Show or hide: let you control the parts of the Sylpheed user interface
-you want to display.
-
-- Folder tree: not implemented yet
-- Message view: show or hide the message pane. When hidden, the
+based on different attributes.
+
+
+
+ - Show or hide: let you control the parts of the Sylpheed
+user interface you want to display.
+
+ - Folder tree: not implemented yet
+ - Message view: show or hide the message pane. When
+hidden, the
messages are displayed in a separate window. To read a message
double click in the summary pane. The message is then opened in
a new window. You can close this new window by pressing the escape
-key.
-- Toolbar: sets how you want to see the toolbar. Icons and text,
-or one of these.
-
-- Icon and Text: show icons and text in the toolbar.
-- Icon: only display the icons, do not display the text
-below them.
-- Text: only the text, hide the icons.
-- None: hide the toolbar.
-
-
-- Status bar: show it or hide it.
-
-
-- Separate folder tree: selects between having the folder tree
-attached to the main window, or floating separately.
-- Separate message view: selects between having the selected
-message in the summary pane attached to the main window, or
-floating separately.
-- Toggle summary view: show or hide the message pane by expanding the
-summary view down to the bottom of the Sylpheed window.
-Shortcut: v
-- Sort: controls the way the messages are sorted in the selected
+key.
+ - Toolbar: sets how you want to see the toolbar. Icons
+and text, one of these, or none.
+
+ - Icon and Text: show icons and text in the toolbar.
+ - Icon: only displays the icons, does not display
+the text
+below them.
+ - Text: only the text, hides the icons.
+ - None: hides the toolbar.
+
+
+ - Status bar: show it or hide it.
+
+
+ - Separate folder tree: selects between having the folder
+tree attached to the main window, or floating separately.
+ - Separate message view: selects between having the selected
+message in the summary pane attached to the main window, or floating
+separately.
+ - Sort: controls the way the messages are sorted in the
+selected
folder. Each option sorts the messages in descending order (the
bigger one being on the top of the summary pane), and can be
reversed by selecting the same menu entry a second time (each
time you select the same menu entry the order is reversed).
-
-- Sort by number: sort the message based on their MH number.
-- Sort by size: sort the message on their size.
-- Sort by date: sort the messages based on their date.
-- Sort by from: the messages are sorted by their sender address
-(From field, sorted alphabetically).
-- Sort by subject: the messages are sorted by their subject
-(sorted alphabetically).
-- Sort by color label: sort the messages based on their color.
+
+ - Sort by number: sort the message based on their MH
+number.
+ - Sort by Size: sort the message on their size.
+ - Sort by Date: sort the messages based on their date.
+ - Sort by From: the messages are sorted by their sender
+address
+(From field, sorted alphabetically).
+ - Sort by To: the messages are sorted by their
+recipient
+(sorted alphabetically).
+ - Sort by Subject: the messages are sorted by their
+subject
+(sorted alphabetically).
+ - Sort by color label: sort the messages based on their
+color.
Read the context menu description below to find how to assign
-colors to messages.
-- Sort by mark: separate marked and unmarked messages. Read the
-context menu description below to find how to mark messages.
-- Sort by unread: separate read and unread messages.
-- Sort by attachment: separate messages with and without attachment.
-- Don't sort: do not sort the messages.
-- Ascending: sort the messages in ascending order. If the field used
+colors to messages.
+ - Sort by mark: separate marked and unmarked messages.
+Read the context menu description below to find how to mark messages.
+ - Sort by unread: separate read and unread messages.
+ - Sort by attachment: separate messages with and without
+attachment.
+ - Don't sort: do not sort the messages.
+ - Ascending: sort the messages in ascending order. If
+the field used
to sort the messages is displayed in the summary view, a little
arrow on the right side of the corresponding summay column header
-reflects the sort order you select from the menu.
-- Descending: sort the messages in descending order.
-- Attract by subject: move close to each other the messages
-having the same subject (or a close subject).
-
-
-- Thread view: turn the threaded view on or off. When turned on the
+reflects the sort order you select from the menu.
