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Moving a message to a
different folder | Top
There are four default folders: Inbox,
Outbox, Draft and All. To add a folder,
see Adding a folder.
- From the Course Menu, click Mail.
The Mail screen appears.
- From the Folder
table, click the folder that contains the message that you want to move.
The Mail Messages screen appears.
- From the table, select each message you want to move.
- Move to the Actions menu by clicking
Message options.
- From the Move to
drop-down box, select the destination folder and click Go.
A warning message appears.
- Click
OK. The Mail
Messages screen refreshes and
each selected message is moved to the new folder.
Deleting a message
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- From the Course Menu, click Mail.
The Mail screen appears.
- From the Mail Folders
table, click the folder that contains the message(s) that you want to
delete. The Mail Messages screen appears.
- Select each message that you want to delete.
- Move to the Actions menu by clicking
Message options.
- Click Delete. A warning message appears.
- Click OK. The Mail Messages screen
refreshes and each selected message is deleted.
Deleting all messages
in a folder | Top
- From the Course Menu, click Mail.
The Mail screen appears.
- From the Folder
table, select the folder from which you want to delete all messages.
- Under Options:Messages,
click Delete
messages. A warning message appears.
- Click OK.
All messages in the folder are deleted.
Deleting all
messages in all folders | Top
- From the Course Menu, click Mail.
The Mail screen appears.
- Under Options:Messages,
click Delete all messages.
A warning message appears.
- Click OK.
The Mail
screen refreshes and the Folder
table is updated.
Deleting all mail
for the entire course | Top
This feature deletes all student, teaching assistant, and instructor
messages and all mail folders except Inbox,
Outbox, Draft and All. This feature is useful
when the course is over.
- From the Course Menu, click Mail.
The Mail screen appears.
- Under Options:Messages,
click Delete all course mail.
A warning message appears.
- Click OK.
A final warning message appears.
- Click OK.
All course mail is deleted.
Forwarding messages to an
external email account | Top
As you receive WebCT mail messages, they can be forwarded to an external
email account.
Note: Depending on administrator settings,
this feature may not be available.
- From the Course Menu, click Mail.
The Mail screen appears.
- Click Message settings. The Message
Settings screen appears.
- Under Mail Forwarding, in the
Forward my mail to text box, enter the external email address.
- Click Update. All WebCT mail messages
will now be forwarded, as you receive them, to this external email address.
- To return to the Mail screen, click Back.
Setting the number of threads
to display per page | Top
- From the Course Menu, click Mail.
The Mail screen appears.
- From the Folder table, click Message
Settings. The Message Settings screen
appears.
- Under Threads per page,
make your selection:
- To specify a set number of threads per page, select Display
(text box)
threads per page, and enter a number in the text box.
- To display all messages on the same page, select Display
all threads at once.
- Click Update.
A message appears to confirm that the settings are updated.
- To return to the Mail
screen, click Back.
Setting the length of subject displayed
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You can specify how much of the message's subject is
displayed in the Mail Messages table.
- From the Course Menu, click Mail.
The Mail screen appears.
- From the Folder table, click Message
Settings. The Message Settings screen
appears.
- Under Length of subject, make your selection:
- To specify a limit to the number of characters displayed, select
Display first (text
box) characters of subject, and
enter a number in the text box.
- To display the full subject, regardless of its length, select Display
whole subject.
- Click Update. A
message appears to confirm that the settings are updated.
- To return to the Mail screen, click Back.
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