GNUMail.app User's Guide

by Martin Brecher <martin@mb-itconsulting.com>

Jan 31 2001, 18:45 MET, intended for GNUMail.app 1.0.0(pre2)


Contents

General Notes


About this Document
Purpose
Structure
Requirements
Copyright
GNU Free Documentation License
Trademarks
Version history
Credits


About GNUMail.app
What is GNUMail?
Features


About Pantomime
What is Pantomime?
Features


Setting up Pantomime
Installation of Pantomime
Download
Build
Installation

Developers only: Installing Pantomime Testing Tools


Setting up GNUMail.app
Installation of GNUMail.app
Download
Build
Installation
Launch

Preferences
Personal
Viewing
Sending
Receiving
Compose
Quoting
MIME Types
Filtering

Advanced Settings
Introduction: GNUstep's defaults database
Setting the user's language
Changing defaults of Mailboxes
1. Location of the Mailboxes folder
2. Default mailboxes names


Exploring GNUMail.app
The first look
The application
The application icon
The application menu
The Inbox window

The first message
Composing a first message
Receiving our message


Reading Mail
Overview
The Window Layout
General Structure
The Toolbar
The Message List
The Viewing Pane
Additional Functions
Saving to a file
Viewing the raw source of a message
Directly adding addresses to the Address Book


Using the Address Book
Overview
Adding addresses
Adding groups
Deleting addresses/groups
Modifying addresses/groups
Moving addresses between groups
The 'to', 'cc' and 'bcc' buttons
Using the Import function


Managing Mailboxes
The Mailboxes window
Opening mailboxes
Moving messages
Creation of mailboxes
Removal of mailboxes
Renaming mailboxes

Advanced lection: Moving/copying mailboxes


Appendix
Getting GNUMail.app and Pantomime via CVS