# Preferences

Note: The buttons at the top and bottom of the screen are common to all the preference screens.

- The top row contains the preference categories:-
  - General - including confirm logout and whether or not the welcome screen should be displayed.
  - Display - concerned with the appearance of the interface.
  - Compose - (this screen)
  - Extra Compose - use of the sent-mail folder, the size of the text area for the body part and the spell check language.
  - Folder - options concerned with the use of, and actions on, mail folders.
- The bottom row controls the duration of the changes:-
  - Cancel immediately cancels any edits.
  - Change for this session applies only to the current session.
  - Change for this and future sessions applies for each session until the change is altered.
  You are returned to the Account Management screen after selecting any of the choices.

## Compose Preferences

When you first enter the screen it will look like this:-

## Preferences

### Compose Preferences:

Personal Name: |  | Default: <None>
From Address: |  | Default: sp999@cam.ac.uk
Default Reply-To: |

### Signature:

## The individual preferences

In the screen above the Webmail default preferences are shown.

- Personal Name: - this is what appears in the From: field of a message preceding your address. If, for example, your address is `someone@somewhere.org` and you set `Someone Else` as your Personal Name then the From: field in outgoing messages will appear as
  `Someone Else <someone@somewhere.org>`
- From Address: - this is what appears as your address in an outgoing message. The default is shown on the screen. An address must be valid and it must belong to you. For example a valid alternative to `sp999@cam.ac.uk` would be `sp999@hermes.cam.ac.uk`.
- Default Reply-To: - By default replies will be sent to the address in the From: field of a message. If you wish replies to be sent to another address, or addresses, then you can enter that address, or comma-separated list of addresses, in this field.
- Signature: - information that appears at the bottom of a message. By convention this is 4 lines or less. It is preceded by a separator line `--` . If you create a signature here then the separator line and signature are automatically included in the text field in the Compose screen.