Page 146 Communicating Using Your Handheld

In Mail, you can do the followin g:

■View, delete, file, and reply to incoming mail.
■Create outgoing e-mail items and drafts of e-mail items.
■Create simple or complex filters, which all ow you to decide the
type of e-mail that your handheld retrieves from your desktop
E-mail application.
■Use your handheld in its cradle or infrared comm unication to
send and retrieve e-mail items from your desktop E-Mail
application. (Third-party software required, sold separately.)
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. For
information on using Mail with a Macintosh, visit the web site:
www.handspring.com.
Synchronizing Mail with your E-Mail application
After you enable and configure Mail, you need to perform a HotSync
operation to synchronize Mail with your desktop E-Mail a pplication.
For a complete explanation of HotSync technology, see Chapter 8.
Opening the Mail application on your handheld
To open Mail:
1. Tap the Applications icon .
2. Tap the Mail icon .
Viewing e-mail items
The Message list d isplays a list of your incoming e- mail items, who
sent them, and the date they were received. E-mail items you’ve read
have a check next to them. High-priority e-ma il items appear in bold.