Along with all the other features of the site, your personal email account is private. Only you, or anyone who knows your username and password, can access your messages and other settings of your email account. To avoid unauthorized access, keep your password secure at all times

You can use drag and drop to move a message into a folder as follows:

1. With the mouse, point to the subject of the message you want to move.
2. Press and hold down the mouse button while moving the mouse pointer to the folder in which you want to put the message.
3. Release the mouse button while pointing to the folder.

The drag and drop feature is only available when using the high bandwidth version. You can also move a message using the More actions menu in both versions.

It is recommended that you always log out at the end of each session. This is especially important if you are using a shared computer. If you do not log out, it is possible for others to view your email messages by using the browser’s Back button.

To logout of your session, click the Sign out link at the top of the screen. This ends your email session and prevents others from accessing your email account.

For added security, you should also close the browser after you log out to make sure that all session specific information is cleared from the browser's cache.

Your Inbox displays new messages in bold. You can check for new messages by clicking Check mail or by clicking the Inbox folder. The system automatically checks for new messages when you log in.

To print any message, click the Print link when viewing a message.

You can also print a message by using your browser’s Print function. To print a message using your browser’s Print function, click the File menu, and then select Print to open the Print dialog box. If you are satisfied with the settings, click OK to continue.

To delete a message from your Inbox, check the message’s associated check box, and then click Delete . Similarly you can select multiple messages and delete them all at once.

You can also move messages to the Trash folder using the More actions menu or by using drag and drop.

Deleted messages are moved to the Trash folder and still count toward your mail storage quota. Empty the trash regularly to permanently delete messages.

Mail on Ovi offers 1 GB of storage space for your email messages. If you exceed your storage quota, your ability to receive mail is suspended, and all incoming mail is returned to senders with a message explaining that the message is undeliverable because your mailbox is full.

To send email messages, complete the following steps.

1. Click New message .
2. Type the recipient’s email address or type multiple addresses in the To field.
3. If you want to use the cc or bcc fields, click the link at the right of the field and the additional address field opens.

   Note: You must have at least one email address in the To field.

4. Click the Send button to send your message, or click the Save draft button to save the message to your Drafts folder. This allows you to finish and send the message later.

You may send the same email message to up to 50 people at one time.

To send your message to more than one person, add additional email addresses, separated by commas or semi colons, in the To, cc, or bcc fields. For example, person1@theiraddress.com, person2@anotheraddress.com, etc. You must use fully qualified email addresses (e.g., someone@domain.com). The addresses must not contain invalid characters, such as additional brackets ( < > ) at the beginning or end of any of the addresses.

You can also select multiple recipients directly from the address book.

To reply to an email message you have received, complete the following steps.

1. Open the message you want to reply to by clicking the message subject.
2. Click Reply to reply only to the sender, or click Reply all to reply to the sender and all recipients.
3. In the new message that opens, type your message, and then click Send or Save draft .

Your reply message is sent. Note: You can add additional recipients or remove any you want to exclude from your reply.

No. Once you have clicked the Send button, your message is immediately sent to the recipient.

If you are not entirely sure you want to send a message, save the message to the Drafts folder by clicking Save draft . If you later decide to send the message, go to the Drafts folder to retrieve the unsent message.

In the high bandwidth version, you can use fonts, colors, underlines and other common text formatting features. However, in the low bandwidth version you can only use plain text.

High bandwidth available features include:

1. A selection of different fonts or type faces to choose from.
2. The ability to alter the text size.
3. Bold, Italics and Underlined text.
4. Text color: The ability to change the color of the letters.
5. Background color: The ability to change the color of the page behind letters, similar to highlighting.
6. Left, right or block justify text.
7. Center text.
8. Create bulleted or numbered lists.

To apply text formatting, select or highlight the section of text you wish to apply the formatting to, and then click the Format icon. You can also click the icon first, and then type. The formatting is applied until you click the Format icon again to turn it off. Formats can be combined, so you can have, for example, colored bold underlined text.

To remove all formatting, select the text and click the Remove Format icon.

To automatically save messages when you send them, complete the following steps.

1. Click Mail preferences in the upper-right corner of the page.
2. Click General preferences .
3. Under Sending mail , change the Save a copy of mail in Sent folder setting to Yes .

   If you do not want to save all sent messages but only want to save some messages, you can type your email address in the bcc option to send a copy of the message to your Inbox.

If you have previously saved an unfinished message in your Drafts folder , click the Drafts link in the folder list to access it again.

In the Drafts folder, you can see a list of messages you have saved as drafts. Click the subject of a message to open it in, and then complete the message. Click the Send button to send the email message.

To check the spelling of a message you have written, click the Spell check button on the compose page after completing your message. Potentially misspelled words appear in red in the window that opens. Click one of red words to see a list of alternate spellings. Selecting a word from the list updates the spelling of the word in your text.

To attach a file to your email, complete the following steps.

1. Click the Browse button located next to the Attach label. Result: A window opens allowing you to look for a file on your computer.
2. Locate and select the file on your computer, and then click Open . Result: The file is listed in the window below the Attach button.
3. If you have another file to attach, repeat steps 1 and 2. Note: To remove an attachment, click Remove next the attachment you want to remove.

In the low bandwidth version, at step 2, you will first get a window with 5 blank spaces and separate browse buttons. When you have selected all the attachments you want, click the Attach button to return to the Compose window to complete your email.

