yahMAIL Guide - Message Read

Example yahMAIL message read.
  1. Message Header: provides the arrival date/time, the sender, subject, to whom it was sent, and some status information.
  2. Highlighted Address: Internet mail addresses are highlighted. Selecting these links activates the browser's mail agent and may be used as an alternative to yahMAIL. To use yahMAIL to reply or forward use the buttons described below.
  3. Message Status: provides the message size, whether it is an RFC822 format message (Internet as opposed to local VMS), whether it contains MIME attachments and if so how many.
  4. Go Back: to the folder browse page.
  5. Message Text: is displayed in fixed font. If the message contains attachments buttons representing these are displayed towards the bottom of the text area. Selecting one opens that attachment.
  6. Web URLs: mail addresses and Web URLs contained in the message are shown as links.
  7. REPLY: button opens the message create-send page. The destination address and subject field is automatically completed.
  8. FORWARD: button also opens the message create-send page.
  9. Auto-Wrap: specifies to message CREATE-SEND whether message lines should be automatically wrapped at 72 columns.
  10. Include: places the currently read message into the CREATE-SEND text edit area.
  11. Quote: prefixes each line of an included message with a ">" character to distinguish it from entered text.
  12. Attachments: specifies the maximum number of attachments that can be added to the replied-to or forwarded message (in that it provides that number of attachment BROWSE buttons). Note that not all sites may support this facility and so it may not be present.
  13. RELOAD: button gets the same message with long lines wrapped, etc.
  14. TEXT: button returns the current message as a plain-text document.
  15. BINARY: returns the current message as a binary file, usually resulting in the browser providing a save-as dialog.
  16. long lines wrapped: when checked and reloaded, wraps long lines at the first space after 72 characters
  17. VMS: when checked includes the VMS mail header (and consequently any RFC822 header) in the above message.
  18. RFC822: includes any RFC822 header as described above.
  19. Go Back: to the folder browse page.
For more detailed descriptions see the yahMAIL Usage Guide.

yahMAIL v1.8, February 2004