VIP PowerNet - E-mail Features

E-Mail Features and Options

Checking Guest e-mail accounts
Configure VIP PowerNet 1.1 to gather mail from all of your VIP mail accounts whenever you click 'Check Mail'.

Composing rich e-mail
VIP PowerNet 1.1 lets you compose rich HTML messages. You can send pictures, insert colorful texts, change text fonts, and explore other options for expressing yourself.

Address book features
We've added Place In Tray and Note buttons and new contact information options for all of the listings in your address book.

New mail notification
VIP PowerNet 1.1 will notify you whenever someone sends you e-mail, while you surf the net.

Checking External Accounts

VIP PowerNet will allow its users to access their e-mail from different places through our VIP Guest feature and Configure Account option. When you use the VIP Guest option it will download the copy of the mail from the server on to the computer and after you sign off it will delete the mail from the computer. When you configure the account it will download the mail from the server and leave it on to your computer.

Using VIP Guest

Click on VIP Guest icon at the bottom left corner of the sign on screen. Enter in the user name and password and click OK.

Note: If you get any connection error, please modify the location or the modem settings according to your area code rules.

Configure Account

To add and configure an external e-mail account:

1. Click on Configure Account icon in the sign on screen, and then enter in the user name and password that you want to configure. If you are already connected then click on My VIP Preferences icon at the top of the browser and select configure account option from the drop down menu. Then enter in the user name and password that you want to configure. Click on OK and it will pop up a message saying "Account Configured Successfully". You can also click on CP (control panel) icon at the bottom of the browser in the status bar and configure account from the control panel.

Editing an external e-mail account

You can edit an external e-mail account if you need to update your location settings.

To edit an external e-mail account:
1. Select the account in the sign on screen and click on Modify Location icon.
2. Follow all the steps and make the necessary changes according to your settings.
3. Click Finish to close the dialog box.

Removing an external e-mail account

When you no longer need an external e-mail account, you can delete it.

To remove an external e-mail account:

1. On the Sign-On screen, select the account you want to delete, and then click on Delete User icon.
2. Click on Yes at the prompt.

Checking your external e-mail account for mail

If you added and configured an external e-mail account, you can check your mail on the same computer.

To check your external e-mail account for mail:
1. Sign on using the external e-mail account.
2. Click on Mail Room icon and select the Mail Room option from the drop down menu.

VIP PowerNet connects to download your mail.

Deleting messages from your external e-mail account

When you check your external e-mail account for mail with VIP PowerNet, any messages you received at this account are downloaded to your computer. After these messages are downloaded, you can delete these messages from your computer. This means that the next time you use that account, the messages will no longer be there.

To delete messages from your external e-mail account after download:
1. Select the e-mail you want to delete and click on Delete icon or hit delete key from the keyboard.

Composing Rich Mail

We've add the ability to create rich e-mail compositions. To do so, click on the HTML tab in the Compose room and notice the new tool bar activated, located between the Subject field and the message text field. You can use this toolbar to create a variety of rich email messages.

o Changing font style
o Changing text color
o Selecting a custom color
o Inserting a bulleted list
o Changing text alignment
o Changing message format
o Inserting a text file
o Inserting a hyperlink

Changing font style

You can change the font of the text in the HTML e-mail messages you compose. You can select from the fonts that are installed on your computer.

To change the font:
1. Click on the first drop down menu
2. Select a font from the Font list.

Changing text color

You can change the text color in HTML e-mail messages you compose. You can select from 48 predefined colors, or create custom colors.

To change the text color in the message you are composing:
1. Click on the color icon next to the bullet icon. In the Color dialog box, click a colored square to select a new text color.
2. Click OK.

Selecting a custom color

You can define a custom color for your e-mail text:

To define a custom color:
1. In the Color dialog box, click Define Custom Colors.
2. Click a color within the color chart displayed.
3. When you have selected a color you like, click Add to Custom Colors to copy it to the custom colors.
4. Select a custom color from the ones you have defined.
5. Click OK.

Inserting a bulleted list

You can insert a bulleted list into a message when you want to organize information into a list.

To insert a bulleted list:
1. Click on the bullet icon next to the color icon.
2. A bullet appears in the body of the message. Type the first item of your list and press Enter.
3. Another bullet appears. Type the second item of your list and press Enter.
4. Repeat step 2 until you have finished typing your bulleted list.
5. When you are finished typing your bulleted list, press Enter and click on the bullet icon once again.

Changing text alignment

You can change the alignment of the text in the HTML e-mail messages you write.