+ - Descending: sort the messages in descending order.
+ - Attract by subject: move close to each other the
+messages
+having the same subject (or a close subject).
+
+
+ - Thread view: turn the threaded view on or off. When turned
+on the
messages of the same thread (the same discussion generated by replying
to each other mail) are grouped as a tree representing the discussion
flow. Each reply being linked to its orignal message. Each branch can
@@ -144,282 +160,354 @@ be open or closed by using the small plus or minus sign next to it.
The threads are based on the In-Reply-To and Reference fields of the
mail header, so never start a new conversation by replying to an
old message, this will add your new mail to the old unrelated thread.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-T
-- Expand all threads: if the threaded view is selected, expand all the
-threads in the opened folder.
-- Collapse all threads: if the threaded view is selected, collapse all the
-threads in the opened folder.
-- Set display item: use it to change the list of items to display
+Shortcut: Ctrl-T
+ - Expand all threads: if the threaded view is selected,
+expand all the
+threads in the opened folder.
+ - Collapse all threads: if the threaded view is selected,
+collapse all the
+threads in the opened folder.
+ - Set displayed columns:
+
+
+ - in Folder list: use
+it to change the list of items to display
+in the folder view. This setting can also be changed through
+the common preferences.
+ - in Message list: use
+it to change the list of items to display
in the summary view. This setting can also be changed through
-the common preferences.
-- Go to: use it to navigate from message to message based on the
+the common preferences.
+
+ - Go to: use it to navigate from message to message based on
+the
sub-menu criterias.
-
-- Prev. message: go to the previous message in the current
+
+ - Prev. message: go to the previous message in the
+current
folder.
-Shortcut: P
-- Next message: go to the next message in the current
+Shortcut: P
+ - Next message: go to the next message in the current
folder.
-Shortcut: N
-- Prev. unread: go to the previous unread message.
-Shortcut: Shift-P
-- Next unread: go to the next unread message.
-Shortcut: Shift-N
-- Prev. new: go to the previous new message.
-- Next new: go to the next new message.
-- Prev. marked: go to the previous marked message.
-- Next marked: go to the next marked message.
-- Prev. labeled: go to the previous labeled message.
-- Next labeled: go to the next labeled message.
-- Other folder: change the current folder. Opens a new window
-with the folder tree, and open the selected folder.
-
-
-- Code set: allows you to select what codeset you want to use
-for your e-mails. This codeset will be used when sending
-mails. Note Sylpheed will always try to use the more compatible
-codeset based on the characters used in your message, so unless
-you use special latin-1 characters in your mail, the encoding
-will be defined as 7bits ASCII even if you have selected the
-ISO-8859-1 character set.
-The auto-detect option let Sylpheed automatically detect the
-character set based on the content of the messages.
-- Open in new window: open the selected message in a new window.
+Shortcut: N
+ - Prev. unread: go to the previous unread message.
+Shortcut: Shift-P
+ - Next unread: go to the next unread message.
+Shortcut: Shift-N
+ - Prev. new: go to the previous new message.
+ - Next new: go to the next new message.
+ - Prev. marked: go to the previous marked message.
+ - Next marked: go to the next marked message.
+ - Prev. labeled: go to the previous labeled message.
+ - Next labeled: go to the next labeled message.
+ - Other folder: change the current folder. Opens a new
+window
+with the folder tree, and open the selected folder.
+
+
+ - Character encoding: allows you to select what codeset you
+want to use for your e-mails. This codeset will be used when viewing
+mails.
+The auto-detect option let Sylpheed-Claws automatically detect the
+character set based on the content of the messages.
+ - Decode: Forces the
+decoding of broken emails, for example some mail bots send out
+quoted-printable mails without advertising it.
+ - Open in new window: open the selected message in a new
+window.
This new window can be closed by pressing the escape key.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-N
-- Message source: opens a new window and display the complete
+Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-N
+ - Message source: opens a new window and display the
+complete
source of the message in it (without any formatting and with
all the header fields).
