The phrase "open a message" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the action of accessing or viewing a message, typically in the context of email or messaging applications.
Example: "To read the important updates, please open a message from your inbox."
Alternatives: "access a message" or "view a message."
One way to tame the email beast: "delete, delegate, respond, defer or do" each time you open a message.
Like most people, I know better than to open a message marked "Offensively prurient photos" or "Become a millionaire while you tan".
A hundred and forty characters is way too much these days… It's lightweight, easy, you don't have to open a message — the notification itself is everything you need".
When you open a message from someone you know, the ad panel becomes a message panel; you can shoot a note to a Facebook friend without leaving your e-mail window.
When you open a message in the Mac OS X Mail program and see photos that you'd like to add to the iPhoto library, click and hold the cursor down on the small blue Save button in the message header.
When you open a message that you want to save as a document, click the More menu and choose Create a Document to saves the message as a Google Docs file.
Flynn-Ripley indicated one of the advantages of going with messaging is that companies see a sharp drop-off in phone traffic when customers open a messaging channel in Service Cloud.
There's even a feature that strips the graphics out of messages that come from strangers, to spare you the surprise of opening a message titled "Got your note" and finding a nude photo inside.
Coull was able to identify when users started or stopped typing, were sending or opening a message, the language a message was written in, and its length, with 96percentt accuracy or higher.
The companies that develop video e-mail -- like MindArrow Systems; RadicalMail; InChorus.com, in Santa Clara, Calif.; Media1st.com, in Atlanta; and helloNetwork in Las Vegas -- are trying to circumvent bandwidth limitations by pushing video only when a user opens a message.
One Sunday in February I opened a message from Patty saying Steve had passed away that morning.
