Zimbra Web Client User Guide 8.7
Zimbra Web Client User Guide 8.7
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6 Using Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adding Contacts to an Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Add a New Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Add a New Contact from an Existing Email Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Automatically Add Contacts to Emailed Contacts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Viewing Contacts in Your Contact Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Check if an Email Address is in Your Contacts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Creating a Contact Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Creating a Contact Group from a Contacts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adding Members to an Existing Contact Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Moving a Contact to Another Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Editing Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Forwarding Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Printing a Contact Name or Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Deleting Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Importing a Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Exporting a Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Managing Distribution Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Create a Distribution List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
View a Distribution List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Modify a Distribution List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Unsubscribe from a Distribution List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Subscribing to a Distribution List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
1 Setting Up Your Account
Note: Your account might not include all the features described in this guide.
Check with your administrator to see which features are available.
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Sign In
1. Open a browser window and enter the URL provided by your Zimbra
administrator.
For example: http://mail.domain.com/zimbra/mail
2. When the Sign In screen displays, type your username. You might be
required to type your full email address as the username (for example,
[email protected]) and your password.
3. To stay signed in until the session expires or you sign out, select Stay
signed in.
4. If you do not want to use your default client, you can change the version.
Click the drop-down menu and select the client version you want to use.
5. Click Sign In.
Sign Out
To prevent others from having access to your email account, always sign out
when you are not using your computer. If you browse to a different site without
signing out first, your session might sign out automatically when it reaches the
specified timeout.
In the top-right corner, click the arrow next to your name and select Sign
Out.
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• Advanced (Ajax). Offers the full set of Web collaboration features. The
advanced client works best with newer browsers and faster Internet
connections.
• Standard (HTML). Recommended when Internet connections are slow or
when using older browsers.
• Mobile
• Touch
3. Click Save.
The next time you sign in, your selection appears as the default.
5. Click Save.
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Application
tabs
Overview
pane
Mini-
calendar
Option Description
Application tabs The applications that you can access are listed in
the tabs on this row, such as Mail or Calendar
applications.
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Option Description
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Get Help
Passing your mouse cursor over items, such as command buttons,
conversations, or mail addresses in message headers, displays a description
about the item.
3. Click Save.
2. In the Appearance > Font drop-down menu, select the font. You can also
change the Display Font Size and Print Font Size.
3. Click Save.
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2. In the Time Zone and Language > Time Zone drop-down menu, select the
time zone you want to use.
3. Click Save.
2. In the Time Zone and Language > Language section, select a language to
use.
3. Click Save.
2. In the Time Zone and Language > Compose Direction section, select Left to
Right or Right to Left.
3. To switch the text direction from the toolbar, select Show direction buttons
in compose toolbar.
4. Click Save.
When you change the text direction and click Save, a warning displays
asking if you want to reload your account now to display the new font, or to
display the new font the next time you sign in.
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persona to use when you reply to or forward a message received from the
external account.
Note: Messages from your external account are not automatically received in
your ZWC account. Click the Refresh icon on the toolbar to get the
latest messages.
3. In the External Account Settings section, enter the email address of the
external account and add a name in the Account Name text box to identify
the account.
4. Select the type of account: POP3 or IMAP.
5. In the Username of Account text box, enter the name associated with this
email account. Sometimes your username is the part of your email
address before the @, and other times it is your full email address.
6. In the Email Server text box, enter the name for your external account’s
server.
7. In the Password text box, enter the password you use to sign in to the
external account. To see that the password you typed is correct, select
Show password.:
8. In Advanced Settings
a. If your service provider uses a different port than the default, select
Change Pop port and enter the port number. Your provider should let
you know if they do not use a standard IMAP (143) or POP (110) port.
b. If you use a secure connection, enable Use an encrypted connection
(SSL) when accessing this server.
10. Select where to download your messages in Download message to. You
can select to download them to your Inbox or to a Folder.
11. To delete messages from the external account after you receive them in
your ZWC account, select Delete messages on the server after
downloading them.
12. Under Settings for Sent Messages, type the name to appear in the From
field of your outgoing email messages (for example, John). This is the
name that is shown before your email address.
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13. To direct replies to email messages from this persona to a name and
address different from the one you configured in From:
a. Select Reply-to
b. Enter the name in the text box.
14. (Optional) To associate a signature with the persona, click Manage your
signatures....
If you set up a POP account, go to the Preferences > Mail page to set up how
messages in that account should be downloaded to your ZWC account.
2. In the Access from Other Mail Clients section, select how to handle
messages.
Option Description
3. Click Save.
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1. Open Outlook.
3. Click the plus symbol (+) and select Exchange form the drop-down
menu.
6. Click Continue.
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2 Managing Your Email
This chapter describes how to customize your mailbox and how to handle
messages you receive.
2. In the Displaying Messages > Default Mail Search text box specify which
messages are displayed when you open your mailbox. Enter the search
keyword, followed by a colon (:) and folder, tag, or a saved search name.
For example in:inbox.
The following table lists some examples to enter in the text box.
Note: Use quotes if the folder or tag is more than one word. For example
in:”Unread Email”
3. Click Save.
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Using Zimlets
Zimlets are add-on applications that enhance the functionality of your account.
Several pre-configured Zimlets are included when ZWC is installed. You can
enable optional Zimlets from the Zimlet page. If you need more information
about Zimlets and managing them, see your system administrator.
3. Click Save.
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2. In the Displaying Messages > Reading Pane section, select how messages
are handled when the message is selected.
3. Click Save.
2. In the Displaying Messages > Check New Mail drop-down menu select how
often to check for new mail.
If you select Manually, you must click the reload icon to get new email.
3. Click Save.
2. In the Receiving Messages > Arrival Notifications section, select how you
want to be notified when new messages arrive. Select any of these
options.
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Option Description
Highlight the Mail tab The Mail tab is highlighted if you are not
working in the Mail tab at the time.
Flash the browser title Browser flashes until you open the Mail tab
1. From the Mail tab, click the gear icon in the Mail Folders heading in the
Navigation pane and select Activity Stream.
You can also set this up from the Preferences > Filters page, Activity
Stream Settings link.
2. In the Activity Stream dialog box, select Enable moving messages into
Activity Stream.
3. Select the type of messages to move. You can move the following type of
messages:
• Messages sent to a distribution list that you are a member of
• Commercial mass marketing and bulk mail messages
• Messages where your address is not in the To or in the To or Cc field
• Messages from people not in your Contacts
4. Click Save.
If you want to set more advanced filtering for messages delivered to the
Activity Stream folder, click the Advanced Controls link on the Activity Stream
dialog or see the Working with Email Filters chapter.
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2. In the Receiving Messages > Message Arrival: Forward a copy to: text box
enter the email address where email messages should be sent.
3. If do not want the messages saved in your mailbox, select Remove local
copy of message.
4. Click Save.
4. Click Save.
Note: If check boxes are not displayed in your Mail view, go to the
Preferences > General page and in the Other Settings section, select
Selection.
Selecting the box in the header automatically checks all the messages on the
page.
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3. In the Print dialog, click OK. All the messages are printed as one
continuous file.
2. Right-click and select Forward. A message compose page opens with the
email messages attached.
3. Complete the message and send.
Note: You can immediately undo the move. Click Undo that appears at the
top of the page to move the message back to its original location.
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Group Messages
In each of your folders, you can group message by date or by size in
ascending or descending order.
When you group messages by date, messages display grouped by messages
received today, yesterday, last week, two weeks ago, three weeks ago, last
month and older.
When you group messages by size, messages display grouped by enormous
(messages larger than 5MB) and tiny (messages less than 10KB), Grouping
message by size is a good way to manage your mailbox quota by finding the
largest messages to remove from your account.
1. Select the folder and in the Content pane header right-click Sorted by and
select Group By.
Removing Spam
Most filtering of unsolicited automated email (also known as spam or junk
mail) is handled by a spam filter before those email messages reach your
Inbox.
Email that might possibly be junk mail, but is not certain to be junk, is placed in
your Junk folder. You can review these messages and either move them out of
the Junk folder or delete them. If you do not move or delete the messages,
they are purged after a number of days as specified by your administrator.
If you are receiving a large number of unwanted email messages, contact your
administrator. Reporting email as spam helps your email administrator to fine-
tune spam filtering.
You can also right-click the message and select Mark as Spam.
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2. Click OK.
3. In the Block messages from text box, enter email addresses that should
always be treated as junk. You can list up to 100 addresses.
4. In the Allow messages from text box, enter email addresses you trust that
for some reason end up in your Junk folder, such as newsletters you
subscribe to. Messages from these email addresses are never blocked.
You can list up to 100 addresses.
5. Click Save.
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4. Click Save.
Your administrator may have set up automatic purging of messages that are
over a certain number of days old. Your administrator sets the policy for when
messages are purged, how old they have to be, and which folders are purged.
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Folder Information
If you hover your cursor over a folder, the number of messages in the folder
and the size of the folder display.
3. In the Auto Reply Message text box, type the response to send while you
are out of the office.
4. If you want this message enabled for a specific time frame, select Send
auto-replies during the following time period and enter the start and end
dates to send the auto-reply message.
If you do not specify a specific time frame, auto-replies are sent until you
select Do not send auto replies.
6. Click Save.
Note: You must create a separate folder for each RSS feed.
2. In the Name text box, type the name of the RSS feed folder.
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5. Select where to add the RSS feed folder in the folder menu. If you choose
the root folder, the new folder is placed at the highest level in your folder
view, which is the same level as your Inbox folder.
6. Click OK. The new folder appears in the Overview pane with the RSS feed
icon .
Your RSS data feed is automatically updated every 12 hours. Click Load Feed
in the toolbar to update the content at any time.
Note: RSS feeds you save count against your account quota.
Reading Mail
By default new messages are placed in your Inbox. If you have mail filter rules,
new messages can appear in folders other than your Inbox. The number in
parentheses next to each folder name indicates the number of unread
messages within that folder.
