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Click
on the subject of a particular mail and that message is
displayed. One thing you will notice is that email addresses
and web addresses are live links, so you can click on them
and send an email or open a page. Another really nifty feature
is that mail threads are color coded. The standard for a
reply is to quote the previous message with ">" before
every line. SquirrelMail sees this and color codes them.
A replied message will have a different color on the reply
than the new text. This works two layers deep. Another menu
bar is now presented below the main menu choices. This bar
is in three sections. On the left side you may delete or
return to the summary. In the middle direct navigation between
messages is made possible. On the right, various mailing
functions are presented.
3.1
- Message List
3.2
- Delete
Click
this link to delete the message being currently viewed.
All attachments of deleted mail are deleted as well. You
can prevent the loss of attachments by Downloading them
first (explained further in this chapter).
In this context, deleting means that the message will
be moved to the folder called Trash. If you wish to keep
the message afterall, view the Trash folder and move the
message out.
3.3
- Navigation
In
the middle of the bar are navigation buttons. Previous
will be an active link if it can be utilized and plain
text otherwise. Clicking this link will display the previous
message without the need to go back to the summary display
of messages. The same goes for the Next link which will
advance you to the mail immediately following the one
currently being viewed.
3.4
- Forward
On
the right, the forward link, when pressed, opens the Compose
page with the previously viewed email in the text box
below a tag of "--Original Message--". "Fwd:" is appended
to the original subject line and placed in the correct
field. The various fields for sending to an address await
your completion. You may position the cursor in the text
box in order to add comments to the already existing text.
You may also use the attachment feature.
3.5
- Reply
Click
this link to return a new message to the originator of
the previously viewed message. "Re:" is appended to the
original subject line and placed in the subject field.
Again, the text of the original message is quoted in the
text box. This time the ">" symbol is placed in front
of the original text. You may note that some of the original
text doesn't have the ">" symbol. This is due to line
wrapping and may be unavoidable. Try setting the value
of Wrap incoming text in the Options page to a
larger number, this may help. Comments can be made anywhere
in the text box in addition to the quoted message. You
may also use the attachment feature.
3.6
- Reply All
Same
story here as "reply" with the exception that all addresses
listed in the header will receive the mail.
3.7
- View all headers
This
will display the entire header for the email message.
This includes the route that the message took to get here,
and a lot more detailed information about the message
itself.
3.8
- View Printable Version
If
you want to print a message, you might want to click this
link. It presents you with a new window containing the
message but with all unneccessary information and menus
removed, ready to print. Clicking the Print button in
this window will do so. Press Close to return to your
message.
3.9
- Download this as a file
At
the bottom just above the bottom bar you will find this
link. Clicking this link allows you to save this email
to your local hard drive as a plain text message. A simple
header will be attached to the top of the message as well.
3.10
- Attachments
Any
attachments sent with a received email will be displayed
at the bottom of the message inside a colored box. The
file is presented as a link with a description of the
file type to it's right. Clicking on the file name will
either display the attachment or present a download dialog
depending on the file type. If you wish to download the
file (rather than possibly viewing it), click on the "download"
link on the right side.
If your webbrowser supports viewing the attachment file
type, another link, "view" will be displayed which displays
the file in your browser.
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