User Guide

Messaging
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Open the mailbox
When you open the mailbox,
you can choose whether you
want to view the previously
retrieved e-mail messages
and e-mail headings
offline or connect to the
e-mail server.
When you scroll to your
mailbox and select it, you’ll
receive the prompt, Connect
to mailbox?
Select Yes to connect to your mailbox, and retrieve new
e-mail headings or messages. When you view messages
online, you are continuously connected to a remote
mailbox using a packet data connection. See also
"Connection settings," p. 88.
Select No to view previously retrieved e-mail messages
offline. When you view e-mail messages offline, your
phone is not connected to the remote mailbox.
Retrieve e-mail messages
If you are offline, select Options > Connect to start a
connection to a remote mailbox.
Important: Exercise caution when opening
messages. E-mail message objects may contain
malicious software or otherwise be harmful to
your device or PC.
1 When you have an open connection to a remote
mailbox, select Options > Retrieve e-mail.
New—to retrieve all new e-mail messages to your
phone.
Selected—to retrieve only the e-mail messages that
have been marked.
All—to retrieve all messages from the mailbox.
To stop retrieving messages, select Cancel.
2 After you have retrieved the e-mail messages, you can
continue viewing them online, or select Options >
Disconnect to close the connection and view the
e-mail messages offline.
E-mail status icons are as follows:
New e-mail (offline or online mode): the
content has not been retrieved to your phone
(arrow points outward).
New e-mail: the content has been retrieved to your
phone (arrow points inward).
The e-mail message has been read.
The e-mail heading that has been read and the
message content has been deleted from the phone.