2. To open the message, click the line that contains the message you want to
read.
If you have Reading Pane enabled, the message body appears in the
Reading Pane. Otherwise, double-click the message. The message is
displayed in the Content pane.
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View Attachments
To view an attachment open the message:
• Click the name of the attachment to open the attachment (if you have
the correct application available).
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Remove Attachments
Attachments to your email affect your quota. You may want to remove larger
attachments from the message. Removing the attachment deletes the file from
your mailbox. If you downloaded the file, you still have a copy.
To remove an attachment open the message and click Remove.
Preview Attachments
If you have the Preview option, you can quickly view the content of the
attachment without having to download or open the attachment.
To preview an attachment click Preview to open the attachment even if the
application is not installed on your network.
3. Click Save.
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2. Click Save.
2. In the Read Receipt section, select how you want read receipt requests to
be handled.
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Option Description
Always send a read receipt A return read receipt message is sent when
message you open an email flagged for a return receipt.
3. Click Save.
Note: Do not use the browser's File>Print feature. The page will not be well-
formatted, and your message may be difficult to read.
1. Right-click on the message and select Print. The message opens in a new
window. A standard print dialog appears.
2. Choose a printer.
Alternately, you can select Print from the Actions link on the toolbar.
2. Choose a printer.
Alternately, you can select Print from the Actions link on the toolbar.
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2. At the end of the message, click the gear icon and select print. The
message opens in a new window. A standard print dialog appears.
3. Choose a printer.
Deleting a Message
You can delete specific email messages or a complete conversation thread.
Right-click the message or conversation to delete and select Delete.
Deleted messages are moved to your Trash folder.
You can recover files from Trash within 30 days of deleting them. After 30
days, the items are permanently deleted.
To permanently delete a message, click Shift>Delete.
Messages are permanently deleted from your account.
1. Right-click on the Mail Trash folder and select Recover Deleted Items.
3. Click the Folder icon below the Search text box and select the destination
folder or create a new folder.
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4. Click OK.
4. In the Retention Range drop down list, select which retention policy to
apply. If you are setting a custom policy, in the text box enter the number of
years, months, weeks or days and select the period from the drop-down
menu.
5. To set when messages should be deleted from the folder, select Enable
Message Disposal.
6. In the Disposal Threshold drop down list, select which policy to apply. If
you are setting a custom policy, in the text box enter the number of years,
months, weeks or days and select the period from the drop-down menu.
7. Click OK.
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3 Composing and Sending Email
You can compose and send your email messages as soon as you write them,
compose a draft and return to it later to finish and send, or compose the
message and specify a time in the future to send the message.
You can customize your options for composing messages in your
Preferences>Mail page.
2. In the To text box, enter the email addresses of the person or persons to
whom you are sending the message. Either type the address or click To to
search through your contacts or the global address list.
Note: You can drag and drop the address bubble in the text box to the Cc
or Bcc text boxes, and you can copy the address bubble by clicking
CTRL+c.
3. If you have more than one email identity (also known as a persona)
configured, From is displayed above the To: field. Select the identity to use
for this email.
4. (Optional) In Options, click Signatures and select the signature that should
be added to the message.
Note: You can send a message without an address in the To field if there is
an address in either the Cc or Bcc field.
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6. In the Subject field, tell the recipient what the message is about.
Addressing a Message
The auto complete feature suggests names as you type into the To, Cc, and
Bcc fields in a new message. A list of possible addresses from your contacts
in which either the first name, last name, or email address starts with the text
you typed is displayed.
As you continue to type, the list of matching addresses becomes smaller as
fewer matches are available. The list disappears if there are no matches.
For example, to send an email message to David Brinks, whose email address
is [email protected], when you type D, a list appears showing all possible
matches, with the matching portions highlighted. In this case, it might display:
Dale Edwards <[email protected]>
David Brinks <[email protected]>
Erica Dodd <[email protected]>
When you add an “a” (Da) into the To field, the list would display:
Dale Edwards <[email protected]>
David Brinks <[email protected]>
1. Type enough characters until the contact you want is the first match.
2. Press a quick key, such as Enter or the semicolon. The address displays in
the recipient field.
Adding Attachments
You can attach any file on your file system that you can find using Browse.
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You can open any file attachment directly from your mailbox, provided that you
have the right application and the extension is not blocked by your
administrator.
If the file type is one that is supported by the installed software on your
computer, you can typically double-click the file and your computer
automatically launches the right application for reading that file.
Computer viruses are often spread through file attachments. Therefore,
system administrators might block incoming email containing certain types of
attachments, often with the extension .EXE or .ZIP as part of their filename. If
you send an email message to someone whose email system has been
configured to block certain types of attachments, you might not receive any
notification if the email was blocked.
3. Select the files and click Open. The file names displays below the Subject
text box.
Note: Recipients must have the appropriate software to open the file.
Common file formats, such as text files, HTML files, and images such
as GIF or JPEG files, can be opened in a variety of programs.
1. Select one or more files and hold down the cursor on the file(s) to be
attached.
2. Drag the files to the message header area and release the cursor. The file
names are displayed in the header.
Removing an Attachment
To remove an attachment, click the x in the attachment bubble.
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2. In the Name text box, type a descriptive name to identify the signature. You
can create multiple signatures, so using an identifiable name here is
helpful.
3. (Optional) To format in plain text, click Format as HTML and select Format
as Plain Text.
4. In the text box, type the signature text as you want it to appear. If you are
using Format as HTML, you can add images and create links to your
signature text.
5. In the Using Signatures section, select the default signature from the drop
down menu to use with messages sent from your various accounts.
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Add Personas
Creating different personas allows you to use multiple email addresses from
your mailbox. For example, you could use your primary account persona for
your business email correspondence, and create a new persona for your
personal email correspondence.
2. Click Add Persona. The account name New Persona displays in the
Account Name column and in the Persona Settings>Persona Name text
box.
3. In the Persona Names text box enter a name to identity the persona to use
in the From list when you are composing an email. This name does not
appear in the email message.
4. In the Settings for Sent Messages section, specify the From information for
this persona.
a. In the From text box type the name that appears in the From field of
your outgoing email messages. This is the name that is shown before
your email address.
b. In the drop-down menu next to the text box, select the email address
from which to send messages. If this field is not editable, you do not
have additional external accounts identified.
5. To direct replies to email messages from this persona to a name and
address different from that which you configured in From.
a. Select Set the “Reply-to” field of email messages to.
b. Enter the name in the text box.
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9. Click Save.
3. Add the email address of the person you are delegating permission. This
must be an internal user address.
5. Click OK.
An email message is sent to the person letting him know that he has been
granted delegate permissions.
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2. In the From field, select the name of the sender from the drop-down menu.
3. If you select As HTML, in the drop down menus, select the Font style, Size,
and Color.
4. In Settings, select the options for how you want to manage composing
messages.
Option Description
Always request read receipt All messages you send request a return receipt
message sent back to you when the recipient
opens your message.
When you set this as your default, you can
change this for individual email messages from
the Options drop-down menu on the compose
toolbar.
Reply/Forward using for- Even if your default text editor is different from the
mat of the original message message received, check this box to reply to the
message in the same format as received. This is
useful to make sure the recipient can get the
message in the best format they can read.
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Option Description
Save a copy to Sent folder This is enabled by default. You can deselect this
option.
7. Click Save.
Note: You do not need to know HTML to use the HTML editor.
To change the format for the message that you are sending, under Options,
select either Format As HTML or Format As Plain Text.
To retrieve a draft, open the Drafts folder and click on the message. When the
message is sent, the message is removed from the Drafts folder.
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1. On the toolbar, click the Abc link. Words in the email message that are
unknown to the spell checker are highlighted.
2. Right-click on a highlighted word. A drop-down menu displays suggested
corrections.
4. To accept your changes and close the spell checker, click Resume editing.
Before you close the spell checker, you can change a corrected word back to
the original spelling. Click on the highlighted word and select the initial spelling
from the top of the pop-up.
You cannot remove words from your dictionary after they are added. You can
also configure the spell check to ignore words, right-click on the word and click
Ignore.
3. Click Save.
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For example, each reply within the message is marked with an angle bracket
(>). The most recent reply has one > before each line, the reply before that
has two (>>), before that three (>>>):
> Previous message
> > Message before previous message
> > > And so forth
Reply to a Message
1. Select the email you want to reply to.
4. Click Options on the toolbar and select an option if you want to change
how the original message is included in the reply.
5. Click Send.
3. Select whether to include the original text in your reply message. If you are
including the original message:
• Choose whether to mark the previous responses with a character or
include the original details in the header (The To, From, and Subject
fields). You can also include the original message as an attachment.
• If you want to prefix the previous responses, select either the angle
bracket (>) or pipe (|).
4. Click Save.
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2. Click Forward on the toolbar. The text of the forwarded message appears
in the body of the compose page, unless you have set your preferences to
forward messages as attachments.
3. Enter addressees.
4. Click Send.
3. Click Send.
3. Click OK.
2. If you want to prefix the original message, select either the angle bracket
(>) or pipe (|)
Note: If you have selected a prefix for reply messages, you must use the
same prefix for both replies and forwarded messages.
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Undeliverable Email
Sometimes a message cannot be delivered. One reason is because the email
address is not valid. In this case, verify that you have the correct address.
Other causes can be that the recipient’s mailbox is full or the recipient’s mail
system is having problems.
If a message is rejected, it bounces back to you with a message stating why it
could not be delivered.
If you can resolve the problem, try resending the email.
If you continue to have the following problems, contact your administrator.
Every email message you send is rejected.
Email bounces back with user unknown or bad address messages for
addresses that you have successfully used from your corporate address
list.
You receive bounce messages for email you did not send.
