RCA DIRECTTV Receiver with Ultimate TV Service 980-04038-800 - Manual (Page 35)

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READING YOUR MAIL
You can tell when you have new mail by looking at the Mailbox
at the top of the Web Home screen. When a letter appears in
the on-screen mailbox, you have mail. Or check the Message
light on the front of the receiver. When the red light is on, you
have mail.
Follow these steps to read your mail:
1 From Web Home, select Mail from the top of the screen, then press OK or
RETURN . The Mail list screen appears.
2 Select the message you want to read, then press OK or RETURN . Your
message opens.
To read long messages, you can use the scroll buttons on your remote control
or keyboard to move up and down in the message.
To add the person who sent you this message to your address book, select the
sender’s name (shown on the From line), then press
OK or RETURN .
Once you have finished reading the message, you have a number of options
for what to do next. These options are presented to the left of the message.
E-MAIL – continued
Takes you back to the
Mail list (leaving the
message you’re reading
in your Mail list).
Go to the next or
the previous message
in your Mail list.
Detailed instructions
on using Mail.
Send this message
on to another person.
Write a response
to this message.
Throw away this
message now.
Save this message in
a folder. (Use Settings
in the Mail List screen
to set this up.)
Who the message is from.
E-MAIL AT A GLANCE
When you send e-mail, you get to write messages, check your spelling, and send
them to anyone who has an e-mail address. You can send e-mail anywhere in the
world, anytime! And people can send you messages at your WebTV address
anytime, from anywhere. (See page 92 for information on adding users, each
with his or her own e-mail address.)
To start using Mail, go to Web Home, select Mail from the top-left part of the
page, then press OK or RETURN .
Here’s a look at the features of Mail:
E-MAIL
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To start a
new message,
use Write. Open your address book, send a
message to someone in your address
book, or add a new address.
Lets you
discard
or save
messages.
Provides links to Web sites that
let you use e-mail to receive
faxes, send greeting cards, etc.
Lets you customize the way
your Mail system works
and set up folders where
you can store messages.
Your message list. Provides a basic overview,
detailed step-by-step instructions,
and answers to frequently asked
questions about Mail.
Store
messages
in folders.