To Change the Character Set of an Outgoing Message
If you need to send an email
message to a machine that uses a different encoding from the one for your
machine, you can convert its text to your recipient's encoding.
After typing your message in the Compose window, choose Change Char
Set from the Format menu or press Control+Y, the keyboard accelerator. Mailer displays the name of a character set (for example, ISO-2022-JP)
in the footer of the Compose window.
Choose the Change Char Set menu item or press Control+Y again to cycle
through the choices until the correct one is displayed. Selecting Default Char Set means that your message is sent in the default
encoding for your machine.
The display of the message in your Compose window does not change; however,
Mailer delivers it in the selected character set when you click Send.
Note - Mailer converts only the text of the outgoing message, not its
header or attachments.
Using a Template to Compose a Mail Message
You can save a message as a
template for use repeatedly, such as a template for a status report that you
send out monthly. The status report template might contain, for example, the
addresses, subject, and headings for the message body. You could use that
template and fill in the contents before emailing it as a status report every
month.
 To Create a Template
Choose Templates from the Options menu of the Mail Options dialog box. The Templates Options dialog box is displayed.
Click the New Template button. A Compose window is displayed.
Type the headers and template body. Choose Template from the Save As button menu at the bottom of the window,
or from the Save As submenu of the File menu. The Mailer Save As Template dialog box is displayed.
Type the template name in the text field, and click Save. The template is saved in the default directory HomeDirectory/MailTemplates. Its name and path are displayed
in the Templates scrolling list.
You can save an attachment as part of a template. Doing so is equivalent
to copying the attachment there. Editing or moving the source of the attachment
after it has been included in the template does not affect the attachment
in the template.
To Use a Template
From the main window, choose New, Use Template from the Compose menu,
then choose the template you would like to use from the submenu. The Compose window opens with the template loaded.
Note - If the Compose window is already open, you can load the template
by choosing its name from the Use Template submenu of the Format menu in the
Compose window.
Edit the headers and body, as necessary, and send the message as usual. For more details, See Editing and Formatting Outgoing Messages.
Using a Draft to Compose a Mail Message
Occasionally, while composing a
message, you may want to save it as a draft, then continue to work on it later
before sending it as a message. A draft is intended for one-time use only.
Once you click Send after working on a draft in the Compose window, Mailer
deletes it from your file system.
To Create a Draft
Choose New Message from the Compose menu. A Compose window is displayed.
Compose the message as you normally would. Choose Draft Message from the Save As button at the bottom of the window,
or from the Save As submenu of the File menu. The Mailer Save As Draft dialog box is displayed.
Type a file name under Draft Name. Click Save. Mailer saves the draft in the default mailbox HomeDirectory/MailDrafts.
Note - You can also save the message body only as text by choosing Text
from the Save As button.
To Use a Draft
Choose Continue Composing Draft from the Compose menu, then choose the
draft you would like to work on from the submenu. The Compose window opens with the draft loaded.
Note - If the Compose window is already open, you can load the draft
by choosing its name from the Use Draft submenu of the Format menu.
Continue with your edits and send the message as usual. After you have clicked Send, Mailer posts a message that asks if you
want to delete that draft from the file system once the message is sent.
To Delete a Draft
Use this procedure if you have saved a message
as a draft, but no longer intend to send it.
Choose the draft from the Continue Composing Draft on the Compose menu. The New Message dialog box is displayed containing the draft message.
Re-address the message to yourself and click Send. The New Message dialog box disappears.
When the message arrives in your Inbox, delete it.
Note - If your workstation has experienced system crashes while Mailer
was running, you may also notice drafts named DeadLetter1, DeadLetter2, and the like. You can delete these drafts by deleting
the corresponding files in the $HOME/MailDrafts folder.
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