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4 Working with Email Filters
You can define filters to manage incoming and outgoing email messages,
including Calendar-related messages and Activity Streams. A filter consists of
one or more conditions and one or more actions. You can base a condition on
a subject, email messages from a specific person, or messages for a
particular date. If the message matches the conditions, the specified actions
are performed.
You can create filters to do the following:
Sort incoming messages into folders. For example, all email messages
from your supervisor are automatically moved into your Management
Directives folder on receipt.
Tag messages. For example, email messages from the corporate-events
mailing list are marked with the Events tag.
Forward or discard email. For example, all email messages received from a
particular email address are moved to the Trash folder.
Flag messages for importance.
Filters are applied in the order that they are listed. You can change the order at
any time.
Note: An email message is evaluated by each active filter, unless you specify
that a message is treated only by the first filter that it matches. Usually,
you do not want more than one filter applied to a message after the
first match because the message can undergo multiple, perhaps
contradictory, actions.
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Filter Conditions
A filter can contain one or more conditions. For example, if someone sends
you email messages from more than one email address and you want to direct
all messages from the person into one folder, you can create one filter that has
two conditions, one for each email address, and one action to move the email
messages to the same folder.
The order of the conditions is not important. You can choose whether the
email message must match all conditions or just meet any one of the listed
conditions. You can also use a negative condition. For example, you can filter
an email message that does not contain a particular word. Filter conditions are
not case-sensitive.
You can base a filter condition on the following:
Specific email addresses in the From, To, or Cc fields
Email messages that are under or over a specific size
Dates
Presence or absence of file attachments
Words in the message subject or body
Calendar invitation
Email messages that are marked by importance
You can group conditions within a filter rule using the terms any or all. The use
of these terms is similar to the "AND" versus "OR" type searches described
under the Search feature, with any being OR and all being AND.
If you choose any when defining conditions for a new filter rule, then a
message that meets any one of the conditions is considered a match.
However, if you choose all, every condition specified in that filter rule must
apply in order for that message to match the filter.
Three of the comparison methods for filter conditions are Contains, Matches
pattern, and Matches Exactly. These options appear for some items such as
the subject line. Other comparison methods are available depending on your
conditions selections.
Contains means that the specified line must contain, somewhere within it,
the specified string. For example, specifying that the subject line contains
"bananas" would match both "Cooking with bananas" and "Bananas for
breakfast".
Matches pattern means that the specified line must match the specified
string, which includes wildcards. For example, specifying " bana*" would
match "banana" and "banana tree but not "free bananas".
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Is means that the specified line must exactly match the specified string,
with no wildcards or substitutions. For example, specifying that the subject
line must match "bananas" would only match "bananas" and not "Banana",
"My bananas", or "Bananas?"
Creating a Filter
You can define filters to manage incoming and outgoing email messages. A
filter consists of one or more conditions and one or more actions. If the
message matches the conditions, the specified actions are performed.
4. In the Filter Name text box, enter a unique name for the filter.
5. To make the filter active, check the Active box in the upper right corner.
6. Choose whether the message must meet any or all of the listed conditions.
• any means that if a message meets any one of the conditions, the action
is performed.
• all means that the message must meet all conditions for the action to be
performed.
7. From the drop-down menu, select which part of the message to apply to
the filter, such as Subject or Date.
8. Choose how the item must match, such as contains or does not contain.
9. Enter or select the information to compare against, such as the date, email
address, or phrase. Conditions are not case-sensitive.
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For example, if you selected Subject and contains and entered Staff
Meeting, all messages containing Staff Meeting are filtered. The filter also
catches Staff Meetings or Today’s Staff Meeting, because you chose
contains and not matches exactly. In this example, we use roadmap.
10. To add more conditions, click the + button and repeat the above steps.
The order of the conditions does not matter.
11. Under Perform the following actions, choose an action from the drop-down
menu, such as Move into folder.
Depending on the action that you choose, you might need to browse to
locate a folder or tag name, or enter an email address to redirect a
message.
12. To add more actions, click the + button and repeat the above step. The
actions are applied in the order in which they are listed.
13. If you want more than one filter to be applied to a message, uncheck Do
not process additional filters.
Note: Usually, you do not want more than one filter applied to a message
after the first match because the message can undergo multiple,
perhaps contradictory, actions.
14. When you are done creating the filter, click OK.
2. In the Filter Name text box, type a unique name for the filter.
4. Click OK.
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4. In the Filter Name text box, enter a unique name for the filter.
5. To make the filter active, check the Active box in the upper right corner.
8. To add more conditions, click the + button and repeat the above steps.
The order of the conditions does not matter.
9. Under Perform the following actions, choose an action from the drop-down
menu.
Depending on the action that you choose, you might need to browse to
locate a folder or tag name.
10. To add more actions, click the + button and repeat the above step. The
actions are applied in the order in which they are listed.
11. If you want more than one filter to be applied to a message, uncheck Do
not process additional filters.
Note: Usually, you do not want more than one filter applied to a message
after the first match because the message can undergo multiple,
perhaps contradictory, actions.
Viewing Filters
2. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the order.
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Applying a Filter
You can apply a filter to email messages that you have already received.
Using a filter is a quick way to organize email by moving messages into
folders.
4. Click OK.
A Filter run complete dialog displays after the filter has completed. The
messages stated how many messages were processed and how many
were affected.
2. In the contact’s details in the right pane, right click the contact’s email
address.
3. Select Add to Filter and select the filter or create a new filter.
Editing a Filter
You can modify an existing filter.
3. Uncheck the Active box in the upper right corner to turn the filter off.
4. Click OK.
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2. Drag and drop the message into the Activity Stream folder.
4. Click Save.
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Stream folder to your Inbox. An Activity Stream Exception is created and you
are given the opportunity to create a rule for similar messages to no longer be
filtered to the Activity Stream folder.
3. Click Save.
Asterisk (*)
The asterisk * is a placeholder for "zero or more characters of any type".
Example subject-line search string: banana*float
With Matches: Subject lines such as " bananafloat", "bananas", "banana-leaf
casserole float" but not "super-banana-float"
Example subject-line search string: w*bandanna
With Matches: Subject lines such as "white bandanna" or "whose bandanna"
but not "whose bandanna is this?"
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4. Select all from the If any/all of the following conditions are met.
5. Select the conditions that match your supervisor’s messages from the
drop-down menus or enter them into the text box:
a. Select From
b. Select matches exactly
c. Enter your supervisor’s email address, such as
[email protected] into the text field.
d. Select all
6. In Perform the following actions, select what you want to do with the
filtered messages from your supervisor. From the drop-down menu:
a. Select Move into folder
b. Click Browse and browse to the folder you want to filter your
supervisor’s emails to, or create New folder. In this example, we are
creating a new folder called Management Directives.
c. Apply a color to the folder for easier viewing. Click OK.
7. On the Choose Folder dialog box, select where in your folder hierarchy
you to place your new Management Directives folder.
8. Click OK to return back to the Add Filter dialog box.
9. Check Do not process additional filters so that other filters are not be
applied to your new filter and the moving of your supervisors emails into
your new folder.
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10. Check Active in the upper right of the Add Filter dialog box. This means
the filter is in an active state and working.
11. Click OK.
13. Select your new filter from the filters list and click Run Filter.
14. The Choose Folder dialog box displays asking you what folder you want to
apply the filter to? Select Inbox because we are filtering incoming
messages from your supervisor out of your Inbox and into the new
Management Directives folder.
You have the option to select more than one folder, such as selecting your
Inbox and your Sent folders so that all correspondence to and from your
supervisor is moved, or filtered, into the Management Directives folder.
15. Click OK. The filter runs and a progress window displays with the filter
status. Depending on how many messages you are filtering, the process
might take some time. You can stop the filter at anytime by clicking Cancel.
16. The Filter Run Complete dialog box displays when the process is
complete, indicating how many messages were processed and how many
messages were affected or moved. Click OK.
17. You can now go to your folders to see your new Management Directives
folder containing emails from your supervisor.
2. Click Activity Stream Settings near the top of the Filters page. The Activity
Stream dialog box displays.
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You can select rules that apply to messages that you want to filter and
send to the Activity Stream Folder. There are four general rules that might
apply to messages you want to filter out of your Inbox, such as filtering:
• messages from a distribution list to which you are subscribed
• mass marketing and bulk mail messages
• messages where your email address is not in the To or other field
• messages from people not in your address book
You can also select Advanced Controls from this screen, which gives you
the opportunity to create a more detailed filter.
5. For our example, select Messages sent through distribution lists to which
I’m subscribed. This will filter the ”Live Webinars” messages and other
messages received from subscribed distribution lists out of your Inbox.
6. Click Save.
8. Select the Activity Stream filter from the Active Filters list and click Run
Filter.
9. The Choose Folder dialog box displays asking you what folder you want to
apply the filter to? Select Inbox, to move all distribution list messages out
of your Inbox and into the Activity Stream Folder.
10. Click OK. The filter runs and a progress window displays with the filter
status. Depending on how many messages you are filtering, the process
might take some time. You can stop the filter at anytime by clicking Cancel.
11. The Filter Run Complete dialog box displays when the process is
complete, indicating how many messages were processed and how many
messages were affected or moved. Click OK.
Go to your Activity Stream folder to confirm messages from distribution
lists are now moved from your Inbox.
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2. Select the “Last Chance to Register” email that you want to create an
exception for so that it will not be filtered out of your Inbox in the future.
3. Click the message and drag it from your Activity Stream folder to your
Inbox.
5. Click Save.
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5 Organizing Your Account
ZWC provides several ways to organize items in your account. You can use
these features, such as folders, tags, and flags, along with the Search feature
to quickly locate and retrieve messages.
Using Folders
Folders are used to organize your incoming and outgoing email messages.
