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D.Status Box displays the current time, as well as displays any informational messages that the system communicates to the user. An example of an informational message would be letting the user know when an email message has been successfully sent.

E.Application Chooser presents the user with a shortcut list of applications presented via tabs. The user could simply click the appropriate tab to quickly open up the Zimbra application of their choice. On our screen, from top to bottom, the applications are Mail, Address Book, Calendar, Notebook, Help, Options, and Log Out.

F.Search Bar is used to perform ad-hoc searches within Zimbra, as well as access the more advanced Search Builder feature.

G.Quota Display Bar displays the current logged user and the amount of space they are currently using on the server. Lastly, it displays the total quota, or amount of space, they have available to use.

H.Toolbar presents the user with functions that are available for the user to use in the current application.

I.Content Pane presents the user with results of the currently selected item in the Navigation Pane. In the case of the previous screenshot, Inbox is

selected in the Folders section of the Mail Application. So the Content Pane is displaying our email in our Inbox.

With an understanding of where to find things in the application, we will now discuss interacting with the Zimbra Web Client, accomplishing everyday messaging tasks.

Working with Email

Communicating via email is as much a part of our lives as writing letters through

"snail mail", talking on the phone, or faxing one another. That being the case, we are not going to spend a lot of time discussing what it means to compose, send, reply, forward, and add attachments to email. These tasks tend to be standardized among most email applications. So in this section, we are going to quickly walk through these tasks, and then discuss Zimbra emailing functionality in more detail. This additional functionality will include working with Tags and viewing Conversations.

So let's begin walking through the basic email functionality of Zimbra. I have sent a sample email from the CEO to our Worker Bee and will use this email to begin discussing the overview of the email process.

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