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Support: Quick Email Help

To get to your mail visit vistua.com then click Mail Login which is in the upper right corner

(alternately just visit http://mail.vistua.com)

To Sign in

Enter the part of your email address that comes before @ sign in the first line, then your email password in the second line

To Sign Out

Either close the window in the usual way for your system or click sign out in the upper right corner. Always click sign out when using a public computer such as a library computer (this is for security reasons)

To Send a new Email

  1. Click on Compose Mail (left side, at the top of the column) the following will appear:
  2. You can enter an email address such as someone@yahoo.com in the To line, if you start to type a name the system will try to guess the email address, if it gets it right, just press enter.
  3. Enter a Subject of some sort.
  4. If you need to attach a file, click attach a file, then browse (that button will appear) and select the file, if not ignore this step.
  5. The large white area is where you compose your message. Type whatever you like then press Send which can be found at the top and bottom of the screen. Both buttons have identical functions.

To Read your Email

  1. Click on Inbox (left column, near the top), if you are not seeing the Inbox already.
  2. All of your Inbox messages will appear. Click one to view
  3. If you are having a conversation, IE you are replying and forwarding messages only the last message, or messages you have not yet seen are displayed, to show all, click "expand all"

Filing (Deleting, Archiving) your Email

If you wish to remove a conversation (group of messages) forever you can either click Delete while viewing that conversation or you can put a check in the check-box next to that message from the Inbox view then click Delete. The message will be moved to the Trash, after thirty days it will be deleted permanently.

Until then, you can go to the trash view and check the messages check-box then click Move to Inbox to rescue the message

If you wish to file a conversation away for long term storage you can use the Archive button. Instead of Delete, archived messages are stored until you remove them.

Replying and Forwarding

When you are viewing a message in a conversation (or by itself) you can click Reply (bottom of each individual message) to reply to the sender of that message. If the message was sent to people other than you also, the Reply to All button will appear also.

Simply compose your message in the usual way and click Send

When you wish to forward an email you have received to someone else, click Forward. Then enter at least one email address in the To line of the box that appears. You can optionally edit the message, such as by adding an explanatory note. Then click Send.

Finding Lost Messages

If you cannot find a message try entering a search term in the search bar at the top, next to the logo and clicking Search Mail. For instance, if you search for the term "robot" the system will locate all emails that have the word "robot" in them somewhere. Messages that have been moved to the Trash are not included in searches, If there are messages in the Trash that do match your search term the system will show you a message saying so and asking if you would like to view them.

Categories: Email, Internet

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