You can create your own folders, or use the system defined folders:
User-defined folders. Folders you create to organize your email are
displayed in the Folders list in the Overview pane. Top-level folder names
cannot be the same as any other top-level folder in your email, calendar, or
address book folders.
System folders. System folders cannot be moved, renamed, or deleted.
The following are system folders:
• Inbox. New email arrives in the Inbox.
• Sent. A copy of each message you send is saved in the Sent folder.
• Drafts. Messages you have composed but have not sent are saved in
the Drafts folder.
• Junk. Most filtering of unsolicited automated email (also known as spam
or junk mail) is handled by a spam filter before those email messages
reach your Inbox. Email that might possibly be junk mail, but isn't certain
to be junk, can be placed in your Junk folder.
You can review these messages and either move them or delete them. If
you don't delete them, they will be purged after a period of time, as
specified by your administrator
• Trash. Deleted items are placed in the Trash folder and remain there
until you manually empty the trash or until the folder is purged
automatically.
Create a Folder
You can create a standalone user-defined folder or a folder inside another
folder, including system folders.
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You cannot create two folders with the same name within the same parent
folder. For example, you cannot have two folders named Shopping inside your
Inbox folder, but you can have one folder named Shopping inside your Inbox
folder, and another folder with the same name inside the Sent folder.
1. Go to the Mail>Mail Folders page and click the Folders gear icon.
4. In the Mail Folders tree, select the placement of the new folder.
• Click Folders to have the new folder displayed at the top of the list.
• Click an existing folder to place your new folder within that folder.
5. Click OK.
Rename a Folder
You can rename user-defined folders but not system folders.
4. Click OK.
Delete a Folder
You can delete user-defined folders, but not system folders. When you delete
a folder, the folder and its contents are moved to Trash. If you want to save
some of the messages in a folder before you delete the folder, move the
messages to another folder.
You can recover a folder and its contents from Trash by dragging and dropping
the folder to another folder.
Important: When you delete a folder, a pop-up displays at the top of the pane
indicating the folder is moved to Trash. Click Undo if you want to revert the
deletion. This pop-up displays for a very short time, so click Undo immediately
if you did not want to delete the folder, otherwise you’ll have to manually
recover the folder.
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Note: The Trash folder is purged on a regular basis, which is set by your
administrator, so items in the Trash do not stay there forever.
Using Tags
You can use tags to help classify and organize your email messages,
conversations, calendar items, contacts, briefcase, or tasks. For example, you
can have a tag for Immediate Turnaround and another for Medium Priority.
You can tag for tasks or a project tag to sort email, and you can search for all
items with a particular tag. You can also apply multiple tags to an item.
Create a Tag
1. In the Overview pane, click the Tags gear icon and select New Tag.
2. Enter the new Tag name and select a Color for the tag.
Tag names can include any character except a colon (:), forward slash (/),
and quotation mark (")
3. Click OK.
The new tag is listed under Tags.
2. In the drop-down menu, select Tag <topic>. For example, the topic can be
a “Conversation”, which displays as Tag Conversation.
3. Click the tag to apply to the item. A tag icon displays next to the item.
Remove a Tag
1. Right-click an item that is tagged.
2. In the drop-down menu, select Tag <topic>. For example, the topic can be
a “Conversation”, which displays as Tag Conversation.
3. Select Remove Tag. If the item has multiple tags, select the tag you want to
remove or choose All Tags to remove all tags.
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You can remove a tag from a message when you have the message open in a
reading pane. The tag displays in the message header under Tags, and you
can click the X on the tag to delete the tag.
Note: If the tag name is two words, you must use quotes around the tag
name.
2. Right-click the tag for which you want to change the color.
3. Select Tag Color and click a new color for the tag.
All tags with the previous color are changed to the new color.
Rename a Tag
1. Go to Overview pane>Tags section.
2. Right-click the tag you want to rename and select Rename Tag.
4. Click OK.
Delete a Tag
Deleting a tag removes the tag from any item that has the tag. The items
themselves are not deleted.
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Using Flags
The flag icon in the message list is a yes/no indicator that denotes whether the
email message has been flagged. This can be used to indicate an action-
needed item or to distinguish the message or conversation from other items of
lesser importance.
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6 Using Contacts
Contacts is where you can store contact details. Two types of contact lists are
supported in the Web Client:
Note: You cannot edit GAL entries. You can, however, import an address
once it appears in email you send or receive. You can add additional
contact information when the name is in a list in your personal contact
lists.
You can add contacts to any of your contact lists. Only a name is required to
create a contact, or you can create detailed contact forms that include full
name, multiple email addresses, work, home, and other addresses, phone
numbers, and an image. You can also create group contact lists.
The Emailed Contacts list is populated automatically when you send an email
to a new address that is not in one of your other contact lists.
Your email administrator can set a maximum limit for the number of entries
you can have in all your contact lists. When you reach this maximum, you
cannot add any more contacts. You can delete contacts to free up space.
When you compose an email message, the auto-complete feature displays a
list of names from your contact lists that match the text you are typing.
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4. Select how and where you want to save the contact in the upper right of
the screen.
• For File as, select how to file the name. The default is by last name, first
name.
• For Location, select which Contacts Folder to save the contact.
5. Click Save.
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3. Add members to your group using your contacts or the GAL, or manually
enter email address(es).
4. Click Add or Add All.
5. Click Save.
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2. Select the contacts from the selected Contact List you want to be in your
Contact Group.
3. Find a new group member. You can select new group members from the
following options:
• Type a name into the Find text box and select the contact list from the in:
drop down menu to search. Click Search. Names that match your entry
are listed in the address list box. Select the names from the list that you
want to add to the group and click Add or Add All.
• Select an contact list you want to search in the in: drop-down menu.
Select the names from the list that you want to add to the group and
click Add or Add All.
• Type the email address in the Or enter addresses below text box.
Separate addresses with either a comma (,) or semicolon (;), or pressing
Return. Click Add. Email addresses you type are not verified.
The selected names are added to the Members list.
4. Click Save.
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4. Click OK.
2. Right-click the contact you want to edit and click Edit Contact.
4. Click Save.
2. Click the Print icon and select Print selected contact(s) or Print Contacts.
Deleting Contacts
Any contact lists you create can be deleted. When contact names are deleted,
they no longer appear in your contact list and information is not available from
the name tool tips for the address auto-completion or from the address search
dialog in the email compose window.
Contacts can be deleted in one of three ways:
• From a contact list, select the contact to be removed and click Delete on the
toolbar.
• Drag the contact name to the Trash folder.
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1. Go to Preference>Import/Export page.
2. In the Import>File text box, Browse and locate the .csv file to import.
3. Select the Type of contact list you are importing. You can select to auto-
detect the contact list, or select from the contact lists in the drop-down
menu.
4. Select the Destination address book to import the contacts or create a new
address book.
If creating a new address book, click New and enter a name, color and
location for the new folder.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Import.
Depending on the size of the .csv file, the import might take a few minutes.
When the import is complete, the Status Box shows the number of
contacts successfully imported.
1. Go to Preference>Import/Export page.
Option Description
4. Click OK.
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5. Click Export.
2. Enter a Distribution List name the text box next to the domain name. This
will be the email address of your distribution list. For example, if using
“sample” as your distribution list name, along with the domain name of
“@zimbra.com”, your complete distribution list name/address is
“[email protected]”. The name must be available. If it is not available,
you will receive an error notice and must try another name.
4. Enter a Display Name for the distribution list. If you want a name other than
the email address of the distribution list, enter a display name and this is
used throughout ZWC as the general name of the list.
5. Enter the Description for the distribution list.
6. Check the Directory box if the distribution list is Private, and the list is
hidden in the Global Address List (GAL).
7. Select the Mail options. Mail options set rules about who can view your
distribution list.
• Anyone can send to this list
• Only members can send to this list
• Only internal users can send to this list
• Only these users can send to this list. Enter the names and email
addresses in the text box of users that can send to the list.
8. Select the type of New Subscriptions Requests you want to allow to this
distribution list.
• Automatically accept
• Require list owner approval
• Automatically reject
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9. Set the rules for Unsubscription Requests for this distribution list.
• Automatically accept
• Require list owner approval
• Automatically reject
10. Enter the List Owner’s name(s) and email address(es) in the text box.
11. Enter any Notes that you want to make about the distribution list.
12. From the Distribution List Members tab, select new group members to add
to your list. You can select new group members from the following options:
• Type a name into the Find text box and select the contact list from the in:
drop down menu to search. Click Search. Names that match your entry
are listed in the contact list box. Select the names from the list that you
want to add to the group and click Add or Add All.
• Select a contact list you want to search in the in: drop-down menu.
Select the names from the list that you want to add to the group and
click Add or Add All.
• Type the email address in the Or enter addresses below text box.
Separate addresses with either a comma (,) or semicolon (;), or pressing
Return. Click Add. Email addresses you type are not verified.
The selected names are added to the Members list. You can add
additional accounts.
Use the Shift or Control key to select more than one name at a time from
the list.
13. Click Save. The accounts are added to the distribution list and the
account’s distribution lists are updated to show the distribution list name.
2. Select Distribution Lists. The right panel updates with a list of all the
distribution lists you are a member or that you are the owner.
2. Select Distribution Lists. The right panel updates with a list of all the
distribution lists.
3. Select the distribution list you want to modify and click Edit. You must be
the owner of the list or have permissions to modify the list.
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2. Select Distribution Lists. The right panel updates with a list of all the
distribution lists.
3. Select the distribution list you want to unsubscribe from. On the right of the
distribution list header, click Unsubscribe.
You must have permissions to modify the list. If there is a lock icon to the
right of the name of the distribution list, you do not have permissions to
unsubscribe from the list.
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7 Working with Calendars
You can use the Zimbra Calendar to track and schedule appointments,
meetings, and events. You can maintain several calendars and move events
from one calendar to another. You can also share your calendars with others.
