Webmail Version 3.0 Coming Soon
30-07-2004

Easy Email is proud to announce the upcoming release of Webmail version 3.0. All customers will be upgraded to the new version in a few weeks. Below is a summary of the major enhancements that have been incorporated into Webmail version 3.0.

Inbox Features:

IMAP Folders
All webmail folders including Sent Mail, Drafts, Trash and Spam are now IMAP folders, which can be shared between Webmail and any IMAP client.

Preview Pane
The preview pane allows users to quickly navigate their email messages, while always maintaining a view of the rest of the inbox. The preview pane can be turned on and off per user, depending on individual desires.

Conversation View
When the conversation view is turned on, it makes it easy for email users to quickly view all emails that were part of conversation strings. For example, if two business associates trade 20 emails over a week's period of time and each time they "Reply" to the previous email, turning on the conversation view will group all 20 of those messages together, as long as all of those messages are stored in a single folder, such as the inbox. This can make for easier navigation of specific conversations between two or more email users and especially for users that subscribe to list serves.

Folders and Sub-Folders
Users can now create an unlimited hierarchical folder structure. For example, they could create one folder that has to do with a high level topic and then several sub folders within that main folder. They can even create sub-folders within sub-folders for more meticulous organization of their email data.

Message Action Items
(Flag for Follow Up, Remove Flag, Mark as Read, Mark as Unread, Export to Zip)
With message action items, users can now organize their messages more efficiently. For example, if a user reads an email and needs to reply later, the user can flag the message for follow up. The user would then be able to sort messages based on those that are flagged for follow up. This would help the user to recognize that there are action items they need to take at a later point in time.

Message Priority
Message priority flags are now shown in the message listing. When a user receives an email marked as "urgent," an exclamation icon will appear to the left of message.

Purge Trash
Added links to main menu for purging the Trash, Spam and Sent Mail folders. Purge links can be manually added or removed from all other folders.

Compose Features:

HTML Editor
The HTML editor allows email users to compose messages in HTML, using features such as "Bold," "Underline" and "Italicize." Users can also format the style of the page using different fonts and color pallets. HTML composing can be turned on and off per user, allowing users to choose when they want to send emails in HTML verses plain text.

Microsoft Rich Text Format
Added support for viewing and responding to emails that were sent in Microsoft Rich Text format (MS-TNEF).

Frequent Contacts
When email users add contacts to their address book, they can now designate certain contacts as "Frequent Contacts." Frequent contacts will then be displayed on the "Compose Mail" page making it very simple to add contacts to the "To," "Cc" or "Bcc" address fields when writing emails.

Address Auto-complete
When typing an address into the "To," "Cc" or "Bcc" address fields on the "Compose Mail" page, Webmail will attempt to match partially typed names against the user's address book. If a match is found, the user will be able to press and have the rest of the address automatically filled in.

Attachment Sizes
The compose page now shows the size of attachments that have been uploaded. This helps users know how large an email is before they send it.

Settings and Management Tools:

Enhanced Search
Email users can now search for emails within specific folders, rather than all folders. They can also search specific fields (body, subject, from, to, cc), rather than always searching all fields.

Enhanced Filtering
New filtering options have been added to help users better organize their incoming email. Emails can be copied to folders, rather than moved. Filtering matches can use improved matching logic to identify very specific emails. Mail can also be forwarded to alternate addresses, such as cell phones, if it contains certain content or is from specific people. The filtering occurs immediately when each email message is received.

Settings
Many new user customizable settings have been added to enhance the use of Webmail. Settings include display options, folder list options, message formats, external mail delivery options, and more.

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