FlexMail 2007 Rev 2 Help

Concepts
About FlexMail
About Accounts
About Storages and Folders

How to...
Manage messages
Manage accounts
Manage synchronization and connection


About FlexMail

FlexMail allows you to manage your e-mail from mobile device. It can be synchronized with desktop or with your mailboxes placed on POP3 or IMAP servers.

Individual mail access account is created for each mailbox that lets you set different options for all accounts. Most settings can be easy changed at any moment.

Note: IMAP works only in off-line mode in FlexMail unless you have IMAP IDLE enabled. It means that you can not connect to server and make changes on it at once. All necessary actions you should make at your mobile device and then synchronize with server in order to apply changes. If you have IMAP IDLE enabled, then many changes such as new emails, flag/reply/forward/read status, deletions, and such are immediately synchronized on the server.


About Accounts

Each mailbox with which you want to work from device must have its own account. There are accounts of three types in FlexMail: POP3, IMAP and MAPI (Hotmail/ActiveSync/SMS).

You can create as many POP3 and IMAP accounts as you need and make individual settings for each of them. For more information how to create or change account see Accounts.

ActiveSync and SMS accounts is created by default. If you have PocketMSN installed in ROM you will also see a Hotmail account. ActiveSync account is designed to synchronize mail on your device and desktop and SMS allows you to send and receive SMS messages (for devices with phone functionality). ActiveSync account can not be synchronized with any mail client but only with Outlook or Microsoft Exchange server. You cannot delete ActiveSync and SMS accounts but you can make their storages invisible if you don't use any of them. You can not change ActiveSync account settings from your device, use desktop for this purpose.


About Storages and Folders

There are some differences in folders using for POP3 and IMAP accounts.

When creating POP3 account you can choose if it will use general Local Folders storage or new storage will be created. In the first case on account deleting all its messages will be left at Local Folders. Otherwise storage can be either deleted together with the account or never. Note that account can not be deleted later than storage at the current version of FlexMail.

IMAP account always is created with its own storage.

On new storage creating following folders are created automatically:

Further folders behavior depends on the type of account to which the folder belongs.

If folder belongs to POP3 account you can create, copy, move, delete subfolders and move or copy messages between them. If you copy message and it was not downloaded completely then only original message can be downloaded later. The only effect for server will be in deletion messages from it according to settings (see Mail Deletion).

For IMAP account you can create local folders as well as server ones. Server folders can be mounted locally. Settings will be individual for each mounted folder (see IMAP Server Folders). If you move message to a local folder and this message has not been downloaded completely it will be impossible to download it later.


Messages Managing

Create a new message
Edit message
Copy or move message
Reply or forward message
Delete message
Mark message as read automatically
Download headers only
Download the whole message after header downloading
Upload message to IMAP server
Set default encoding
Specify a signature for messages
Specify when messages must be deleted from server
Change visible columns in the list of messages


Accounts Managing

Create new account
Change existing account settings
Delete account
Change information about you
Change incoming server settings
Change outgoing server settings
Change IMAP specific account settings
Change POP3 specific account settings
Specify when messages must be deleted from server


Synchronization and Connection Managing

Set how old and how large messages must be downloaded
Set period of new mail checking
Download headers only
Download the whole message after header downloading
Set secure connection
Select connection type
Tune notifications about new mail etc.


Messages

You can see and manage all messages from selected folder at this tab.

If you tap you will see nearly the same menu with additional option Encoding. Using this option you can change message encoding.

You can specify what columns and in what order will be visible. To do it tap and hold any column name and select Columns option. See Columns specifying for more information.

To create new message tap New in the left-bottom corner.

To change settings tap button. For more information see Settings.

To receive or send mail tap button. For more information see Mail Sending and Receiving.

Tap and hold one or more messages to see popup menu. If you want to select several messages placed one by one in folder just tap the first message and move stylus to the last one. If you want to select several messages which are placed not near tap keyboard then tap Control key and select each message you need.
Open - opens message, shows its content if message has been downloaded and some headers. You can tap the message twice instead of selecting this option.
Reply - reply to message author.
Reply All - reply to message author and all recipients except you.
Resend - resend message.
Forward As Attachment - forward message as attachment.
Forward - forward as message.
Mark As Read - all selected messages will be marked as read.
Mark As Unread - all selected messages will be marked as unread.
Mark For Download - all selected messages will be marked for download.
Copy to Folder - copies message to another folder. If only header was downloaded it will be impossible to download body for copy later. Only original message can be downloaded.
Move to Folder - moves message to another folder. Even if only header was downloaded it will be possible to download the whole message later after moving.
Delete - deletes all selected messages. You can also delete selected messages by tapping button.
Select All - selects all messages in folder.
Properties - shows information about message. See Message Properties.


