To help you manage your mailbox size, the Message Management Settings screen offers you some ways to keep the total size down automatically. Remember, your mailbox cannot store more than 8 MB of messages, including attachments. Once you've reached this limit (if you don't have any of the automatic message management options checked), new email will "bounce" (be returned to sender). To set automatic message management, do the following while in the Email application:

1. From the Browse Email screen, press MENU then select Settings > Message Management. The Message Management Settings screen appears.
   
2. Notice the following options:
   
   • Save outgoing messages in Sent folder. If you want a copy of each email you send to be saved to your Sent folder, check this check box. If you change your mind at some point, select the check box to clear the check.
     
   • Download message headers only. If you want to control how much data is downloaded to your device, you can limit email message downloads to just the header (From, To, and Subject fields) by selecting this check box. On the Browse Email screen, messages that have only headers downloaded are shown in italic font. Select the message to receive the contents.
     
   • Empty Trash every night. If you want your Trash to be emptied automatically each night, then check this check box.
     
   • Auto-discard email when mailbox is full. With this option selected, once your mailbox is full, the system will automatically make room for new messages by permanently discarding old messages, starting with messages in the Trash, then Junk, then oldest messages. The system looks for old messages to discard in all your Email folders, except for the Saved and Drafts folders.
   You can further specify that the system not delete messages less than 7 days old by checking the Only discard messages 7 days or older check box.
   • Junk Mail Filter When this check box is selected, all email messages determined to be "junk" will be delivered to your Junk folder, where you can review them and then either discard or move the messages to another folder. Note that all contacts in your Address Book are considered to be on a "white list", which means messages originating from them will never be routed as junk mail.
3. Press DONE when you're finished with your settings. If you don't want to save the changes, press CANCEL .

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