Incoming Message Region

The Incoming Message region of the window displays incoming message content, as well as details about the incoming message. From this area, you can enter notes, or update a customer profile, or enter custom fields (if available).

 

When you select a message in your Inbox Message List, the contents of the message and message details are displayed here.

Message Content/ Details tab

Select Message Content to view the actual content of the e-mail message. Select Details to view notes, categories, attachments, and message history.

Edit Message Custom Fields button

Click this button to open the Edit Message Custom Fields window where you can edit the content in the custom fields of a message. You can edit  the custom fields of Active and Completed messages.

From

Displays the customer name of the person who sent the message. If this is a secure message, displays the appropriate domain unless the domain is SMTP/POP.

To

Displays the name of the person who will receive the message. If this is a secure message, displays the appropriate domain unless the domain is SMTP/POP.

Customer Profile icon

Click to enter customer profile details, such as e-mail address, phone numbers, and fax numbers.

View content in browser

Click to view the content of an HTML format message in a default browser. You can view the text formatting of an html message as it is received.

Contact Type

Displays the type of contact this is. Options are:

  • Phone
  • Fax
  • Letter
  • Face-to-face
Date

Displays the date of the incoming message

Subject

Displays the subject of the e-mail message

Case ID

Displays the assigned case ID number. Click the View icon to see a list of open cases.

Message Content

Displays the text of the e-mail message

Details

This region displays details about an incoming message, such as notes, attachments, and message history.

Note

Displays any existing notes about this contact. You can also create notes in this field. Read Adding Notes to Messages to learn more about recent changes to the Notes feature.

 

If the message is a secure message, the Lock icon appears in the note panel.

Custom Fields

Opens a page that provides a summary of all current custom fields, listed in alphabetical order. An administrator can add, delete, and modify custom fields. For each field, the administrator can specify the field’s name, description, and value type.

Incoming Attachments

Displays any incoming attachments. Select attachments to save, and click the Save icon to save the incoming attachments in the desired location. Multiple attachments can be selected and saved at a time.

To print the incoming attachments, click the Print icon. If the attachments do not exist in temporary directory then the attachments will be saved to temporary directory and printing dialog will be displayed. Multiple attachments can be printed at a time.

Message from this Customer

Displays the number of messages from this customer. Click the View icon to look at customer history and a list of messages.

Message History

Select either Brief or Details. Displays the history details of this message.

Source

Displays the source of this message.

 

 

Notes: An Agent can now view the wrap-up of the chat transcript routed to the Inbox as an e-mail message, which is identified with a unique chat icon in the incoming message pane. The agent can also reply to the message from the outbound message pane.

 The Agent wrap-up  is available only when Response is integrated with Response Live

 


Learn more about your Inbox.

 

How do I read a message?

 

Can I add an attachment?

 

How do I save an Incoming attachment?

 

How do I print an Incoming attachment?

 

Learn about message history.

 

How do I view message history?

 

How do I find a message by department?

 

What is in the Outgoing Message region?