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==Chapter 4 - Webmail==

==Chapter 4 - Webmail==

If you wish, you can configure your SME Server so that users can access their email via a web interface. Once webmail is enabled, users will be able to access their email from the local network or anywhere in the world via the Internet using any web browser which supports Javascript and tables, which almost all browsers do.

If you wish, you can configure your SME Server so that users can access their email via a web interface. Once webmail is enabled, users will be able to access their email from the local network or anywhere in the world via the Internet using any web browser which supports Javascript and tables, which almost all browsers do.

1. Connect to the server-manager and login as the admin user.

1. Connect to the server-manager and login as the admin user.

2. In the Configuration group, click on email and then the 'change email access settings' button.  You are given two webmail options:

2. In the Configuration group, click on email and then the 'change email access settings' button.  There are three webmail options:

*Disabled

* Disabled

*Enabled (Allow HTTPS secure) - Allows users to connect only through a secure SSL connection.

* Allow HTTPS secure local and public

* Allow HTTPS secure from local networks

 

After you enable webmail, your users should be able to connect and use webmail.

After you enable webmail, your users should be able to connect and use webmail.

You can view and edit your contacts through two menu choices. From the left menu you can choose Contacts . This allows you to view or edit contacts, but does not allow you to add a contact to an e-mail list. To add a contact, you must open the Contacts window from the "Contacts" link in a Compose window, as highlighted in the image below.

You can view and edit your contacts through two menu choices. From the left menu you can choose Contacts . This allows you to view or edit contacts, but does not allow you to add a contact to an e-mail list. To add a contact, you must open the Contacts window from the "Contacts" link in a Compose window, as highlighted in the image below.

[[Image:Webmail_contacts_compose.png]]

[[Image:Webmail_contacts_compose.png]]

Note that you also have the option of inserting this entry directly into your Contacts list. If you have a large company directory, you may find this a useful way of ensuring that frequently used contacts are readily available.

Note that you also have the option of inserting this entry directly into your Contacts list. If you have a large company directory, you may find this a useful way of ensuring that frequently used contacts are readily available.

{{Note box|Unlike your local Contacts list, you cannot directly update entries that are in the company directory. Instead, those entries must be updated by the system administrator using the Directory panel in the server-manager. See the Directory section of Chapter 13 for more information.}}

{{Note box|Unlike your local Contacts list, you cannot directly update entries that are in the company directory. Instead, those entries must be updated by the system administrator using the Directory panel in the server-manager. See the Directory section of [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter13#Directory|Chapter 13]] for more information.}}

[[Image:Webmail_contacts-ldap.png]]

[[Image:Webmail_contacts-ldap.png]]

the junkmail folder. Messages are already sorted into the junkmail folder by

the junkmail folder. Messages are already sorted into the junkmail folder by

spamassassin before webmail has any chance to look at them.

spamassassin before webmail has any chance to look at them.