Palmone Palmpilot Professional Organizer Handbook

PalmPilot™
Professional
Handbook
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Copyright
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Contents
Chapter 1: Mail ................................................................................................... 1
About Mail .................................................................................................... 1
Configuring Mail on the Desktop .............................................................. 2
Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail Application.................................... 6
Activating Mail on your PalmPilot...

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Defining Primary and Secondary DNS ................................................... 44
IP Address .................................................................................................. 45
Idle Timeout ............................................................................................... 46
Creating a Login Script ............................................................................. 47
Network Preferences Menu...

Chapter 1: Mail page 1
Chapter 1
Mail
Congratulations on your purchase of the PalmPilot™
Professional connected organizer.  This handbook
describes how to use the additional applications that
come with the PalmPilot Professional organizer
package: Mail and PalmPilot TCP/IP.  For
information on how to use other PalmPilot
companion applications and HotSync
™ software, refer
to the PalmPilot Handbook.
About Mail
The Mail application enables you to synchronize your desktop
e-mail system so you can quickly...

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nCreate simple or complex filters, which allow you to decide the
type of e-mail that your PalmPilot organizer will retrieve from
your desktop e-mail application.
Configuring Mail on the Desktop
Before you use Mail for the first time, your desktop e-mail
application should be configured and fully functional.  Once your
e-mail application is up and running, you must enable (or activate)
the Mail application on the desktop and provide some basic
configuration...

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The following sections describe the available Mail configuration
settings.  Depending on the e-mail application you select, some of
these options may be grayed-out.
Note:  If you need specific help configuring PalmPilot Mail for your
e-mail application, please click the Help button in the Change
HotSync dialog.
Activating PalmPilot Mail
The Activate PalmPilot Mail setting lets you enable or disable the
synchronization of Mail.  When enabled, Mail is synchronized with
your e-mail...

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To select your e-mail application:
nClick the down arrow in the corner of the Synchronize with list
box to display all of the e-mail applications supported by
PalmPilot.  Click to select (so that it’s highlighted) the e-mail
application you use.
Note:  PalmPilot Mail supports MAPI and VIM e-mail applications.
If your e-mail application is not specifically listed, try Microsoft
Mail for Windows 3.1x or Microsoft Exchange for Windows 95, NT
4.0 (for MAPI e-mail...

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Password
In the Password field, you enter the password you use when
logging into your desktop e-mail application.  For security reasons,
PalmPilot does not display your actual password; instead PalmPilot
represents your password as a string of asterisks.
To enter your password:
nType your password in the Password field.  Press the Tab key
to move to the next field, or click OK to close the Change
HotSync Action dialog and return to the Custom screen.
Postoffice
Depending on the...

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For example, if you receive e-mail in cc:Mail from
[email protected], the address (including the Internet Gateway)
will appear as follows:  [email protected] at Internet-Mail.
In this case, “Internet-Mail” is the gateway name that you need to
enter in the Internet gateway field.
Note: The characters “ at” are not part of the Internet Gateway
name.  Do not enter  “ at” in this field.
To enter an Internet Gateway:
1. Type the Internet Gateway name in the Internet...