Universal Design Symbol UNIX Pine: Retrieving and reading your e-mail


 

Seven steps to look at an e-mail message sent to you

  1. At the MAIN MENU Press L to look the FOLDER LIST.  The words "SELECT HERE TO EXPAND FOLDER LIST" will be highlighted.
  2. Press the ENTER key and a list of folders will appear.  The list of folders will include "INBOX", "saved-messages", and "sent mail"
  3. Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to highlight "INBOX" and press the ENTER key.  A list of e-mail messages sent to you will appear on the screen.
  4. Move through the list with the UP and DOWN arrow keys.  For each message you will see the name or e-mail address of the person who sent you the mail and possibly the subject of the message.  As you move through the list of messages each will be highlighted.
  5. Press the ENTER key to read a highlighted message.
  6. When you are done looking at the message Press I to return to the list of messages.
  7. At any time Press M to return to the MAIN MENU

Moving around inside the message sent to you

If you are reading a long e-mail message it might not all fit on the screen.  Use the following commands to view the part of the message that is not on the screen.
 

To move one line up or one line down Press the UP arrow or the DOWN arrow
To move one page down Press the Space Bar
To move one page up Press "-" 
 

Two ways to delete an e-mail message

  1. While in the INDEX MENU
  2. While reading the message

While in the INDEX MENU

  1. Press D to delete a message that is highlighted in the INDEX MENU
  2. A "D" will appear to the left of the message number
  3. To undelete the message press "U"
  4. Messages with a "D" to the left of their number will be deleted when you exit Pine.

While reading the message

  1. Press D to delete a message that you are currently reading
  2. The message will be marked with a "D" and the next message will appear on the screen


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Modified (2/19/99, ksl)