Folders

This tab contains all visible storages with their folders. To make storage visible or hide tap and select Storages. Each folder that contains one or more messages is displayed in bold type and you can see amount of messages in brackets. If folder contains some unread messages there are two numbers in brackets: the first number specifies amount of unread messages and the second number specifies total amount of messages in the folder.

If folder has subfolders there will be small plus near it. To see subfolders just tap this plus. It will change to minus and subfolders will be shown. To hide subfolders tap minus.

You can act on folders in some ways. Tap and hold folder. You will see popup menu.
Open - opens folder, shows list of messages that this folder contains.
New Folder - creates new folder. You will have to enter new folder name and select parent folder.
Rename - renames folder.
Empty - deletes all messages from the folder. You can delete subfolders or leave them in position. But it is impossible to delete messages in subfolders but leave themselves.
Delete - deletes folder with all its subfolders.
Move to - moves folder with all its subfolders to another folder.
Mark All as Read - marks all messages in folder (but not in subfolders) as read.
Mark All as Unread - marks all messages in folder (but not in subfolders) as read.
Mark All for Download - marks all messages in folder (but not in subfolders) that have not been downloaded earlier for download.
Mark All for Don't Download - marks all messages in folder (but not in subfolders) for don't download.

Note that you can not rename, empty, delete and move standard folders: Inbox, Outbox, Sent, Deleted, Drafts.


Creating New Folder

This window appears when you are creating new folder.

You can enter name for the new folder and select parent folder for it.

Remember that you can not create folder with empty name or two folders with the same name in one parent folder. But you can create several folders with the same name in different parent folders.


Columns Specifying

To specify which columns must be visible or hidden in the list of messages tap any column name and select Columns.

To make column visible just check it.

To reorder columns use Move Up and Move Down buttons.

To change column width select it and specify its width in pixels.

Note: all columns settings are individual for each folder.


Accounts

To manage accounts and their settings tap button and select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu).

You will see list of existing storages and their types.

To create new account tap New and follow wizard instructions.
When you are creating POP3 account you can choose if standard Local Folders storage or separated storage will be used. Note that when account with separate storage is deleted you can delete this storage at once or leave it. If you leave such storage it will be impossible to delete it later.

To delete account select it, tap Remove and accept deletion.

To change any settings of existing account select it and tap Change.
There are a lot of account settings and they are individual for each account that allows tuning each account flexible and according for your needs. All account settings are divided into several tabs:
General
Incoming Server
Outgoing Server
IMAP Specific
POP3 Specific
Incoming Mail
Mail Deletion
Signature


General Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select account, tap Change, select General tab.

At this tab you can change general information such as account name, your name, e-mail address, reply address, organization and default BCC address (if you want to send a copy of each message to some e-mail address). You also can specify if this account will be included when receiving mail or synchronizing.


Incoming Server Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select account, tap Change, select Incoming Server tab.

All incoming server settings are turned at this tab.

Host address, port, user name and password are set at this tab. Timeout (shows how long answer from server will be waited) and if SOCKS server and/or secure connections will be used you can set here as well.

If you do not know host address or port or in which form user name must be entered ask your system administrator. If you do not communicate with server administrator (for example using free mail server) such information must be available at that server.


Outgoing Server Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select account, tap Change, select Outgoing Server tab.

This tab contains information about host address, port, timeout, if SOCKS server and/or secure connection must be used.

If outgoing server requires authentication you can select one of the following authentication variants: to use the same settings as in incoming mail server, set another user name and password for connection or to check incoming mail before sending.

If you do not know host address or port or in which form user name must be entered ask your system administrator. If you do not communicate with server administrator (for example using free mail server) such information must be available at that server.


Incoming Mail Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select account, tap Change, select Incoming Mail tab.

This tab allows you to specify if mail will be checked at startup and then periodically (and how often).

