WebMail New Interface Notes
30 Sep 2004 -- HALNet is installing a new version of the WebMail software.- Actually, they installing a complete new mail server.
- The new mail server happens to include a new WebMail interface.
Page Contents:
First Impressions
Great! a major step forward.- Nicer appearance
- Convenient HAL & HALNet buttons on the log-in page
- New functions
- Calendar
- ToDo lists
- Event Scheduling
- Spell check
Improvements
- Log in takes you to the "Mailboxes" page not the "INBOX"
- The in box is named "InBox" not "INBOX"
- Pages tend to fill the width of the screen This one is so nice, I am tempted to repeat it 3 times
- On log out or disconnect you are taken back to the log-in page not the (HAL-PC) home page
Secure Mail -- a new feature
- This seems like as good a place as any to record my experiences
- Read the Help: http://webmail.hal-pc.org/Guide/WebSMIME.html
- Looked at some existing signed msgs. in my archive
They do not show up as described at:
http://webmail.hal-pc.org/Guide/WebSMIME.html#ReceivingSigned - Decided to try key genereation in my test acct.
See: http://webmail.hal-pc.org/Guide/WebSMIME.html#Storage
- Their 1st graphic:
- Their 2nd graphic:
- What I actually saw:
Import Key and Certificate
PFX File: File Password:
Generate Key and Certificate
Secure Mail Password: Verify Secure Mail Password: - So I picked a pass phrase, entered it, & clicked "Generate". I was rewarded w/ this:
The top part is not shown in the Guide, but it is accurately described; and the bottom is just like the 4th graphic they show. So far, so good. Secure Mail
Key and Certificate added Key and Certificate added- next
- next
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Questions
Log on page
Mailing Lists link
What is this for? It takes me to http://geekhome.org:8100/Lists/ but I have no access to the list (test) nor is there a help button. I suspect this is very useful, but very obscure at present."Dots" in User Names
The examples in the Guide show user names with dots in them ("j.smith"), is this allowed on HALNet?Mailboxes, Mailbox browse pages
Redundent Links
The "New" & "Compose" links both go to the "Compose" page. Is there a good reason for this?Red Numbers in "Mailboxes" Page
What do the red numbers in the "New" column on the "Mailboxes" page really mean? They do not disappear when you visit a mailbox, they do not disappear when you log out & log back in; they only disappear when you do both — 1st, visit a mailbox conataining new material, then log out & log back in.Suggestions
Log on page
- Add a help button
direct to http://geekhome.org:8100/Guide/WebMail.html#Login - Make the domain name in the header stand out
- color
- font (typeface)
- font size
Red Numbers in "Mailboxes" Page
- Change the behavior noted in "Qestions" above.
- Make a msg. whose title has been viewed no longer count as "New".
- At the very least make a msg. which has been read no longer count as "New".
- Thus, if new mail comes in during a session, the user can tell this at a glance.
Bugs
"WebMail Bug #01 -- Spell Check"
This is a 3 part problem: 1. It inserts a new line ("carriage return") @ the beginning of the text of the msg. every time I "push" any of the 3 buttons -- "Check Spelling", "Ignore", or "Change to". (This is not the only circumstance in which the interface inserts spurious new lines, separate reports as needed.) 2. It stops at the 1st misspelling -- the "Ignore" button doesn't work, it only inserts the extra new line noted in (1). 3. The "Change to" button doesn't work either -- it also only inserts the extra new line noted in (1).WebMailSpellCheckSuggestions
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