- <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.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist></blockquote>
+ <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>