Sending and receiving e-mail
Writing and sending e-mail
This section describes the basic operation for the CLIE Mail application.
To familiarize yourself, write and send a test e-mail message.
Note
Before performing the following operation, you need to have the network connection settings for your CLIÉ™ handheld finished.
Refer to the Internet Connection Guide manual supplied with your CLIÉ™ handheld for details.

1
Tap Applications tab, and tap the CLIE Mail application icon from the Applications screen to display the e-mail list.
2
Tap .
The e-mail edit screen appears.
3
Enter an e-mail address, a subject, and body text.
You can use the e-mail address you registered in your CLIÉ™ handheld’s Address Book. For details, see "Looking up an address entry".
4
Tap Send.
A menu appears.
5
If you want to send the e-mail immediately, tap Send Now. Otherwise, tap Send Later.
•  Send Now: Sends the e-mail immediately.
•  Send Later: Stores the e-mail in the Outbox category. You can send an e-mail stored in the Outbox category by tapping . When you want to check the e-mail messages saved in the Outbox category, tap the arrow at the upper-right corner of the screen and select Outbox.
Saving an unfinished message
Tap Draft instead of tapping Send.
To view your saved drafts, tap the arrow on the top right corner of the screen, and select Draft.
Sending mail later from the Outbox
Tap or .
All e-mail messages stored in the Outbox category are sent at once.
Selecting an e-mail address from the Address Book
When you tap To, CC, or BCC on the e-mail edit screen, the address screen appears. You can use the address that you have entered in Address Book by tapping Lookup.
For details on the Lookup function, refer to the Handbook.
Receiving e-mail
Download the e-mail you sent in Writing and sending e-mail.
Note
If your CLIÉ™ handheld is not connected to a network, you cannot directly receive e-mail messages with your CLIÉ™ handheld but must transfer received e-mail messages from your computer by a HotSync® operation.

1
Prepare the environment for connecting to the Internet.
2
Tap Applications tab, and tap the CLIE Mail application icon from the Applications screen.
3
Tap .
Your CLIÉ™ handheld connects to the Internet and receives incoming e-mails.
If an incoming e-mail is received, it is displayed on the CLIE Mail screen.
4
Rotate the Jog Dial™ navigator to select the desired e-mail and press the Jog Dial™ navigator.
Or tap the desired e-mail.
The e-mail messages are displayed.
If the text of the message extends beyond the screen
Rotate the Jog Dial™ navigator to scroll the screen, or tap the scroll bar.
Elements of the CLIE Mail screen


[1] Attachment icon
If a file is attached to an e-mail message, the attachment icon appears to the left of the Sender column.
[2] Read/unread display
This icon indicates whether you have viewed the indicated e-mail message.
[3] (Receive) button
Downloads new e-mail messages.
[4] (Send) button
Sends e-mail stored in the Outbox category.
[5] (New mail) button
Displays the New Mail edit screen.
[6] (Send and Receive) button
Sends e-mail messages stored in the Outbox category and downloads new messages at the same time.
[7] Categories list
Switches the category that is currently displayed on your CLIÉ™ handheld. To switch the category, tap the arrow and select the desired category.
[8] (Receive option settings) button
Specifies how many messages or lines to be received at once. For details, see Setting advanced e-mail receiving options.
[9] (Move) button
Displays the check boxes for selecting the e-mail messages to move. For details, see Managing e-mail messages using personalized categories.
[10] (Delete) button
Displays the check boxes for selecting the e-mail messages to delete. For details, see Deleting e-mail messages.
[11] (Network connection) icon
Displays the online status. You can also switch between online and off-line modes.
•  : Your CLIÉ™ handheld is connected to the network (online).
•  : Your CLIÉ™ handheld is not connected to the network (off-line).