I've been an MS Outlook Express user for many years, but I've recently cut over to Version 2006.3 IMAIL WebMessaging in order to evaluate its use as our company's primary email client. I have many, many folders and use Message Rules extensively. I've only been doing this for a week or so, but here are a few things I've found...
Scroll bar for email folder screen:
If you keep folder names fairly small, you're okay. If not... You can't tell if you have any messages in those folders, if you're using
message rules, because the message count is at the end of the folder name. Resizing width of folder frame sometimes causes scrollbar length
to shrink so you can't get to the bottom folders...
Auto-fill:
I guess I'm just spoiled by Outlook Express' ability to fill out the remainder of an intended recipient's email address, based on the
characters you've already typed, if the recipient is in your address book. Is it even possible to implement something like this in a Web
Messaging environment?
Message rules using subject as criteria:
I've seen some weird results where many emails with extremely dissimilar subject lines wind up in the same folder. I had one folder for
Imail Forums that relied on the subject, for instance. After a few hours it resembled my INBOX. I switched that rule to use the TO:
criteria and all is well.
Attachments:
We're using a MITEL 3300 PBX which has the ability to forward Voicemail to email. Works great with Outlook Express, but with iMAIL WebMail
all you wind up with is an attachment called "Download.aspx."
Mark all (in current folder) as read:
Again... I could live without this, but I'm so used to using it with OutLook Express that it'd be great if it were included.
Question:
I haven't been able to find the answer to this, so I'll ask it here. How often does WebMessaging check for new email? Is this a
configurable parameter?
Gil Gomes
Network Manager
Leach & Garner Company
57 John L. Dietsch Square
North Attleboro, MA 02761-0200
V 774.643.1330
F 508.695.4093
E [EMAIL PROTECTED]