To remove an attachment using the low bandwidth version, uncheck the check box next to the attachment.

The largest attachment you can send is just under 20MB. The total message size cannot exceed 20MB. The maximum attachment size depends on the message itself as well as other attachments, if any.

You can manage your personal folders by clicking the Manage folders link.

• From the Manage Folders page you can rename or delete your personal folders.
• A folder must be empty before you can delete it.
• To empty a folder you must go to that folder and either delete all the mail or move all the mail to another folder.
• You cannot rename or delete default system folders.

To move one or more message into another folder, select the message by clicking the check box associated with the message you want to move, and then select the folder you want to move the message to from the drop-down list of available actions.

When using the high bandwidth version, you can also drag the message to the folder name and drop it onto the folder you want it in.

You need to periodically empty the Trash folder to avoid using all of your mailbox’s allotted space.

To empty the Trash folder, click the empty link located beside the folder name in the folder list.

When you empty the Trash folder, the messages are permanently deleted. Messages can be moved from Trash back to other folders if you don not want them deleted.

Messages in your trash are included in the calculation of your storage quota used, so it is important to regularly empty your Trash folder.

The Address Book is an online contact manager that allows you to privately store email addresses and other contact information in your Web account for easy access when composing your email messages.

The Address Book is a collection of your own personal contacts and mailing lists. Mailing lists are groups of addresses that you assemble so you can email everyone in the group with one quick shortcut.

You may view or modify your Address Book anytime you log into your account.

In the Beta version of Mail on Ovi, the Address Book is not connected to Contacts on Ovi.

There are several ways to address an email directly from your Address Book.

In the high bandwidth version, the address book is searched for matching addresses as you type, and displays the possible addresses below the address field. To select an address from the list, click on it.

Clicking the to or cc or bcc buttons in front of the address fields brings up your contact list so that you can select the addresses you want to add to that field.

In the high bandwidth version, a pop-up card displays over your compose page. Check the boxes next to the addresses you wish to add, and then click OK to insert those addresses into the current field. Click Cancel to return to your compose page without selecting any addresses.

In the low bandwidth version, you are taken to a new page which lists your contacts. Check the boxes next to the contacts you wish to select, and then click the Add recipients button to return to your email compose page with the selected addresses. Click Cancel to return to the compose page without selecting any addresses.

The email you were writing will not be lost while you are selecting addresses

To remove a contact from the Address book, complete the following steps

1. Access your Address Book by clicking the Address book link.
2. Check the check box beside the particular contact you wish to delete or to delete multiple contacts select each contact’s associated check box.
3. Click Delete .
4. Click OK to delete the contact.

You can also click the Delete button from the contact detail page, which you access by clicking on a contact's information in the contact list.

To edit the information for a contact, complete the following steps.

1. Open the Address book , then click on the contact to see its details.
2. From the contact detail page, click the Edit button.

   Result: The Edit Contact page opens.

3. Complete any edits, and then click the Save button to save your edits, or click Cancel to cancel your changes.

You can search for contacts by typing the name or pattern you wish to search for into the search box at the top of the address list, and then clicking Search .

A list of contacts whose information matches the search term displays. If no contacts match the search term a message indicating that no matches were found displays.

In the high bandwidth version, the search criteria is applied immediately as you type and the list of matching entries changes as you type in your search term.

The search function looks only at the contact's first and last names and the email address.

Here you can set the name you want to display in the From line of mail you send. This does not change the email address that appears in the From line.

This preference changes the order in which messages display in your inbox.

When you delete or move a message, you can set the system to move to the next message in the order they were received, or you can set the system to return you to the list of messages you started from.

Selecting Save a copy places a copy of all mail you send into your Sent folder. This applies only to mail sent through the webmail version.

Mail sent from a desktop mail program cannot be automatically saved to your webmail. If you want a copy of all sent mail from other devices stored in your webmail, blind carbon copy (bcc) yourself when sending mail from other devices

To help you manage unwanted email messages, you can turn on your Spam filter. The Spam filter allows you to list safe senders to prevent you from losing mail from friends and mailing lists you have subscribed to. All mail that is marked as Spam is placed in a Spam folder where you can review it, and is automatically deleted after 30 days unless you move it out of the Spam folder. To access the Spam filter system, click Mail preferences then Spam filter.

When you list an address as a safe distribution list, any email messages you receive from that address list always delivered to your Inbox. This prevents mail from lists you subscribe to from accidentally being classified as spam and sent to your Spam folder.

To add safe distribution lists access the Spam Settings page located in the Mail preferences section.

No, people listed on your block list are not aware of it. Blocked messages are not bounced back to the sender.

Auto-reply allows you to set an automatic reply to all messages sent to your email account to let people know you are away and unable to reply.

The auto-reply message is only sent when Automatically send the following response to all incoming email messages is selected. You can write and keep an auto-reply message in the system and turn it on and off when needed.

To turn on auto-reply, complete the following steps.

1. Click Mail preferences.
2. Click Auto-reply.
3. Type the message you want to send, and then select Automatically send the following response to all incoming messages.
4. Click Save.

To set your Address book preferences click Mail preferences, and then click the Address book preferences link. The preferences you can set are the number of Address book entries that are displayed on one page, and the name display order. The name display order can be either First Last or Last, First.

If you display more addresses on one page than will fit within the available screen area, you scroll to see the full list.