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<chapter>
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<title>
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Reading an email message
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</title>
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<summary>
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The ability to read an email message is one of the most basic features
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of any email client. However, SquirrelMail has quite a few features
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for while you are reading messages. This explains what they all do.
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</summary>
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<description>
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<p>
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Click on the subject of a particular mail and that message is displayed.
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One thing you will notice is that email and web addresses are live
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links so you can click on them and send an email or open a page.
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Another really nifty feature is that mail threads are color coded.
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The standard for a reply is to quote the previous message with ">" before
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every line. SquirrelMail sees this and color codes them. A replied
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message will have a different color on the reply than the new text.
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This works two layers deep. Another menu bar is now presented below the
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main menu choices. This bar is in three sections. On the left side
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you may delete or return to the summary. In the middle direct
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navigation between messages is made possible. On the right, various
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mailing functions are presented.
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</p>
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</description>
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</chapter>
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<section>
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<title>
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Message List
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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Click this link to return to the folder from which you came.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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Delete
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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Click this link to delete the message being currently viewed.
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All attachments of deleted mail are deleted as well. You can prevent the
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loss of attachments by Downloading them first (explained further in
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this chapter).<br />
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In this context, deleting means that the message will be moved to
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the folder called Trash. If you wish to keep the message afterall, view
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the Trash folder and move the message out.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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Navigation
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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In the middle of the bar are navigation buttons. Previous will be
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an active link if it can be utilized and plain text otherwise. Clicking
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this link will display the previous message without the need to go back
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to the summary display of messages. The same goes for the Next link which
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will advance you to the mail immediately following the one
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currently being viewed.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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Forward
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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On the right, the forward link, when pressed, opens the Compose page
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with the previously viewed email in the text box below a tag of
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"--Original Message--". "Fwd:" is prepended to the original subject
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line and placed in the correct field. The various fields for sending
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to an address await your completion. You may position the cursor in
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the text box in order to add comments to the already existing text.
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You may also use the attachment feature.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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Reply
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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Click this link to return a new message to the originator of the
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previously viewed message. "Re:" is prepended to the original subject
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line and placed in the subject field. Again, the text of the original
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message is quoted in the text box. This time the ">" symbol is placed
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in front of the original text. You may note that some of the original
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text doesn't have the ">" symbol. This is due to line wrapping and
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may be unavoidable. Try setting the value of <i>Wrap incoming text</i>
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in the Options page to a larger number, this may help. Comments can be
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made anywhere in the text box in addition to the quoted message. You
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may also use the attachment feature.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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Reply All
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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Same story here as "reply" with the exception that all addresses listed
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in the header will receive the mail.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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View all headers
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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This will display the entire header for the email message. This includes
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the route that the message took to get here, and a lot more detailed
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information about the message itself.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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View Printable Version
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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If you want to print a message, you might want to click this link. It
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presents you with a new window containing the message but with all unneccessary
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information and menus removed, ready to print. Clicking the Print button in
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this window will do so. Press Close to return to your message.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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Download this as a file
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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At the bottom just above the bottom bar you will find this link.
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Clicking this link allows you to save this email to your local hard drive
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as a plain text message. A simple header will be attached to the top
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of the message as well.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>
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Attachments
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</title>
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<description>
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<p>
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Any attachments sent with a received email will be displayed at the
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bottom of the message inside a colored box. The file is presented
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as a link with a description of the file type to it's right. Clicking
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on the file name will either display the attachment or present a
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download dialog depending on the file type. If you wish to download
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the file (rather than possibly viewing it), click on the "download"
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link on the right side.<br />
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If your webbrowser supports viewing the attachment file type, another
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link, "view" will be displayed which displays the file in your browser.
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</p>
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</description>
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</section>
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