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.

Compose a new message
This option opens the compose window so you can create a new  message.

 
Alter a composed message
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

 
Save as
This option copies the selected message (the *.POP file) to the drive, directory, and filename you specify.

 
Reply
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.

 
Forward
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.

 
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.

 
Bounce
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.

 
Route
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.


 
Copy to a folder
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.

 
Move to a folder
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.

 
Delete
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.

 
Delete, Do not copy to Trash
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!

 
Color code
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.

 
Print
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).

 
Sticky notes
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.

 
Add message addresses to address book
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.

 
Settings
Message font
          See View menu
Decode attachments
          See View menu
Word wrap
          See View menu

 
Utilities
Mark opened
This option marks the selected message(s) as opened so they won't appear in a Virtual Folder of unopened messages.
Mark unopened
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.
Copy to another account
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.
Move to another account
Just like the above option, except it moves the message(s) rather than copying them.
Store attachment(s)
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.
Mark sent
This option marks the selected message(s) as having been sent so they won't appear in a Virtual Folder of "received" messages.
Mark unsent
This option marks the selected message(s) as unsent so they will appear in a Virtual Folder of received messages.

 
View message file in separate window
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.

 
Reveal Headers
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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