To open Calendar, click the Calendar tab. The Work Week is the default view.
Your working days and times are in white. Your nonworking time is in gray.
Option Description
3. Click Save.
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Create a Calendar
One calendar is created for you. You can create additional calendars to keep
track of different type of functions. For example, you can create one calendar
for work, one for personal appointments, and one for company activities.
3. Click OK.
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1. In the Calendar list in the Overview pane, check the boxes for the
calendars you want to view.
2. Select the view.
Day view shows the calendars side-by-side. The calendar name is at the
bottom of the page.
The Work Week, Week, and Month views show appointments on the
calendar by the color associated with the calendar.
2. Scroll to the Permissions section, select the Free/Busy option that you
want to set for this calendar.
If you select Allow only the following internal users to see my free/busy
information, in the text field enter the email address of the internal users.
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3. (Optional) In the Invites section, specify who can invite you to meetings.
If you select Allow only the following internal users to see my free/busy
information, in the text field, enter their internal user names or full email
address.
4. If you limit who can invite you to meetings, you might want to select Send
to send an auto-reply to users who are denied from inviting me.
5. Click Save.
Note: These settings do not affect calendars that you have configured to not
display free/busy information.
3. Click Send Free & Busy Link As and select to send the information as
either HTML, ICS, or an ICS Event.
4. In the Compose Email page that opens complete the address and subject
line. The calendar link is in the text area. Add more information if you want.
5. Click Send to send the email to the users.
The recipients can click the link to view your schedule. Your calendar updates
itself for the recipients when you add new events to your calendars.
3. Click Save.
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A small lock icon appears next to the message on your calendar to show that it
is a private appointment. Calendars that you share with others show the
appointment on your calendar but do not show any details.
3. Click Save.
4. Click Import.
Depending on the size of the .ics file, the import might take a few minutes.
2. In Export, select Calendar as the type. You export your appointments in the
standard .ics format.
To import them to another calendar program, see the documentation in the
other program for help importing the file.
6. Click Save.
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3. Enter the calendar name and select the color for the calendar.
4. If you do not want this calendar included in reporting your free/busy times,
select Exclude this calendar when reporting free/busy times.
5. Click OK.
Note: Only CalDAV calendars that have SSL enabled and use port 443 can
are able to sync calendar events to your account.
1. In the Calendar Overview pane, click the gear icon and select Add External
Calendar.
5. Click Next.
6. In the Name text box, type the name for this calendar and select a color.
7. If you want to exclude this calendar from reporting your free/busy time,
select Exclude this calendar when reporting free/busy times.
8. Click OK.
The calendar is added and meetings on the external calendar are synced to
the calendar you added.
Printing a Calendar
You can print your calendars in any of the calendar views. You can select a
single calendars or multiple calendars to be included in the printed view.
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2. In the Print calendar dialog box select how the printed copy should be
printed.
• Select which calendars to print.
• Set the date or date range.
• Select the which view to print.
• Set the options based on the view to print.
3. Click Print. A preview of the view that will be printed is displayed.
Deleting a Calendar
You can delete any calendar in your Calendars list, except your default
calendar. When you delete a calendar, the meetings created from this
calendar are not deleted from the calendars of the invited attendees.
Before you delete a calendar, you should cancel any invitations that you have
sent out.
1. In the Calendars Overview pane, right-click on the calendar to be deleted.
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You can create single or recurring appointments, meetings and events. While
creating an appointment you can see if attendees are free before inviting
them, reserve a room and equipment and write a message that is sent with the
invite.
Note: The QuickAdd feature is an option. If you would prefer to always open
the Appointment page when you double-click or drag on the calendar,
disable this feature from your Calendar Preferences.
2. In the Subject text box, add a brief description of the meeting. The text
added here becomes the description in the calendar.
3. In the Location text box enter where the meeting is. If the location is in the
company directory, when you start to type, locations that match are listed.
You can also click Suggest a location to see a list of available locations in
your company
4. In the Display drop down menu, select the Free/Busy option for this
appointment.
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7. Define the start and end day and time. If the appointment is recurring, in
Repeat, select the how often this appointment should be scheduled.
9. Click OK.
2. If the From field displays above the Subject line, you created more than
one persona for your account. Select the identity to use when creating this
appointment.
3. In the Subject text box, add a brief description of the meeting. The text
added here becomes the description in the calendar.
4. Define the start and end day and time. If the appointment is recurring, in
Repeat, select the how often this appointment should be scheduled.
Select All day event to make this appointment all day.
5. In the Attendees text box, type the email addresses, separating addresses
by a semicolon (;). As you enter names, the Scheduler opens and the
attendees free/busy information is displayed.
a. To help you find a time when all attendees are available, click Suggest
Time. A calendar displays with the availability. As you enter attendee
names, the scheduling tool begins to suggest times that all the
attendees are available.
Note: If an attendee has set a preference to allow only certain users to
see free/busy information and you are excluded from the list, you
cannot view the free/busy schedule.
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b. If some attendees are not required to be at the meeting, but you want
to invite them, select Show Optional and type email address in the
field. You can also do this in the Scheduler. Click the icon next to the
name and select Optional Attendee. When the invite is sent, their
names are listed as optional.
6. In the Location text box enter where the meeting is. If the location is in the
company directory, when you start to type, locations that match are listed.
You can also click Suggest a location to see a list of available locations in
your company
10. In the text box below Scheduler, type an email message that is included in
the appointment invitation. To add attachments, click the paperclip icon on
the toolbar.
11. The default is to ask the attendees to reply to your invitation. If you do not
want a response from the attendees, in the Calendar toolbar, click
Options>Request Response to remove the check mark.
12. If you do not want to send the invite out at this time, click Save. Otherwise
click Send.
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4. Click OK.
The column on the right displays locations that meet your requirements. Room
locations are displayed if they have been configured in the company directory.
Once you set this up for an appointment, this information is saved and
available when you make other appointments.
2. In the Suggest Times pane that opens, click the gear icon.
3. Uncheck the boxes you do not want used to calculate attendee availability.
4. Click OK.
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Orange means that not everyone can attend but more than half can, and at
least one location is available. You can hover the cursor over the date to
see the names of up to 10 people who are not available
Red means more than half of the attendees cannot attend the meeting on
those days.
Scheduling Equipment
When you set up a meeting and schedule equipment for use in the meeting,
you select the equipment and “invite” it to the meeting. The equipment
resource account receives the invite and if it is free, accepts the meeting.
Administrators set up equipment accounts and configure the equipment’s
scheduling policy. A meeting can be declined if the equipment already has a
meeting scheduled for that time. In some cases, the equipment scheduling
policy is set up to allow the equipment to accept dates in recurring meetings
even if there are conflicts. You receive an email showing which dates conflict.
2. If the From field displays above the Subject line, you created more than
one persona for your account. Select the identity to use when creating this
appointment.
3. In the Subject text box, add a brief description of the meeting. The text
added here becomes the description in the calendar.
4. Select All day and select the start and stop date.
5. In the Attendees text box, type the email addresses, separating addresses
by a semicolon (;). As you enter names, the Scheduler opens and the
attendees free/busy information is displayed.
a. To help you find a time when all attendees are available, click Suggest
Time. A calendar displays with the availability. As you enter attendee
names, the scheduling tool begins to suggest times that all the
attendees are available.
Note: If an attendee has set a preference to allow only certain users to
see free/busy information and you are excluded from the list, you
cannot view the free/busy schedule.
b. If some attendees are not required to be at the meeting, but you want
to invite them, select Show Optional and type email address in the
field. You can also do this in the Scheduler. Click the icon next to the
name and select Optional Attendee. When the invite is sent, their
names are listed as optional.
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6. In the Location text box enter where the meeting is. If the location is in the
company directory, when you start to type, locations that match are listed.
You can also click Suggest a location to see a list of available locations in
your company
7. In the Display, select the Free/Busy option for this appointment, which
calendar the appointment should be added to, and whether this
appointment should be marked as Private.
9. In the text box below Scheduler, type an email message that is included in
the appointment invitation. To add attachments, click the paperclip icon on
the toolbar.
10. The default is to ask the attendees to reply to your invitation. If you do not
want a response from the attendees, in the Calendar toolbar, click
Options>Request Response to remove the check mark.
11. If you do not want to send the invite out at this time, click Save. Otherwise
click Send.
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4. Click Send and a invite is sent to attendees and the appointment is added
to your calendar.
1. Hover the mouse over this type of text to see if you have an appointment
scheduled.
2. The Add Attendees dialog opens The appointment page opens with many
of the fields populated from information in the message.
• The Subject of the appointment is the subject of the message.
• The attendees are all the email addresses in the To: and Cc: fields of the
message, or the most recent message in conversations. When you drag
a contact from your contacts lists the mini-calendar, the contact's first
email address is added to the attendee field.
• The text of the message becomes the text of the invitation. Message
attachments are not attached to the appointment request.
3. In the appointment page, review the meeting request details and make any
necessary changes.
4. Set the time for the meeting, and, if this meeting recurs, set any
recurrence.
5. Click Send.
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2. Enter the subject, location, time, and other attendees. if this meeting
recurs, set any recurrence.
3. Click OK to send the invitation.
4. The default is to ask the attendees to reply to your invitation. If you do not
want a response from the attendees, in the Calendar toolbar, click
Options>Request Response to remove the check mark.
Cancelling a Meeting
If you created a meeting, you can cancel it. If you created a recurring meeting,
you can delete one occurrence or the entire series. An email is sent to
attendees to inform them of the cancelled meeting. Deleting a meeting is
permanent; you cannot undo the deletion.
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3. When deleting an instance, click Edit Message to edit the email sent to
attendees. Click Send to send the cancellation message.
The appointment is immediately removed from your calendar. An email is
sent to the attendees, and the appointment is deleted from their calendars.
