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<section id="ch_starting">
-<title>Getting started with Sylpheed-Claws</title>
+<title>Getting started with Claws Mail</title>
<section id="start_wizard">
<title>The initial wizard</title>
<para>
+ The first time that you start Claws Mail, you will be asked a few
+ questions in order to set up an account. These questions are easy to
+ answer and grouped in several short pages.
+ </para><para>
+ First you will be asked to fill in your name, (<emphasis>usually
+ guessed from the operating system</emphasis>), your email address, and
+ the name of your organisation, (<emphasis>optional</emphasis>).
+ </para><para>
+ The following page will allow you to enter details of how to retrieve
+ your mail. The format of the page will be determined by the
+ <quote>Server type</quote>:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>POP3</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If you choose POP3, you will need to enter the server address,
+ username, and password. The password is optional, if you don't provide
+ it here then you will be prompted for it each time it is needed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>IMAP</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If you choose IMAP, you will need to enter the server address,
+ username, password, and IMAP server directory. The password is
+ optional, if you don't provide it here then you will be prompted for it
+ each time it is needed. The IMAP server directory is also optional,
+ often it is not needed and can be left empty.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Local mbox file</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If you choose Local mbox file, you will need to enter the location of
+ your local mailbox spool file. This location depends on your Operating
+ System, but values like <filename>/var/mail/username</filename> or
+ <filename>/var/spool/mail/username</filename> are common, where
+ <literal>username</literal> is your system login.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </blockquote>
+ <para>
+ On the next page you will enter the address of your SMTP server,
+ (<emphasis>sometimes referred to as
+ <quote>Outgoing server</quote></emphasis>). You will also be asked
+ whether to authenticate when sending mail; this is often not the case
+ if you're using an ISP to connect to Internet, and often the case if
+ you are configuring a professional account.
+ </para><para>
+ If you chose either POP3 or Local mbox file, the next page will ask
+ you where you want to save your mail on disk. The default,
+ <quote>Mail</quote>, is usually ok and will save your mails in a
+ directory called <filename>Mail</filename> in your home directory.
+ </para><para>
+ If Claws Mail is built with support for OpenSSL, you will next see
+ the <quote>Security</quote> page, here you will be able to choose to
+ use SSL encryption to send and receive your emails. Most ISPs do not
+ enable this, but many companies do; if you're unsure about it, you can
+ leave them unselected.
+ </para><para>
+ You can now click on the Save button, and start enjoying Claws Mail.
</para>
</section>
<section id="start_getting">
<title>Getting mail</title>
<para>
+ Retrieving your email can be done from the toolbar button named
+ <quote>Get mail</quote> or from the <quote>Receive</quote> submenu of
+ the <quote>Message</quote> menu.
+ </para><para>
+ If you want Claws Mail to check your mail automatically at regular
+ intervals, you can ask it to do so from the
+ <quote>Mail handling: Receiving</quote> preference page which you'll
+ find in the <quote>Configuration/Preferences...</quote> menu. Just
+ click the
+ <quote>Automatically check new mail every [...] minute(s)</quote>
+ checkbox, and set the interval to your liking.
</para>
</section>
<section id="start_reading">
- <title>Reading mail</title>
+ <title>Reading your mail</title>
<para>
+ Once you have retrieved your emails, the Inbox folder will contain
+ them. The total number of emails in a folder is shown at the right of
+ the folder's name, along with the number of unread and new emails in
+ it. To see them, click on the folder row in the folder list, and the
+ list of emails in that folder will be displayed in the Message List
+ pane. You can then select an email using the mouse, or by using the Up
+ and Down keys to navigate through the list, and the Space bar to
+ display and scroll emails. You can use other keys to navigate through
+ emails, like P and N (previous and next).
</para>
</section>
- <section id="start_writting">
- <title>Writting first mail</title>
+ <section id="start_writing">
+ <title>Writing your first mail</title>
<para>
+ When clicking on the <quote>Compose</quote> button of the toolbar, a
+ composition window will open. This window contains different fields
+ which you should be able to recognise easily: if you have multiple
+ accounts, the From field can be used to select which account you want
+ to use for this email; the To field is for recipient of the email. When
+ you fill it in, a second To field will appear, so that you can send the
+ email to multiple recipients. You can also change the To field to a Cc
+ field or other types of fields, by using its dropdown menu, or by
+ typing in the field that you require. After that, you will be able to
+ set the subject of your email, then type its body.
+ </para><para>
+ A little note about an email's subject: Claws Mail will ask you for
+ confirmation if you attempt to send an email with an empty subject.
+ This is because it can be annoying for the recipient to receive emails
+ without a subject, as it doesn't help in handling email.
</para>
</section>
<section id="start_sending">
- <title>Send first mail</title>
+ <title>Sending your first mail</title>
<para>
+ When you have finished writing your first email, you can either click
+ the <quote>Send</quote> button to send your email immediately, or use
+ the <quote>Send later</quote> button to queue the message for later
+ sending. When using <quote>Send</quote>, the composition window will
+ close itself when the mail has been sent; it will stay open if there is
+ an error. When using <quote>Send later</quote>, the composition window
+ will immediately close, and your email will be stored in your Queue
+ folder. It will then be sent when you click the <quote>Send</quote>
+ button in the main window's toolbar.
+ </para><para>
+ The emails that you send are saved in the Sent folder of your mailbox,
+ so that you can recall what you wrote to whom, or use an already sent
+ email as a template to write another.
</para>
</section>
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</section>
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