Introduction to SacCT: Using Mail

Presented by ATCS (Academic Technology & Creative Services)
Sacramento State

The Mail tool in SacCT allows private messages to be sent from one user to another within a single course.  Messages cannot be sent to or received from e-mail addresses outside your SacCT course.

Accessing your Mail

1. When activated by your instructor, you can find the Mail tool in the Course Tools menu.
2. Click the Mail tool button to enter your mailbox.

Folders

Each user's mailbox initially contains four folders: Inbox, Sent Mail, Drafts and Deleted Mail. These are defined as follows:

• Inbox contains all messages received.
• Sent Mail contains all messages sent to other users.
• Drafts contains messages you created and saved without sending to another user.
• Deleted Mail contains messages that you deleted from other folders in your mailbox.

Create a new folder

1. You can create additional folders by selecting the "Create Folder" button above your list of mailbox folders.
2. Type the name of your new folder in the "Folder Name" box.
3. Click "Create". The new folder now appears in your list of folders in your mailbox.

Rename a folder

1. If you want to rename a folder you created, click the "ActionLinks" button next to the name of the folder, and select "Rename".
2. Type the new name of the folder in the Folder Name box that appears.
3. Click "Rename". The folder now appears with its new name.

Viewing messages

To view messages within a folder, click the name of the folder. The messages within that folder appear as a list on the right side of the screen.

• Messages are either read or unread.
  • If a message is unread, the icon before the subject is a closed envelope.
  • If a message has been read, the icon before the subject appears as an open envelope.
• To read a message, click the subject of the message. The message opens in another browser window.
  • Click the “Reply” or “Reply to All” button to respond to the message.
    1. Do not type e-mail addresses into the To, CC and BCC text boxes.
    2. To add additional recipients, click “Browse for Recipients” and select one or more persons to receive your message.
    3. Click “Save” to save your list of recipients.
    4. Type your reply in the Message box.
    5. Click “Send” to send the message.
  • Click the “Forward” button to send the message to another person in the course.
    1. Do not type e-mail addresses into the To, CC and BCC text boxes.
    2. To address the message, click “Browse for Recipients” and select one or more persons to receive your message.
    3. Click “Save” to save your list of recipients.
    4. Type your message in the Message box.
    5. Click “Send” to send the message.
  • Click the “View Attachments” link to view or download any attached files
    1. Click the name of the file to view the file.
    2. To save a file, select the box next to one or more files; and then click the “Save to Folder” button.
    3. Click “OK” to save the file in your My Files area of SacCT.
    4. Click “Close this window” to close the message window.

Creating Messages

1. From the main Mail page, click “Create Message”.
2. Do not type any e-mail addresses into the To, CC, and BCC boxes.
3. Click “Browse for Recipients” and select one or more persons to receive your message.
4. Click “Save” to save your list of recipients.
5. Type a subject into the Subject box.
6. Type your message in the Message box.
7. If you want to add an attachment, click “Add Attachments”.
   1. In the Get Files window, click “My Computer”.
   2. Click “Browse” and locate the file on your computer.
   3. Click the file name to highlight it.
   4. Click “Open” to select the file.
   5. Repeat the process to browse for additional files, if needed.
   6. Click “OK” to attach your selected file to your message.
8. If you need to remove an attached file, click the “Remove Attachment” button to the right of the name of the attached file.
9. Click “Send” to send the message.

Forwarding Your Mail

You may be allowed to forward your mail received in SacCT to an outside e-mail address. However, you can only reply to messages from within SacCT.

1. From the main Mail page, click the “Mail Forwarding” button in the upper right corner.
2. In the External e-mail address box that appears, type the complete e-mail address where SacCT can forward your messages.
3. Click “Save”. A copy of each message you receive in the future is forwarded to the e-mail address you entered.