E-mail
   

  How does a person get an email address at SMEnetwork?
  Every paid member of SMEnetwork would get an email address. An   Email is an electronic version of the regular mails a person gets from   the post office. The moment he registers at SMEnetwork and pays   500 Rs along with the certificate from the Association he would get   an email address. He gets an email address as :   username@smenetwork.net. The username and password is similar   to the one he gives at time of registration and then he can change   the password accordingly. The username cannot be changed.

  How to use emails at smenetwork.net?
  1.Open www.smenetwork.net and on top of the page there is an      orange colored bar and email is written there just at the side of      forums. Click on email.
 2. A page will open which will have two boxes - User Id and     Password. . Write both the requirements correctly and press     Logon. In case there is an error and even any of the two are not     correct it will ask you to enter them again.
 3.Once both are correct a page will open welcoming the member:

INBOX
[Trash]
xyz@smenetwork.net
[Sent] [Saved] 1-0 of 0 Messages- Mail Box
Size : 2KBytes
Compose |
Book |
User Config |
Refresh |
Address
Logout
Find [page of 1]
Nr
1
Status Date
9/24/02
Sender
FISME
Subject
Registration
Size
2 Kb
[Page 1 of 1] Check all | Send to Trash | Save | Move


  Explanation:

  This is the Inbox of xyz which is much like the Mail boxes we have outside our homes for receiving our letters. In   case there is a new mail it will show that there is a new mail as a person signs in. First let us expolain the table   where mails are shown:

  Nr- Shows the mail number serial wise i.e mail no. 1 ,2 and so on.
  Status- This explains the status of the mail received i.e. whether it is new or checked or has an attachment.
  Date: It shows the date when mail was received
  Sender: It shows the name of the Sender .On clicking a form will open which would allow to send a mail to the   Sender, in this case FISME.
  Subject: This shows the subject of the mail. Clicking on it would take us to the actual message.
  Size: It shows the size of the mail in Kilobytes.

  The other features could be explained as:

  Sent: this is a folder, which saves all the messages sent. This is an important facility for those who want to keep   a detailed account of their outgoing mails. To avail this facility a person has to click on User Config and there is   an option which asks to save all Messages in Sent Folder. Select Yes here.

  Saved: It is a separate folder in which a person can save all the important messages received.

  Trash: This is like a dustbin in which all the useless mails can be sent which would then automatically be deleted   after sometime.

  Compose: This is where a person can write his emails and send it to persons. (Explained in Details Below)

  User Config: This is where the person can set his preferences according to one's Tastes and Likings. It has   many fields which are self explanatory .

  Address Book: Tjis is like the address book we maintain. Here also one can maintain his address book for saving   the email Ids of people he interacts with. This saves typing time as one just has to copy the addresses from the   Address Book.

  Refresh: This allows to refresh the page and is useful for those people who get mails regularly throughout the day   and in case there is a new mail it would show in Inbox.

  Logout: It is for getting out of the email system It is a very good habit to always log out from Email System as it   reduces the chances for someone trying to read your emails.It is similar to putting a lock in your Mail Box outside   your Home.

  Check All: In case , one wants to send all the Emails to Saved or Trash one can Select All the Mails using this.

  Send To Trash: After Checking All if it has to be sent to Trash it has to be checked

  Save: One can send Mails to the Save Folder from here.

  Move: After selecting where a person wants to send the Mails i.e in Saved, Trash etc. One can move them from   here by clicking on Move.


  How to delete Emails?
  It is important that the member deletes all the emails, which are not important or have been replied to. For   deleting, select all the Emails and move them to Trash and then from Trash Delete them.

  How to reply to an Email?
  Now a person has two choices- One to click on Compose and send a mail directly.
  And Second is suppose on reading the email above, one wants to respond to the email. For this one can use the   Reply button on top. On clicking this, a similar from like above will open with above written message so that the   person you are sending to know knows the base behind the reply. This helps in easing the tasks. To write the   mail the member needs to press the mouse on top of the message box and press enter 2-3 times. This would   then create space for writing on which a person can write his message and then press the send button.

  Special Notes:
  CC (Carbon Copy): Another way is to write the email addresses in the CC fields as shown above. It sends the   copy of the emails you have written to all the above. Like for e.g. Coordinator has carbon copied the same mail to   ABC and DEF.
  BCC (Blank Carbon Copy): This is similar to CC but has a very important difference. For e.g. In above case, a   BCC has been sent to GHI . Now GHI can see who have been sent the emails but the rest i.e. ABC, DEF and XYZ   will not be able to see if GHI has been sent a mail.
  Forward- Suppose you want to send this mail to some person then instead of typing it again you can press this   button and then write the email addresses of the people you want to forward this email to.

