RFC822Message

An RFC822 message is a representation of a mail message.

It is used to store incoming mail and send outgoing mail, and has the ability to include attachments.

Creating a new message

To create a new message, select New message from the navigation bar. Then you will be presented with a view that should be somewhat familiar if you've used Outlook before.

The buttons are:

To..

Takes you to the AddressBook interface.

Cc..

Takes you to the AddressBook interface

Bcc..

Takes you to the AddressBook interface

Attachments

Brings up a screen where you can manage what attachments are to be sent along with the message.

Save as template

This button will save the message as a template.

Use template

This button will only appear in messages that are designated to be templates, and whenever it is pressed, a new message with the template data is created.

Other widgets:

Newsgroups

This field specifies what newsgroups this message is to be sent to, if any.

Subject

This field is the descriptive title of the message and will indicate the topic of the message for the recipient.

Copy to

This selection will when enabled copy the message to an outgoing folder.

Priority

This selection indicates the priority of the message, mostly used on the recipients side to get an indication of the importance of the message.

Attachments

Shows the filnames and sizes of the attachments.

Viewing an existing message

The buttons are:

Reply

This will create a new message which will be used to reply the existing message.

Reply all

This does the same as the reply button, but includes all the recipients of the existing message.

Forward

This will forward the message.

Delete

This will move the message into the trash folder. If the message is already in the trash folder, the message will be permanently deleted.

Move to

This button will move the message to the indicated folder.

Prioritize

This will give an indication of the importance of the message.

Buttons that may appear:

Make note

This button will create a new note of the message.

Make event

This button will create a new event of the message.

Make todo

This button will create a new todo of the message.

If there are any attachments to the message, they will appear at the bottom of the page. If you want to save these, you may need to right click on the link to the file an select Save link as...

Attributes of the RFC822Message are:

Read

Whether or not the message has been read.

Sender

The address from which this message was sent.

Body

The actual message.

Date created

The date and time this instance was created.

Priority

The priority specified by the sender for this message.