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The Message Menu
Some options on this menu, such as Delete and Copy to a folder,
can be applied to all of the selected messages in the message list at one
time. Other options, such as Sticky notes and Reply, can
only be applied to one message at a time. If you use such an option while
you have multiple messages selected, the option will act upon the top selected
message and ignore the others.
Many of the options on this menu can be activated by keystroke combinations
when focus is on the browser section of the window. The default keystrokes
are listed here, but you can change them to whatever you like, via the
customized
keystrokes feature.
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Compose a new message
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This option opens the compose window so you
can create a new message.
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Alter a composed message
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This option is available only in the OUTBOX folder. Its purpose is to edit
the selected message which you have created before sending it.Browser window
style
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Save as
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This option copies the selected message (the *.POP file) to the drive,
directory, and filename you specify.
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Reply
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Also activated via Ctrl-R. This option opens the compose
window in reply mode with the Reply-to or From address of the selected
message already entered into the Addresses: field of your reply
and the Subject: line matching that of the original message (with
"Re:" inserted at the beginning if it was not already there). If the message
to which you're replying has multiple addressees or has a Sender: line
which probably indicates it's from a Majordomo or ListServ type of mailing
list, then the Select Address(es) for Reply dialog will also come
up offering you all of the email addresses found in the message. You can
select as many as you want. If you Cancel out of that dialog, then
the message's Reply-to address is the one to which your reply will be addressed.
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Forward
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Also activated via Ctrl-F. This option opens the compose
window, with the Subject: line matching that of the original
selected message (with "Fwd:" inserted at the beginning if it was not already
there) and the message text (not including any encoded attachment data)
copied into the text area of the compose window.
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This option is also used to resend a message you had previously sent. If
you want to resend a message without making any changes to it first, you
can just copy it to your OUTBOX folder.
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Bounce
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This option opens the compose window with
the Subject: line matching that of the original selected message,
and the message text (including any encoded attachment data) copied
into the text area of the compose window so that you can send it along
to someone else. The From: and Reply-to: header lines of the new message
will be copied from the original message rather than being your own. Your
signature, tagline, etc., will not be used. The
Sent folder: field
will be blank, so the message you're sending will not be retained unless
you choose a folder here yourself before closing the compose window. If
the original message has attachments, they will be sent as well (make sure
your Word wrap value is set wider than the
block of encoded data. If the attachment was MIME encoded, anything you
add to the message before the first MIME boundary or after the last MIME
boundary will most likely never be seen by the recipient since any data
in those two locations is normally discarded by any MIME processing software.
You cannot add your own attachments to a bounced message.
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Route
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This option lets you forward one or more selected messages, all to the
same addressee(s), without taking the time to go through the compose
window. First it lets you specify the addressees and optionally a short
note. Then it creates one OUTBOX message
for each of the selected messages, using the From and Reply-to names and
addresses and the Sent Folder of your default Persona,
the optional short note that you may have typed into the route dialog,
followed by a line which says "Routing message from" and your From name
and address and the date and time, and the text of the selected message.
The Subject: line of each new message will be the same as that of the original
from which it was created. Your signature, tagline, etc., will not be used.
If the selected message has attachments, they will be sent as well. If
the attachments are MIME encoded, then the outgoing message will be MIME
encoded regardless of the General MIME/UUENCODE setting. The MIME message will
be attached as an "inline" message/RFC822 type attachment.
Caution:The send process may happen well after the message is
created. The original message being routed must remain in it's original
folder so that it may be sent as an attachment. If the messages is moved
after the compose but before the message is actually sent, the send will fail.
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Copy to a folder
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This option copies the selected message(s) to a folder after providing
you with the Select a Folder dialog. This dialog has a tree view
area just like that on the program's main window.
The Expand All and Collapse All buttons work like the menu
options on the Folder menu of the main menu bar. There is also a
New
button that allows you to create a new folder or a new subfolder of the
selected folder. You can select an existing folder or create a new one
and select that and click on the OK button to have the selected
message(s) copied to the specified folder. Polarbar Mailer remembers
the last folder to which a message was copied.
