--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex 2005/06/19 17:58:59 1.3
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Sending_Email.tex 2014/04/17 15:41:10 1.9
@@ -1,22 +1,37 @@
\label{Sending_Email}
-To send internal LON-CAPA email messages, do the following:
+
+To \textbf{send internal LON-CAPA messages}:
\begin{enumerate}
-\item Click \textbf{COM} on the remote control.
-\item At the \textbf{Communication and Message} screen, select \textbf{Send Message to User(s)}.
-\item Type the username you want to send email to.
+\item Select \textbf{Messages} on the Inline Menu or
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{com}
+\textbf{Send and display messages} on the Main Menu.
+\item At the \textbf{Communication/Messages} screen, select
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{mail-message-new}
+\textbf{New Message}.
+\item Type the ``username'' you want to send the message to. Please note that
+this is not an e-mail address but a LON-CAPA username.
-\textbf{Note}: If you don't know the user name you can click on the Select User link.
+\textbf{(*1)} \textbf{Note}: If you don't know the username, click on the
+\underline{Select User} link.
Another screen will open and you can select a user from the list.
+\item Choose the user's domain from the dropdown list if different to your
+domain (which is selected as default).
\item Enter any additional recipients.
-\item Type the \textbf{Subject} in the subject text box.
-\item Type the message in the text box.
-\item If this is a critical message, select send as critical message or send as a
-critical message and return receipt, \ref{Course_Critical_Message}. (Only instructors can send
-critical messages.)
-\item Click \textbf{Send New Mail}.
+\item Type the \textbf{Subject} in the ``subject'' text box.
+\item Type the \textbf{message} in the text box.
+\item \textbf{(*1)} If this is a ``critical message'', select ``Send as critical
+message'', see \ref{Course_Critical_Message}.
+\item \textbf{(*1)} Select ``Send copy to permanent e-mail address (if known)''
+to make sure that an external notification e-mail is additionally sent to the
+user's permanent e-mail address (if exists), independent from the user's
+personal message notification settings, see \ref{Prefs_Notification}.
+\item Click \textbf{Send}.
\end{enumerate}
+\textbf{(*1)}: Only available in course context, i.e. with selected Course
+Coordinator or Instructor role
+