# The common toolbar and the status information

Message | | | Mailbox | | | Folders | | | Compose | | | Addressbook | | | Manage
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## The common toolbar

The common toolbar appears at the top of most Webmail pages and provides shortcuts to the main Webmail functions.

Message
| This icon will always return you to the current message. When you login, the first unread message in your inbox is the current message. If you have no unread messages then the last message in your inbox is the current message. If you move to another folder then the last message in that folder is the current message. In any folder, once you read a message that becomes the current message. For example, if you were reading message 6 of 8 in your inbox, then move to another screen (e.g. by Mailbox or Folder) then when you re-select Message message 6 is displayed.
Mailbox
| This icon returns you to a listing of your currently selected mail folder. By default this is your inbox.
Folders
| Select this to see a listing of your mail folders. You can select a different mail folder to view or you can create, rename or delete mail folders and directories. You can also choose some of your mail folders to be "favourites", which will give you quick access to these folders, or you can transfer mail folders between __SERVICE__ and your local system.
Compose
| Select this to start writing a new message. Normally this will take you straight to the message composition screen, but if you have any postponed messages you will be asked whether you want to edit one of these or start a new message. If you have defined one or more "roles" for yourself (see the Manage screens) then you will be asked to select which role you want to use.
Addressbook
| Selecting this leads you to the main addressbook listing screen where you can edit, delete and add entries. You can also import your __SERVICE__ addressbook into the Webmail addressbook or export your Webmail addressbook for use in Pine on __SERVICE__.
Manage
| Selecting this leads to screens that let you configure various aspects of the Webmail system either for the current session or for every future session. These include preferences that affect the appearance of the system, account management (e.g. changing your password), mail processing (e.g. setting a vacation message) and defining a personal dictionary.

Once you have selected an option from the toolbar, and moved to the relevant screen, that option is "greyed out" (shown as inactive) on the toolbar. For example when you are viewing a message the message icon will appear as shown below:-

Change to:
| By default this pull-down list will show all your mail folders. You can change to any listed folder by selecting that from the list and then selecting Go. There is a limit on the number of mail folders that can be shown in this list. If you have over 20 folder then the display changes to Change to: Disabled (23 folders) and you will need to use the Folders icon to see the list. If you have specified any "favourite" mail folders, then the general listing of your mail folders is replaced by a pull-down list showing just the favourites, for example:-
Change to:
The 20 folder limit described above also applies here.

Help
| The Webmail system has specific help pages for each screen rather than an overall globally available system. Selecting this icon on any screen takes you to the help text relevant to that screen. When you are looking at a help text page this icon changes to
Back
and using this takes you back to the screen you came from.
Logout
| Selecting this will log you out of the Webmail system. Please remember to use this to log out when you have finished a session rather than just leaving your session idle.

## The status information

This appears immediately below the toolbar and contains:-

- On the left Status: or Reminder: information. Status messages give feedback about the last command issued. These usually indicate whether an action was successful or not. For example status messages for the Folders screen include:-

  Status: Switched to mailbox: mail/received | Status: Created mailbox: mail/test2 | Status: Deleted mailbox: mail/test

  The principal reminder is

  | Reminder: Logout when you have finished

- On the right, the account name of the user currently logged in.