# Message Display

This screen looks something like that below. If you have set Manage -> Preferences -> General -> Use persistent marks an extra option is available, see Persistent Marks below.

|  | | | Copy | | | Delete | | | Reply | | | Forward
| Message: 1 out of 4 |
Show Hdrs | | | Download Message

From: | A. Person <person@somewhere.co.uk>
To: | S. Page (test a/c) <sp999@cam.ac.uk>
Date: | Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:06:07 +0100 (BST)
Subject: | small test

    Just a short test message.

|  | | | Copy | | | Delete | | | Reply | | | Forward
| Message: 1 out of 4 |
Show Hdrs | | | Download Message

## The bars above and below the displayed message

By default you will see two instances of the bar, as in the example above. You can choose to turn off the bar below the message (or indeed the use of any icons in the Webmail interface) using options found in Manage -> Preferences -> Display.

| Previous and Next take you to, respectively, the previous and next message. The relevant icon is greyed out, as in the example above, if the choice is not applicable (i.e. you are on the first or last message).
Copy | takes you to the folder display screen, where you can choose the folder to which you wish to copy the message.
Delete | marks the message as deleted and displays the next message in the mail folder. If you delete the final message in the folder you are returned to the mail folder list. Messages are not removed from the mail folder until Expunge has been selected in the mail folder list screen.
Reply | prepares a reply. Selecting this takes you to the Compose screen and the original message is included in the reply. If there is more than one name on the original recipients list you are asked whether you wish to reply to the sender only or to reply to the sender and all recipients.
Forward | enables you to forward the message to someone else. Selecting this takes you to the Compose screen and the original message is included in the message body.
Message: 1 out of 4 | informative message.
Show Hdrs | Show Headers displays the full set of message headers. This option is most useful when trying to trace a problem. If you select this the option changes to Hide Hdrs and the full headers are shown for every message until you select Hide Hdrs.
Download Message | this presents the entire message, including all the message headers, in a plain form (i.e. without the Webmail icons and actions) suitable for printing or saving to your local system using your browser's printing and saving facilities.

## The message

The From: and To: headers have links that enable you to take the address into your address book. Selecting one takes you to the Addressbook Entry screen with the entries placed in the Name and Address(es) fields.

## Attachments

If a message has attachments then information about the message structure, including attachments, will be shown. For example, the body of a message that had a single word processed document attached would look like this:-

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| Message: 2 out of 4 |
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From: | A. Person <person@somewhere.co.uk>
To: | S. Page (test a/c) <sp999@cam.ac.uk>
Date: | Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:02:03 +0100 (BST)
Subject: | attachment test

MIME structure of this message, including any attachments:

1. (text/plain), 0 lines
2. MyDocument.rtf (application/octet-stream), 3 K

    The rest of the message will be shown here.

|  | | | Copy | | | Delete | | | Reply | | | Forward
| Message: 2 out of 4 |
Show Hdrs | | | Download Message

In this example part 1. is the text body of the message and part 2. the attachment (indicated by the small paperclip icon ). To save the attachment select the link containing the attachment name and use your browser's "Save" feature to navigate to where you wish to put the attachment on your local machine.

## Persistent Marks

If you have Manage -> Preferences -> General -> Use persistent marks set then there will be an extra option, Mark in the bars above and below the message.

Mark marks the message so that you can take an action on it later. The next message is then displayed. If you have marked the final message in the folder you are returned to the mail folder list. The icon in the mail folder list screen changes to show the message has been marked. If you return to displaying a marked message before you have taken any action on it the option on this screen is changed to Unmark.