Email Messaging
April 15, 2003
T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual
102
Manage Email Folders
You can create up to 20 folders in which to store and organize your email messages, in addition to the 5 system
folders (Inbox, Saved, Draft, Sent, and Trash). For more information about the system folders, read the next
topic,
The Email System Folders
on page 102.
You cannot discard or edit the names of the system folders (Inbox, Saved, Sent, Drafts, Trash), but you can
name the folders you create. To add new, edit, or discard existing user-defined email folders, read the following
topics:
•
Create an Email Folder
on page 103
•
Edit an Existing Email Folder Name
on page 103
•
Discard an Existing Email Folder and Message Contents
on page 103
The Email System Folders
The Email application uses five “system” folders--Inbox, Saved, Drafts, Sent, and Trash--shown in the illustration
below:
Here’s a little more information about each system folder:
•
Inbox
- The Inbox folder is the default drop point for any new messages you receive. Note that you can
specify that messages from POP3 accounts be dropped into folders you create. (Read more in
Manage
Email Folders
on page 102.)
•
Sent
- As you send an email message, the message is displayed in the Sent folder (expanded view), with
its status just to the left. In the illustration above you’ll see the status indicators showing the top message
is being sent (
), the second is waiting to be sent ( ), and the third was not sent due to a delivery
problem ( ).
After a message has been sent, it disappears from the Sent folder, unless you specify in the Email Settings
screen that you want to
Save outgoing messages in Sent folder
. If you’ve set this preference, a copy of
every message you compose and send will be saved in the Sent folder.
•
Saved
- If you have specified (in Email Settings) to have the system automatically discard messages when
your mailbox is full (oldest first), you can “save” messages from this auto-deletion process by moving them
to this Saved folder. (Read more in
Auto-discard msgs when mailbox is full.
on page 106)
•
Drafts
- If you start composing a message but want to pause in writing it or wait to send it, then you can
save the message in the Drafts folder and later open it and continue. (Read more in
Save an Email
Message as a Draft
on page 95.)
