Handspring Treo 90 Handheld User Guide

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To add a signature to your e-mail item:
1. In the New Message screen, tap Details.
2. Tap the Signature check box to select it and add your signature to the e-mail item.
Note: The check box stays selected, so all subsequent e-mail items you create will also 
contain your signature until you deselect the Signature option. 
3. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Note: The signature does not display in your e-mail item; only your recipient sees the signature.
Requesting...

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To retrieve an e-mail item:
1. In the Message list, tap Outbox from the pick list in the upper-right corner.
2. Use the scroll buttons to select the e-mail item you want to retrieve.
3. Tap Edit.
Draft e-mail
Sometimes you may not want to send an e-mail item immediately; for example, you may want to 
add additional information before sending it. Your handheld stores such e-mail items in the Draft 
folder until you are ready to edit them again.
Note: When you’re...

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To edit an e-mail item saved as a draft:
1. In the Message list, tap Draft from the pick list in the upper-right corner.
2. Use the scroll buttons to select the draft you want to display.
3. Tap Edit.
4. Enter your changes; then either save the e-mail item again as a draft, or tap Send to move 
the item to your Outbox folder.
Filing e-mail
Your handheld can store e-mail you receive or create in the Filed folder. The contents of this 
folder do not automatically synchronize with your...

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Deleting e-mail
Your handheld stores deleted e-mail in the Deleted folder until you perform the next HotSync 
operation. If you delete an e-mail item from the handheld, it is also deleted from your desktop e-
mail application when you perform the next HotSync operation.
To delete e-mail:
1. Open the e-mail item you want to delete.
2. Tap Delete. 
3. If you selected the Preferences option to confirm deletion, tap Yes. 
Removing e-mail from the Deleted folder
You can...

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Message list options
Message list options enable you to manage the way the Message list displays information.
Folders
Your handheld provides folders for categorizing your mail. The Message list displays the e-mail 
items in the folder you select.
To select a folder:
1. Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner to open the list of folders:
2. Select the folder you want to display in the Message list screen.
Date column
The Date column is optional in the Message list. By default, the...

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Sorting the Message list
You can sort e-mail items by the date sent, by sender, or by subject.
Note: High-priority e-mail items always appear first, no matter how you sort the list.
To sort the Message list:
1. In the Message list, tap Show.
2. Tap the Sort by pick list and select one of the following options:
3. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
Palm Mail HotSync options
Palm Mail’s HotSync options enable you to manage your e-mail more effectively by...

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4. Tap the filtering option you want to apply:
Note: The All setting does not mean that all information included in each e-mail item 
downloads to your handheld. Truncation settings (explained in a following section) for 
long e-mail items still apply. Also, Palm Mail never downloads any attachments to your 
handheld. The e-mail item and any text information appear, but the attachment is left 
in your desktop e-mail application.
5. If you selected All, Send only, or Unread, Hold Option...

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Ignoring or receiving e-mail
The first step in establishing a special filter is to determine whether you want to ignore or retrieve 
e-mail that matches the information you specify.
To define whether to ignore or receive e-mail:
nTap the pick list in the center of the HotSync Options dialog box and select one of the 
following settings:
Defining filter strings
E-mail items are filtered based on the information contained in their To:, From:, and Subj: fields. 
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Your handheld interprets this as, “Accept e-mail items about the Apollo Project from John Smith 
or Jack Jones. Do not accept e-mail items from other people. Do not accept e-mail items from 
John or Jack about any other subject.”
When you define a string, note that your handheld searches for any instance of that 
sequence of 
characters. For example, if you create a filter that retrieves only e-mail items containing the string 
“info,” your handheld considers “info,” “rainforest” and...

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To retrieve high-priority e-mail items:
1. Tap the Filter box in the HotSync Options dialog box.
2. Tap the Retrieve All High Priority check box to select it. 
3. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Note: This setting is applicable only if your e-mail application has the capacity to flag high-
priority e-mail items.
Truncating e-mail items
The Truncate feature lets you set a point at which long e-mail items truncate when downloading 
to your handheld. By...