.
-
In
the Local mail: and Internet mail: fields,
choose whether or not you would like to forward copies
of each of these types of mail. In the Forward to: field,
type the destination e-mail address. The Method field
should be set to Forward.
-To turn off automatic forward, change both Local
mail and Internet
mail fields to No.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
Top of Page | Find It FC
 Cursor placed before or after quote
- Click the Preferences button on
your desktop.
- Click the Messaging tab and the Initial Content sub-tab.
- In the Cursor placement in reply field use the pull-down menu and select Before Quote if you would like your cursor to be placed before the selected quote or After Quote if you would like your cursor to be places after the selected quote.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Quoted reply includes name and time
 Click the Preferences button on
your desktop.- Click the Messaging tab and the Initial Content sub-tab.
- From the pull-down menu in the Rely tagging: field select Name and Timestamp to
have the name of the person that you are quoting as well as
the time that his or her message was sent.
To have only the
name of the quoted person appear with the quoted text in the
reply message, select Name only from the pull-down
menu.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Signature text
 Click
the Preferences button on your desktop.- Click the Messaging tab
and the Initial Content sub-tab.
- In the Signature text: field type the text
that you would like to appear at the end of your e-mail
messages and conference postings.
The Automatically add signature to new messages checkbox
allows you to choose whether you want the signature text
added to every message that you post or whether you would
like it added selectively. If you do not check this box
you can add the signature text while you are writing a
message by Edit > Inset > Insert
Signature.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
Top of Page | Find It FC
Sounds
 Click the Preferences button on
your desktop.- Click the Messaging tab and the Audio sub-tab.
- The default setting is to have audio files attached to messages play automatically when messages are opened. To keep audio files from playing automatically uncheck Automatically play audio files when messages are unread.
- From the pull-down menu beside Volume for built-in sounds select your preferred volume. The volume for audio in FirstClass ranges from Maximum to Off.
- After making changes click Apply and OK.
The
volume that you set here affects audio attachments,
the new mail alert and instant messaging alerts. If
you select Off for the volume you
will not be alerted when you receive a new message.
To turn off only the instant message alerts, adjust
the preferences within the Instant Messaging sub-tab.
Top of Page | Find It FC
- Becky Atwood, ratwood@wellesley.edu
- Information services
- Modified:
18 May, 2009
|
Find It FC: Click here to look up FirstClass Topics