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In Box Window

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The In Box window gives you a summary view of your messages. To open your In Box, click the Envelope icon from the column on the left side of the BlitzMail window.

In Box window

Double-click on each message you want to read. Some of the menu choices available in the In Box menus include:

  • File menu: Save Message and Append Message let you save the selected message either as a separate file or as an addition to an existing file, respectively.
  • File menu: Remove Enclosure allows you to manage your BlitzMail quotas. This option can be used to remove attached files once you have saved them to an alternate location.
  • Edit menu: Mark As Unread allows you to remind yourself to re-read an e-mail.
  • Composing menu: Reply to Sender opens a new Composing window addressed to the originator of the selected message. If you select any of the text of the message before choosing Reply to Sender, the text will be pasted into the body of the new Composing window. Reply to Recipients is the same as Reply to Sender except that the reply will be addressed to the sender and all the recipients of the original message. Forward Message opens a new Composing window and pastes the body of the original message into it. The line "--- Forwarded Message from <original sender's name> ---" is pasted above the original message and you can edit the text or add your own before sending it on. Forward without change automatically forwards the original message in its entirety; you simply indicate to whom it should be sent.

Reading Messages

If this is the first time you have used BlitzMail, there will be a message from the Postmaster in your In Box. A bullet [•] next to the name of any sender marks a message as unread.

Double-click on a message to display it in a Message window. Using the scroll bar, you can read through the whole message. You can have several messages open at once; simply double-click on each summary line in the In Box.

Printing Messages

You can print a copy of any message you send or receive. Open the message from the In Box, then select Print from the File menu. If you select several messages at once and choose Print from the File menu, the messages will be printed consecutively on the same sheet of paper.

Selecting Messages

If you would like to work with several messages at once, hold down the [Shift] key while selecting the messages. To select several messages that are not contiguous in the In Box, hold down the [Command Icon] key on a Macintosh or the [Ctrl] key on a Windows computer when clicking each message. Then select the desired command (Open, Forward, Reply, Print, etc.).

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09/03/08

Last Updated: 9/3/08