RunnerMail

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(1) Login: Go to the Runner Mail web site

http://runner.csub.edu/

• Your User Name is your first initial and last name with no spaces (mine is jross)

Note: If there is more then one person with the same last name and first initial, the username for the next jross will have a 1 added at the end of their first initial last name They will have the username jross1.  This sequence will continue with jross2 then jross3, jross4, etc. If you have a common name try 1 then 2, 3,..at the end of your first initial and last name until you find your username.

• Your password is the year you were born and the last four digits of your SSN#. For example, if a person was born in 1987 and their SSN# is 123-45-6789, their default password for their RunnerMail account will be 19876789.
• Press the Enter button
• If a dialog box appears, click Continue to accept the security alert
• The following Runner Mail page will appear with a successful log on.  If don't get this page and you have tried a sequence of numbers after your first initial and last name,  see the assistants in the library computer lab or call the student  help desk at  (661) 665 - 6677.

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• Click the  button, on the new page click Password at the top

• In the Old Password box type in your current password (the year you were born and the last four digits of your SSN# for first time users)
• In the New Password box type in your created password--the password is case sensitive so remember the case of characters.

(Your password should be one you can remember but not one someone could guess and using at least 6 characters and numbers is suggested)
• In the Reenter Password  box retype you newly created password
• Click the Modify Button at the bottom of the Password Modification box. Don't forget your new password.
• If you have another email account, you should fill out the bottom form in Settings,  Forgotten Password Recovery, so that you can have a RunnerMail password sent to this other email address if you forget your RunnerMail password. While in settings, scroll to the bottom, fill out the form and click Modify.

• If you  forget your password and have another email account that you have specified in the bottom dialog box in Settings, see above,  go to the RunnerMail home page and click  Forgot your password? and have a new RunnerMail password emailed to your alternative email account.
• Don't have another email account or did not specify it in Forgotten Password Recovery then go by or call the help desk in the library basement at (661) 665 - 6677.

• Click the  button on the list of links on the left side in the start up page. Click Compose on the links at the top.

• In the Signature box type in information that will identify you to the typical receiver of your messages
• Click the Update Button, at the bottom of the page to complete signature change. You can change the signature on individual messages or change the standard signature in the future if you want. I could for example make the following my standard signature and erase irrelevant information in each message:
Jim Ross
California State University Bakersfield
Sociology Anthropology Department
9001 Stockdale Highway
(805) 664-2384
E-mail: jross@csubak.edu
Bakersfield CA. 93311-1099 This signature is admittedly a bit of overkill!

• Click  button on the list of links on the left side or the mailbox icon at the top on most pages and a page with the list of your mail boxes will be displayed.

• Click the mail box you would like to check.  In this case we clicked the InBox to look at the 3 messages with 1 new message.  A page with the following will be displayed.

• Read a particular item by clicking the name under From ("Jim Ross", my faculty email account, in this case) to display the message, see below.
• Delete a message you are reading by clicking the Delete at the bottom or top of  the message to place it in the Trash mail box.  It is always advisable to delete messages you do not need to keep to maintain adequate space for your messages on the RunnerMail server. See Delete for complete deletions form your RunnerMail account.
• Choices for a message being read:
Next Unread for the next message,
Reply to reply to the message,
Reply To All to reply to all who received the message,
Forward to send the message to someone else,
Back to InBox to return,
Delete to send the message to Trash,
Set Flag which allows you to choose a function later for all flagged messages and Close as Unread to keep the message active to read later

• Click the  button on the list of links on the left side of  the page or the button at the top part of the RunnerMail page.

• The Compose page will open with the following:

• To:  box type the recipient's address ( you only need the recipients account/user name if they have a Runner Mail account). You should be able to send the same message to more then one person by just listing each email address with a space between the addresses
• Subject: type a brief descriptive statement about the message.
• CC: address of recipient to receive a copy of the message
• BCC: address of recipient to receive a copy of the message but the original recipient is not notified
• Notify: Will under some conditions you will be notified when a message has been received and/or read--not reliable this only works if the email system you are sending the message to has the protocol for notification.  RunnerMail has this but AOL for example doesn't.
• Type your message into the large input window.
• Add or delete from the "signature" where necessary.
• Proof your message, and check spelling by clicking the Check Spelling button
• Save a Copy, you can click the button to keep a copy of your message
• If you need more time to complete your message click the Save in Drafts button (the message will be placed in the Drafts mail box for completion later.
• Click the Send button, just above the message box,  to send your message

Go to Mailboxes by clicking any Mailboxes button

Click on Drafts

Open the draft to be edited by double clicking on the message name

On left bottom of first list, click the Edit Draft button

You are now in Compose with your draft, Edit and finish your draft

Click Send to send your message.

• Click the Logout button, above,  or  link on the left menu to quit Runner Mail If you don't do this it could be possible for someone in the lab to use your Runner Mail account for nefarious purposes. You can also click Log Out

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• Compose your message as described above, don't worry you will be able to continue writing after attaching files.
• Below the message composition box you will see that you can attach up to three files to your message.

•  Click a Browse button and a Choose File dialog box will open.

First click the arrow beside File of types box,  find the location of your attachment by using the Look in: box.  At the bottom select All Files (*.*) or the specific file type of your attachment to display your file.

Find and select the file you want to attach. When you are done, click  the Open button.

You can attach up to three files.  To remove a file from the attached list, simply erase the file path and file name in the Attachment: box.

When you have completed your e-mail message, and all the attachments are in place, click Send and your message and attachments are on their way.

Click either Mailboxes at the top, see above, are the  button on the list of links on the left side or the mailbox icon at the top on most pages and a page with the list of your mail boxes will be displayed.

• To open a Mail Box and display the messages click the mail box of your choice.  Usually this is InBox
• Click the senders name to read a message

(a) Checking a Mailbox

• Open a Mail Box and display the message list
• Click on the left of the listed messages to flag them for deletion, see below.  You could also just click  to flag all messages.
• Click the Delete button under  Flagged

(b) Your messages are not actually deleted yet.  You must now open the Trash Can mail box click  then the Delete button to completely erase the messages.

(c) You can set up RunnerMail to automatically delete any messages in the Trash Can.  Click Settings scroll down to  Trash Management, click the down arrow by Message Delete Method and make a choice.  I choose Immediately to shorten the number of steps.  If you sometimes accidentally delete something you need to recover the Immediate option is not for you.

• Click the Rules link on the left of the page:

• Scroll down to the Redirect All Mail to: dialog box and do the following:

(a) Click the Redirect All Mail to: box
(b) Type in the address where you want all your email directed. ( I redirected all my RunnerMail to my jross@csub.edu account) Type in your other account here not mine!
(c) Do not Redirect Automatic Messages I left  blank so that these messages will be forwarded
(d) Keep a Copy I did not check this box since this would cause my RunnerMail space to fill up with messages I received at my other account.
(e)  Preserve To/CC fields to have this included on the redirected message
(e)  Update Click this button to record the new rule.

• Click the ? button in most windows to open a new help window with information about that page. Close this window after reading the help document to return to RunnerMail.

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