-Shortcut: Ctrl-U
-- Show all header: toggles on and off the display of the complete
+Shortcut: Ctrl-U
+ - Show all header: toggles on and off the display of the
+complete
message header.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-H
-- Update summary: update the Sylpheed window.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-U
-
-
-
-Here you find the following options:
-
-
-- Get new mail: this will collect all new mail for your
-default mail-identity.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-I
-- Get from all accounts: Sylpheed will poll all defined
-mail-identities for new mail.
-Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-I
-- Cancel receiving: stop the new mails reception.
-- Send queued messages: all the messages that you put into
-the "Queue" folder will now be sent off.
-- Compose new message: allows you to write a new e-mail
+Shortcut: Ctrl-H
+ - Update summary: update the Sylpheed-Claws window.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-U
+
+
+
+Here you find the following options:
+
+
+
+ - Receive:
+
+
+ - Get from current account: this
+will collect all new mail for your selected account (set from the
+lower right-hand corner of the window)
+
+
+
+ - Get from all accounts: Sylpheed-Claws will poll all enabled
+accounts for new mail.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-I
+
+
+ - Cancel receiving: stop the new mails reception
+ - The list of your accounts:
+this will collect all new mail for the chosen account.
+
+ - Send queued messages: all the messages that you put into
+the "Queue" folder will now be sent off.
+ - Compose an email message: allows you to write a new e-mail
message.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-M
-- Reply: an e-mail message will be created with the sender
-of the selected message in the summary pane as recipient.
-Depending on the settings, your signature will be added
-to the mail, and the original mail text will be quoted.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-M
+ - Compose a news message: allows you to write a new news
+message.
+ - Reply: an e-mail message will be created with the sender
+of the selected message in the summary pane as recipient, or the
+mailing-list the mail was sent to. Depending on the settings, your
+signature will be added to the mail, and the original mail text will be
+quoted.
If a part of the original mail is selected, only this
part will be quoted in the reply.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-R
-- Reply to all: as Reply, but the recipients will be all
-e-mail addresses in the original messages (including
-the ones in the cc: part).
-Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-R
-- Reply to sender: as Reply, but the recipient is the address
-defined in the Sender header field (not the Reply-To address).
-- Forward: a message will be created with the original
-message in the summary pane as text. You can then
-enter a recipient e-mail address, edit the text if
-you want, and send it.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-F
-- Forward as attachment: as Forward, but the message
-text will sent along as a separate textfile.
-Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-F
-- Redirect: re-send the selected message to someone else. Compared
+Shortcut: Ctrl-R
+ - Reply to
+
+ - all: as Reply, but the recipients will be all e-mail
+addresses in the original messages (including the ones in the cc:
+part).
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-R
+ - sender: reply to sender, even if the mail was sent to
+a mailing-list.
+ - Mailing list: reply to the mailing list. To use
+when replying to a mailing list (unless you want to reply
+only to the poster of the message).
+Shortcut: Ctrl-L
+
+
+ - Follow-up and reply to:
+Used for news messages, this allows you to post your answer to both the
+newsgroup and the sender you reply to.
+ - Forward: a message will be created with the original
+message in the summary pane as text. You can then enter a recipient
+e-mail address, edit the text if you want, and send it.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-F
+ - Redirect: re-send the selected message to someone else.
+Compared
to a forward, the message is not marked as forwarded, and the sender
-is the original mail sender.
-- Re-edit: lets you open all already sent message in
-edition mode to re-send it.
-- Move: lets you move the message to a different folder.
-You can select the destination folder from a browse-window.
-- Copy: as Move, only that the message is copied to the
-new folder, instead of moved.
-Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-O
-- Delete: lets you delete the message that is selected
-in the summary pane.
-Shortcut: Ctrl-D
-- Mark: Gives a submenu: Mark/Unmark/Mark as read/Unmark
-as read. When you mark messages, you can do a specific
-action (e.g. move, delete) on all of the marked messages.
-You can unmark messages that you mistakenly marked.
-The other options do as they say, they mark or unmark
-a message as read, and mark all read, marks all the messages
-of the current folder as read.
