Alverno College
Email Set Up & Use
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Overview of Email
Email Addresses
Email Etiquette
Email Set Up & Use
Working with Messages
Using the Addressbook
Email Extras

What is my Inbox?

You can sort your messages by date, sender, subject, and size. Click the heading (for example, Date or Subject) by which you wish to sort.

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Message flags at the left side of the screen provide information about each message. In addition, messages are color coded to indicate their status.

Message Flag
Message Color Bar
What It Means
Blue Unseen (new) message: one that you have not yet opened and read.
(no flag)
White Seen message: one that you have opened at least once.
Green Answered message: one that you have replied to.
Pink Important message: one that you have flagged as important.
Dark Gray Deleted message: one that you have marked for deletion.
  Personal: the message was addressed to you as an individual rather than to you as a member of an e-mail group.
  Draft message: one that you have saved to work on and send later.

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Last Updated 7/23/03