Page116 CommunicatingUsing Your Handheld Computer

In Mail, you can do the following:

■View, delete, file, and reply to incoming mail.
■Createo utgoing e-mail items and drafts of e-mail items.
■Creates imple or complex filters, which allow you to decide the
type of e-mail that your handheld computer retrieves from your
desktop e-mail application.
■Use your handheld computer in its cradle to send and retrieve e-
mailitem s from your desktop e-mail application.
Setting up Mail on the desktop
Before you use Mail for the first time, make sure your desktop e-mail
application is up and running. You must also set up Palm™ Desktop
software for use with your desktop e-mail application.
Yourhandheld computer supports a number of desktopE-Mail
applications, such as Microsoft Exchange (version 4.0 or higher),
Eudora(version 3.0.3 or higher), and Lotus cc:Mail (versions 2.5, 6.0,
and 7.0). You can see the full list of the supported applications when
you set up Mail.
If your desktop e-mail application does not appear on the list, you
maystill be able to mana ge your desktop e-mail application from your
handheldcomput er by means of special connection software, called a
conduit, that lets you synchronize your desktop E-Mail application
andyour handheld computer. Contact the vendor of your E-Mail
application for more information.
Note: The following instructions assume that you have already
installed Palm Desktop software on your personal computer
andthat you did not set up Mail during the installation.If you
havenot yet installed the Palm Desktop software,the
installation procedure prompts you to set up Mail as part of
the Palm Desktop software installation.
Toset upMail:
1. Click Start in the Wind ows taskbar.
2. Highlight Prog rams, highlight Palm Desktop software, and then
click Mail Setup to begin setup.
3. Follow the i nstructions onscreen to set up your handheld
computer for use with your desktop E-Mail application.