You also can specify which messages should be downloaded. However these settings are available for whole account only for POP3 accounts. For IMAP4 accounts you can configure them individually for each folder, so please tap Server Folders button on this page to open Server Folders configuration dialog.

If you need only newest messages check Only mail from the last __ day(s) and specify how old message can be.

If you need only small messages check Only messages smaller than __ KB and specify maximum size of the message.

It's also possible to download only headers or headers with message part of specified size.

You can combine these rules as you need. For example, you can download only headers of messages that came not earlier than two days ago and are not lager than 10 KB.


Mail Deletion Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select account, tap Change, select Mail Deletion tab.

This tab is available only for POP3 accounts. To tune deletion rules for IMAP account see Server Folders.

Sometimes you want to leave downloaded messages on server but sometimes you want them to be deleted.

First of all you should set if messages will be deleted from server after it has been downloaded at once. If you leave messages on server they can be deleted after specified number of days, after you delete them from local Deleted folder or never.

Also you can configure mail to be deleted on server after you delete it locally.

You can change this setting at any time if you need.


Signature Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select account, tap Change, select Signature tab.

You can add predefined signature to outgoing messages. Signature can be added to new outgoing messaged and/or to replies and forwards.

Signature text is defined at this tab too.

You can import signature from any text file. To do so tap on Import button.


IMAP Specific Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select IMAP4 account, tap Change, select IMAP Specific tab.

This tab is available for IMAP accounts only. Please read careful description of these settings because changing them can cause problems with this account.

Use fast new messages check makes new mail check much faster however it can cause FlexMail to skip some messages.

Use IDLE mail check if supported option enables permanent connection to the IMAP4 server. If this feature is supported on your mail server FlexMail will be able to monitor server changes and update local storage instantly without manual synchronization. It also updates server with any local changes (reading mail, deleting messages etc.). Uncheck this option if you do not want your messages to be always synchronized with the server or want to save network traffic.

Reconnect IDLE periodically maintains IDLE connection to the server for the cases when device was turned off or network problems. Turn this option off if you work mostly offline and do not want FlexMail to try establishing server connections.

Force messages permanent deletion option is created for IMAP4 servers that do not support UIDPLUS capability. If this option is unchecked and server does not support this capability FlexMail is not able to delete messages permanently. If you enable this option FlexMail will delete messages however this will be done for all marked for deletion messages at once.

Show warning on exit if not synchronized will help you if you exit FlexMail and your local changes are not updated on server. Turn this option off if you do not want FlexMail to remind you in this case.

And finally you can specify the folder on the server that contains all your folders here (under Root Folder label).

If you are not sure in this folder name format ask server administrator.


POP3 Specific Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select POP3 account, tap Change, select POP3 Specific tab.

This tab is available for POP3 accounts only.

Use fast new messages check makes new mail check much faster however it can cause FlexMail to skip some messages. But it happens very rarely so this option is turned on by default. If you do not receive some messages please try to disable this option.


Socks Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select account, tap Change, select Incoming Server or Outgoing Server tab. Mark Use SOCKS server and tap Settings near it.

Host address. port, Socks version and user authentication can be specified here.

If you are not sure in settings values ask your administrator.


SSL Account Settings

Tap , select Accounts from popup menu (or select Accounts from the right softkey menu), select account, tap Change, select Incoming Server or Outgoing Server tab. Mark Use secure connection and tap Settings near it.

Connection Type depends on server.
Implicit - means that secure connection will be established first and all data will be transferred via secure connection.
Explicit - means that POP3 or IMAP connection will be established first and SSL connection will be established over it. You can allow or deny using insecure connection if secure one cannot be established.
Protocol Versions - there are three possible protocol versions: SSL2, SSL3, TLS1. You can select one or more of them to be used during secure connection. If you select two or three protocol versions connection will be established using the most resent of them supported by server. Note that you it is impossible to use only SSL2 and TLS1 when not using SSL3. You should enable all three versions if need both SSL2 and TLS1.
Security settings - there are a lot of different algorithms can be used during SSL connection. Some of them were broken and cannot guarantee security. If you want to use only strong algorithms which use keys not shorter than 128 bits and was not broken yet mark according checkbox.


