3Com Palmone VII Organiser Instructions Manual

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Chapter 6
Managing Desktop E-Mail 
and Beaming Information
In addition to web clipping and wireless Internet messaging, your 
Palm VII™ organizer offers you the following features to help you 
stay connected:
nManaging desktop E-Mail: Using your organizer, you can read, reply 
to, compose, and delete e-mail from your desktop E-Mail 
application while you’re away from your desk.
Note:This feature, called Mail, is completely independent of the 
iMessenger™ application, the application...

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Inbox, your next HotSync operation marks it as read in your desktop 
E-Mail application.
In Mail, you can do the following:
nView, delete, file, and reply to incoming mail.
nCreate outgoing e-mail items and drafts of e-mail items.
nCreate simple or complex filters, which allow you to decide the 
type of e-mail that your organizer retrieves from your desktop 
E-mail application.
nUse your organizer in its cradle to send and retrieve e-mail items...

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3. Follow the instructions onscreen to set up your organizer for use 
with your desktop E-Mail application.
To select HotSync options:
1. Click the HotSync icon Ô
 in the Windows system tray (bottom-
right corner of the taskbar). 
2. Choose Custom.
Tip:You can also choose Custom from the HotSync menu in 
Palm Desktop software.
3. Select Mail in the list box.
4. Click Change.
5. Click one of the following settings:
Synchronize the files: Synchronizes the mail on your organizer and 
your...

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Tip:To turn off Mail, select Do Nothing and then select the Set As 
Default check box.
To change your Mail setup options:
1. Click the HotSync icon   in the Windows system tray. 
2. Choose Custom.
Tip:You can also choose Custom from the HotSync menu in 
Palm Desktop software.
3. Select Mail in the list box.
4. Click Change.
5. Modify your settings as needed.
6. Click OK.
Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application
After you enable and...

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To open an e-mail item:
nTap an e-mail item to open it.
To close an e-mail item:
nTap Done to close the e-mail item.
Displaying full header information
By default, Mail displays abbreviated header information, which 
comprises only the From: and Subj: fields. The full header provides 
complete information about the sender, receiver, and copied 
recipients, in addition to the subject and date the e-mail item was 
created. Mail uses the header type you select for all your e-mail items....

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To create an e-mail item:
1. Tap New.
Tip:You can also create an e-mail item by tapping New from 
the Message menu.
2. Enter the e-mail address of the recipient.
Tip:Enter the address as if you were entering it from your 
desktop E-Mail application. For example, network users 
sending an e-mail item to a user on the same network do 
not need to add Internet information, such as 
@mycorp.com. When you enter more than one address in 
the To: field,...

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Tip:If the address, CC, subject, or body exceeds the capacity 
of the screen display, tap the name of the field (for 
example, tap “To:”) to expand that field. Tap the Done 
button to return to the New Message screen.
To reply to an e-mail item:
1. Tap an e-mail item in the Message List to display it onscreen.
2. Tap Reply.
3. Select whom you want to receive the reply: Sender only, All 
recipients, or someone who didn’t see the original e-mail item 
(Forward).
4. Select whether you...

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Looking up an address
To identify the recipient of an e-mail item, you need to enter that 
person’s e-mail address. You can do this either by entering the data 
directly into the field or by using the Look Up command to access the 
information in your Address Book. 
To look up an e-mail address:
1. Tap either the To: or CC: field name to expand it.
2. Enter the first few letters of the last name of the person whose 
address you want to find. 
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Adding details to e-mail items
Before you send your e-mail item, you can attach additional attributes 
to it, such as a signature or a priority level. These features are 
dependent on the desktop E-Mail application you use. If your 
application does not support the attribute you select, your organizer 
cannot attach that attribute to the e-mail item.
The following details are available:
Note:The Priority and BCC settings are valid only for the current 
e-mail item and must be set for...

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Setting a priority
To set a priority for your e-mail item:
1. In the New Message screen, tap Details.
2. Tap the Priority pick list and select the priority you want.
3. Tap OK.
Tip:Your organizer can flag e-mail items with a specific priority 
only if your desktop E-Mail application supports this feature.
Sending a blind carbon copy
To add a BCC field to your e-mail item:
1. Tap the BCC check box in the Message Details dialog box to select 
it.
2....