-
-A note on functions like Move, Copy and Delete: if you did not
-specify to execute the commands immediately (in the configuration),
-you will have to select the "Execute" command. This is a button
-in the toolbar, and can also be found in the Summary menu.
-
-
-In the Tool menu are grouped the filters control, address book
-access and log window control.
-
-
-- Address book: opens the address book window.
-Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-A
-- Add sender to address book: adds the sender of the selected
+is the original mail sender. Also, the mail is not editable.
+
+ - Move: lets you move the message to a different folder. You
+can select the destination folder from a browse-window.
+ - Copy: as Move, only that the message is copied to the new
+folder, instead of moved.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-O
+ - Move to trash: lets you put the message that is selected
+in the summary pane in the trash.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-D
+ - Delete: lets you delete the message that is selected in
+the summary pane, without putting it in the trash.
+ - Cancel a news message:
+lets you send a cancel to one of the posts you sent in a newsgroup.
+ - Mark: Gives a submenu: Mark/Unmark/Mark as read/Unmark
+as read. When you mark messages, you can do a specific action (e.g.
+move, delete) on all of the marked messages. You can unmark messages
+that you mistakenly marked. The other options do as they say, they mark
+or unmark a message as read, and mark
+all read, marks all the messages
+of the current folder as read.
+ - Re-edit: lets you open all already sent message in
+edition mode to re-send it.
+
+
+A note on functions like Move, Copy and Delete: if you did not
+specify to execute the commands immediately (in the configuration), you
+will have to select the Execute command. This is a button in
+the toolbar, and can also be found in the Tools menu.
+
+In the Tools menu are grouped the filters control, address book
+access, log window control, and various utilities.
+
+
+
+ - Address book: opens the address book window.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-A
+ - Add sender to address book: adds the sender of the
+selected
message to one of your address books. When selected a window
-opens to let you select the target address book.
-- Filter messages: apply the filter rules to the messages
-of the inbox.
-- Create filter rule: create a new filter rule based on the
+opens to let you select the target address book.
+ - Harvest addresses:
+
+
+ - from Folder: adds
+the addresses of the senders of all mails in the displayed folder.
+ - from Messages: adds
+the addresses of the senders of selected emails.
+
+ - Filter all messages in folder: apply the filter rules to
+all the messages
+of the displayed folder.
+ - Filter selected messages: apply the filter rules to the
+selected messages
+of the displayed folder.
+ - Create filter rule: create a new filter rule based on the
selected message.
-
-- Automatically: open the filter rules creation window
-to define a new rule.
-- By From: opens the filter rules creation window and
+
+ - Automatically: open the filter rules creation window
+to define a new rule.
+ - By From: opens the filter rules creation window and
fills the filter settings fields to build a filter based
-on the sender of the selected message.
-- By To: opens the filter rules creation window and
+on the sender of the selected message.
+ - By To: opens the filter rules creation window and
fills the filter settings fields to build a filter based
-on the receiver of the selected message.
-- By Subject: opens the filter rules creation window and
+on the receiver of the selected message.
+ - By Subject: opens the filter rules creation window and
fills the filter settings fields to build a filter based
-on the subject of the selected message.
-
-
-- Delete duplicated messages: This will remove messages from the
-active folder that were sent twice to you. For example you
-received a message directly and through a mailing list at
-the same time.
-- Actions: this menu is empty until you define some actions (see the
-configuration menu description).
-- Execute: execute all the pending move, delete, and copy commands.
+on the subject of the selected message.
+
+
+ - Create processing rule:
+Same as above, but processing rules' scope is only for the folder, not
+on incorporation. (See 6.6 for more information
+on filtering, processing etc).
+ - Actions: this menu is empty until you define some actions
+(see 13.4 for more information).
+ - Check for new messages in all
+folders: Scans all folders for new mail.
+ - Delete duplicated messages: This will remove messages from
+the active folder that were sent twice to you. For example you received
+a message directly and through a mailing list at the same time.
+
+ - In selected folder does
+so only for the displayed folder, whereas
+ - In all folders cleans
+your entire mailboxes.
