THE E-MAILER BROWSER


Launching Claris E-Mailer brings up the Browser view. You can also view the Connection status box, which on the following screen shot appears at the bottom of the screen.


The Browser screen is subdivided in four parts, i.e. the In Box, Out Box, Filing Cabinet and Address Book. These various sections are also accessible from the Finder menu, and you can select which part appears at startup in the preferences.


The In Box appears above as follows:

It provides a list of incoming messages, as well as their status. The first column has a green check mark and indicates whether you've already read this message.

The second column is marked by a paper clip icon, and indicates whether there are any attachments to the message.

The third column has a green return arrow in it. It indicates if you have replied to this message.

The other columns are clearly marked and give the date and time, subject, and sender's information, which are determined from the message, as well as the priority of the message (which is user defined) and the account from which the mail originates.



The Out Box is displayed as follows:



The Out Box displays an array of information fields similar to the In Box. The differences are in the first column, which indicates the message sending schedule and the third displaying at what date and time the message was drafted.

One useful feature of E-Mailer is the option to select through which account it should send outgoing messages. This is particularly handy for users who access different service providers from the office and the home.



The Filing Cabinet is displayed as follows:


The Filing Cabinet contains the various folders in which the user can store read messages. Clicking on a folder name brings up the list of messages it contains. It is also possible to move messages between folders or delete them individually or in groups. You can also delete and create folders at will.



Finally, there is the Address Book:



The Address Book lets you store user and group addresses. You can define multiple addresses per user, let's say to store CompuServe, AOL and Internet addresses of a same individual. It is also very easy to define a quasi-mailing list containing up to 250 addresses, which is rather handy if you maintain correspondence with a large number of peers for special functions and communiqués, upon other things.


To go to mail handling features of EM@ILER, click here.
To go to the user's review, click here.