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| <h1>Writing an E-mail Message</h1> | | <h1>Writing and Sending E-mail</h1> |
| <p>This menu reference describes how to write and send e-mail messages in Thunderbird.</p> | | <p>This menu reference describes how to write and send e-mail messages in Thunderbird.</p> |
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| <h2 id="file">File</h2> | | <h2 id="file">Writing an E-mail</h2> |
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| <h3 id="new_menu">New</h3>
| | <p>Stuff to cover:</p> |
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| <h4 id="new_message">New Message</h4>
| | *Opening the Compose window |
| <p>Opens a window for composing a new e-mail message.</p>
| | *Addresses |
| | | **Choosing an account/identity from which to send the message |
| <h4 id="new_account">New Account...</h4>
| | **Recipients |
| <p>Starts the New Account Wizard. This wizard will help set up a new
| | ***Distinguish between the types (To, From, Bcc, CC, etc.) |
| mail, news, or rss feed account in &brandShortName;.</p>
| | ****perhaps just relegate to glossary entries? |
| | | *Subject |
| <h4 id="new_address_book_card">New Address Book Card...</h4>
| | *Content |
| <p>Opens a dialog window for creating a new contact in the &brandShortName;
| | **HTML vs. text/plain |
| Adress Book.</p>
| | *Sending the E-mail |
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| | **Send |
| <h3 id="open_saved_message">Open Saved Message...</h3>
| | **Send Later |
| <p>Displays an Open File dialog where you can select a previously saved
| | **Save as Draft |
| message from your local disks or network. (You can currently view many
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| file types in &brandShortName;, including HTML/XML files, image files,
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| text files and more).</p>
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| <h3 id="close">Close (Window)</h3>
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| <p>Closes the current window.</p>
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| <h3 id="save_as">Save As</h3>
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| <h4 id="file">File</h4>
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| <p>Displays a Saves Message As dialog where you can select a location
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| on your local disks or network to save a copy of the message you are
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| <h4 id="template">Template</h4>
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| <p>Saves the message you are currently reading into the Template
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| folder of the current mail account.</p>
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| <h3 id="get_new_messages">Get New Messages for</h3>
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| <p>This menu item has multiple sub-menus. The sub-menus allow you to specifiy
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| which mail, news, or rss feed accounts to check for new messages.</p>
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| <h4 id="get_all_new_messages">Get All New Messages</h4>
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| <p>Causes &brandShortName; to check all accounts for new messages.</p>
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| <h3 id="send_unsent">Send Unsent Messages</h3>
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| <p>Send unsent messages queued during offline use.</p>
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| <h3 id="subscribe">Subscribe...</h3>
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| <p>Opens a dialog which allows you to subscribe or unsubscribe to imap
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| folders or news groups.</p>
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| <h3 id="rename_folder">Rename Folder</h3>
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| <p>Opens a dialog box which allows you to rename the currently selected
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| folder. The Inbox, Drafts, Templates, Sent, Junk, and Trash folders may
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| no be renamed.</p>
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| <h3 id="comact_folders">Compact Folders</h3>
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| <p>Compacts the mail in each folder of the currently selected account. This
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| process removes extra space within the mail file folders which accumulates
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| when deleting messages in the middle of the file. This can recover large
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| chunks of hard drive space.</p>
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| <h3 id="empty_trash">Empty Trash</h3>
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| <p>Emptys the trash folder of the currently selected account.</p>
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| <h3 id="offline">Offline</h3>
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| <h4 id="work_offline">Work Offline</h4>
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| <p>Switch &brandShortName; into offline mode. This allows you to read
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| and compose mail when not connected to a network.</p>
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| <h4 id="download_sync_now">Download/Sync Now...</h4>
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| <p>TBD</p>
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| <h4 id="offline_settings">Offline Settings</h4>
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| <p>Opens a dialog to allow setting the prefernces for offline usage.</p>
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| <h4 id="get_flagged_messages">Get Flagged Messages</h4>
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| <p>TBD</p>
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| <h4 id="get_selected_messages">Get Selected Messages</h4>
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| <p>TBD</p>
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| <h3 id="page_setup">Page Setup...</h3>
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| <p>Opens the Page Setup dialog which allows the setting of printing
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| properties.</p>
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| <h3 id="print">Print...</h3>
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| <p>Displays the Print dialog, where you can specify the number of printed copies,
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| etc. Click <em>OK</em> to print the page.</p>
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| <h3 id="exit">
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| <span class="win">Exit</span>
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| <span class="noWin">Quit</span>
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| </h3>
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| <p>Closes all opened windows in Thunderbird and exits Thunderbird completely.</p>
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