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- From: Technical Support <support@pmail.gen.nz>
- To: New Pegasus Mail User
- Subject: Pegasus Mail Basics
- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 18:41:41 +1200
-
- Here are a few important basics we thought it might be handy to tell
- you about using Pegasus Mail.
-
- * Using Help
- Pegasus Mail has a lot of online help available. In most windows you
- can select "Specific help" from the "Help" menu to get a description
- of the things you can do in the window you currently have open. In
- other places there may be a "Help" button you can press.
-
- * Floating Menus
- Pegasus Mail has many types of windows - the one you are using at
- present, for instance, is the message reader window. Each type of
- Pegasus Mail window has its own menu on the menu bar, containing
- commands that are appropriate only to it. You can always find this
- special menu immediately to the left of the "Window" option in the
- menu bar - try it now: look at the menu bar (the area directly under
- the title of the main Pegasus Mail window that says "File", "Edit"
- "Addresses" and so on) and find the entry called "Reader". Click on
- it to pull it down and examine the options that are available there.
-
- * Changing your preferences
- Pegasus Mail is very configurable: you can change the way it works
- for you using the "Options" entry from the "Tools" menu.
-
- * Out box
- If you have previously used the Eudora mail system, you will probably
- be expecting to find an "out box", where all the mail you have sent
- is filed. Pegasus Mail works differently from Eudora, in that making
- copies of the mail you send is an option that can be turned on and
- off. To keep copies of your outgoing mail, click the control labelled
- "Copy self" while you are editing a message and Pegasus Mail will keep
- a copy of the message in a folder called "Copies to self". By default,
- once you have turned the control on, it will stay on in future messages
- and sessions until you specifically turn it off again. If you wish, you
- can change the behaviour of the "Copy self" option using the "Message
- editor settings" screen on the "Options" panel, which you open from
- the "Tools" menu.
-
- * Drag and drop
- Pegasus Mail uses drag and drop heavily, so becoming familiar with
- dragging and dropping items can be very convenient and can save you
- a lot of time. We suggest you take a look at the "Using drag and
- drop" section on the "Help" menu - try it now.
-
- * Finding things
- Most windows in Pegasus Mail support searching for text. To start a
- search, choose "Find" from the "Edit" menu, or hold down the <Ctrl>
- key and press "F".
-
-
- Pegasus Mail is an extremely rich system capable of doing almost
- anything you could want to do with your e-mail. We suggest you spend
- a little time getting used to the various menus and commands offered
- by the program, and browsing through the online help.
-
-