IMAP Account

IMAP Account has some additional settings because of its specific. When using IMAP you have several folders on server and some local folders. Local folders and folders on server can be mounted or independent.

To create new local folder tap and hold IMAP account name or folder and select New Local Folder. Then you will have to enter new folder name and select parent folder.

To create new server folder or change settings of existing one tap and hold account name in the tree of folders and select Server Folders. If you want actions you take on local folder to affect server one you must mount server folder locally. To do it mark folders that must be mounted at the IMAP Server Folders page. After you mounted server folder you can specify what will happen to this folder on synchronization.

Note: IMAP in FlexMail is offline only. You can not affect messages and folders on server during online connection. You should do everything you need with local folders and then synchronize account.

IMAP server folders


IMAP Server Folders

To open this page open Folders tab, select IMAP account, tap and hold it and select Server Folders from popup menu.

If you want actions you take on local folder to affect server one you must mount server folder locally. To do it mark folders that must be mounted. After you mounted server folder you can specify what will happen to this folder on synchronization. These actions are specified for each folder separately.

Messages deletion on server and locally can be independent or linked. Moreover this link can be one- or two-sided.

IMAP Account
IMAP Server Folder Download Details
IMAP Server Folder Delete Details
Performance Tips


IMAP Server Folders Performance Tips

IMAP Server Folders dialog contains various settings you can configure for each folder. However the impact of these settings on the synchronization performance is not always obvious. Please follow these tips if your IMAP account synchronization is too slow.

For large folders (folders with many messages) please avoid using the following options:

For folders with large messages you should consider using such options as:


IMAP Server Folder Download Details

Use Download control to define which messages should be downloaded for the folder: ALL or only NEW.

If you need only newest messages check Only mail from the last __ day(s) and specify how old message can be.

If you need only small messages check Only messages smaller than __ KB and specify maximum size of the message.

It's also possible to download only headers or headers with message part of specified size.

You can combine these rules as you need. For example, you can download only headers of messages that came not earlier than two days ago and are not lager than 10 KB.

Allow single folder synchronization option allows you to run synchronization for this folder only. If this option is checked Send/Receive menu item for this service will inlclude submenu with this folder.

Check Apply this settings for all folders option to make these settings applied for all folders of this account selected for synchronization.


IMAP Server Folder Delete Details

You can configure FlexMail to delete messages in this folder when they are deleted on server (using If deleted on server checkbox) and/or after they become old (using After __ day(s) controls).

Check Apply this settings for all folders option to make these settings applied for all folders of this account selected for synchronization.


Storages

Tap and select Storages.

To make storage visible just check checkbox near it.

To place storages in order you want to see them at the screen use yellow arrows at the bottom.

You can also set up message filters for a storage. To do so select Message Filters menu item in storages list dialog.

To export or import storages please use Export and Import submenus. If you want to export/import messages from a selected storage please select Messages there and if you want to export all information (storages, messages, services) please select All.

Message Filters


Message Filters

Message Filters can be defined to perform some conditioned actions on incoming messages or messages from some folder. Filters can be defined per each storage. POP3 and IMAP4 storages can have filters that work on incoming mail and ActiveSync and SMS accounts can only have filters launched automatically on messages in some folder.

You can open a list of configured filters for each storage by selecting storage in Storages dialog and selecting Message Filters menu item.

For each filter in the list you can specify its activity for incoming messages (by checking a box next to the filter name); change, remove or create a new filter (Change, Remove or New menu commands, change filters priority (Move Up and Move Down menu commands) and export or import the list of filters (Export or Import menu commands).

Editing Message Filter


Editing Message Filter

Each message filter consists of one or more conditions and one or more actions. Conditions are used to find matching messages (they can match any or all conditions, depending on the Match Conditions control selection. And actions (like marking as read, moving to the specific folder etc.) are performed on the messages matching the conditions.

You can use Add Condition, Change Condition or Remove Condition commands to add, edit or remove conditions for the filter. The same commands are available for actions.

Editing Message Filter's Condition
Editing Message Filter's Action


Editing Message Filter's Condition

Single condition sets a matching rule for one of the message fields (selected in the Field control or manually added by tapping on Customize button) to be equal (or contain some value, be greater etc. - this relation can be defined just below the selected field and the selection depends of the field type) the specified value (entered in the Value control.

