Message Display
This screen looks something like that below. If you have set
Manage -> Preferences -> General -> Use persistent marks
an extra option is available, see
Persistent Marks below.
Just a short test message.
By default you will see two instances of the bar, as in the example
above. You can choose to turn off the bar below the message (or indeed
the use of any icons in the Webmail interface) using options found in
Manage -> Preferences -> Display.
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Previous and Next take you to, respectively,
the previous and next message. The relevant icon is greyed out,
as in the example above,
if the choice is not applicable (i.e. you are on the first or last
message). |
Copy |
takes you to the folder display screen, where you can choose
the folder to which you wish to copy the message. |
Delete |
marks the message as deleted and displays the next message in
the mail folder. If you delete the final message in the folder
you are returned to the mail folder list. Messages are not
removed from the mail folder until Expunge has been selected
in the mail folder list screen. |
Reply |
prepares a reply. Selecting this takes you to the
Compose screen and the original message is included
in the reply. If there is more than one name on
the original recipients list you are asked whether you wish to reply to
the sender only or to reply to the sender and all recipients. |
Forward |
enables you to forward the message to someone else. Selecting
this takes you to the Compose screen and the original
message is included in the message body. |
Message: 1 out of 4 |
informative message.
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Show Hdrs |
Show Headers displays the full set of message headers.
This option is most useful when trying to trace a problem.
If you select this the option changes to Hide Hdrs and
the full headers are shown for every message until you
select Hide Hdrs. |
Download Message |
this presents the entire message, including all the
message headers, in a plain form (i.e. without the Webmail icons
and actions) suitable for printing or saving to
your local system using your browser's printing and saving
facilities. |
The From: and To: headers
have links that enable you to take the address into your address book.
Selecting one takes you to the Addressbook Entry screen with
the entries placed in the Name and Address(es) fields.
If a message has attachments then information about the message
structure, including attachments, will be shown.
For example, the body of a message that had a single word processed
document attached would look like this:-
MIME structure of this message, including
any attachments:
-
(text/plain), 0 lines
-
MyDocument.rtf (application/octet-stream), 3 K
The rest of the message will be shown here.
In this example part 1. is the text body of the message and
part 2. the attachment (indicated by the small paperclip icon
).
To save the attachment select the link
containing the attachment name and use your browser's "Save" feature to
navigate to where you wish to put the attachment on your local machine.
Persistent Marks
If you have Manage -> Preferences -> General -> Use persistent
marks set then there will be an extra option, Mark in
the bars above and below the message.
Mark marks the message so that you can take an action on it later.
The next message is then displayed. If you have marked the final message
in the folder you are returned to the mail folder list. The icon in
the mail folder list screen changes to show the message has been marked.
If you return to displaying a marked message before you have taken any
action on it the option on this screen is changed to Unmark.