claws-mail/manual/glossary.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appendix id="ap_glossary">
<title>Glossary</title>
<variablelist>
<title>A</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_account">
<term>
Account
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
An account represents an identity within Claws Mail. As such only
one email address is associated with each account. However, the number
of accounts you can setup is unlimited.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_action_rules">
<term>
Action (filtering/processing rules)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
An action is something that is performed on a message when it matches
the rule conditions. A typical action is moving the message to a
particular folder. See also <xref linkend="gt_condition_rules" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_actions">
<term>
Actions
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Actions are user-defined commands that can be applied to a message, or
part of a message, using a special syntax. They are presented to the
user in a customisable menu.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_addressbook">
<term>
Address book
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Storage for names, mail addresses and custom user attributes. Also
provides access to <xref linkend="gt_ldap" /> servers and <xref
linkend="gt_vcard" /> files.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_ascii">
<term>
<acronym>ASCII</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard <xref
linkend="gt_character_encoding" /> using 7 bit. It's defined as an
Internet standard in <ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc20.txt"
>RFC 20</ulink>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_attachment">
<term>
Attachment
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Additional file(s) included with a mail message. Some attachments can
be displayed by Claws Mail, others require external programs.
<xref linkend="gt_plugins" /> can provide additional functions for
attachments.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
<title>C</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_character_encoding">
<term>
Character encoding
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A map between written symbols, like letters and other symbols, and the
numbers used to represent them inside the computer. The most well-known
character encoding is probably <xref linkend="gt_ascii" />, but it has
been superseded by others, such as <xref linkend="gt_utf8" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_compose">
<term>
Compose
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Create new a message text or a reply to a received mail in the Compose
window.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_condition_rules">
<term>
Condition (filtering/processing rules)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The prerequisites that a mail message must fulfil in order for the
rule's action to be executed. See also <xref
linkend="gt_action_rules" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>D</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_digital_signature">
<term>
Digital signature (<acronym>GPG</acronym>)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A piece of data obtained from merging a message and a cryptographic key
which ensures message authorship, in a similar way that a hand-written
signature does in a document. This piece of data is sent with the m
essage so the recipient can verify its validity.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>E</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_encryption">
<term>
Encryption (GPG)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Scrambling a message with a cryptographic key so that only the
recipient and ownwer of the key password can unscramble it for reading.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>F</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_face">
<term>
Face
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A more modern implementation of the <xref linkend="gt_xface" />, it's a
coloured image (48x48 pixels) included in the message headers.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_filtering_rule">
<term>
Filtering rule
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A <xref linkend="gt_rule" /> applied to incoming messages. Filtering
rules can be also applied manually to the contents of any folder.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_folder">
<term>
Folder
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A folder is the primary message container. Folders can be local or
remote, but they are managed in a uniform way by Claws Mail.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_forward">
<term>
Forward
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
To send a copy of a received mail to another recipient, optionally
adding your own message.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
<title>H</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_headers">
<term>
Headers
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Machine readable lines which form the first part of a mail message. The
purpose of headers varies; Typical headers are From and To which state
the sender and recipient of the message, others are used by the mail
system. Some headers are optional and are used to provide additional
information, such as <xref linkend="gt_xface" /> or <xref
linkend="gt_face" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_html">
<term>
<acronym>HTML</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Acronym for Hyper-Text Markup Language. It was the standard language to
encode web pages in the beginning of the <xref linkend="gt_www" />.
Some mail clients use this language to encode the textual body of mails
in order to craft special effects to text at the cost of multiplying
the message size several times. HTML mail is also widely used by
spammers to send <xref linkend="gt_spam" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>I</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_imap">
<term>
<acronym>IMAP4</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Internet Messaging Access Protocol (version 4). A protocol for
accessing email on a remote server from a local client. All messages
are stored in the remote server.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_immediate_execution">
<term>
Immediate execution
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When the <quote>Execute immediately when moving or deleting
messages</quote> option is used, operations
performed on messages, (like deletions or movements), are performed
immediately. If the option is turned off, all operations performed on
messages by the user are only carried out when the
<quote>Execute</quote> button is pressed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_isp">
<term>
<acronym>ISP</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Internet Service Provider. A company which provides Internet access to
its customers. In the dialup access age these were the big telephony
companies, with the arrival of broadband access the number of companies
and types of services offered has grown exponentially.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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<term>
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</para>
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<variablelist>
<title>K</title>
<varlistentry id="">
<term>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
<title>L</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_ldap">
<term>
<acronym>LDAP</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. A protocol for accessing
information directories such as organisations, individuals, phone
numbers, and addresses.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_ldif">
<term>
<acronym>LDIF</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
LDAP Data Interchange Format. A text file format widely used for moving
data between <xref linkend="gt_ldap" /> servers and/or other programs.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_local_mbox_file">
<term>
Local mbox file
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A local mailbox spool file in <xref linkend="gt_mbox" /> format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_log_window">
<term>
Log window
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A special window which records protocol operations in detail that are
performed by Claws Mail. It's a useful tool for debugging.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>M</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_mailbox">
<term>
Mailbox
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The root folder of the folder hierarchy.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_maildir">
<term>
Maildir
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A mailbox format in which all mail is kept in separate files.
