Inbox Explorer allows you to view detailed information about every incoming message. Inbox Explorer automatically retrieves messages headers from the server and shows you a message details: Size, From, Subject, To. Also, in the Inbox Explorer you are able to view what rules can be applied to each retrieved message. In addition, Inbox Explorer can pull out a specified number of lines from a message body (maximum 100) (see Inbox Explorer Settings). You will see a message source so as it will be processed by the program. Thus, Inbox Explorer may be very useful when creating rules for processing incoming messages. Using Inbox Explorer you can delete unwanted messages from the server thus protecting yourself against some kind of spam and viruses that may attack your computer.

To run Inbox Explorer, select the account(s) from the Inbox Explorer accounts list to retrieve incoming messages and click Check Inbox button on the Toolbar. In the table you will see the process of retrieving emails headers.

Account column shows you the account Inbox Explorer is currently checking.

Total Size column shows you the total size of messages from the appropriate account.

Total of Messages column shows you the total of messages from the appropriate account on the server.

Retrieved Headers column shows you the number of messages headers already retrieved.

Marked column shows you the total of marked messages.

Status column shows you the current status of the appropriate account. If Inbox Explorer retrieved all the headers from this account, there will be OK in the Status column. If you stopped the module by clicking Stop, the Status column will show you 'Stopped'.

In the Delete column you can check the appropriate checkbox to mark a message for deletion from the server. Just click the right mouse button and the popup menu with the following options will be displayed:

Check All - allows you to check all the messages for deletion from the server;

Uncheck All - allows you to uncheck all the messages;

Delete From Server - allows you to delete selected messages from the server;

Save Message(s) - allows you to retrieve selected messages from the server and save them to the specified folder. Messages will be saved in MS Outlook Express format with the .eml extension. This option may be very helpful when creating a new rule as you can then load the saved messages to test how the rule works.

Show Rules that can be executed on message - if you check this option, Inbox Explorer will parse the retrieved messages and show you the rules that can be applied to each message in the Rules column. To activate this option, you have to select rules from My Rules list beforehand.

By default this option is unchecked (see Inbox Explorer Settings). In this case you will see nothing in the Rules column and all retrieved messages will be marked by a yellow envelope . As soon as you select this option, messages that fit at least one of selected rules will be marked by an envelope with a checkmark and the Rules column will show the rules that you can apply to these messages.

Next to each account in the Inbox Explorer section you may notice special icons that denote:

- account is being checked now for incoming emails;

- idle state of the appropriate account;

- auto checking of this account every xx min is set (see Accounts -> Connection settings);

- the program processes xx emails from this account, then disconnects from the POP3 server and waits xx sec before connecting again (see Accounts -> Connection settings);

- though Check account every xx min option for this account is checked, auto checking of POP3 accounts is prohibited by the General Settings.