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Move to a folder
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Also activated via Ctrl-M. This option is just like Copy to a folder
above except it moves the selected message(s) rather than copying
them.
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Delete
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Also activated via Ctrl-D. This option moves the selected message(s) to
the TRASH folder and opens the message
below it in the browser window. If the
current folder is the TRASH folder, this option deletes the message from
the drive.
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Delete, Do not copy to Trash
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This option deletes the selected message(s) from the drive. The messages are not copied
to the Trash folder. Prior to delete, the user will be prompted to
confirm delete, regardless of the General Setting "Prompt before deleting
messages". This results in permanent erasure of the messages!
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Color code
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This option lets you add a color/shape code to the selected message(s)
for identification and classification purposes. Select None to remove
the existing color code(s) from the selected message(s). Each color/shape
code has a description which shows in the Specify a Message Color Code
dialog to remind you of the purpose for which you've decided to use that
color code. To specify or change a color code's descriptive text, select
it in this dialog and press the Change button. Filters
can also add color codes to incoming messages.
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Print
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Also activated via Ctrl-P. This option prints the message(s) currently
selected in the message list. If there are multiple selected messages,
they will be printed together, for page numbering purposes, but an Advanced
Setting lets you specify whether or not you want a page break between
each message. Whether or not the header lines of the message(s) will print,
and if so, how many of them will print, depends upon the current setting
of the Headers option (see below).
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Sticky notes
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Also activated via Ctrl-S, or the tiny icon at the top right corner of
the message in the HTML styles of browser
window. This option adds a sticky note to the selected message as a
reminder of anything you might want to remind yourself of in relation to
that message. It is actually a stream of text that is stored in the program's
index
file entry for that message. When you copy or move a message,
its sticky note will go with it. This option also lets you modify or delete
a message's existing sticky note.
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Add message addresses to address book
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This option presents you with a list of all the internet addresses found
in the currently selected message and lets you pick one to add to the current
address
book. You can change the current address book there before doing so.
You can also choose one address to add to one address book and then change
the current address book and choose another address to add to that address
book, etc. Each time you click on the Add button, the following
dialog will let you specify the nickname for the new address book entry
and choose whether or not this new entry should be part of that address
book's Short List. When you've finished adding the desired address
of the message to your address books, click on the Close button
to dismiss the dialog.
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Settings
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Message font
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See View
menu
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Decode attachments
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See View
menu
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Word wrap
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See View
menu
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Utilities
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Mark opened
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This option marks the selected message(s) as opened so they won't appear
in a
Virtual Folder of unopened messages.
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Mark unopened
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This option marks the selected message(s) as unopened so they will appear
in a
Virtual Folder of unopened messages
even if you've already opened them.
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Copy to another account
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This option copies the selected message(s) to the INBOX
folder of another existing account or
lets you create a new account as the target of this operation.
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Move to another account
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Just like the above option, except it moves the message(s) rather than
copying them.
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Store attachment(s)
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This option functions like the Store button on the Attachment
Processor dialog, but automatically, on all the attachments in all
of the selected messages, all at once, after asking you for the name of
the directory where you want the files to be stored.
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Mark sent
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This option marks the selected message(s) as having been sent so they won't appear
in a
Virtual Folder of "received" messages.
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Mark unsent
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This option marks the selected message(s) as unsent so they will appear
in a
Virtual Folder of received messages.
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View message file in separate window
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Open a separate window to view the raw message pop file without any
processing or decoding. Note that on some platforms this view window
will be restricted by the System GUI component to a maximum of 32 or
64 K bytes in size. Messages larger than that may not be displayed.
If more than one message is selected, only te first message will
be viewed.
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Reveal Headers
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This option will temporarily reveal the full email headers of the selected
message. The headers will revert to the default setting when the next
message is selected. This option will only function when a single message
is selected.
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