| 1 | <chapter> |
| 2 | <title> |
| 3 | Reading an email message |
| 4 | </title> |
| 5 | <summary> |
| 6 | The ability to read an email message is one of the most basic features |
| 7 | of any email client. However, SquirrelMail has quite a few features |
| 8 | for while you are reading messages. This explains what they all do. |
| 9 | </summary> |
| 10 | <description> |
| 11 | <p> |
| 12 | Click on the subject of a particular mail and that message is displayed. |
| 13 | One thing you will notice is that email and web addresses are live |
| 14 | links so you can click on them and send an email or open a page. |
| 15 | Another really nifty feature is that mail threads are color coded. |
| 16 | The standard for a reply is to quote the previous message with ">" before |
| 17 | every line. SquirrelMail sees this and color codes them. A replied |
| 18 | message will have a different color on the reply than the new text. |
| 19 | This works two layers deep. Another menu bar is now presented below the |
| 20 | main menu choices. This bar is in three sections. On the left side |
| 21 | you may delete or return to the summary. In the middle direct |
| 22 | navigation between messages is made possible. On the right, various |
| 23 | mailing functions are presented. |
| 24 | </p> |
| 25 | </description> |
| 26 | </chapter> |
| 27 | |
| 28 | <section> |
| 29 | <title> |
| 30 | Message List |
| 31 | </title> |
| 32 | <description> |
| 33 | <p> |
| 34 | Click this link to return to the folder from which you came. |
| 35 | </p> |
| 36 | </description> |
| 37 | </section> |
| 38 | |
| 39 | <section> |
| 40 | <title> |
| 41 | Delete |
| 42 | </title> |
| 43 | <description> |
| 44 | <p> |
| 45 | Click this link to delete the message being currently viewed. |
| 46 | All attachments of deleted mail are deleted as well. You can prevent the |
| 47 | loss of attachments by Downloading them first (explained further in |
| 48 | this chapter).<br /> |
| 49 | In this context, deleting means that the message will be moved to |
| 50 | the folder called Trash. If you wish to keep the message afterall, view |
| 51 | the Trash folder and move the message out. |
| 52 | </p> |
| 53 | </description> |
| 54 | </section> |
| 55 | |
| 56 | <section> |
| 57 | <title> |
| 58 | Navigation |
| 59 | </title> |
| 60 | <description> |
| 61 | <p> |
| 62 | In the middle of the bar are navigation buttons. Previous will be |
| 63 | an active link if it can be utilized and plain text otherwise. Clicking |
| 64 | this link will display the previous message without the need to go back |
| 65 | to the summary display of messages. The same goes for the Next link which |
| 66 | will advance you to the mail immediately following the one |
| 67 | currently being viewed. |
| 68 | </p> |
| 69 | </description> |
| 70 | </section> |
| 71 | |
| 72 | <section> |
| 73 | <title> |
| 74 | Forward |
| 75 | </title> |
| 76 | <description> |
| 77 | <p> |
| 78 | On the right, the forward link, when pressed, opens the Compose page |
| 79 | with the previously viewed email in the text box below a tag of |
| 80 | "--Original Message--". "Fwd:" is prepended to the original subject |
| 81 | line and placed in the correct field. The various fields for sending |
| 82 | to an address await your completion. You may position the cursor in |
| 83 | the text box in order to add comments to the already existing text. |
| 84 | You may also use the attachment feature. |
| 85 | </p> |
| 86 | </description> |
| 87 | </section> |
| 88 | |
| 89 | <section> |
| 90 | <title> |
| 91 | Reply |
| 92 | </title> |
| 93 | <description> |
| 94 | <p> |
| 95 | Click this link to return a new message to the originator of the |
| 96 | previously viewed message. "Re:" is prepended to the original subject |
| 97 | line and placed in the subject field. Again, the text of the original |
| 98 | message is quoted in the text box. This time the ">" symbol is placed |
| 99 | in front of the original text. You may note that some of the original |
| 100 | text doesn't have the ">" symbol. This is due to line wrapping and |
| 101 | may be unavoidable. Try setting the value of <i>Wrap incoming text</i> |
| 102 | in the Options page to a larger number, this may help. Comments can be |
| 103 | made anywhere in the text box in addition to the quoted message. You |
| 104 | may also use the attachment feature. |
| 105 | </p> |
| 106 | </description> |
| 107 | </section> |
| 108 | |
| 109 | <section> |
| 110 | <title> |
| 111 | Reply All |
| 112 | </title> |
| 113 | <description> |
| 114 | <p> |
| 115 | Same story here as "reply" with the exception that all addresses listed |
| 116 | in the header will receive the mail. |
| 117 | </p> |
| 118 | </description> |
| 119 | </section> |
| 120 | |
| 121 | <section> |
| 122 | <title> |
| 123 | View all headers |
| 124 | </title> |
| 125 | <description> |
| 126 | <p> |
| 127 | This will display the entire header for the email message. This includes |
| 128 | the route that the message took to get here, and a lot more detailed |
| 129 | information about the message itself. |
| 130 | </p> |
| 131 | </description> |
| 132 | </section> |
| 133 | |
| 134 | <section> |
| 135 | <title> |
| 136 | View Printable Version |
| 137 | </title> |
| 138 | <description> |
| 139 | <p> |
| 140 | If you want to print a message, you might want to click this link. It |
| 141 | presents you with a new window containing the message but with all unneccessary |
| 142 | information and menus removed, ready to print. Clicking the Print button in |
| 143 | this window will do so. Press Close to return to your message. |
| 144 | </p> |
| 145 | </description> |
| 146 | </section> |
| 147 | |
| 148 | <section> |
| 149 | <title> |
| 150 | Download this as a file |
| 151 | </title> |
| 152 | <description> |
| 153 | <p> |
| 154 | At the bottom just above the bottom bar you will find this link. |
| 155 | Clicking this link allows you to save this email to your local hard drive |
| 156 | as a plain text message. A simple header will be attached to the top |
| 157 | of the message as well. |
| 158 | </p> |
| 159 | </description> |
| 160 | </section> |
| 161 | |
| 162 | <section> |
| 163 | <title> |
| 164 | Attachments |
| 165 | </title> |
| 166 | <description> |
| 167 | <p> |
| 168 | Any attachments sent with a received email will be displayed at the |
| 169 | bottom of the message inside a colored box. The file is presented |
| 170 | as a link with a description of the file type to it's right. Clicking |
| 171 | on the file name will either display the attachment or present a |
| 172 | download dialog depending on the file type. If you wish to download |
| 173 | the file (rather than possibly viewing it), click on the "download" |
| 174 | link on the right side.<br /> |
| 175 | If your webbrowser supports viewing the attachment file type, another |
| 176 | link, "view" will be displayed which displays the file in your browser. |
| 177 | </p> |
| 178 | </description> |
| 179 | </section> |