  How To Attach Files?
  Many a times, along with our letters we attach a number of documents like bills and other related papers, which   are important. For emails also we have this facility. Steps to attach a file are:
  1. As we reply to a person or click on compose the page which opens has an attachment box. For attaching a      file with the main mail it is important that the file is already saved on your computer.

Attach File   Browse Add

  2. To attach a file a person must first press browse and then a box will open showing the computer file system.
  3. After locating the file one wants to send, one must select the file by clicking on the file with the mouse and then       press Open, it will automatically come in the box on left side of the browse button.
  4. Then one must press Add Button and the file will be attached. It might take some time so the person should       wait.
  5. Now he has to simply press the Send Button and file will be sent with the attachment

  How to open Received Attachments?
  In case one gets an attachment a sign would be shown along with email like a clip. As one goes to the e-mail   There below the message there is a link showing that there is an attachment. As one clicks on it, the computer   asks whether the file is to be opened from the location or Saved. A person can choose any but generally it is safe   to save it first as then he can read it later. Many a times the file is lost if a person chooses the "Open from its   Current Location".

  Signature This is a special feature added with all the Email Systems. Like a signature it lends credibility to the   message. Like the signatures this also comes at the end of all email messages. For e.g. suppose a person wants   to write his office address and telephone numbers at the end of each message, he can write them here. For   writing your signature Go to User Config Section and there in the box assign a signature message for yourself.

  How to configure SMEnetwork Emails in Outlook Express?
  We have three Kinds of users:
  1. First are those who have an email account and use Outlook Express.
  2. They have an Email account but do not use Outlook Express.
  3. They do not have an Email account.

  For the first category they simply have to add another account to Outlook Express. They simply have to note   down POP3 and SMTP addresses which are:
  POP3: mail.smenetwork.net
  SMTP: mail.smenetwork.net

  For the second and third category they need to know what is Outlook Express. It is a software which allows a   person to download all his emails on various accounts and send them as well. This saves both Time and Internet   hours as well. All a person has to do is download all the mails in one go and read them after disconnecting. Then   he can reply to them and save them in the Sent Folder, which would send all the mails together. For those who   have used Emails will find that it is a very good utility.

  The Process:
  1. Open Outlook Express. It looks like this and is generally on the desktop
  2. On top of the bar there is a link called Tools. Click on it and a menu will open .
  3. Then in that Menu there is a link called Accounts. Click on it.
  4. Then there will be a box called Accounts. On right there is a button called ADD. Click on it and you will find       another Menu with three words- Mail, News, Directory Service. Click on mail.
  5. Another box will open called Internet Wizard. It is a very simple step-by-step method fro creating an account.
  6. On first it asks to write your name. Type your User ID given by SMEnetwork. For e.g. suppose your User id is       xyz@smenetwork.net then write xyz here . Press Next
  7. Then type your Email id in full i.e. xyz@smenetwork.net
  8. Then it asks for Server Name. Here we have three boxes. The first on top asks a person to select his Outgoing       Server. Select POP3. Then in the second box type- mail.smenetwork.net and in SMTP Server also type       mail.smenetwork.net or ask your Internet Service Provider for his SMTP address.
  9. It asks for your email account and password. If your username is xyz then type xyx@smenetwork.net in       full and write password as given by SMEnetwork to save password as that would save from typing it again. In       case many people use it and there is security then do not select Save Password. Leave Log on using Secure       Password Authentication field blank. Click next.
  10. Now you have finished with account creation.

  Now a person can receive mails on this account when he connects to the Internet and read them in his spare   time. Same stands for writing mails- Write all of them first and send them at one go.

  How to Receive Emails?
  Go again to Tools and click. A pull down menu will come and the very first link says Send and Receive. Click on it   again and you can choose from the three options that is send and receive all or send all or receive all. It does the   rest automatically. One can Send/ Receive from a direct link on the Bar on top.

  How to write Emails?
  On the left there is a link called New Mail. Click on it and follow the same process explained above. In fact the   entire functions are same like Address Book

  For more details contact your Internet Service Provider as most configure it without any charges. It is part   of their installation Process.

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