To access GWMail for Students and Alumni, go to http://mail.gwmail.gwu.edu/

Click on the messages appearing in the Inbox window to perform these tasks:

• Deleting a Message
• Composing a Message
• Replying to a Message
• Forwarding Messages
• Displaying Next and Previous Messages
• Filing Messages to a Folder
• Attaching Files to a Message
• Viewing Full Message Header

1. Click the Subject of the message. This opens the message for viewing.
2. Click Delete.For more information about deleting messages, refer to Deleting Messages.

Composing a Message

To compose a message, refer to Composing a Message.

Replying to a Message

You can reply to the sender of a message, or to the sender and to all recipients listed in the To, From, Cc fields of the original message.

To reply to a message:

1. Click Reply to reply to the sender, or Reply All to reply to the sender and all the other recipients. A Compose Message window appears with the name of the recipient or recipients. The subject of the original message is prefaced with Re:.
2. If you want to enter additional email addresses, click "To", "Cc", or "Bcc" to indicate how you want the address to be listed. Alternatively, you can manually add an email address.
3. Click in the message box and type the text of your message.
4. Click Send.

1. Click Forward.
2. Address the message, using To, Cc and Bcc header fields. Colonial Mail enters the subject of the original message, prefaced with Fwd:. Attachments that came with the original message are included.
3. In the text box, write a message if required.

Displaying Next and Previous Messages

You can easily move from one message to another using Colonial Mail:

Within the message window, select the Next or Previous icons to look at next or previous messages as they are listed in the current folder.

Filing Messages to a Folder

After reading a message, you can file it in another folder.

From the "Move message to folder" drop-down list, choose the folder in which you want to file the nessage.

Attaching Files to a Message

To attach a file to a message, refer to Attaching Files to a Message.

Viewing Full Message Header

You have the ability to view the full message header of inbound and outbound messages. Open a message. On the "From" line, at the far right-hand side of the message window, you will see an arrow pointing to the right:

Click on the arrow to view the full message header.

To view return to viewing brief message headers, simply click on the same arrow (which will be pointing down).

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