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CHAPTER 7

Routing and Communications

7-26 Routing Incoming Items

Figure 7-19 Connection setup varies by transport

A transport can also allow users to schedule times when it automatically

connects and receives incoming items. Users schedule connect times by

setting preferences in the In/Out Box application, as described in “Transport

Preferences” on page 7-32.

Receiving Remote In Box Items 7

A user may not want an e-mail transport to receive all items every time it

connects, due to the length of time it would take or the amount of storage

space they would occupy on the Newton device. An e-mail transport (or other

transport that potentially receives numerous items from a remote source at a

slow speed) can retrieve just the item headers and put them in the In Box

with a status of Remote. That status tells users that the body of the item is

stored remotely and has not yet been transferred to the Newton. If a user

attempts to view an incomplete item in the In Box, the In Box notices the

Remote status and has the appropriate transport get the remainder of the

item from the remote source.

Disposing of Received Items 7

Most received items remain in the In Box until a user disposes of them. To

dispose of In Box items, a user selects one or more of them and chooses an

An e-mail transport might display this slip

Built-in fax transport displays this slip

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