These materials provide an introduction to the basic e-mail operations and a brief description of some of the useful features found in most mailing programs. Basic operations Before discussing the basic operations, some terminology is needed. The message body is usually text, but it is becoming more common to include graphics, Web links, and other non-text information. Viewing messages E-mail messages sent to a user are stored in the user's mailbox or inbox . When the mailing program is opened it usually displays the messages in the inbox.
Some mailers require the user to request that new mail messages be placed in the mailbox.
The display lists the messages giving the date, sender, and all or part of the subject line for each message. Example in pine. To view a message in pine select I from the main menu page. This will open the inbox folder or current folder. Then select a message to view.