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From: Technical Support <support@pmail.gen.nz>
To: New Pegasus Mail User
Subject: Pegasus Mail Basics
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 13:17:00 +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.