Every once in a while we are asked a question about the purpose an obscure icon or button serves in a particular application. This week's Technology Tip of the Week answers one of those questions as it applies to Pegasus Mail. Hope you enjoy!
Tip #28: Pegasus Email - What are those Symbols For?
DEFINITIONS:
MIME: Multipart Message meaning that the email message you have received contains attachments.
Multipart/Alternative: A feature in Pegasus Mail that allows for incoming messages to have Alternative formats and still be readable in Pegasus.
When you receive an email through Pegasus Mail, you may notice a number of colored symbols in the first column - just to the left of the From column. For reference, we will call this the Message Status Column. These symbols fall into four basic categories:
- A Triangle is indicative of an email message that has come through in a format that is known as the Multipart/Alternative as described above. Remember: It may contain multiple versions of the same message that will vary somewhat in their respective format.
- A Square is indicative of an attachment in MIME format as described above.
- A Circle can be either Blue or Green. Blue circles denote that you have replied to the sender. Green circles indicate that the message is annotated.
- The Checkmark simply tells you that you have read (or at least opened) the message.
Now for an example - let's look at a sample Pegasus New mail folder as shown in Figure 1.
To better display where these indicators are located in Pegasus Mail, examine the sample Pegasus folder in Figure 1 below. Unfortunately, none of the indicators are triangles as all of the email traffic in Figure 1 is from Pegasus to Pegasus within the District. However, the other indicators are visible and noted in the figure.
Hopefully this week's Technology Tip of the Week helps you to understand part of your Pegasus mail workstation tool and helps to demystify those symbols found in the Message Status Column.
Special thanks to Mrs. Ellen McLane for this week's tip!
