1. Overall Overview of Postbox
- What It Is: Postbox is a specialized view of incoming emails in the DMS system, arriving at addresses configured in the settings.
- Why It Is Needed: It allows you to easily work with emails (documents), see their current status, and perform standard operations related to moving and processing.
- Who Uses It: All Patricia Browser users, particularly those responsible for distributing and processing incoming emails/documents within the company.
2. Main Actions with Emails
Process/Stop Processing
- Purpose: Mark a document as “in progress” or cancel this mark.
- When To Use: If you begin analyzing an email or want to pause your work so other team members can see its status.
Attach to Case
- Purpose: Transfer (save) an email into one or several cases.
- When To Use: When the email becomes part of a specific case or project.
Open Tasks
- Purpose: Opens the “Tasks” page of the current email’s case in Patricia Browser.
- When To Use: If you need to view the tasks related to the case to assign work or verify completed items.
Open Diary
- Purpose: Opens the “Diary” page of the current email’s case in Patricia Browser.
- When To Use: When you need to review the event log or notes related to the case.
Open Case
- Purpose: Opens the current email’s case page in CaseBrowser.
- When To Use: For a detailed view of all case information.
Mark Done
- Purpose: Mark the email as processed and remove it from the Postbox view (this action is irreversible).
- When To Use: When the email is fully processed and no longer needs your attention.
Delete Document
- Purpose: Delete the email (document) from the system.
- When To Use: In case of an erroneous or irrelevant email that does not need to be saved in any case.
Print Document
- Purpose: Print the email.
- When To Use: When a hard copy is required.
Download Document
- Purpose: Save the email (file) locally to your computer.
- When To Use: When you need a local copy to store outside the DMS.
Set Category
- Purpose: Assign the email to a specific category (for example, “Important,” “Urgent,” or another category created by the administrator).
Set Tags
- Purpose: Add additional tags (labels) to the email.
3. Additional Features
Quick Filtering of Documents
Link to the Term List in Patricia Browser
4. Rules for Displaying Emails
Default Emails: If the user has not selected any additional filters in the settings, Postbox displays:
- Emails that have not been saved to any case.
- Emails arriving in cases where the user is part of the working group for that case (user role and availability are configured in Patricia).
Switching to Other Views:
- The user can switch to other users’ Postbox views, if they have access to do so (useful for managers or assistants).
- It displays emails that the switching user has permission to view.