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Note: The All setting does not mean that all information
includedin each e-mail item downloads to your handheld
computer. Truncation settings (explained in a following
section)for long e -mail items still apply. Also, Mail never
downloadsany attachmentsto yo ur handheld computer.
Thee-mail item and any text information appear, but the
attachment is left in your desktop e-mail application.
5. If you selected All, Send only, or Unread, tap OK. If you selected
Filter, continue to the next section.
Creating special filters
Youcan create special filters to co ntrolthe ty peo fe-m aili temst hat
download to your handheld computer during synchronizati on.
Specialfilters work on the premise of ignoring or retrieving item sthat
contain specific information in their header fields.
Tocreate a special filter, you must decidewhether you want to ignore
orretrieve certain e-mail items. Then, based on that decision,you
musttell your h andheld computer what it needs to look for in the To:,
From:, and Subj: fields to single out those e-mail items.
Send Only During synchronization, only the e-mail items in
yourhandheld computer Outbox aresent to your
desktop e-maila pplication; from there,t hey are
sent to their destinations.
Filter During synchronization, all e-mail items in your
handheldcomputer Outbox are sent to your
desktop e-mail application, and items in your
desktop e-mail Inbox that meet specific criteria
download to your handheld computer. When
youselect t he Filter setting, the HotSync Options
dialogbox opens and displays additional filter
settings.See “Creating specialfilters” later i n this
chapter.
Unread During synchronization,only unread e-mail
itemsdownload to yourhandheld computer from
yourdesktop e-mail Inbox, and all items in your
handheldcomputer Outbox are sent to your
desktop e-mail application.