Mozilla Messenger
Interface
Tool-Bar. This is where the main action
buttons lie. See Table 10.1
Messages List. Where details (Subject, Date,
Sender, etc.) about messages stored in the currently selected
folder are shown.
Message View Pane. Where the currently selected
message's contents are displayed.
Folders List. Where all folders are listed. For
each defined account, the default folders are
Inbox (incoming messages),
Drafts (messages drafts),
Templates (messages templates),
Sent (already sent messages) and
Trash (deleted messages).
Left bottom Tool-Bar. It contains buttons to
launch Mozilla suite applications:
Navigator, Messenger, Composer and Address Book.
The following table shows the most important buttons available
in Mozilla Messenger's interface, their
equivalent keyboard shortcuts and a brief explanation of the
functions they provide.
Note
Not all buttons may be enabled at all times. For example,
the Reply-To buttons will not be enabled if no message is selected
in the messages list.
Table 10.1. Mozilla Messenger's Toolbar
Buttons
Button | Keyboard Shortcut | Function |
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 | Ctrl-M | Compose a new message. You will
need to complete the To and
Subject fields in the message-compose
window. |
 | Ctrl-T | Get new messages for the
selected account. Pressing Ctrl-Shift-T will
retrieve mail for all defined e-mail accounts. |
 | Ctrl-R | Reply to the
author of the selected message. A message-compose window will
pop up with some fields already set. |
 | Ctrl-Shift-R | Reply to
the author and all the original recipients of the
selected message. A message-compose window will pop up
with some fields already set. |
 | Ctrl-L | Forward (send to a
third party) the selected message. You will need to
fill in the To field in the
message-compose window. |
 | | Move the message to
another folder. You can create different folders to
better manage your messages. More on that
later. |
 | Del | Delete the selected messages.
Deleted messages are moved to the Trash
folder. If you want to delete messages permanently, open the
Trash folder, select the message(s) and
press Del again (you can also use the
-> menu). Please note that
deletion from the Trash folder cannot be
undone! Messages in the Trash folder can be
recovered by moving them to a different folder
before emptying the
Trash. |