Mail allows you to send, receive, reply, and forward mail messages to others in the course. You can also store drafts of mail messages, search your mail messages, and add mail folders.

There are four default folders for each user. The default folders cannot be renamed or deleted.

All: contains all messages

Inbox: contains all received messages
Outbox: contains all sent messages
Draft: contains all unsent messages

Forwarding messages to an external email account

As you receive WebCT mail messages, they can be forwarded to an external email account.
From the Mail screen, click Message Settings. The Message Settings screen appears. Next to Mail Forwarding, select Forward my mail to and enter the email address that you want your messages forwarded to, in the text box. Click Update. All WebCT mail messages will now be forwarded, as you receive them, to this external email address.

Sending messages

1. From the Mail or Mail Messages screen, click Compose message. The Compose Mail Message screen appears in a new browser window.
2. Complete the Send to text box by either:
   • typing the name or WebCT ID of the recipient(s). Note: Multiple recipients need to be separated by commas.
   • viewing the list of possible recipients by clicking Browse. Note: Depending on administrator settings, this option may not be available. To select a recipient, click their name. To select more than one recipient, hold the CTRL key while selecting the names. Click Done.
3. In the Subject text box, enter your subject. Note: This text box cannot be left blank.
4. Compose your message by doing one of the following:
   • In the Message text box, enter your message. The following message options are available:
     • To change the number of viewable lines in the Message text box, from the Height of edit area drop-down list, select a number and click Resize.
     • To allow text to continue horizontally beyond each visible line, select Don't wrap text.
   • Click HTML editor. For help, see HTML Editor.
5. If you want to insert an equation, use the WebEQ Equation Editor for Microsoft Windows or for Macintosh. Note: Depending on administrator settings, the Equation Editor may not be available.
6. If you want to attach a file:
   1. Next to Attachments, click Browse. Your computer's file browser appears.
   2. Locate and select the file you want to upload. The path and filename of your attachment appears in the Attachments text box.
   3. Click Attach file. The filename appears as a hyperlink, and the file is attached to your message.
      
7. If you want to preview your message before sending:
   1. Click Preview. A preview of your message appears in a new browser window.
   2. Click Close. The Compose Mail Message screen appears.
      
8. Click Send. The message is sent and a copy is placed in the Outbox folder.

For more information about Private Mail, see the Student Help Index.

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