Getting Started

• In the mail server pane you will see icons for IMAP (your mail folder collection on CUNIX) and Local (for holding mail you want to store on your hard drive).
• The mailbox pane displays the message index for whatever mail folder(s) you have open.
• The message preview pane shows the text of the message selected (highlighted) in the message index.

1. Click the triangle next to the IMAP icon to display its contents. You will see your INBOX, along with a folder (mail/) containing your other mail folders, such as sent-mail and any mail folders you've created.
2. Select the INBOX icon and click the green Login button in the toolbar. Type your account ID and password when prompted. This will log you in to the Columbia mail server imap.columbia.edu and simultaneously open INBOX in the upper right pane so you can see your new mail.

Sending a Message

1. Select New Message from the File menu or click Draft in the toolbar.
2. A Draft window will open. Type your own e-mail address in the To: field, e.g. jd1234@columbia.edu
   
   Tip: Mulberry is configured to save copies of your outgoing messages to the sent-mail folder by default. But you can store a copy of any message you send in any mail folder you choose. In any new message window, simply choose a mail folder from the Copy to: drop-down menu just below the Subject line. Note that mail folders on your local hard drive are listed, too.
   
   Tip: To send email to someone within Columbia, you only need to use the recipient's account ID (without the @columbia.edu). To send mail to someone outside Columbia, or for someone from outside Columbia to send mail to you, a complete email address must be used (e.g., abc123@aol.com).
   
   
3. Enter something in the Subject: field that will identify the topic of your message accurately and concisely. Test would be a good choice here.
4. Type a message in the composition area and click the Send icon in the toolbar. (In case you were wondering, the Send icon is a British mailbox.) If this is the first message you've sent during this session, you'll be prompted for your password. The progress of the send will be displayed in the small Mulberry Status window towards the bottom of your screen. (If this window isn't visible, select Status from the Window menu.)

Tip: If you want the Cc: and/or Bcc: fields to show up in all new draft windows, select Preferences from the Mulberry menu and click the Advanced radio button on the right side of the window. At the bottom of the Outgoing --> General preferences, you'll find check boxes to display these by default.

Retrieving and Reading a Message

1. Select Check Mail from the Mailbox menu. (Mulberry is configured to check for new mail automatically every five minutes, but you can check manually at any time.)
2. Select the test message in the message index to open it in the message preview pane below.

Replying to a Message

1. With your test message displayed, click the Reply icon in the toolbar.
2. Mulberry will open a Reply To dialog box so you can choose where to send your reply. Click the little diamond in the To column next to your own e-mail address to reply to yourself, the sender of the message.
3. Click the Create Reply button to open a draft window. The original message will appear on the screen, with room at the top for you to type your reply. Click Send.

Creating Additional Mailboxes

1. Select Local in the mail servers list and choose Create from the Mailbox menu. A Create Mailbox dialog box will open.
   
   
   
   
   
2. If this is to be a simple mailbox containing individual messages, select Create a Mailbox to Contain Messages. If, on the other hand, you want to create a folder which will hold multiple mailboxes, select Create a Mailbox to Contain Mailboxes. An example of the latter might be if you wanted to create a folder to hold all your personal correspondance, called Letters, and within it, individual mailboxes for each of your friends or relatives.
3. For the mailbox Name, type something to identify the mail you want to save (for example Letters from Mom). Be sure that Local appears in the in Account box. Click OK. A mailbox with the name you chose will appear under Local in the Servers window.

Moving Messages Between Mailboxes

1. Select the message you want to copy or move.
2. Select either Move or Copy from the Message menu, and then select the mailbox to which you want to move or copy the message.

Deleting a Message

1. Select your test message by clicking on it once.
2. Click the Delete icon in the toolbar. Since this message is stored on CUNIX, you will see a red X appear over the small icon at the left end of the message header in the Message List, and the entire listing will be crossed out with a red line. This indicates that the message is marked for deletion. (You can see what this looks like in the screen shot at the start of this tutorial.)
3. To expunge the message (delete it permanently), click the Expunge icon in the toolbar. You can change your mind and undelete a message BEFORE you expunge it, but not after.

Working with Attachments

Sending an Attachment

1. In a new Draft window, fill in the To: and Subject fields as you normally would. It is also helpful to add an explanation of what the attachment is in the message body.
2. Click the Attach button, and select the file you want to attach from the list of your computer's files which appears. Click Open to attach the selected file to the message.
3. You will see a number appear in the Parts: box in the mail headers. If you click on the triangle to the left of Parts: you will see a text/plain part (representing the message body), and then the attachment itself, with the file type and name listed.
4. Click Send.

Opening and Saving Attachments

1. Select the message with the attachment to open it.
2. Click the triangle to the left of Parts: in the message header.
   • If the attachment is plain text, click on it once to have Mulberry display it in the message contents pane.
   • If the file is something Mulberry can't display, such as a Microsoft Word file, double-click on it to save the file to your hard drive. A Save As window will open. Select where to save the file, and provide a new name if necessary.
3. Click Save. A dialog box will appear asking if you would like to open the file. Click Cancel or OK depending on your wishes