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The purpose of the Status
Tab is to provide feedback about what Top Dog is currently doing.
Mode
Top Dog operates in one of three modes: "Power User"
"Advanced" or "Lite".
- The purpose of the Lite
mode is to provide a simplified interface for those users who have more
basic needs and do not want to be bothered by all the options of the
more Litemodes.
- Advanced gives more options
for the user who wants a little more flexibility.
- Litemode is designed
for optimum power and flexibility to meet the needs of the more demanding
user.
If you want something easy,
choose Lite mode.
Most users find Lite mode is more than adequate for their needs.
The
Doghouse
Top Dog's Doghouse is a temporary place where bad email are sent.
The Doghouse gives you the chance to review suspicious messages before
they are deleted.
The Doghouse box shows you
the number of messages in Doghouse and provides you with a button to access
Doghouse.
If you press the "View Doghouse" button, a window will
pop up where you can review the messages in Doghouse.
From this window you can also
preview messages by double clicking on them. This will show you the plain
text of the email and will not leak any private information or run any
scripts.
You can categorize email by selecting them and either right clicking and
choosing a category from the menu or using the combobox at the bottom
of the window.
After categorizing them you can choose to delete or release the email.
If you choose to release a message it will be downloaded to your email
program the next time it checks for mail.
To avoid messages building
up over time, Top Dog will automatically delete email left in Doghouse
for one week.
When Doghouse contains
email the Top Dog's icon in the system tray will change and it's hint
indicates the number of items in Doghouse.
(The system tray is the area of the task bar where system extensions are
shown. Usually found on the right hand side of your task bar.)
Incoming
Messages
This box shows you if there are any messages waiting for you to read and
the progress Top Dog is making in retrieving and processing new messages.
Note: If there are messages available to be read but your email reader
is not picking them up it is because Top Dog only deletes these messages
when they have been deleted from your server.
In other words if you have the "leave mail on server" option
on your email program turned on then the messages sitting on your server
will also appear here.
If you want Top Dog to check
your server for new messages immediately, you can press the "Check
for mail now" button.
If you right click on this button you can choose to download from a specific
account.
Otherwise, mail will be downloaded every time your email reader requests
mail.
Outgoing Messages
The outgoing messages box shows you Top Dog's progress in sending messages,
as well as allowing you to change the way a particular message is sent.
"Messages Being Processed"
indicates the number of messages that are being processed.
The processing of outgoing messages simply consists of removing any information
that Top Dog may have added to the message when it was originally received
and updating your whitelists.
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