Receiving messages

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All received messages are automatically displayed on the Today's Messages tab in the the main window of the program. Incoming message is highlighted with a different color that based on a message type.

To view received message, click Messages tab in the main window. The tab provides it's own toolbar to navigate between messages:

From the left to the right:

• Reply to current message
  Reply to a current message. This opens a new sending message dialog. Click on down-arrow to paste a quick answer from your Quick Answers list into reply text.
  
  
• Pass on to previous message
  This displays a previous message you received
  
  
• Pass on to next message
  This displays a next message you received
  
  
• Delete current message
  This deletes currently displayed message from messages list.
  
  
• Mark message as a favorite
  Mark current message as a favorite message or removes the message from favorite messages list.

You can use keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) for many of the tasks you perform in Bopup Messenger to help increase your efficiency.

To pass on to previous or next messages you can use  Previous and  Next buttons on the toolbar or use Ctrl+P and Ctrl+N hotkeys. To delete message use  Delete button or the same key on the keyboard. In order to delete all messages you received press Shift+Delete keys.

How incoming message is displayed

Number of the received messages , index of current message and number of the new (unread) messages are displayed in the status bar of the main window. Bopup Messenger blinks icon in system tray area when a new message comes. You can also set up a sound file on receiving.

Offline messages

When you receive an offline message, i.e. a message that sent to you when you were offline and not availble on IM network, it is displayed with the following prefix:

"[This message was stored and forwarded to you by Bopup Communication Server. The message was actually sent at {Month Day, Year HH:MM}]"

where the {Month Day, Year HH:MM} is a date and time when the message was sent.