Compaq Presario Internet PC - Manual (Page 35)

M Y P RESARIO —G ETTING S TARTED AND B EYOND U SING Y OUR C OMPUTER 4-11
The system lights on the
keyboard provide a quick
status of your computer
and keyboard settings.
Post Office Protocol (POP)
is a commonly used
messaging protocol. The
most widely used
implementation of this
protocol is POP3. POP3 is a
retrieval protocol, used to
retrieve mail messages from
a POP server. E-mail
messages received by the
POP server are delivered to a
server mailbox and messages
reside there until you retrieve
them.
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The system status lights are shown in the following illustration,
and the function of each light is explained.
No. Description
1
E-mail indicates when you have e-mail waiting to be read.
Note: This light only works with POP3 Internet services. Some
ISPs do not support this functionality.
2
Sleep indicates the computer is in the sleep mode.
3
Num Lock indicates that you can use the numeric key pad to type
numbers.
4
Caps lock indicates all text typed will appear as capitalized letters.
5
Scroll lock indicates when the scroll-lock function is engaged,
allowing you to scroll through a document without moving the
cursor.