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159 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<section id="ch_starting">
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<title>Getting started with Claws Mail</title>
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<section id="start_wizard">
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<title>The initial wizard</title>
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<para>
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The first time that you start Claws Mail, you will be asked a few
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questions in order to set up an account. These questions are easy to
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answer and grouped in several short pages.
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</para><para>
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First you will be asked to fill in your name, (<emphasis>usually
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guessed from the operating system</emphasis>), your email address, and
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the name of your organisation, (<emphasis>optional</emphasis>).
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</para><para>
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The following page will allow you to enter details of how to retrieve
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your mail. The format of the page will be determined by the
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<quote>Server type</quote>:
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</para>
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<blockquote>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>POP3</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If you choose POP3, you will need to enter the server address,
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username, and password. The password is optional, if you don't provide
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it here then you will be prompted for it each time it is needed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>IMAP</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If you choose IMAP, you will need to enter the server address,
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username, password, and IMAP server directory. The password is
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optional, if you don't provide it here then you will be prompted for it
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each time it is needed. The IMAP server directory is also optional,
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often it is not needed and can be left empty.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Local mbox file</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If you choose Local mbox file, you will need to enter the location of
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your local mailbox spool file. This location depends on your Operating
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System, but values like <filename>/var/mail/username</filename> or
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<filename>/var/spool/mail/username</filename> are common, where
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<literal>username</literal> is your system login.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</blockquote>
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<para>
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When you click the <quote>Auto-configure</quote> button, Claws Mail will
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attempt to configure your account's servers based on your email address
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and the type of account you have chosen.
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</para>
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<para>
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On the next page you will enter the address of your SMTP server,
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(<emphasis>sometimes referred to as
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<quote>Outgoing server</quote></emphasis>). You will also be asked
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whether to authenticate when sending mail; this is often not the case
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if you're using an ISP to connect to Internet, and often the case if
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you are configuring a professional account.
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</para><para>
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If you chose either POP3 or Local mbox file, the next page will ask
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you where you want to save your mail on disk. The default,
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<quote>Mail</quote>, is usually ok and will save your mails in a
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directory called <filename>Mail</filename> in your home directory.
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</para><para>
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If Claws Mail is built with support for OpenSSL, you will next see
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the <quote>Security</quote> page, here you will be able to choose to
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use SSL encryption to send and receive your emails. Most ISPs do not
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enable this, but many companies do; if you're unsure about it, you can
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leave them unselected.
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</para><para>
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You can now click on the Save button, and start enjoying Claws Mail.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="start_getting">
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<title>Getting mail</title>
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<para>
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Retrieving your email can be done from the toolbar button named
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<quote>Get mail</quote> or from the <quote>Receive</quote> submenu of
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the <quote>Message</quote> menu.
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</para><para>
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If you want Claws Mail to check your mail automatically at regular
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intervals, you can ask it to do so from the
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<quote>Mail handling: Receiving</quote> preference page which you'll
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find in the <quote>Configuration/Preferences...</quote> menu. Just
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click the
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<quote>Automatically check new mail every [...] minute(s)</quote>
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checkbox, and set the interval to your liking.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="start_reading">
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<title>Reading your mail</title>
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<para>
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Once you have retrieved your emails, the Inbox folder will contain
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them. The total number of emails in a folder is shown at the right of
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the folder's name, along with the number of unread and new emails in
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it. To see them, click on the folder row in the folder list, and the
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list of emails in that folder will be displayed in the Message List
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pane. You can then select an email using the mouse, or by using the Up
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and Down keys to navigate through the list, and the Space bar to
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display and scroll emails. You can use other keys to navigate through
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emails, like P and N (previous and next).
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="start_writing">
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<title>Writing your first mail</title>
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<para>
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When clicking on the <quote>Compose</quote> button of the toolbar, a
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composition window will open. This window contains different fields
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which you should be able to recognise easily: if you have multiple
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accounts, the From field can be used to select which account you want
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to use for this email; the To field is for recipient of the email. When
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you fill it in, a second To field will appear, so that you can send the
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email to multiple recipients. You can also change the To field to a Cc
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field or other types of fields, by using its dropdown menu, or by
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typing in the field that you require. After that, you will be able to
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set the subject of your email, then type its body.
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</para><para>
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A little note about an email's subject: Claws Mail will ask you for
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confirmation if you attempt to send an email with an empty subject.
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This is because it can be annoying for the recipient to receive emails
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without a subject, as it doesn't help in handling email.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="start_sending">
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<title>Sending your first mail</title>
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<para>
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When you have finished writing your first email, you can either click
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the <quote>Send</quote> button to send your email immediately, or use
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the <quote>Send later</quote> button to queue the message for later
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sending. When using <quote>Send</quote>, the composition window will
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close itself when the mail has been sent; it will stay open if there is
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an error. When using <quote>Send later</quote>, the composition window
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will immediately close, and your email will be stored in your Queue
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folder. It will then be sent when you click the <quote>Send</quote>
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button in the main window's toolbar.
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</para><para>
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The emails that you send are saved in the Sent folder of your mailbox,
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so that you can recall what you wrote to whom, or use an already sent
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email as a template to write another.
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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