To change alignment:
1. Select the text or graphic you want align.
2. Click on either left align icon to left align the text, center icon to center the text or right align icon to right align the text.

Changing the message format

VIP PowerNet 1.1 allows you to switch between HTML (rich text) and plain text message formats.

To change the e-mail message format:
1. Click on the HTML icon on the right side of the email toolbar to switch to the plain text. If it is displaying the Plain icon then click on it once to switch it to the HTML format.

Inserting a text file into a message

When you insert a text file into your e-mail message, the contents of the text file are placed in the body of the message.

To insert a text file into an e-mail message:
1. Click on the open icon next to the left align icon.
2. In the Insert Text File dialog box, click the Look in arrow to select from the list the folder that contains the text file.
3. Select the file you want to insert and then click Open.
The contents of the text file appear in the body of your message.

Inserting a hyperlink into a message

Instead of sending someone a Web page, you can insert a hyperlink into your e-mail message. When a person reads your message, they can click the hyperlink that will then bring them to the Web page you want them to see.

To insert a hyperlink into an e-mail message:
· Click on the address bar once and copy the URL you want to insert in the e-mail message. Then go to the e-mail message and paste it into the text of the e-mail.

Address Book Features

You can use the VIP PowerNet Address Book to save the e-mail addresses for the people you send e-mail to. With your Address Book you can easily keep all of your e-mail addresses in one place.

To open your Address Book, click on Mail Room icon and select the Address Book option from the drop-down menu.
o Address List
o Select Recipients Button
o Remove Button
o New Button
o Edit Button
o Delete Button

Address List

The address list displays all the entries you created in your Address Book. To address a message, you can select entries from the address list. The Name, E-mail, Nickname and Phone column headings display the information you provided when creating each entry. You can sort your Address Book entries by these columns to easily locate an entry. To sort a list according to a column, simply click on the title of that column.

Select Recipients Button

To add an address to the send To box, select the entry you want to add and then click the To button next to the Address list. To add an address to the Cc box, select the entry you want to add and then click the Cc button next to the Address list. To add an address to the Bcc box, select the entry you want to add and then click the Bcc button next to the Address list.

Remove Button

To remove an address from the send To, Cc, or Bcc box of the Address Book, select the entry from any of the boxes and then click on Remove.

New Button

VIP PowerNet 1.1 allows you to save a person's contact information along with their email address. To create an Address Book entry, click New in your Address Book, and then type the following information in the New dialog box:

First Name	Type the first name for this entry.
Middle Name	Type the middle name for this entry.
Last Name	Type the last name for this entry.
Display	Displays the full name or the nickname for the entry. This name will appear in the Address Book screen.
Nickname	Type a keyword that will help you to remember this person.
E-mail address	Type the full e-mail address for this entry
Notes	You can write any extra notes regarding the contact. For example, person's birth date, phone number, contact information, etc…
Home	In this tab, you can enter in the personal information regarding the contact. For example, Address, Cellular number, Fax number, Web address and Phone number.
Business	In this tab, you can enter in the business information regarding the contact. For example, company name, address, job title, department, office, phone, fax, pager, and business web address.
OK	Closes the dialog box and saves any changes you've made.
Cancel	Closes the dialog box without saving any changes you've made.

Edit Button

You can edit an Address Book entry after you create it. You may have to edit an entry if a person's e-mail address or contact information changes. You can also edit an entry when you need to assign a nickname to an e-mail address.

To edit a name in your Address Book, select the name you want to edit and then click on Properties icon or double-click the name list. Make any changes you need to and click on OK.

Delete Button

When you no longer need an e-mail address you can delete the Address Book entry using the Delete button. When you delete an entry, it is permanently deleted and cannot be restored; you would have to create it again.

To delete an Address Book entry, select the entry you want to delete and then click Delete or press the Delete key. It will prompt you whether you want to delete that entry or not. Click on Yes to permanently delete it from the address book, or click on No to keep it in the address book.

New Mail Notification

VIP PowerNet 1.1 will notify you whenever you receive a new e-mail while browsing the Web. You will be notified with an icon in your system tray (the indented area on your Windows toolbar).

The default setting is set in such a way that it will check for a new mail every 15 minutes. If you wish to change the settings then you can go in to the e-mail settings dialog box and change the time interval.

To access the e-mail settings dialog box:

Click on Mail Room icon at the top of the browser or click on CP icon at the bottom of the browser in the status bar.
Click on the "E-mail Settings".
Select the time interval from the drop down menu at the bottom of the dialog.
Click OK.