Custom field entered via Customize button tap should be the name of the field in message header. The most common use is to define condition on the custom field your email server may use to identify spam messages.


Editing Message Filter's Action

There is a limited set of available actions: Move To, Copy To, Forward To, Mark As Read and Delete. The first two actions require folder name to be selected (use Select button to bring up the folders tree), Forward To action required email address where you want to forward message to and the last two action do not have any parameters.


Settings

To access settings tap button and select Settings from popup menu.

All settings are divided at several tabs according to their functions.
General
Applications
Notifications
Connection
Mail List
Mail Read
Mail Compose
Mail Send
Mail Delete
Fonts


General Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select General tab.

At this tab you can specify which notification and for how long will be shown.

Show icon in the system tray - check this option if you want to see FlexMail icon in the system tray of today screen when it is running.

Smart Minimize button closes the app - check this option if you want FlexMail to be closed instead of minimizing when smart minimize button (cross in the right-top corner) is taped.

Show Status Window on manual synchronization - check this option if you want to see status window when run synchronization manually. If synchronization was run automatically this window will never be shown.

Reset synchronized accounts after manual synchronization - specifies if timer must be nulled after manual synchronization. It can be unwanted in some cases, for example if you need mail to be checked at defined moments or if all accounts must be synchronized at once. If you want to reset timer after manual synchronization but still need all other accounts to be connected with time period check Reset all accounts, not only synchronized too.

Log all activity - enables FlexMail to log all server communication (no private information is being saved). Please check this option before synchronization if you're asked by FlexMail support to send a log for your error report.

Switch to the following screen orientation mode on startup - check this option and select a screen orientation so FlexMail will switch to it automatically on startup.


Application Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select Applications tab.

At this tab you can specify which notification and for how long will be shown.

Check that FlexMail is the default mail client at startup - if this is on FlexMail checks if it is default mail client on startup and gives you an option to make it default for SMS and/or Mail.

Make FlexMail the default mail program - check this option if you want FlexMail to be default mail application. It will launch when Messaging shortcut is tapped and will be default handler of saved message files if you tap them in File Explorer.

Make FlexMail the default SMS program - check this option if you want FlexMail to handle SMS messages (compose new messages, receive incoming messages etc.).

Add 'Message' item into 'New' global menu - check this option to add command item into system's global 'New' menu for FlexMail to create a new message.

Add 'Send via E-mail...' item into File Explorer context menu - check this option to add command item into File Explorer context menu to enable sending files as attachments via email.


Notifications Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select Notifications tab.

At this tab you can specify which notification and for how long will be shown.

Ask before synchronizing at startup - check this option if you want to be asked to specify which accounts must be synchronized every time at startup.

Ask before periodical synchronization - check this option if you want to be asked to specify which accounts must be synchronized every time when it's time for automatic synchronization.

Hide dialog after __ seconds - check this option if you want notification before synchronization to hide and synchronization begin automatically if you do not react to it. Accounts specified by other settings will be synchronized.

Show Stats after automatic synchronization - check this option if you want to be notified after automatic synchronization. You can be notified either after each automatic synchronization or only when new mail has been downloaded.

Show Stats after manual synchronization - check this option if you want to be notified after manual synchronization. You can be notified either after each manual synchronization or only when new mail has been downloaded.

Notify when a new message is received - check this option to be notified about new messages after synchronization (for IMAP4 IDLE connection the notification will be displayed whenever a new message is received.

Hide notifications after __ seconds - check this option if you want notification after synchronization to hide automatically if you do not react to it.


Connection Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select Connection tab.

You can establish one of two possible connections from your device: connection to "Work" and to "The Internet". This tab allows you to specify which of these connection and in which order will be used.

There are five possible variants:

Each of these variants can be useful in different cases. For example, it can be unwanted to connect over your work computer. Or you vice versa don't want to connect via mobile phone. You can select variant most suitable for you.


Mail List Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select Mail List tab.

Automatically display folders with unread messages - if there is one or more unread messages in subfolder all parent folders will be opened as this folder will be visible.

Sender/recipient compact address format - check this option if you want FlexMail to reformat email addresses to save space if they are too long to display completely in the messages list.

Show next to the folder name section allows you to customize how the numbers shown in folders list. Check Total number of messages to display total number of messages in the folder and Number of new message - for unread messages count. You can select any combination of these options or even uncheck both.


