Chapter 6. Digging Deeper into Email and Text Messages

IN THIS CHAPTER:

33 About Email and Text Messages

34 Compose an Email Message

35 View an Email Attachment

36 Send a PIN Message

37 Send an SMS Message

38 Organize Your Messages

39 Search Your Messages

40 Configure Email Options

41 Redirect Messages with the BlackBerry Redirector

Text messaging is what put the BlackBerry family of handheld devices on the map. Not surprisingly, text messaging is still considered the killer app for the BlackBerry 7100 series of devices, although its phone and compact form certainly add some sizzle. When you think of text messaging, one of the first things you think of is email. But your BlackBerry device is equipped to do much more in the way of text messaging than just send and receive email messages. In addition to email messages, there are also PIN and SMS messages, which can offer a simpler, more efficient alternative to email in some situations.

Not only is it important to understand how to send, receive, reply, and forward email and text messages using your BlackBerry device, it is also important to know how to organize those messages and search them intelligently. If you get in the habit of using your device to send a hefty amount of emailwhich is probably inevitableyou'll certainly want to know how to organize and search through old messages. It's also helpful to have a solid grasp of the email options available to you, along with why you might tweak them on your device to meet your specific messaging needs.