Introduction

Configuring Mulberry

1. Start Mulberry, making sure that you have an active network connection (dial-up or Ethernet). Once Mulberry starts up, the User ID & Password dialog box will appear. Enter your User ID (UNI) and password, and then click OK.
   
   
   
   
2. Select Preferences from the File menu. Select the Accounts tab and click the Advanced radio button on the right.
3. Select Columbia SMTP from the Account drop-down menu.
   
   
   
   
4. Enter your User ID (UNI) in the User field and select the option Save User ID.
   
   
   
   
5. Click the Simple radio button on the right side of the window.
6. Enter your name in the Real Name field, as shown in the example screen below. If nobody else will be using your copy of Mulberry, it is safe to check Save User ID. However, it is strongly recommended that you NOT check Save Password.
   
   
   If you often run Mulberry in disconnected mode (in which you aren't connected to CUNIX), you might prefer to uncheck Login at Startup.
   
   
7. Click OK.
   
   Tip: You can also set Mulberry to add a signature file at the bottom of each message you send by clicking on the Signature button in the Preferences window and then entering the desired text.

Getting Started

Viewing Messages and Folders

• The left side of the main window allows you to view your folders and your address book. To view your folders, just click the plus sign (+) next to the name of a folder type (e.g., Subscribed, Entire Hierarchy). To view your address book, click the Contacts tab.
• The right side of the main window contains the message index and message preview panes. To preview a message, just click on the mail message so that it is highlighted. The contents and header of the message will be displayed automatically in the lower pane.
• The bottom pane allows you to preview a message without actually opening it. To display the Preview window (if it is not already displayed), click Show Preview from the Window menu. To close the Preview window, select Hide Preview. Additional message previewing options are available in Preferences.

Opening and Closing Folders

Sending a Message

1. Select New Message from the File menu or click Draft from the toolbar. The Draft window will open.
2. Type your own e-mail address in the To field (e.g., jd1234@columbia.edu).
   
   
   Tip: If you type someone's last name in any of the address fields, Mulberry will do a lookup in the Columbia directory, and either fill in the full name and email address if found or provide you with a list of names from which you can choose. If the name you type is too common, Mulberry will tell you there are too many choices to display, and you'll have to enter the person's email address manually.
   
   
3. Enter text in the Subject field that will identify the topic of your message accurately and concisely. Test is a good choice in this case.
4. Type your message in the composition area.
5. Click the Send button to send your message.
   
   

Retrieving and Reading a Message

1. Select Check Mail from the Mailbox menu (Note: You must have the Inbox selected).
2. Double-click on the test message to open it in a new message window and display its contents.
   
   

• Every time you want to open another message, you can go to the message index (list of messages) and double-click the message. Doing this allows you to have more than one message open at a time (Mulberry opens separate windows for each message), but you will need to remember to close each message individually.
  
  
• With any message open, you can click the Next or Prev triangles in the upper right of the message window to display the next or previous message in the same message window. However, you won't be able to have more than one message open at a time. (Clicking the trashcan icon located to the left of the triangles will mark the message for deletion and will then open the next message in the same message window.)

Replying to a Message

1. With your test message displayed on the screen, click the Reply button.
2. Mulberry will open a Reply To dialog box so you can choose to whom you want 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.
   Tip: If you hold down the Alt key while clicking on Reply, you can avoid the Reply To dialog box and send the reply only to the sender.
   
   
3. Click the Create Reply button to open a composition window. The original message will appear on the screen, with room at the top for you to type your reply. Click Send when you're ready to send the reply.

Saving a Message to Your Local Hard Drive

1. To create a mail folder on your hard drive, click on Local Mail in the folder list and then select Create from the Mailbox menu. A Create Mailbox dialog box will open.
2. Enter a descriptive name for the mailbox (such as My Mailbox in the example below) to identify the mail you want to save. Be sure that Local Mail appears in the in Account box.
   
   
   
   
3. Click OK. The folder will appear under Local Mail in the Servers pane.
4. To move a message from your IMAP collection (mail stored on CUNIX) to a local folder, drag the message from the open INBOX window (or other folder) to the local mail folder you created. You can also select the message, choose Move to Mailbox from the Message menu, then select Local Mail and then select a destination mailbox.
5. Click the mailbox name in Local Mail to open that mailbox and display the message you just moved.

Deleting a Message

1. Close any message windows you may have opened so that you once again see the message list from your INBOX.
2. Select the test message by clicking on it once.
3. Click the Delete button at the top of the screen. You will see a red X appear over the small icon to the right of the message number, and the message information will be crossed out. This indicates that the message is marked for deletion. However, the message has not yet been permanently deleted.
4. To delete the message from your INBOX permanently, select that message and then click the Expunge button. To stop the message from being marked for deletion, click Undelete. Keep in mind that you can undelete a message BEFORE you expunge it, but not after.

Working with Attachments

Sending an Attachment

1. Open a new message window by clicking the Draft button, then fill in the To and Subject fields. It is also helpful to add an explanation of the file in the message body.
2. Click the Attach button, and then 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 header. 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 file name listed (for example, "application/msword" and "myfile.doc", respectively, as shown in the above example).
4. Click Send.

Opening an Attachment

1. Double-click on the message with the attachment to open the message.
2. Click on the triangle to the left of Parts in the message header and to display the file attachment. If the attachment is plain text, Mulberry will display the file in the message contents pane.
   
   
3. Right-click on the filename and then select Extract Parts.
4. In the Save As window, select the location on your hard drive where you want to save the file. Enter a new filename if necessary.
5. Click Save. A dialog box will appear asking if you would like to open the file. Click Yes to open the file now or No to open the file at a later time.

For Further Information

• Mulberry Documentation
• Quick Start Guide
• Getting Started Guide
• Reference Guide
• The Mulberry Web site maintained by ISAMET, Inc., the publishers of the program.