MAIL


Marking messages with attention indicators
You can specify foreground and background colors to identify messages from certain senders in your Inbox. For example, you could use one color combination to identify co-workers on an important project, another color combination for your manager, and another combination for personal messages from friends. You can specify up to three color combinations.

You can also display icons in your Inbox that identify messages in which you are the only recipient, a primary recipient, or a secondary recipient, based on the number of message recipients and whether your name is in the To or cc field.

See either of these sections:


To specify colors that identify senders

Color combinations you specify for senders display in your Inbox, the All Documents view, and any folders you create based on the Inbox design.

1. If necessary, open your mail.

2. Click More above the message list, and then click Preferences.

3. Click the Attention Indicators tab.

4. In the first Sender names field, enter one or more names of people whose messages you want to display in the first color combination. Separate names by pressing Enter (rather than using a comma as a separator). To select names from a directory, click the down arrow next to the field.


5. Select a background color and a text color.

6. (Optional) Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the second and third Sender names fields to specify additional color combinations for different people's messages.

7. Click OK.

Tip To remove all color combinations, click Restore Default Colors, and then click OK.

To display icons that identify your recipient level

1. If necessary, open your mail.

2. Click More above the message list, and then click Preferences.

3. Click the Attention Indicators tab.

4. Select one or more of the Display fields to display solid-circle, half-circle, or empty-circle icons with messages based on the number of message recipients and whether your name is in the To or cc field in them.

5. (Optional) To display the selected icons when mail is addressed to you with an alternate e-mail address or group name, specify one or more alternate addresses or group names in the field below the Display fields.

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