Motorola CP1250 manual Setting the Alert for a Specific Maildrop

￿	Press u to display the first full screen of message text. If a continuation
	indicator is displayed (l), the message continues beyond the current screen.
	Reading the rest of the maildrop message is the same as reading a personal
	message.
￿	When you have finished reading the message, press u until the maildrop	MESSAGES
	history screen is displayed. To read another message in this same maildrop,
	repeat Steps 3 and 4.
￿	When you have finished reading the messages in this maildrop, press x to
	return to the Status screen.
	Note: To save a message, move it to a folder. For more information, see	MAILDROP
	“Moving Messages to Folders” on page 38.
￿	To read messages in other maildrops (each indicated by a flashing K or O on
	the Status screen), press v and/or s until the maildrop is highlighted (Lor

@). Repeat Steps 3 through 6 to read messages in the selected maildrop.

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Press t to accept the alert. If you turned the alert on, the pager emits this
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alert as it returns to the Status screen and whenever a message is received
for this maildrop. The maildrop indicator has changed from Lto @ (for alert
on) or from @ to L (for alert off).
To turn a maildrop alert on or off when pager is in silent mode:	MESSAGES
Make sure the maildrop you want (K or O) is highlighted (L or @).
On the Function menu, press s to move to n (SET MAIL ALERT ON) to turn the alert
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on or ^ (SET MAIL ALERT OFF) to turn the alert off.
Press t to accept the alert. If you turned the alert on, the pager (if
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equipped with a vibrator) vibrates as it returns to the Status screen and	MAILDROP
whenever a message is received for this maildrop. The maildrop indicator

has changed from L to @ (for alert on) or from @ to L (for alert off).

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Setting the Alert for a Specific Maildrop

	You can establish different alerts for different maildrops. You can also have
	some maildrops with enabled alerts and others with disabled alerts. There are
	two different procedures for setting alerts depending on the current alert mode
MESSAGES	(either audible or silent) of the pager.
	To turn a maildrop alert on or off when pager is in audible mode:
	Make sure the maildrop you want (K or O) is highlighted (Lor @).
		On the Function menu, press s to move to n (CHOOSE MAILDROP ALERT).
	￿	Press t. The Alert pattern screen is displayed.
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	￿Press either v or s until the alert you want flashes.
	￿	A sample of each alert is emitted as you scroll through the selections.

Select k (NO MESSAGE ALERT) if you want to turn the alert off.

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Receiving/Reading Super Maildrop Messages

	This feature, along with the use of topics, enables your pager to receive and
	store more powerful and sophisticated types of information services. The super
MESSAGES	maildrop feature allows the pager to store up to 3000 topics. Each of these
	topics can contain multiple messages.
	Below is an example of super maildrops with alert-enabled (b) and alert-
	disabled ( I) as displayed on the Status screen.
MAILDROP	Note: Please check with your service provider to determine if your pager’s
	super maildrop feature is enabled.
	Super maildrop	DDDPDDD
	messages with one	bI
	alert enabled and	R q h a	ob
	one alert disabled
SUPER	displayed.	Status Screen with Super Maildrop
		Message Indicators example

If no super maildrops have received messages, no super maildrop icons are

You can enable alerts and set the type of alert at the super maildrop level (page 20). At the topic level, you can enable alerts (page 26).

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