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4.3
Composing & Sending Email Messages
To compose a new email message, begin by pressing the
e
function key from the idle
screen, and then press the
c
ompoSe
key. MailBug will then prompt you with a
To:
line to
enter the email address(es) of those you want to receive your message. You can enter as
many email addresses as you like, with each address separated by either a comma or a
semicolon, and then a space. You can manually type in the addresses, or use the
a
DDreSS
function key to choose recipients from your personal Email Address Book.
In order to send a copy of the email message to parties other than the primary recipient(s),
you may include additional addresses on the
To:
address line. A common practice is to
send a “carbon copy” or a “blind carbon copy” of your email message. This is done by
typing either
“cc:”
or
“bcc:”
in front of the desired address. (Make sure you include the
colon!) A
“bcc:”
is similar to the
“cc:”
except that no one but you and the
bcc:
recipient
knows that they have gotten a copy of the message.
When you are finished with the addressing, press either the
OK
function key, or the
Enter
key on the keyboard. MailBug will then prompt you to enter the
Subject:
line for the email.
Again, press either
OK
or
Enter
when you are finished.
Example:
Let’s say you enter two email addresses for your message as:
To:
john@mailbug.com, jane@mailbug.com
When John and Jane get their email, they will both see that it was sent to both of
them.
If the message is specifically to John, but with Jane also getting a copy, then use cc:
To:
john@mailbug.com, cc:jane@mailbug.com
But if you want to send it to John and a copy to Jane without John knowing about
Jane’s copy, then use the “blind carbon copy” feature.
To:
john@mailbug.com, bcc:jane@mailbug.com
If you sent it as shown above, John would not know that the message was also sent to
Jane. But Jane would see John’s address in addition to hers.
Adding new email addresses to your Address Book
There are several ways to add entries to your email Address Book. You may add an
entry to your Address Book by explicitly typing it in. You can do this by pressing the
a
DDreSS
function key in the Email mailbox screen to get to the Address Book screen
and then pressing the
c
reate
function key. When you enter the Address Book from
your Email mailbox screen, not only can you create new entries, but you can also
edit existing nicknames and addresses, or remove old entries, and all the entries
will be sorted alphabetically.
Another way you can add to your Address Book is while reading an opened email
message. If you are reading an email you received from someone and you wish to add
that person’s email address to your Address Book, simply hold down the
Ctrl
key on the
keyboard and press the
S
ave
a
DDr
function key. This will take you to the Save to Address
Book screen where you are asked to assign a “nickname” to that address. See the
example in the figure below.
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