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CHAPTER 1
Getting Started with Palm
™
VersaMail
™
Personal E-mail Software
With Palm™ VersaMail™ personal e-mail software, you can send, receive, and
manage e-mail on your handheld. This chapter describes how to set up different
types of e-mail accounts and explains how to use the many e-mail features in the
VersaMail application.
The VersaMail application version 2.5 is the newest offering in the line of Palm™
personal e-mail software applications. Formerly known as MultiMail
®
software,
the VersaMail 2.5 application contains new features that make sending and
receiving e-mail messages and managing e-mail accounts easier than ever.
This chapter describes the following:
■ An overview of the VersaMail 2.5 application’s features
■ Instruction for installing the VersaMail application
■ Instruction for synchronizing an existing username
■ Instruction for upgrading an existing MultiMail or VersaMail database for use
with the VersaMail 2.5 application
Palm VersaMail application features
Key features of the VersaMail 2.5 application include the following:
■ Enhanced use of color, fonts, styles, and user-selected display options
■ Basic HTML formatting display for e-mail messages received in HTML format
■ Increased number of file types supported for being sent and received as
attachments
■ Scheduled retrieval of new e-mail, with notification
■ Improved message-addressing capabilities
■ Enhanced security
■ Support for five-way navigation on handhelds that have a five-way navigator
■ Plug-in keyboard support