# Main Screen

The Header Menu Summary

Menu: The main Menu page shows a summary of all the mailboxes.

View Mail: The View Mail button opens the main mailbox (Inbox, unless you have changed it) and shows a detailed summary of its contents.
If you are currently viewing an email in another mailbox the View Mail button will take you back to the summary of that mailbox.

Compose: The Compose button allows you to begin a new mail message and is accessable from any page.

Search: The Search button allows you to search a single mailbox or all your mailboxes for a specific word or phrase

Calendar: The main Menu page shows a summary of all the mailboxes.

Log Off: The Log Off button allows you to end your session from any page.

- To send mail, click the "Compose" button. The "Send Message" screen will open.

- To send an e-mail to someone in your address book, select the Address(es) and click Send To to place the address in the To section.
  Or click the Carbon-Copy(CC) or Blind Carbon-Copy(BCC) link to place the address(es) in the respective fields.

- To read mail in the current mailbox folder click the Subject line to display the full text of the message.

- To read mail in a different mailbox folder, click the folder name in the hierarchy tree on the left.

The Mailbox Summary

Mailbox folders: Name of the mailbox. You will see the following standard mailboxes, plus any mailboxes that you have created.

- Inbox. All new mail will be in this mail box, unless you have set options to route mail elsewhere. See Change My Filters.

- Sent. This mailbox is activated when you set your "Save copy of outgoing mail in Sent folder" preference to Yes.
  If this option is not selected you will not see this folder.

- Deleted. This mailbox is activated when you set your "Deleted messages" preference to Move to Deleted folder.

- Draft. This mailbox is activated when you select to Save, rather than Send, a message that you are composing. You can select a message in the Drafts folder at a later time, modify it, and send it.

> Note: If you are a calendar user, you will also have an IMIP mailbox. This is the mailbox that stores calendar invitations that other users send to you. This mailbox will be created the first time that someone sends you an invitation.

Size(bytes): Amount of disk space being used by the mailbox.

Message Count: The total number of messages contained in the mailbox. The number of new messages is displayed next to the mailbox name.

Last Modified: Shows the date and time you last received mail in this folder.