Page 160 Advanced HotSync® Operations
Synchronizing with your
desktop e-mail application
Palm™ Mail is an application that lets you manage the e-mail on your desktop computer. (Third-
party software required, sold separately.) You can read, reply to, compose, and delete e-mail on
your handheld. To send or receive e-mail, you simply perform a HotSync operation either locally,
using the HotSync cable or the infrared port on your handheld, or remotely, using an optional
modem or a network as described earlier in this chapter.
The key to Palm Mail is that it truly synchronizes the mail in the Inbox of your desktop e-mail
application with the mail on your handheld. For example, if you delete e-mail items from Palm Mail,
your next HotSync operation also deletes the e-mail items from your desktop e-mail application,
so you never have to delete e-mail items twice. Similarly, if you read an e-mail item on your
handheld and leave it in your Inbox, your next HotSync operation marks it as read in your desktop
e-mail application.
In Palm Mail, you can do the following:
■ View, delete, file, and reply to incoming mail.
■ Create outgoing e-mail items and drafts of e-mail items.
■ Create simple or complex filters, which allow you to decide the type of e-mail that your
handheld retrieves from your desktop E-mail application.
■ Use your handheld and its HotSync cable or with infrared communication to send and retrieve
e-mail items from your desktop e-mail application. (Third-party software required, sold
separately.)
Setting up Mail on the desktop
Before you use Palm Mail for the first time, make sure your desktop E-Mail application is up and
running. You must also set up Palm Desktop software for use with your desktop E-Mail
application. For information on using Palm Mail with a Macintosh, visit the web site:
www.handspring.com.
Synchronizing Palm Mail with your E-Mail application
After you enable and configure Mail, you need to perform a HotSync operation to synchronize
Palm Mail with your desktop E-Mail application. For a complete explanation of HotSync
technology, refer to instructions earlier in this chapter.
Using Palm Mail on your handheld
After you enable and configure Palm Mail, perform a HotSync operation to synchronize Palm Mail
with your desktop e-mail application. The following section explains how to use Palm Mail on your
handheld.
