This topic answers your questions about how to read received messages:
Convergence polls for new email every few minutes. You can also force Convergence to poll for new email by clicking the Get Mail icon.
You can configure Convergence to play a sound when you receive new email. See How Do I Set Sound Notifications? for more information.
All the messages are listed with the following information:
Subject, Sender's name, date and time of receipt, and message size.
Messages with the Subject text in bold indicate unread message.
A red flag indicates mail that are marked urgent.
The Messages selector panel displays the total number of currently unread messages. The unread message count gets updated whenever you receive a new mail.
To view other mail in the Inbox, press the Up/Down arrows to select other mail.
A server error appears if an error occurs when retrieving new messages.