+
+ - Execute: execute all the pending move, delete, and copy
+commands.
Only if execute immediately is off in the common preferences.
-Shortcut: X
-- Log window: opens the log window. In the log window, you
-can see what Sylpheed is doing. Keeping track of things
-in that way is very good when you suspect there is something
-wrong. You can paste the info of the log window into an
-e-mail and send it to the developer or the mailing list.
-
-
-
In the log window, you can see what Sylpheed is doing. Keeping
-track of things in that way is very good when you suspect there
-is something wrong. You can paste the info of the log window
-into an e-mail and send it to the developer or the mailing list.
-
-
-In the Configuration menu, clearly, you can set up Sylpheed
-the way you want it to work and react.
-
-
-- Common preferences: in this option you will be
-presented a dialog in which you can select a number
-of tabs. Each tab represents a specific set of settings
-in Sylpheed. In the next chapter, these dialog options
-are explained in more detail.
-- Filter setting: this option shows you a dialog in which you
-can set up the filtering rules that you want Sylpheed
-to process on receiving new e-mails. You first specify
-on which part(s) of the e-mail Sylpheed has to check,
-and then you tell Sylpheed what to do. You can move the
-message to a different directory (including trash to get
-rid of spam mail). Selecting the destination folder is
-possible through a browser window that comes up when you
-press "Select..."
-
You can choose not to receive the e-mail. Note that
-this will leave the message on the mailserver of your
-provider, the message will not be removed!
-
When you press the "Register" button, the filter
-rule is added to the list of rules. Do you select
-"Substitute", then the selected rule is replaced by the
-information of the setting entered. "Delete" in the end
-will delete the selected filtering rule.
-
Please note that you can set up two selections for a rule,
-which can be "OR'd" or "AND'd". OR means that one of the
-two selections will have to match for the rule to be
-executed. AND means that both selections have to match
-before an action is performed.
-
To the right of the selection rules you see buttons
-called UP and DOWN. You can move rules up and down in
-the list. This will often trigger different behaviour
-in the selections, so consider the order in which
-you set the rules.
-
-- Template: let your create a new message template.
-When composing a new message you can then used one
+Shortcut: X
+ - SSL Certificate: lets
+you view and delete all the SSL certificates you accepted.
+ - Log window: opens the log window. In the log window, you
+can see what Sylpheed-Claws is doing. Keeping track of things in that way is
+very good when you suspect there is something wrong. You can paste the
+info of the log window into an e-mail and send it to the developer or
+the mailing list.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-L
+
+
+
+In the Configuration menu, clearly, you can set up Sylpheed-Claws
+the way you want it to work and react.
+
+
+
+ - Change current account: here you can select what account
+you want to use, to write a message.
+If you have enabled the status bar (in the view menu),
+the name of the current account is shown in the bottom
+right corner of the Sylpheed-Claws window (in the status bar)
+and can be changed by a click on it (then a menu appears
+and lists all your accounts).
+ - Preferences for current account: here you can set the
+specifics for the account you are currently using. Should mail be
+deleted after fetching, what is the server it comes from, etc.
+Basically it is the same dialog form as shown in setting up a new
+account.
+ - Create new account: here you name the account (each
+account has a recognizable name), you set up your name and e-mail
+address etc. You set up the type of server you access (POP4, IMAP4,
+local mailbox, NNTP) and where the downloaded messages have to go
+(default folder is the inbox). In the RECEIVE tab you select or
+unselect options, in SEND you can set up how to send your messages. In
+COMPOSE you can point to a specific signature file, and in ADVANCED you
+can set up alternate ports for the server, if these exist. The PRIVACY
+tab exists if the GPG plugin(s) are available, where you can specify
+things like whether you always want to sign your messages. The SSL tab
+exists if openssl support is available, and you can choose here to use
+SSL for sending and/or receiving email, for an increased security.
+ - Edit accounts: here you can select one of the accounts you
+created, from a list, and edit the information about them. Note that
+you cannot edit an account for which you are writing a message at the
+same time. This to ensure data integrity.
