The editor/viewer

MyMAIL - Mail editor

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The editor/viewer

MyMAIL has it's own editor.
This editor has more features than just edit.
  • Detects links in a mail
    • Mail addresses
    • HTTP (www) links
    • FTP links
  • Different colors in intended text.
  • Different colors in links
The same code is used for editor and viewer
the only difference is that the viewer is not editable
you can only copy text from the viewer.


Shortcuts

Editor keyboard shortcuts

File attachments

It is possible to attach files to a mail.
Read more about file attachments here

Mime

MIME encode/decode

Fonts

Read more in "Font selector"

Close alert

Read more in "Advanced program settings"

Send mail


Priority

Read more in "Mail priority"

Charset

Another charset can be selected than the
predefined one for this mail.

Right mouse button

Right mouse button in the text body brings up a menu for:
  • Cut & paste
  • Spam filter
  • Find text
  • and so on ...

E-Mail Addresses

You can in the To: Cc and Bcc: fields enter the
e-mail addresses or type the alias stated in
the addressbook.

One or more addresses can be entered at the addressing fields:
  • To: is the normal address field.
  • Cc: (Carbon Copy) is additional addresses.
  • Bcc: (Blind Carbon Copy) is where you put addresses that will not be shown for the receiver.
The addresses (or alias) must be separated with a ,

The field can sugest an address that you have typed before by showing the "missing" part in inverse video. If you like to use the sugested address then hit the TAB key.

A menu will display 5 of the first found before entered mail addresses and 5 of the firs found aliases.
This menu is displayed and updated as fast any character is entered.

By holding down shift key when selecting a alias or history entry in the menu that alias or history entry can be deleted.

Field History

The To,CC and BCC fields remembers what you have entered before and if so is the case it draws the first matching string in grey,
if this is what you like do hit TAB and the full address if filled in.

Add external text

You can add text to your mail by:
  • Drag a text file to the editors text field.
  • Paste text from clipboard.

Edit/View Limits

There is some limits in the editor:
  • Max 32k of text.
  • Max 32 links is possible to view.
  • Max 40 attachments.

Some smilys is displayed as icons:

:-)
:-(
:-|
:-/
;-)
:P

Links

All links detected in the editor are displayed in the user selected color.
If you click on a the link a popup menu is displayed and from this you can select different actions.
  • Copy to clipboard
  • Activate link
  • Add to www hotlist

Dead letter

If a mail is closed by user or program termination then the mail is saved to a file named dead0.txt, dead1.txt up to dead7.txt
This can be handy if you close a mail by mistake and like to use the text again.

Just open a new edit window and drag the dead.txt file into the edit window.

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