2nd Ave. Palm VersaMail 2.5 - Manual (Page 56)

Chapter 3 Getting, Sending, and Managing E-mail
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Plain text and HTML e-mail
By default, the VersaMail application is set to receive mail in HTML format. This
means that any e-mail messages sent as HTML will be displayed on your handheld
with basic HTML formatting intact, including the following:
■ Boldface
■
Italics
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Underlining
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Colored words
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Bullet lists
■ Numbered lists
■
Line breaks
Most formatting not displayed is stripped of its HTML tags and shown as plain
text. For certain types of graphic images (for example, JPEG or GIF files), the
graphic may be displayed as a URL in the body of the e-mail message. If you have
the correct type of browser installed as the default on your handheld, you can tap
the URL to open the graphic image. See
“Working with URLs” later in this chapter
for more information.
When you set the VersaMail application to receive e-mail messages as HTML, any
messages sent as plain text will be displayed as plain text only. You can also set the
application to receive all messages as plain text only, regardless of the format in
which they were sent. If you choose this option, only the text of any messages sent
in HTML format will be displayed.
NOTE The VersaMail application sends all messages as plain text only, with all
HTML tags stripped, even if you are forwarding or replying to a message that was
originally received as HTML.
To select whether to receive e-mail messages in HTML or in plain text format:
1. Tap the Menu icon .
2. Tap Options.
3. Select Preferences.