Mail Read Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select Mail Read tab.

Mark message read after displaying for __ seconds in preview - check this option if you want messages to be marked as read automatically after they have been previewed for specified time period.

Mark message read on opening in message view window - check this option if you want message to be marked as read on its opening in message window independently on how long this message has been displayed. To open message in message window select it in folder and double tap on it.

Mark message read on reply/forward - check this option if you want message to be marked as read on replying/forwarding message.

Ask before create Read Receipts - check this option if you want FlexMail to ask you before creating and sending Read Receipts.

Read all messages in plain text - this option specifies if messages in HTML will be displayed as HTML or plain text.

Use the following encoding as default for viewing messages - you can choose encoding that will be applied by default to messages in which encoding is not specified. Moreover you can ignore encoding specified in message and this one will be applied always.

Ignore encoding specified in message headers and use the default - the encoding specified above will always be applied to messages independently if any encoding is specified in message headers.

Automatically open a message when it is the only one in folder - when this option is on and you open a folder with a single message in it then FlexMail opens this message automatically.

Open a message only by double-click - check this option if you do not want FlexMail to open message by a single click on already selected message in the list.

Show tabbed header - check this option to use previous version FlexMail message read window layout with tabbed header. If this option is unchecked a new layout with HTML formatting is used.

Show images in HTML messages - gives you control which messages do you want to see when viewing HTML messages (all, inline only or none).

After moving or deleting an open item option allows you to select what to do when currently viewed message is deleted or moved from the current folder. Available options include opening next or previous item or returning to the message list.


Mail Compose Settings

Tap select Settings from popup menu and go to Mail Compose tab.

At this tab you can choose settings for new messages.

You can set default encoding for new messages.

For replies/forwards you can use either encoding of original message or encoding you have set as default.

Message text can be encoded using Base 64 or Quoted Printable or it can be transferred without encoding. You can change variant that seems to you the best one.

You can allow or forbid 8-bit characters in headers. Some servers can damage 8-bit characters in headers. If you do not allow 8-bit characters in headers and such character appear it will be transformed according to MIME standard.

You can choose if text must be encoded and if 8-bits characters allowed in headers independently.

Also at this page you can configure forward or reply message formatting - you can select if original message's lines will be prefixed with configurable character.

You can control if FlexMail should suggest you to add a new address to address book. This option can be also turned off on the adding new address confirmation screen.

And finally After reply or forward option allows you to select what to do after you replied or forwarded message from message viewing window. Available options include opening next item or returning to the original item or message list.


Mail Send Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select Mail Send tab.

Immediate send if there is an active connection - check this option to make FlexMail send new messages immediately after you tap 'Send' button if there is an internet connection available.


Mail Delete Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select Mail Delete tab.

Mark message read on deletion - check this option when you want deleted messages to be marked as read independently on other rules. Note that it will be impossible to find out if message was marked as unread before deletion if you check this option.

Empty "Deleted" folders on exit - check this option if you do not want to store deleted messages. Be careful as deleted messages will be deleted from server during next synchronization if you checked Delete after deleted at Mail Deletion tab of account settings.

Ask before delete message permanently - check this option if you want FlexMail to ask you before you delete messages permanently: when you delete them from Deleted folder or when you have selected permanent deletion mode (see below).

Ask before empty folder option controls confirmation for emptying folder command. Uncheck this option if you do not want FlexMail to ask confirmation on this command.

There are two possible deletion modes: when messages are moved to "Deleted" folder first on deletion and can be moved or copied to any other folder from it. Messages are deleted permanently only after deletion from "Deleted folder". The "Deleted" folder is not used in the second mode. In this case messages are deleted permanently at once and can not be restored later. Be careful with this mode as if you check Delete after deleted from "Deleted" option in account settings deleted messages will be removed from server during first synchronization after they have been deleted.


Fonts Settings

Tap , select Settings from popup menu, select Fonts tab.

In this page you can configure font family, size and color for almost any FlexMail user interface element. Just select this element in Interface Element control and change Font, Size and Color controls to customize it (note: not all properties can be customizable for each interface element, for example folders tre does not support font color customization because it uses color coding for unread messages).

Tap Apply To All button to set currently selected font settings for all interface elements.


