Getting Started
How it works?
Main window
Options window
Details window
Message window
Quick reply window
Sound selectors
Password options
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Menu Items    Toolbar Buttons

Main Window

This window is a list of all your email accounts.
The list contains the following information,
Server
This is the short
name you gave the account.
Total
Number of emails on the server, including new emails.
New
Number of new emails since you last viewed the details for the server.
Size
Total accumulated size of all the emails on the sever.
Last Check
Time since the server information was last updated.

Menu Items        Toolbar Buttons

Servers
  
Toggle Select All

Behaves in two ways.
If there are no servers selected this menu item will select all the servers in the list.
If there is one or more servers selected then all servers will be deselected.


Stop All Online Tasks
Select this to stop currently active or pending online tasks.
This item is only available while Email Segway is checking mail totals or downloading email details.


Exit
Close Email Segway.

Mail
  
Server Totals

Refresh information for selected servers.
If there are no servers selected then all servers will be refreshed.
Updated information includes mail count, mail box size, new mail count and last check date.

Server Details
Retrieve mail headers for selected servers.
If there are no servers selected then all mail headers from all servers will be retrieved.
Once the headers have been retrieved a details window will appear with a list containing header information for each mail.
Header information includes
the server it came from, subject line, new mail status, sender, size, date and age.

Server Details (New Only)
Same as above except only new mail headers will be retrieved.(more on new mail)

Clear New Email Totals
Clear new mail totals for all servers in the list.


Options
  
Options...

Displays the Options window.
(more on options)

Quick Options
 
Auto check for new mail
Toggles weather or not Email Segway will automatically check for new mail.
You can set the duration between checks with the "Options..." menu item
A check mark indicates this item is active.
Server detail button
retrieves new mail only

Toggles weather or not the Server Details button retrieves only new emails when clicked.
The default behavior for this button will
retrieve all emails on the server.
A check mark indicates this item is active.
Play sound
on new mail

Toggles weather or not Email Segway will play the selected sound file when new mail is found.
A sound file can be selected with the "Options..." menu item.
The "Play Sound" and "Play Color Tones" are mutually exclusive.
A check mark indicates this item is active.
Play color tones
on new mail

Toggles weather or not Email Segway will play a color tone for each server that has new mail. You can set the color tone instrument with the "Options..." menu item.
(more on color tones)
The "Play Sound" and "Play Color Tones" are mutually exclusive.
A check mark indicates this item is active.
Pop up alert balloon
on new mail

Toggles weather or not Email Segway will pop up an information balloon listing all the servers with new mail and their respective totals.
A check mark indicates this item is active.
Show email segway
window on new mail

Toggles weather or not Email Segway will display its main window when new mail is detected.
A check mark indicates this item is active.


Toolbar Buttons
  


Exit

Same as Exit menu item.

Totals
Same as Totals menu item.

Select
Same as Select menu item.

Details
If button mode is set for "new mail only" behaves the same as Server Details (New Only) menu item.
Otherwise behaves the same as Details menu item
.
(more on button mode)

AutoCheck
Same as AutoCheck menu item.

Options
Same as Options... menu item.

Stop
Same as Stop menu item.