Before jumping right into sending and receiving messages, it's a good idea to learn how to get around in your email program, move among its folders (lists of messages), and display messages you select from a folder.
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Netscape Messenger and Outlook Express divide their messaging activities into a family of folders. In each folder, you see a list of messages you can display or work with in other ways. The folders are
Outbox (called Unsent Messages in Messenger)— The Outbox folder lists messages you have composed but saved to be sent later.
Sent— The Sent folder lists copies of all messages you've sent, for your reference.
Deleted (called Trash in Messenger)— The Deleted folder lists messages you've deleted from any other folder.
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To switch among folders in either Outlook Express or Messenger, click a folder name in the panel along the left side of the window (see Figure 5.4).
From the list displayed by each folder, you can display any message. You do this in either of two ways (the steps are the same in both Outlook Express and Messenger):
Single-click the message in the list to display it in the preview pane (see Figure 5.5) in the bottom of the window.
Double-click the message in the list to display it in its own message window (see Figure 5.6).
In general, the preview pane is best when you're simply scanning messages and need to move quickly from one to the next. Use a full message window to read a long message, or to read a message you will reply to or forward (as described later in this chapter).
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