Mimecast's Stationery module allows administrators to centralize and control the application of email branding and legal disclaimers to emails generated by internal users. By applying stationery and disclaimers through a policy, the organization can ensure:
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Stationery is mainly used for outbound communications, and is not applied to internal emails.
How is Stationery Applied?
The following steps are useful when planning to use stationery for your company’s emails.
- Create a brief: This is the best way to prepare to create and apply stationery, as it forces you to think about the positioning of the components, as well as the effects that the components should have.
- Upload Images: If images are to form part of the stationery, these must be uploaded to Mimecast.
- Create a Stationery Layout: This defines where each stationery component is placed, and how the user interacts with them. Typically two layouts are needed. One for the HTML email readers and one for text based email readers. The HTML version can be created using one of the different installed templates.
- Create a Stationery Policy: This applies the stationery for specific email users.
- Test the Stationery: Send a test email to an external recipient to ensure the success of the stationery layout. This is potentially the most important step in the entire process, as it allows the administrator to test and validate the stationery layout components, and to preview the end result for an external recipient.
Stationery Menu Items
The stationery module comprises of several menu items. These are available from the Services | Stationery menu item in the Administration Console, provided your Mimecast logon has the required permissions. See the Understanding Administrator Roles page for further details. The menu items are described below:
Menu Item | Description |
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Actions | Captures data and redirects users that click on HTML components. |
Branding | Applies custom branding to the Mimecast Personal Portal. |
Images | A store of images that can be used in stationery HTML. |
Layouts | Contains Stationery items made up of multiple HTML and Plain Text components. |
Micro Sites | Small, public web sites can be designed and uploaded to create landing pages. |
Reports | Customizable Report for Stationery items and components. |
Performance | An overall summary of Stationery items and components. |
Templates | Uploaded customized HTML templates. |
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