Nokia N91 - Manual (Page 56)

Messaging
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To connect to your mailbox and retrieve new e-mail
headings or messages, select
Yes . When you view messages
online, you are continuously connected to a remote mailbox
using a data connection. See also “Connection,” p. 92.
To view previously retrieved e-mail messages offline, select
No . When you view e-mail messages offline, your device
is not connected to the remote mailbox.
Retrieve e-mail messages
If you are offline, select Options > Connect to start
a connection to a remote mailbox.
Important: Exercise caution when opening messages.
E-mail messages may contain malicious software
or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.
1 When you have an open connection to a remote
mailbox, select Options > Retrieve e-mail and one
of the following:
New —to retrieve all new e-mail messages
Selected —to retrieve only the e-mail messages
that have been marked
All —to retrieve all messages from the mailbox
To stop retrieving messages, select Cancel .
2 After you retrieve the e-mail messages, you can
continue viewing them online, or select Options >
Disconnect to close the connection and view the
e-mail messages offline.
E-mail status indicators:
The new e-mail (offline or online mode)
has not been retrieved to your device.
The new e-mail has been retrieved to
your device.
The e-mail message has been read, and it has
not been retrieved to your device.
The e-mail message has been read.
The e-mail heading has been read and the message
content has been deleted from the device.
3 To open an e-mail message, press the joystick. If the
e-mail message has not been retrieved and you are
offline, you are asked if you want to retrieve this
message from the mailbox.
To view e-mail attachments, open a message that has the
attachment indicator
, and select Options > Attachments .
If the attachment has a dimmed indicator, it has not been
retrieved to the device; select
Options > Retrieve . In the
Attachments view, you can retrieve, open, save, or remove
attachments. You can also send attachments using
Bluetooth connectivity.
Tip! If your mailbox uses the IMAP4 protocol,
you can define how many messages to retrieve,
and whether to retrieve the attachments. With
the POP3 protocol, the options are
Headers only ,
Size limit , or Msgs. & attachs. .