Maildir++ is an extension to the maildir format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_mailinglist">
<term>
Mailing-List
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Electronic mailing-lists are a special usage of email that allows for
widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. They
often take the form of discussion lists, like the Claws Mail users'
list, where a subscriber uses the mailing-list to send messages to all
the other subscribers, who may answer in similar fashion.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_mark_message">
<term>
Mark (message)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
An arbitrary indicator that can be set on a message by the user in
order to draw attention to the message. Marks are shown in the Mark
column of the Message List.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_mbox">
<term>
MBox
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A mailbox format in which all mail is concatenated and stored in a
single file. The mbox format supported by Claws Mail is
<literal>mboxrd</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_message">
<term>
Message
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A message is the basic piece of information handled by Claws Mail.
A message is usually an email message, which is stored in <xref
linkend="gt_mh" /> format on disk. Other kinds of messages (and storage
formats) can be handled through <xref linkend="gt_plugins" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_mh">
<term>
MH
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A mailbox format in which all mail is kept in separate files. This is
the default mailbox format used by Claws Mail.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_mime">
<term>
<acronym>MIME</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. Internet standards for
representing binary data in <xref linkend="gt_ascii" /> text format,
<xref linkend="gt_headers" /> encoding and <xref
linkend="gt_attachment" />s.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>N</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_nntp">
<term>
<acronym>NNTP</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Network News Transfer Protocol. The protocol used to post, distribute,
and retrieve <xref linkend="gt_usenet" /> messages, also called news
articles or simply news for short.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_newsgroups">
<term>
Newsgroups
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A set of hierarchical partitions of <xref linkend="gt_usenet" />
messages on a <xref linkend="gt_news_server" />. The <xref
linkend="gt_nntp" /> protocol allows the user to subscribe to one or
more newsgroups. New messages posted to the subscribed groups are
automatically downloaded on connection.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_news_server">
<term>
News server
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Server which provides access to <xref linkend="gt_usenet" /> messages
in <xref linkend="gt_newsgroups" /> through the <xref linkend="gt_nntp"
/> protocol.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
<title>P</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_pdf">
<term>
<acronym>PDF</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Portable Document Format. An open binary file format developed by Adobe
Systems to allow interchanging of printable documents between different
platforms. Inherits some features from <xref linkend="gt_postscript" />
but not being a language made it easier to process, especially on
desktop computers.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_pgp_inline">
<term>
<acronym>PGP</acronym> Inline
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Digital signing method which includes the signature data in the message
body. Currently deprecated in favour of <xref linkend="gt_pgp_mime" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_pgp_mime">
<term>
<acronym>PGP</acronym> <acronym>MIME</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Digital signing method which includes the signature data as a separate
<xref linkend="gt_mime" /> <xref linkend="gt_attachment" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_plugins">
<term>
Plugins
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
External modules which can be loaded and used by Claws Mail to
extend its functionality. Technically speaking these modules are
shared libraries which can register one or several functions to be
called by Claws Mail when something
<emphasis>interesting</emphasis> is being done.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_pop3">
<term>
<acronym>POP3</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Post Office Protocol (version 3). A protocol for retrieving email from
a remote server. Messages can be automatically removed from server
after downloading.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_postscript">
<term>
<acronym>PostScript</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Page description language primarily used and understood by printing
devices to generate its output. Was developed by Adobe Systems and
is now a widely used standard in the printing industry. As it's a
fully featured interpreted language it requires some processing power
to deal with.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_privacy_gpg">
<term>
Privacy (<acronym>GPG</acronym>)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Privacy provides methods for both signing and encrypting mail messages
you send and also for verifying and decrypting signed and encrypted
messages that you receive.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_processing_rule">
<term>
Processing rule
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A <xref linkend="gt_rule" /> or set of rules belonging to a folder
which are executed on entering the folder.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>Q</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_queue">
<term>
Queue
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Temporary storage for messages which are waiting to be sent, either
because they couldn't be sent due a network failure or because the
user requested them to be sent later.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_quick_search">
<term>
Quick Search
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A powerful way to search for messages using almost any criteria that
you can think of.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_quotation">
<term>
Quotation
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When replying to a message the user will often include a quoted section
of that message to provide the context. The quoted section is shown by
the prepending of a common character, usually <quote>&gt;</quote>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>R</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_recursive_quick_search">
<term>
Recursive (Quick Search)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A recursive <xref linkend="gt_quick_search" /> will also search in all
subfolders of the selected folder.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_redirect">
<term>
Redirect
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
To send a copy of a received mail in its original form to another
