Customizing Internet Mail and News
- Resize the panes in the Mail and News windows by moving the pointer over the border of a pane, and when the pointer change to the resize pointer, drag the border to the desired location.
- Resize columns in the Mail, Address Book, and News windows by moving the pointer over borders between the columns, and when the pointer changes to the resize pointer, drag the border to the desired location.
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On the Windows menu, Choose Mail, Address Book, or News Messages depending on which window you want to change.
On the Edit menu, point to Columns.
Check all the columns you want displayed.
Tip
- If you want to change the order of the columns, uncheck them all and then check them again in the order you want the columns to appear.
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Sorting news messages
Sorting your messages
- On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
- Click User Profile.
- In the User Name field, enter your first and last name.
- In the Email Address field, enter your e-mail address.
- In the Organization field, enter your company or department name.
- Click OK.
Tip
- The information you enter in the Identify area is used in the header and in the From field of messages.
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Forwarding a message
On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
Click User Profile.
In the Signature area, type the information you would like to appear in every message you send.
Click OK.
Tip
- Some of the information people put in their signature includes: name, job title, division and company, phone and fax numbers, or a quote.
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Using Internet Config user settings
- On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
- Click Messages.
- In the Sending and Receiving area, check or uncheck Play Alert Sounds depending on your preference.
- Click OK.
Tip
- Alert sounds play when sending a message, downloading mail, and when an error has occured.
- On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
- Click Messages.
- In the Sending and Receiving area, check or uncheck Compact All Folders On Quit depending on your preference.
- Click OK.
Tip
- Mail messages are stored in a database that grows in size as you add, edit, and delete messages. Checking ompact All Folders On Quit will delete any unneeded space and information in the database and make it smaller in size.
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On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
Click Messages.
In the Composing area, choose an option for Encode Enclosures Using.
Click OK.
Tips
- Use BinHex for sending a Macintosh file. This ensures that the 2 parts of the file, the resource fork and the data fork, do not get separated when the file is sent.
- Use UUEncode for sending datafiles to any computer. If you are sending a Macintosh file, be sure to user a program like Stuffit to BinHex the files first.
- Base64 is a new standard that is available for compressing and sending files over the Internet.
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On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
Click Display.
In the Mail And News Messages area, change settings as needed.
- To mark unread messages as bold, choose Make Unread Messages Bold.
- To distinguish read and unread messages using color, choose Mark Message Using Colors and then click the color squares to select new colors.
- To mark read messages with a symbol, choose Mark Read Message With and enter the symbol you want to use.
Click OK.
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On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
Click Display.
In the Newsgroups area, change settings as needed.
- To mark favorite newsgroups as bold, choose Make Favorite Newsgroups Bold.
- To distinguish favorite newsgroups using color, choose Mark Newsgroups Using Colors and then click the color squares to select new colors.
- To mark favorite newsgroups with a symbol, choose Mark Favorite Newsgroups With and enter the symbol you want to use.
Click OK.
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On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
Click Fonts.
In the Lists And Tables area, choose a font on the pop-up list and type a font size in the size box.
In the Messages area, choose a font on the pop-up list and type a font size in the size box.
In the Printing area, choose a font on the pop-up list and type a font size in the size box.
Tips
- For best results, choose a font size between 9 and 14.
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