3. Select either to delete all occurrences of the meeting from your calendar
(both past dates and future dates) or to delete all references from this date
and future dates. Click Yes.
4. Click Edit Message to edit the email sent to attendees. Click Send to send
the cancellation message.
The appointment is immediately removed from your calendar. An email is
sent to the attendees, and the appointment is deleted from their calendars.
You cannot undo a delete.
3. Click OK.
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2. Select whether you want to accept or decline the meeting. If you want to
propose a new time, the meeting organizer receives an email with the
suggested time.
A reply is automatically sent to the meeting organizer.
After you respond to the meeting invitation, the invitation is moved to the
Trash, and New is removed from the calendar notice.
Declined appointments display on your calendar in a faded view, as a
reminder of the meetings you declined. You can delete the declined meetings
any time.
2. Click Save.
3. In the email that opens, enter the forwarding addresses, add any
comments to the Compose text area and click Send.
Show Reminders
You can set up meeting reminders. The default is five minutes. You can also
choose to Play a sound with the reminder. If your computer volume is set to
mute, you will not hear a sound. Select Flash the browser title if you are
working in a different browser tab or browser window and choose to have the
browser title flash to remind you.
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3. Select how you want to be notified about an upcoming meeting. Select any
of these options.
Option Description
Highlight the Mail tab The Mail tab is highlighted if you are not working
in the Mail tab at the time.
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The Tasks feature lets you create to-do lists and manage tasks through
completion. You can add tasks to the default task list, and you can create other
task lists to organize your to-do lists by more specific activities, such as by
work or personal projects.
2. In the Overview pane, click the Tasks gear icon and select New Task List.
3. Enter a Name and select a Color for the new task list.
To Synchronize tasks from a remote service, select the check box and
enter the URL.
Creating a Task
Create a new task by entering the task name in your tasks list, or you can
open a new task page and add detailed information about the task and include
notes and attachments.
2. In the Click here to add a new task text box in the Content pane, enter the
new task name.
3. Press Enter. This adds the task subject to your task list, but it does not give
any details. To add details, edit the task.
Note: If you created a task in the wrong list, open the task and select the
correct list from the Task Lists drop-down, or you can drag and drop
the task on the Content pane to the correct list
2. In the Details area, enter the task information. Only Subject is required to
give the task a name.
Option Description
Task List Select the task list where you want this task
displayed.
3. In the Progress area, enter the information to track the progress of the
task. This information is not required for your task.
Option Description
Status Select the status for this task. You can reopen
this task and change the status at any time.
Option Description
4. Click Save.
2. Click View on the Task toolbar to select how to display the Reading pane.
Option Description
Reading Pane At The Bot- The task list view displays at the bottom of the
tom pane.
Reading Pane On the Right The task list view does not show the status of a
task, and the percentage completed is shown as
a progress bar.
Changing a Task
As you progress on a task, you might want to add information, change the
status and percentage completed, or mark the task complete.
Update a Task
1. Go to the Tasks page and select the task that you want to edit.
3. Click Save.
The task information remains in your task folder until you delete the task.
2. Select the destination list to where you want to move the task.
• Enter the task list name, or use the keyboard arrows to navigate to the
destination list.
• Click New to create a new task list.
3. Click OK.
2. In the Overview pane, select the task list you want to sort.
Option Description
Option Description
Waiting for someone else Shows tasks that are waiting for someone else.
Delete a Task
1. Go to the Tasks page.
2. In the Overview pane, select the task list that contains the tasks you want
to delete.
3. In the Content pane, select the task(s) to delete. You can select multiple
tasks by selecting the check box next to the task.
2. In the Overview pane, select the task list you want to delete.
2. In the Overview pane, select the task or task list that you want to print. To
select multiple tasks, use the check boxes next to the task.
4. On the Task toolbar, click Print and select whether to Print selected task(s)
or to Print Task Folder.
1. Go to Preferences>Import/Export.
2. In Import>File, click Browse to locate the task list tgz file to import.
3. For the Destination, click All folders and select the task list that the tasks
will be imported into or create a new task list.
4. Click Import.
Depending on the size of the .tgz file, the import might take a few minutes.
1. Go to Preferences>Import/Export.
5. Click Export.
7. Click OK.
Briefcase can be used to share and manage documents that you create in
Briefcase or documents and images that you upload to your Briefcase folders.
Use Briefcase to save files in your ZWC account so that you can access these
files whenever you log in to your account from any computer.
You can share your briefcases folders with others who can view and edit the
files in the shared Briefcase.
You can create multiple briefcase folders and then upload any type of file from
your computer or your computer network, save attachments sent with your
email messages, and create new documents.
Files in Briefcase are copies of the original file, whether the file is on your
computer or an attachment to your email. Changes you make to files in your
briefcase do not change the original file.
6. Click OK.
3. In the Notes text field, add any information about the file. This information
is displayed in the file list.
4. To add another file, click Add.
You cannot upload a file with the same name to the same briefcase. If a
file is uploaded that already exists in the folder, an Upload Conflict dialog
displays. You can either click Yes to upload the file, overwriting the existing
file, or click No.
The version number is updated if a file is overwritten.
Note: If you selected the wrong briefcase, you can use drag and drop to
move the file to the correct Briefcase folder.
If the file is too large, a warning displays. Files that you upload impact your
account quota.
2. In the Add to Briefcase dialog, select the destination folder or create a new
briefcase folder.
3. Click OK.
Note: A copy of the attachment is put in our Briefcase folder. If you are
managing your quota, you may want to delete the attachment in the
email when you add upload the attachment to your Briefcase.
1. Go to the Briefcase tab and select the file that you want to check out.
3. In the dialog that displays, select to save the file to your computer.
Because you checked out the file, you must save it to your computer to
edit it, as the file has been marked as read-only and changes to the file
cannot be saved.
4. Edit the file with the appropriate tool and save it.
5. After you saved the file to your computer, right-click on the locked file from
the Briefcase file list and select Check In File.
6. In the Check In File to Briefcase dialog that opens, browse to the edited file
on your computer. If you want to add information about changes, enter this
is the Notes text area.
7. Click Check In. The file is uploaded. The lock is removed and the file
details, including a new version number and notes, are updated in the file
list.
2. Click Delete. Each version of a file counts against your account quota.
Rename a File
Renaming a file creates another version of the file.
1. Go to the Briefcase tab and select the document you want to rename.
2. Right-click on the file and select Rename. The Name field is changed to an
editable field.
3. Edit this field to change the file name. Remember to keep the same
extension in the file name or it may not be editable later.
4. Press Enter.
1. Go to the Briefcase tab and select the Briefcase folder where you want to
create a new document.
3. Compose the content of the page using the rich text editor. You can add
style, color and tables to your page from the toolbar links.
5. Click Save.
These formatting tools work the same as many word processing tools.
2. Click View on the Task toolbar to select how to display the file in the
Preview Pane.
Option Description
Preview Pane At The Bot- The Briefcase preview pane displays at the
tom bottom of the pane.
Preview Pane On the Right The Briefcase preview pane displays on the right.
Working in Briefcase
In Briefcase, you can open files to work in them, create new documents
directly in the briefcase folder, move files, tag files and send an email with a
link to a file in your Briefcase. The toolbar is your direct link to many of these
features.
2. Click Download. Browse to the application to open the file, or save the file
to your computer.
3. Click Move and select the destination folder or create a new briefcase
folder.
4. Click OK.
3. A new compose email message opens with the link displayed in the body
of the message. Complete the email message and click Send to mail the
message.
2. Click Actions and select Send as attachment(s). The email compose page
opens with the file attached.
3. Add the recipient’s email address and complete the email message.
4. Click Send.
Sharing lets you give others access to folders in our account. You specify
which items to share and the level of access. You invite a user to share, and
the user can accept or decline the invitation.
The Sharing page under Preferences helps you manage your shared items.
This page shows the folders you shared with others and folders that are
shared with you.
Accessing Privileges
You can share your folders with specific internal users and external users or
make a folder public.
External and public users can only view content - they cannot make changes.
When you share a folder with internal users, you determine the type of access
privileges to give the user. You can set permissions per user or group.
You can edit the access rights and revoke permissions at any time.
Your sales department wants one central mailbox for all email messages
requesting information about a product, and everyone in sales should be
able to view email messages when they come in. You can give everyone in
the department permission to view the mail folder, and they can copy the
messages to their mailbox. You could also give them permission to manage
the mail folder and reply on behalf of this address.
A manager is often out of the office and does not have time to respond to
email messages, so access is granted to the manager’s assistant. The
assistant can respond to email on the manager’s behalf, create folders to
organize messages, and delete messages.
Instead of sending email messages to dozens of addresses every time you
have an announcement, you can identify one of your folders as a public
folder that contains the email announcements. You can assign shared
access to only specific email addresses and set a password that must be
entered to view the content. Or you can create a URL, and anyone who has
the URL can view the content.
specific project. You can choose to make the address book view-only or allow
internal users to edit, add, and delete names.
Share Calendars
You can share your calendars with internal and external users. Sharing our
calendar is a way to let others see or handle your schedule. You can choose to
make the calendar view-only or allow someone to create meetings and
manage invites.
When you share your calendars with internal users, you can select the type of
access the internal users can have:
Manager gives full access to view and modify the calendar.
Administrator gives full access to view, modify, share, and revoke calendar
shares.
Viewer gives read-only access. External guests and the public have read-
only access
Users with manager or administrator access can create meeting invitations
and send them on your behalf, and accept and decline meeting invitations on
your behalf. When the user sends an email response to a meeting, the return
message header shows the From as the user’s address and an On Behalf of
address as your address.
The calendar you share shows your private appointment time as busy but
does not show details about the appointment. When you create the share, you
can select to allow internal users or groups and external guests to see your
private appointment details.