Creating New Message

When you want to create new message tap New at the bottom of the screen.

New message window will appear. You can enter message text and fill necessary header fields at this window. You will see three fields at once: "To", "Subject" and "Account". To see "CC", "BCC" and subject fields tap button.

You can enter recipient name and address either from keyboard or choose from contact list. To choose address from contact list tap button.

To choose account for message sending tap button and choose account you need from popup list.

While editing message text tap and hold somewhere at the text area to see popup menu which allow you to do following actions:

For more information see Message Editing


Editing Message

To edit existing message tap and choose Open from popup menu. Or tap on it twice. Note you can edit only message created by you.

To attach file tap button and choose file to be attached. To switch between attach mode and text mode you should tap small clip that will appear in the right-top corner of the screen.

To add signature if you specified any for current account tap and choose Add Signature from popup menu.

To stop editing and put message to the "Outbox" folder tap button.

To stop editing without message saving tap .

If you tap you will see popup menu with follow items:

To change settings tap button. For more information see Settings.

To receive or send mail tap button. For more information see Mail Sending and Receiving.


Reading Message

To read downloaded message tap and choose Open from popup menu. Or tap on it twice.

If there is small clip in the right-top corner of the screen it shows that message has attach. To see attached files just tap this little clip.

To read other messages from the same folder use green arrows in the bottom pf the screen.

If you tap you will see popup menu with follow items:

To change settings tap button. For more information see Settings.

To receive or send mail tap button. For more information see Mail Sending and Receiving.


Saving Message

To save message tap and choose Save from popup menu.

To save message to separate file tap and choose Save as from popup menu. Then select file name and folder.


Deleting Message

To delete message choose one or more messages from folder and then tap and choose Delete from popup menu or tap button if it is visible.


Copying Message

To copy or move one or more messages select them from folder, tap and choose Move to Folder or Copy to folder from popup menu. Then select destination folder.

If you copy message header to another folder and then try to download the whole message, it will be downloaded only to the initial folder. If you need copies of one message in different folders download it first and then copy.

Note: if in IMAP account you have downloaded only message header and then move it to local folder that is not linked to server one it will be impossible to download message body later.


Marking Message

To mark messages as read or unread select one or more messages from folder, tap and choose Mark from popup menu. Then select how messages must be marked (read or unread). If you selected one message only this one or all messages in folder can be marked at your wish.

To download the whole message after its header or part was downloaded select one or more messages from folder, tap and choose Mark from popup menu. Then select Mark For Download. Message will be downloaded during next synchronization. If you marked message to be downloaded but do not want it to be downloaded just select Mark For Don't Download from popup menu.


Replying Message

To reply or forward message go to Messages tab, select message, tap and hold it and select necessary action from popup menu.
Subject will be filled automatically according to subject of original message but you can change it manually if need.
For mor information see Edit message.


Changing Message Encoding

To change message encoding tap and choose Encoding from popup menu. Then select charset you need.


Adding Attachment

You can select file to be attached to your message at this window.

You can either enter file name by hand or select it browsing available folders.


General Message Properties

This tab contains general information about message: location, size, type, and priority, time when it was sent or received. All header fields you can see at Details tab.


Details Message Properties

This tab contains all message header fields and body.


Mail Sending and Receiving

When you need to send or receive mail tap button and select necessary action from popup menu.

You also can synchronize one account or several accounts one by one selecting them from this menu.

During messages sending, receiving or account synchronizing all actions and if they were success are shown at the status window.


Status Window - Tasks

This tab contains list of tasks taken during last synchronization or messages sending or receiving and shows which tasks were completed successfully. You can see full information on all errors at the Errors tab if any occurred.


Status Window - Errors

This tab shows information on each error that occurred while processing requested tasks. This information can include account name, server name, protocol and port that were used, if SSL is on or off, error code and verbal description.


Encoding Error

This window appears when you try to save or send message that contains characters that are not included into charset used for the message. In order not to lose information use Unicode charset or select other one which contains all necessary symbols. Any characters not included into selected charset can become unreadable.


Account Changing

This window appears when you try to save message which account has been changed during editing.

You can either move the message to the Drafts folder of new account or leave it where it was (account will not be changed in this case).

If you change account for a message and send it without saving it will be moved to Outbox folder of newly specified account.