recipient.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_reply">
<term>
Reply
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Answer to a received message. As verb also the act of answering a
message.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_rot13">
<term>
ROT-13
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Simple <emphasis>encryption</emphasis> method used since Romans age,
which uses an alphabet rotated thirteen positions to encode each
letter of the message. Used sometimes to hide funny messages on mails.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_rule">
<term>
Rule
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Logical structure comprised of one or more conditions (see <xref
linkend="gt_condition_rules" />) and one or more associated actions
(see <xref linkend="gt_action_rules" />). Rules are used for filtering
mail messages.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>S</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_smtp">
<term>
<acronym>SMTP</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. A protocol for sending email to servers.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_smtp_server">
<term>
<acronym>SMTP</acronym> server
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A server which receives mail messages from other hosts and/or sends
mail messages to other hosts using the <xref linkend="gt_smtp" />
protocol.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_source_message">
<term>
Source (message)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The full text of a message as it is transmitted over the network. This
includes all headers, message body and encoded attachments if present.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_spam">
<term>
Spam
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Junk mail, unsolicited commercial emails.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_spell_checking">
<term>
Spell checking
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Automatic verification of spelling while typing or after composition
has finished.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_ssl">
<term>
<acronym>SSL</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Secure Sockets Layer. A protocol used to encrypt and protect data sent
over a network.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_ssl_certificate">
<term>
<acronym>SSL</acronym> certificate
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A certificate installed on a secure server that is used for
identification.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_starttls">
<term>
STARTTLS
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
STARTTLS (Start Transport Layer Security) is a command used to initiate
a secure connection between two servers using <xref linkend="gt_ssl" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_sticky_quick_search">
<term>
Sticky (Quick Search)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When the sticky option is set on <xref linkend="gt_quick_search" /> the
search terms are not cleared when changing folders.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_synchronisation">
<term>
Synchronisation (folder)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Making the contents of a local folder mirror those of an equivalent
remote folder in the associated mail server.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>T</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_tcp">
<term>
<acronym>TCP</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Transmission Control Protocol. The main protocol used in the Internet.
Allows media-independent reliable connections between two endpoints
and is supported by all modern Operating Systems in use.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_themes">
<term>
Themes
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Image sets for changing the appearance of buttons, folders and other
graphical elements of Claws Mail.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_thread">
<term>
Thread (messages)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
A set of messages loosely relating to each other.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_toolbars">
<term>
Toolbars
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets of buttons arranged horizontally which provide access to all
commonly used functions. Toolbars in Claws Mail can be customised.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>U</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_uidl">
<term>
<acronym>UIDL</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Unique IDentification Listing. A <xref linkend="gt_pop3" /> command
which allows single message handling by asigning a unique identifier
for each message.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_url">
<term>
URL
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Uniform Resource Locator. A naming scheme for objects (usually files)
in a multi-protocol networked environment like current Internet.
For example, this is the one of the Claws Mail home page:
<literal>http://www.claws-mail.org</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_usenet">
<term>
USENET
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
User's Network. A bulletin board system of discussion groups, often
called <xref linkend="gt_newsgroups" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="gt_utf8">
<term>
<acronym>UTF-8</acronym>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
8-bit Unicode Transformation Format. A variable length character
encoding capable of representing any universal character. An Internet
standard defined in <ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3629.txt"
>RFC 3629</ulink>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>V</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_vcard">
<term>
vCard
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
File format standard for Personal Data Interchange, it can hold
information such as address, phone numbers, etc., much like the
information usually found in a business card. They are commonly found
attached to mail messages.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>W</title>
<varlistentry id="gt_wrapping">
<term>
Wrapping
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Restructuring of the message text based on a user-defined maximum
number of characters per line. Wrapping ensures that paragraphs are
justified, which means that they are aligned to the left and right
margins.
</para>
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<term>
<acronym>WWW</acronym>
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<para>
World Wide Web, the hyperlinked network of web pages across the
Internet.
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<title>X</title>
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<term>
X-Face
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specially coded black and white image (48x48 pixels) included in the
message headers. Capable mailers like Claws Mail and others can
decode and show it alongside the message text. Although they are not
unique, they can help to quickly identify the message sender. See also
<xref linkend="gt_face" />.
</para>
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