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Auto get mail with notification
You can set up the VersaMail application to automatically search for new mail on 
a regular schedule for an e-mail account. The auto get mail feature automatically 
retrieves new messages and downloads them to your handheld.
If auto get downloads any new messages, your handheld notifies you by blinking 
an indicator light, beeping, or vibrating. The handheld also displays a visual list of 
notifications on the Reminders screen.
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4.Select the Get mail automatically check box.
5.Set schedule options:
6.Ta p  O K .
7.(Optional) Tap Get Mail. You should perform a manual get mail after setting up 
a scheduled auto get. This ensures that only new messages are retrieved during 
auto get.
IntervalTap the Every pick list and select the time interval, from 
15 minutes to 12 hours. See “Resource issues with auto get 
mail” later in this chapter for information on setting the...

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TIPAlternately, if you have configured an e-mail account to synchronize 
messages between your handheld and your desktop, you can perform a 
HotSync operation after setting up a scheduled auto get to ensure that only 
new messages will be retrieved during auto get. See “Synchronizing e-mail 
between the handheld and the desktop” later in this chapter for configuration 
information.
Auto get notifications
The auto get mail feature provides three types of alerts...

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Setting notification options
You can turn the notification sound on or off to notify you when new e-mail 
arrives. You can choose from a variety of sounds, such as birds, bumble bees, or 
simply an alarm.
To set notification options:
1.In the Inbox or on another folder screen, tap the Menu icon  .
2.Tap Options.
3.Tap Notification.
4.Tap the Notify me of new mail and mail alerts check box. 
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To make your handheld buzz or blink when you get new e-mail:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Prefs icon  .
3.From the General Preferences list, tap Sounds & Alerts.
4.Do any of the following:
– To change the volume of the Alarm Sound, tap the Alarm Sound pick list, 
and then select Low, Medium, High, or Off.
– To change whether or not the handheld indicator light blinks when you 
receive new e-mail, tap the Alarm LED pick list, and then select On or Off.
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To view the Reminders screen:
nTap the blinking asterisk   in the upper-left corner of any screen.
If you set up a scheduled auto get mail and you receive new e-mail messages, they 
are downloaded into the Inbox. As you work with e-mail messages in the Inbox, 
the Reminders screen doesn’t display a reminder for any new messages that arrive, 
because the messages are already displayed in the Inbox. 
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NOTEYou can choose to disable notifications for auto get mail failures. See “Setting 
notification options” earlier in this chapter for instructions.
You can tap the error message or open the VersaMail application for that account 
for more detailed information on the failed auto get.
If auto get discovers no new messages for an account, no notifications appear on 
the Reminders screen for that account.
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Resource issues with auto get mail
If you use the auto get mail feature, you should be aware of the following potential 
resource constraints:
To minimize resource concerns, set your interval for e-mail auto get to no more 
frequently than once per hour.
Inbox icons in the VersaMail application
The icons to the left of a message in the Inbox indicate the message’s status.
Decreased battery 
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Reading e-mail
To read e-mail, tap the e-mail message in the Inbox or the folder where the message 
is located.
Alternately, you can use the navigator for one-hand message viewing.
To read a message using the navigator:
1.Press Select on the navigator to highlight the first message displayed on the 
screen, and then press Up or Down to scroll one message at a time to the 
message you want to read.
2.Press Select to open the message.
3.After reading the message,...

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Plain text and HTML e-mail
By default, the VersaMail application is set to receive mail in HTML format. This 
means that any e-mail messages sent as HTML will be displayed on your handheld 
with basic HTML formatting intact, including the following:
nBoldface
nItalics
nUnderlining
nColored words
nBullet lists
nNumbered lists
nLine breaks
Most formatting not displayed is stripped of its HTML tags and shown as plain 
text. For certain types of...