+ - Preferences: in this option you will be presented a dialog
+in which you can select a number of tabs. Each tab represents a
+specific set of settings in Sylpheed. In the next chapter, these dialog
+options are explained in more detail.
+ - Pre-processing: these
+are processing rules shared by all folders, and executed before each
+folder's private processing rules.
+ - Post-processing: these
+are processing rules shared by all folders, and executed after each
+folder's private processing rules.
+ - Filtering: this option shows you a dialog in which you can
+set up the filtering rules that you want Sylpheed-Claws to process on
+receiving new e-mails. You first specify on which part(s) of the e-mail
+Sylpheed-Claws has to check, and then you tell Sylpheed-Claws what to do. You can
+move the message to a different directory (including trash to get rid
+of spam mail). Selecting the destination folder is possible through a
+browser window that comes up when you press "Select...". Optionally,
+you can give a name to filtering rules in order to find them back more
+easily.
+ When you press the "Add" button, the filter rule is added to the
+list of rules. Do you select "Replace", then the selected rule is
+replaced by the information of the setting entered. "Delete" in the end
+will delete the selected filtering rule.
+ Please note that you can set up more than one selection for a
+rule, which can be "OR'd" or "AND'd". OR means that one of the two
+selections will have to match for the rule to be executed. AND means
+that both selections have to match before an action is performed.
+ To the right of the selection rules you see buttons called Top,
+Up, Down and Bottom. You can move rules up and down in the list. This
+will often trigger different behaviour in the selections, so consider
+the order in which you set the rules. Usually, putting the more general
+rules towards the end, and the more precise ones towards the start,
+gives better results.
+
+
+ - Templates: lets you create new message templates.
+When composing a new message you can then use one
of the defined templates and insert it (or use it to
completely replace the content of your mail).
The templates can contain some special characters
that are replaced when the template is used in order
to create a dynamic text. Use the symbols button on
the templates definition window to see the list of
-the available symbols.
-- Actions: let your create new commands to be added to the
+the available symbols.
+ - Actions: lets you create new commands to be added to the
'Tools/Actions' menu. An action is a command that processes
the select part of a message, the message body or the complete
message file. It can be a background process, used as a filter
-(reads, modifies and replaces a message),...
-- Preferences for current account: here you can set the
-specifics for the account you are currently using.
-Should mail be deleted after fetching, what is the
-server it comes from, etc. Basically it is the same
-dialog form as shown in setting up a new account.
-- Create new account: here you name the account (each
-account has a recognizable name), you set up your name
-and e-mail address etc. You set up the type of server
-you access (POP4, IMAP4, local mailbox, newsserver)
-and where the downloaded messages have to go (default
-folder is the inbox). In the RECEIVE tab you select or
-unselect options, in SEND you can set up how to send
-your messages. In COMPOSE you can point to a specific
-signature file, and in ADVANCED you can set up alternate
-ports for the server, if these exist. (Do not mess
-with these unless you are sure you have to!!)
-- Edit accounts: here you can select one of the accounts
-you created, from a list, and edit the information about
-them. Note that you cannot edit an account for which
-you are writing a message at the same time. This to
-ensure data integrity.
-- Change current account: here you can select what
-account you want to use, to write a message.
-If you have enabled the status bar (in the view menu),
-the name of the current account is shown in the bottom
-right corner of the Sylpheed window (in the status bar)
-and can be changed by a click on it (then a menu appears
-and lists all your accounts).
-
-
-
-
-This menu lets you look at the manual and FAQ of Sylpheed,
-and you can also see the "about" info, who wrote Sylpheed.
-
-
-
-
-You can pull up context menus (through clicking button2) for
-the folder tree and the summary pane. (windows users: button2
-is the right mouse button.)
-
In the folder view you can add, rename and remove folders
-through the context menu. You can also set the folder
-properties (define the selected folder as an inbox, outbox,
-trash, ...).
-
In the message summary you can do a host of things from the
-context menu, like viewing message headers, opening a message
-in a separate window (also possible by double clicking on a
-message) etc...
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+(reads, modifies and replaces a message),...
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