Using SFGRID.COM Webmail

With the SFGRID webmail system, you can send or receive mail from any internet browser any where in the world.  Just log onto the internet from a public computer at a coffee shop or your friends house, then follow the instructions below and you will be e-mailing in no time.

How to Check Your Mail from a Web Browser
 

• Navigate to the SFGRID start page by typing www.sfgrid.com in your browser’s   address bar. Then press “Enter” on your keyboard or click the “Go” button with your mouse cursor.
   
• Once at the SFGRID start page, from the “SFGRID INFO” box on the left of your screen, select “Check SFGRID Webmail” by clicking on it with your mouse cursor.
   
• You will be directed to the Webmail’s entry page. You may also navigate directly to this page by typing www.sfgrid.com/webmail in your browser’s address bar.
   
• Enter your user name and password in the appropriate fields and then press “Enter” on your keyboard, or click the “Login” button on the screen. Your user name is the portion of your email address which appears before the “@”. For example, if your email address is “jody123@sfgrid.com”, your user name would be “jody123”.
   
• You should now be at your Webmails’ “Folders” page. This page defaults to your “Inbox” folder each time you enter Webmail. Your new emails will appear as a  list within the inbox page. Each email subject will be underlined like an internet link. Clicking on the email’s subject opens the message so you may read it.

Composing emails

•  From your “Folders” page select “Compose” from the upper left hand of the screen.

• A blank email form with entry fields will appear. Address the email by typing in your recipient’s email address in the “To” field.
• Type in a subject or topic in the “Subject” field. Providing a topic for your recipient is a courteous way of helping them to find and prioritize your message in their Inbox. Additionally, choosing a priority level from the “Priority” roll down menu will indicate to the recipient how urgent the message is in their Inbox folder.
• Compose your message within the large entry field. When you are finished, you may now send the message by clicking the “Send” button below.

Reply to emails
 

• You can automatically format a response to any email you receive by clicking the   “Reply” option above the body of the text. This will address your response to the sender as well as copy their complete message into your reply. This is useful if you need to reply to specific portions of their message.

Attaching files to emails

·        When sending emails, you may wish to send additional computer data along with the text of your message. Such information is known as a “File Attachment”. This is useful for sharing images, for instance. Also, should you wish to email an existing text document which was previously created in a word processing program, sending it as a file attachment saves you from typing the document over again into the text of the email. Be certain that your recipient has the correct program to open the file you are sending them.

• To attach files, click the “Browse” option in the Attachment field below the text body field of the message you wish to send. This will open a typical “File upload” browser.
• Navigate through the browser to find the file you wish to send, select it, then choose “Open”.
• The file you have chosen will now appear in the Attachment field. For additional files, select “Add”, and repeat the process. You may add as many files as is necessary up to a limit of 2 megabytes of information.

Managing emails within folders
 

• SFGRID WEBMAIL allows you to manage your emails within a system of folders. By default, WEBMAIL has a series of INBOX folders. All new messages are automatically filed in your main INBOX folder. Save a DRAFT of an email, such as one you have not finished composing or do not want to send yet, in the DRAFTS folder. All messages you send, including replies, are automatically filed in the SENT folder.  Send a message you are done with but think you might need later to the TRASH folder (messages sent to the TRASH will reside there until you delete them).
•  To move messages between folders from your INBOX folder, select the message by “Checking” it in the box that appears before the senders address.
• Then click the destination folder from the Folder Roll down menu above the list of messages.
• Finally, click the “Move” button to send the file to the selected folder.
• Storage of messages on the SFGRID server should be considered temporary.

SFGRID recommends that you always download your emails to your own computer using it’s default email application.