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16 <H2><A NAME="s2">2. Quick-guide to mail setup.</A></H2>
18 <H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Setup for reading your Unix mailbox in a hurry</A>
21 <P>In the configuration menu, select "Create new account"
22 <P>In the "Basic" tab, enter the relevant data. You name the account, enter your name and e-mail address, etc. You can select this account to be the default account ("Usually used"). To select your local unix mailbox, in the Protocol box you select "None (local)".
24 <P>When you select this option, the "Server for receiving" is greyed out, since this is not relevant. You can enter the server to send (SMTP) in this tab also.
25 <P>The "Receive" tab is not used in this setup, since you are not polling a server, your mail is delivered to you.
27 <P>In the "Send" tab you can set up some more settings.
29 <P>In the "Compose" tab you can define your signature file.
31 <P>In the "Advanced" tab you can edit the portnumbers for the servers you will be using. This normally will need no change.
32 <P>This is basically everything you need to start using Sylpheed for local mailboxes. You can press Alt-I or select "Message -> receive new mail" and see if there is new mail!
33 <H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Setup for reading POP3 mail in a hurry</A>
36 <P>In the configuration menu, select "Create new account"
37 <P>In the "Basic" tab, enter the relevant data. You name the account, enter your name and e-mail address, etc. You can select this account to be the default account ("Usually used"). To check your POP3 mail, in the Protocol box you select "POP3 (normal)".
39 <P>Enter the server information for "Server for receiving". You can then enter the server to send (SMTP) in this tab.
40 <P>In the "Receive" tab you can define some selections or preferences that you want to use.
42 <P>In the "Send" tab you can set up some more settings.
44 <P>In the "Compose" tab you can define your signature file.
46 <P>In the "Advanced" tab you can edit the portnumbers for the servers you will be using. This normally will need no change.
47 <P>This is basically everything you need to start using Sylpheed for POP3 mailsystems. You can press Alt-I or select "Message -> receive new mail" and see if there is new mail!
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