An outgoing message is a message you send to someone else. To create an outgoing message, select New Message from the Message menu. The composition window consists of the title bar, the icon bar, the message header, and the message body. New messages are labeled No Recipient, No Subject until they are sent or queued.
Messages get time stamps when they are sent, or if they are queued for timed delivery.
The icon bar consists of a series of objects that are displayed just under the composition window title. It allows you to control your messages priority, override some of your preference settings for that message only, and send or queue the message. There are three dropdown menus and five icons. Each of the five icons may be turned on or off for the current message by clicking on it. A raised icon denotes that the icon has been turned on.