Sharing a Folder
You can share your mail folders, address books, calendars, and task lists
folders. You invite a user to share, and the user can accept or decline the
invitation.
Note: When you share your mail folders, you cannot share the Trash or Junk
folders.
3. In the Shared Properties dialog box, select whether you want to share with
internal, external, or public users.
4. Depending on with whom you share, do the following:
• For Internal users or groups, enter the user’s email addresses. In the
Role area, select the access privileges.
• For External guests, enter user’s email addresses. External guests are
sent an email message with a link to the shared item. They create a
display name and password the first time they go to view the shared
item.
• For Public, enter the URL to use.
5. In the Message area, select which type of message to send to those who
you are granting access. This message can be sent to internal users and
external guests. Note: If you selected Public, you must notify the public of
the URL.
6. Click OK.
If the user accepts the invitation to share the folder, a copy of the folder is put
in the user’s account.
1. Right-click on the shared folder to change and select Edit Properties. The
Folder Properties dialog box displays the names that share the folder.
2. Under Sharing for this folder, click Edit next to the name to change.
5. Click OK.
4. Click Yes.
2. In the Accept Share dialog box, you can change the folder name and select
a color to highlight the folder.
2. In the Add Shared Folder dialog box, select the item shared with you that
you have not accepted, or in the Finds Shares text box, enter an email
address to see if an item was shared with you from that address.
3. In the Include drop down menu, select which application to search. Select
All Applications to search all applications for items shared with you.
4. Click Search.
6. Click Add.
Folders that have been shared with me but not yet accepted. In this section
you toggle between two views:
• Show folders shared with me through a distribution list. This option is
selected by default. If folders are shared with you through a DL, the
fields are populated with the shared item information.
• Show folders shared with me by the following user. When you select this
option, enter a name of a user that has shared an item with you. The
information is displayed in one of the fields depending on whether you
have accepted a share invitation or not. You can view information from
one user at a time. The details are not saved.
Folders shared with me that I have accepted. In this section, the folders that
are shared with you are listed.
Folders shared by me. In this section your shared folders are listed with
details about how the share was set up, including the role you assigned the
user and the item shared. You can edit the share properties, revoke
permissions to your share, and resend the invitation.
Share a Folder. You can share your email, address book, calendar, tasks, ,
and briefcase folders from here as well.
2. In the Share a Folder section, select the type of folder to share from the
drop-down menu.
3. Click Share.
5. In the Shared Properties dialog box, select whether you want to share with
internal, external, or public users.
2. In the Actions column you can edit, revoke or resend a shared item.
Option Description
Searching lets you find messages, contacts, appointments, tasks, and files.
You can search by specific words, dates, time, URL, size, tag, whether or not
a message has been read, whether it has file attachments and more.
The Zimbra Web Client offers two types of searches:
A quick search that executes whatever search query is currently displayed
in the search text box. You can enter one of the search key words in the
search field and a list of possible search arguments is automatically
displayed. In addition, the drop-down arrow at the left of the search text box
allows you to select which type of items to search for. You can select to
search within messages, your contacts, including company contact lists,
appointments and files.
An advanced search makes it easy to execute more complex searches.
You can group your search results.
You can save your search queries and re-execute them at a later date.
2. Select which part of your account to search from the drop-down menu next
to the search text box.
3. Press Enter.
When you are finished with the search, you can clear the search by
clicking the X on the search tab.
1. In the search text box, click the magnifying glass. The advanced search
page displays.
2. In the Navigation pane, select from the advanced filters drop down links to
create your search. The search syntax displays in a bubble in the search
field at the top of the page. You can select from any of the filters.
3. You can further refine your search criteria by adding AND, OR, or NOT
search conditions.
Basic Filters
On the advanced search page, select Basic Filters such as has attachment, is
flagged and is unread to perform a general search for messages matching
your selected criteria.
Advanced Filters
To build more complex and detailed search queries, use the advanced filters
as described in the table below.
Option Description
Option Description
Searching Syntax
You can search for any item, such as a word, first name, last name, phone
number, or domain name. When you are searching for content, there are
certain rules to keep in mind. Searching for content searches the body of the
message, plus any system-readable file attachments.
Exact text match: If you search for phrases, each word within that phrase must
be an exact match. Spelling variants are not allowed. For example, if you
search for bananas, messages with banana are not a match.
Case sensitivity: Search is not case sensitive; South, south, and SOUTH are all
the same thing.
Special characters: These special characters cannot be used in your search
text. ~ ' ! @ # $ % ^ & * () _- + ? / { }[ ] ; : "
Wild cards: The asterisk * as a wildcard after a prefix is supported. For
example, if you search for do*, it returns items with the word dog, door, etc.
Attachments: System-readable file attachments are searched. A system-readable file
is one that can be converted to HTML, such as Microsoft Office documents and text
files.
Contacts in address books: You must search for a whole word or number string. For
example, to search contacts by phone number, you must enter the full phone number
as it appears in the contact entry. You cannot search just by the area code.
Note: Searching content in the Zimbra Web Client differs slightly from text-
match searches or word-processing features such as Find.
Option Description
Option Description
1. Go to Preferences>General page.
3. Click Save.
3. Click Save.
5. Click OK.
1. In your Inbox or other personal folder, select a message received from the
sender you want to find.
2. Right-click the message and select Find Emails.
2. In the Navigation pane, from the advanced filters drop down select
Received from... or Sent to ... and enter the sender’s email address or
domain. The search syntax displays in the search text box at the top of the
page.
The search is executed and messages that meet your request display in
the Content pane.
When you search within a folder, only results for messages within that folder
are displayed. When you use the advanced search option, you can select
which folders to search. Results include messages from the folders selected
for the search.
1. In the Sent and Drafts folders, select a message with the name of the
recipient you want to find.
2. Right-click the message and select Find Emails.
2. In the Navigation pane, select from the advanced filters drop down select
Received from... or Sent to ... and enter the recipient’s email address or
domain. The search syntax displays in the Search field at the top of the
page.
The search is executed and messages that meet your request display in
the Content pane.
Search Examples
When performing an advanced search, you use different panes depending on
the search criteria. The following examples demonstrate which search panes
to use for particular types of searches.
1. From the search drop-down menu, select Mail and click the magnifying
glass in the search text box to display the advanced search page.
2. Click the magnifying glass in the search text box to display the advanced
search page.
3. In the Attachments Filters drop-down menu, choose Attachments... and
then select both Adobe PDF and Image.
4. Click Search.
1. From the search drop-down menu, select Contacts, and click the
magnifying glass in the search text box to display the advanced search
page.
3. Click Search.
2. Click the tag Industry News. Items that are tagged with the Industry news
tag display. Note: Tags are user-defined, so this assumes that you have
already created the tag and applied it to objects in your mailbox.
2. Click the magnifying glass in the search text box to display the advanced
search page.
6. Click Search.
How to do it:
2. Click the magnifying glass in the search text box to display the advanced
search page.
3. Select Received from... and enter the email address of your manager in the
Address text box.
5. Click Search.
Note: Special characters, such as trademark symbols that are part of a word,
are removed when the word is indexed for search. They are ignored in
a search. For example, a search for Zimbra™ finds all references to
Zimbra, including those without the trademark symbol.
Tip: Using parenthesis with AND and OR. Words within parentheses are
considered as a unit. For example from: (john thomas) is equivalent to
from:john AND from: thomas. If you use OR in the parenthesis, from:(john or
smith), the search is for results from:john OR from: smith.
Note: This feature is for Zimbra Collaboration Network Edition only and is
available only in the Advanced Web Client.
If the S/MIME feature is enabled for your account, you can set up S/MIME to
send and receive digitally signed and encrypted messages.
To use S/MIME with the Zimbra Collaboration, you must have a secure email
signing certificate suitable for S/MIME signing and encryption. The certificate
with private key must be installed in the local certificate store on a Windows
computer, Mac OSX computer, or in the browser certificate store if using
Firefox. For information about how to install your certificate see the
appropriate computer or browser documentation.
To send and receive encrypted and signed messages, your public key and
recipient's public key must be exchanged. To get a copy of a recipient's public
key, you can send a digitally signed message using your certificate to the
recipient and request that they send you a digitally signed message in reply.
When the message is received, the recipient's certificate is stored in the
recipient's contact page in Contacts, or a contact is automatically created.
Note the following differences when working with encrypted messages:
If you are sharing your Inbox, delegated users cannot read your encrypted
messages from their computers. Your private key is required to read
encrypted messages.
You cannot run spell check on an encrypted message.
You cannot search for text in the body or attachments of an encrypted
message. Only the header information such as sent to or from, date
message was sent, or subject can be found in a search.
You can change the default preference to always send your messages as
signed, as signed and encrypted, or to not sign or encrypt your messages. You
can change the option from the Security tab in the compose page, but the
change is only for that message.
1. Click Preferences.
4. Click Save.
2. In To: enter the user's address or click the To: link to search for an address
from your address books.
6. To add an attachment, click Add Attachment and browse to the file, or drag
and drop the file from your computer to the email header.
7. Click Send.
6. To add an attachment, click Add Attachment and browse to the file, or drag
and drop the file from your computer to the email header section.
7. Click Send.
You cannot run spell check on an encrypted message.
Note: This feature is for ZCS Network Edition only and is available only in the
Advanced Web Client.
This chapter describes the features and preferences for the Zimbra
Collaboration Voice Service. You must have the Voice Service license to
enable this feature.
Presence: (Cisco clients only) The ability to know in real time the availability
information about you or a contact. Presence status is displayed as
available, away, on a call, or do not disturb.
Prerequisites
Your system administrator will give you the following:
Voice User Name: Your display name in the ZWC Voice Service. This is the
user name assigned to you by your system administrator. It synchronizes
your UC server account and your Zimbra Collaboration account.
