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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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Making your handheld buzz or blink when you get new e-mail 
In addition to setting a notification sound, you can also choose to have your 
handheld’s indicator light blink or to have your handheld vibrate when you 
receive new e-mail. You select how your handheld notifies you of new e-mail in 
your handheld’s General preferences. 
To make your handheld buzz or blink when you get new e-mail:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
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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 auto get mail 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.
Reading e-mail
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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, press Select to close the message.
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Most formatting not displayed is stripped of its HTML tags and shown as plain 
text. For certain types of graphic images (for example, JPEG or GIF files), the 
graphic may be displayed as a URL in the body of the e-mail message. In some 
cases, you can tap the URL to open the graphic image. See “Working with URLs” 
later in this chapter for more information.
When you set the VersaMail application to receive e-mail messages as HTML, any 
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Viewing other folders
By default, the VersaMail application displays the messages in a given account’s 
Inbox folder. You can easily view the messages in a different folder. 
To view other folders:
1.Tap the folders pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
2.Tap the folder you want to view.
Managing display options in the folder’s list view
You can customize the way in which messages appear in the list view of your mail 
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To change the sort order:
1.Tap Display.
2.Tap the Sort by pick list, and then select the column name. 
3.Tap Descend or Ascend to change the sort order. 
4.Ta p  O K .
To select a one-line or two-line view:
1.Tap Display.
2.Tap the Show pick list, and then select the view you want.
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To display or hide a column in a folder’s list view:
1.Tap Display.
2.Tap the check box for each column that you want to show. The column options 
will change depending on whether you choose a one-line or a two-line view.
NOTEIf you select Date, the Date column displays the message 
time for any 
messages received today—that is, any message received after 12:01 A.M. 
Otherwise, the Date column shows the date the message was received. 
3.Ta p...