User manual

Email Messaging
April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual 103
Note that the messages in the Drafts folder are protected from the auto-deletion process. (Read more in
Auto-discard msgs when mailbox is full. on page 106)
• Trash - Every message you discard from other folders is moved to the Trash folder. Discarded messages
accumulate in the Trash until you explicitly use the menu option to Empty Trash. As long as a message
stays in the Trash, however, you can restore it to another folder. (Read more in
Discard Email Messages on
page 97.)
Create an Email Folder
To create a new folder, do the following while in the Email application:
1 On the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight any folder.
2 Press Menu then select New Folder. The New Folder dialog box appears:
3 Type the name of your new folder, then press Done .
Your new folder will now appear on the Browse Email screen and is ready to hold messages.
Edit an Existing Email Folder Name
Note: You cannot edit the Inbox, Saved, Sent, Drafts, or Trash folders’ names as they are system folders.
To edit any other folder name, do the following while in the Email application:
1 On the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the folder whose name you want to edit.
2 Press Menu then select Rename... [ + E]. The Edit Folder dialog box appears with the text cursor in the
Name field, ready for editing:
Note: If you rename a folder that is used to save mail from a POP account, the Save Folder field on that
Accounts screen will update automatically to the new folder name.
3 Make your edit to the name, then press Done .
Discard an Existing Email Folder and Message Contents
Note: You cannot discard the Inbox, Sent, Drafts, or Trash folders as they are “system” folders. You can,
however, delete all the contents of a system folder by highlighting the folder name, opening the menu and
selecting Empty... [].
To discard any other folder (and its contents), do the following while in the Email application:
1 On the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the folder you want to discard.
2 Press Menu then select Discard....