Registered Phone Number(s): Your system administrator will work with you
to register the devices and phone numbers you are using with the ZWC
Voice Service. You can have more than one registered device and phone
number, such as if you are using a softphone, desktop phone, or mobile
device.
Cisco clients only: The Cisco Jabber Client application installed.
Note: Your system administrator can help you with setting up your softphone
client to use with ZWC.
1. (Cisco clients only) If using the softphone, launch your Cisco Jabber Client
first.
2. Log in to ZWC.
3. You might be prompted to change your password upon first log in.
a. Go to the Preferences>Voice page.
b. Click Update Account Login.
c. Enter a new password and click Update.
In the upper right of your view, you are notified of how many unheard voice
mail messages you have in your inbox.
1. On the Voice page, click New Call. A Place Call dialog box displays.
2. Select the From number from the drop down menu. The numbers listed
are those that are registered to you.
3. Enter or select the To number for which you want to make the call. The
number can be obtained from your address book, or you can enter a
number manually.
Ending a Call
To end a call, hang up the phone or click Hang up from the call dialog box.
Message details are included in the message, such as the phone number the
message is from and the date and time the call was received.
You can play the voice message recording by clicking the voice message
attachment, or you can go to the Voice page list and click the play arrow.
When you play the voice message, a message bar indicates the status of the
message being played. You can click the play, move forward, or move back
arrows, or move the play bar to another location in the message by dragging it
to the desired place in the menu bar. You can also pause the message by
toggling the play button.
Because this voice message is received like any other email message, you
can reply or forward the message, or perform other actions that are typical
with an email message such as tagging the message. When you preview the
message, you can download the message to a folder, place the message in
briefcase, or remove the message. You can also mark the message as read,
delete the message, or dial the number to return the call.
2. In the call list, select the voice mail message you want to reply to.
3. Click Call Back. The Place Call dialog box displays with the number you
want to call in the To: field.
A default phone number is listed in the From: field of the dialog box. If you
want to use another registered device or phone number to make the call,
select the number from the From: drop-down menu.
2. In the call list, select the voice mail message you want to reply to.
3. Click Reply by Email. A new message displays with the voice mail
message attached.
4. Click To: to select the sender’s email address from your Address Book, or
manually enter the sender’s email address, and any message text you
want to add.
5. Click Send.
2. In the call list, select the voice mail message you want to forward.
3. Click Forward by Email. A new message displays with the voice mail
message attached.
4. Click To: to select the sender’s email address from your Address Book, or
manually enter the sender’s email address, and any message text you
want to add.
5. Click Send.
2. In the call list, select the voice mail message you want to download.
2. In the call list, select the voice mail message you want to delete.
Using Click-to-Call
Use the Click-to-Call feature to click a phone number to call a contact.
4. From the drop down menu, select the From: phone number you want to
use to make the call. The numbers listed are those that are registered to
you for use with the voice service.
5. The To: text field contains the number you selected to dial. If you want to
change the number, edit the text field.
Using Click-to-Chat
(Cisco clients only) Use the Click-to-Chat feature to chat with a contact. You
must have the IM address of the contact.
1. In Address Book, open a contact.
2. Hover over the contact’s email address. If you have the contact’s IM
address listed in their contact information, click the IM contact link to chat.
Zimbra Offline Mode allows you to use the Zimbra Web Client (ZWC) and
access your data without network connectivity.
For example, if there is no server connectivity or server connectivity is lost,
ZWC automatically transitions to “offline mode”. When server connectivity is
restored, ZWC automatically reverts back to “online mode”.
The offline mode uses HTML5, which uses a caching capability that can be
considered a super set of the normal browser caching. This feature is enabled
by your system administrator.
This chapter includes:
Offline Mode Features and Functionality on page 145
Supported Browsers on page 146
Enabling or Disabling Offline Mode on page 146
Using Mail in Offline Mode on page 147
Using Contacts in Offline Mode on page 149
Using Calendar in Offline Mode on page 149
Using Search in Offline Mode on page 150
Supported Browsers
Browsers supported for offline mode include:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
3. In the Offline Mode dialog, select Allow offline mode and click OK.
4. Accept the warning that displays asking if you want to reload the
application now to enable offline access? Click Yes.
Note: If you don’t reload the application, offline access is available the
next time you sign in.
5. The application reloads and a sync icon displays in the upper right of the
screen. You are now working in offline mode.
3. In the Offline Mode dialog, select Don’t allow offline mode Your ZWC will
not go into offline mode when server connectivity is lost.
4. Click OK.
Supported Devices
Supported devices for the Zimbra Touch Client include:
Logging In
1. To access the touch client, enter the URL for the Zimbra Web Client and
the touch client is automatically detected. For example
https://mail.example.com.
Signing Out
You can sign out of the touch client using the menu in the tool bar. Tap Sign
Out. Once you are signed out, you are redirected to the log-in screen.
General Functionality
General functionality of the touch client includes the different layouts you will
see when using a tablet or mobile device, switching applications (such as
going from Mail to Contacts), and using search.
Using a Tablet
A mobile phone only displays one panel regardless of its orientation. When an
item is viewed, its panel fills the display. Tapping the <Inbox button on the
toolbar brings the list back into view.
Button Functionality
Button Description
Action:
• For a conversation you can mark conversation unread,
flag conversation, move conversation, or tag a
conversation.
• For a message, you can mark unread, flag, move, tag, or
mark as spam.
Add: Add a contact or other addition of information.
Using Search
To search your Inbox:
1. Enter the search criteria in the Search field.
2. Tap return.
Using Mail
When using Mail, you can view a list of conversations, read a conversation,
compose a new message, reply to or forward a message, and perform various
actions on either conversations or messages such as moving or tagging them.
Reading Mail
Your Inbox displays conversations in the list panel. To read your mail, tap the
conversation you want to read and it displays in the reading pane.
Viewing a Conversation
A conversation is displayed as a list of messages in the list pane. The toolbar
on top has buttons that allow you to reply to or forward the conversation, move
it to Trash, or perform other actions such as tagging it, flagging it, moving it, or
marking it read.
Each message is shown as collapsed (just the header) or expanded
(header and body). Tapping the header toggles between the two.
Tapping the page corner button in the lower right corner of a message
reveals a toolbar that can be used to perform actions on just that message.
Tap details on an expanded message to show more of the message
header, such as who is copied on the message.
2. In the To field, enter the recipient’s email address. The address auto-
complete feature displays a list of suggested email addresses.
5. If you want to add an attachment, tap the attachment button and select
your attachment.
6. Tap Send.
Using Contacts
You can access your contacts using the Contacts application.
Using Calendar
You can access your events, appointments, and meetings using the Calendar
application.
2. From your list of calendars, tap the calendar you want to display. The
reading pane updates.
To go back to your default Calendar view, where all your calendar items
display on one calendar, tap the default Calendar button.
Appointment Colors
The color of an event depicts what calendar the event belongs to. You might
have more than one calendar, or view someone else’s calendar, and each
calendar can have a color associated with it that you assign in the Zimbra Web
Client. You can distinguish from the Month or Day view what calendar the
event belongs to by the color associated with the event.
3. Tap Save.
Recurring Appointments
When adding a new event, you can select to make it a recurring event. Tap
Repeat when creating the event, and you have options to make the event
Every Day, Every Week, Every Month, or Every Year.
When viewing or editing a recurring appointment, you have the option to open
a single instance of the event, or the entire series.
Editing an Event
You can edit an event, including editing the time and date, or adding new
attendees to the event.
1. Tap the event. You can open the instance of the event, or open the series if
it is a recurring meeting.
2. Make the changes you want to the event.
3. Tap Save.
Note: If you make changes to an event that you did not create, you will
receive a warning stating the changes that you make apply only to your
local copy of the appointment. Changes made by the organizer will
overwrite your changes.
You can add additional attendees to an event that you have already
scheduled.
1. Tap the event you want to change.
3. Tap Add Attendee. Enter the name of the person you want to add to the
event. Autocomplete is supported when you begin entering the attendee’s
name.
4. Tap Save.
Deleting an Appointment
If you want to delete an appointment, view the appointment and tap the trash
button. Confirm the that you want to delete the appointment. This action
deletes the local copy of the appointment.
ADV STD
Feature Description
ZWC ZWC
General Web Interface
AJAX-based end Rich, interactive, web-based interface for
-user interface end-user functions
Cross-Application Features
Drag/Drop items Ability to drag and drop items with *
indication of the number of items being
dragged and valid drop zones
*Drag-and-drop functionality limited in the
standard client
Mail
Paging Left and right arrows navigate from page to
page; users can set number of messages
to display per page.
Address Book
Import/export Ability to import/export Contacts in .csv
contacts in CSV format
format
Calendar
Personal Ability to schedule personal appointments
scheduling
Customizable first User setting for the first day of the week;
day of week value chosen impacts the Week calendar
view
Tasks
Manage tasks Add tasks and set the start and due date,
set the priority and keep track of the
progress and percentage complete
Documents
Create and use Documents feature
Briefcase
Create and use Briefcase feature
Search
Advanced Search interface for building searches
Sharing
Share with Ability to share Address Books, Calendars,
internal users and Task Lists, Document Notebooks, and
groups Briefcase folders with internal users and
groups. They can set the permission levels
to manage or to view-only.
Number Description
Window Header. Displays the following:
1
Search Bar, Help, and Logout are displayed on the right
Toolbar. This bar displays at the top and again under the Content pane
and displays the following:
Tools Tabs – click a tab to access the different ZWC tools available for
3 your account.
Action Buttons – click an action button to perform a task available for
the application you are currently using. The Move to and More
Actions fields gives you menu choices available in the application.
Move to…
The Move to... menu displays the moves that you can make within the
application you are in. In this example, In the email application, the message
Actions
The Action menu displays the different actions that you can make within the
application you are in. This example is for when you are the email application.