From c7e1553446ccd4bbd4b311fe6753e274616e0573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fbarriere Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:41:24 +0000 Subject: Very beginning of the DocBook version of the manual with included chapters --- manual/en/manual.xml | 60 ++++++++++++ manual/en/manual_001.xml | 231 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 291 insertions(+) create mode 100644 manual/en/manual.xml create mode 100644 manual/en/manual_001.xml diff --git a/manual/en/manual.xml b/manual/en/manual.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74774e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/en/manual.xml @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ + + +]> + + Sylpheed user's manual + + + + + + + + 2005 + + The Sylpheed documentation team + + + + Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this + document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version + 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with + no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover + Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU + Free Documentation License". + + + + Francois + + Barriere + + +
+ barriere.francois@libertysurf.fr +
+ + + + + + + + 2.1 + + 2005/XX/XX + + FBe + + Ported to DocBook/XML. + + + + + + + &__mod1__e92d5uax; + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/manual/en/manual_001.xml b/manual/en/manual_001.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4088fc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/en/manual_001.xml @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ + + + What is Sylpheed? + + + + + + + +
+ Introduction to Sylpheed + + Sylpheed is a fast e-mail and news client. It will run on just + about any Linux or Unix compliant system. + + Sylpheed is: + + + + Light on system resources. + + + + Very fast. + + + + easy to learn and operate, due to its graceful and + sophisticated interface. + + + + Loaded with features. + + +
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+ Main features + + This list is not complete, but the most common features of + Sylpheed are: + + + + Unlimited multiple account handling + + + + Thread display + + + + Filtering + + + + MIME (attachments) + + + + built-in image view + + + + X-Face support + + + + External editor support + + + + Message queueing + + + + Draft message function + + + + Template + + + + Line-wrapping + + + + Clickable URI + + + + XML-based addressbook + + + + LDAP addressbook + + + + Jpilot addressbook (for Palm types handhelds) + + + + Newly arrived and unread message management + + + + Multiple MH folder support + + + + Mew/Wanderlust compatible key bindings + + + + News reader function + + + + Printing + + + + UIDL support + + + + APOP authentication + + + + SMTP AUTH support + + + + IPv6 support + + + + GPG encryption and signature + + + + Autoconf, automake support + + + + Support of i18n of messages by gettext + + + + Supports many locales, including UTF-8 (Unicode), when using + libjconv + + + + IMAP4 compliant + + +
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+ Methods for managing messages + + There are several ways to manage messages. The best known is + not at all. + + Many people receive an unmanageable amount of e-mail, which + usually ends up in the INBOX folder, ignored and forgotten. If you are + one of these people, you are constantly trying to locate that one + important email you got 5 days ago in a inbox that contains more than + 5000 messages. Locating one email out of very many unsorted messages is + always a time-consuming and frustrating experience. + + Sylpheed helps this situation with its mailfolders and + mailboxes. + + Different mailboxes can store different kinds of mails. Suppose + you are a member of a kiting club, and you get at least 30 e-mails per + day from that club. You can create a separate kiting club mailbox, in + which you can move any e-mail that comes from this club. You will always + have all your kiting e-mails in one place. + + Tedious, you say, to move 30 mails a day to that box, when email + comes in at random moments? It is certain that you will miss that very + important email about transport to the kiting ground where you will have + the contest of biggest and most beautiful kite! + + Well, for this situation there is also a solution- filters. + + Filters can automate the process of moving e-mails to new + mailboxes. Further on in this manual you will also learn about setting + up filters, so you do not have to manually move these kiting e-mails to + the kiting club mailbox. + +
+ Okay, so what is the difference between a mailbox and a + mailfolder? + + This is the same way you organize information on your harddisk. + You create directories in which you put files or more + directories. + + In Sylpheed, you can create mailboxes within mailboxes For + example, you could create a mailbox (folder) that contains the + mailboxes for all the different mailing lists to which you belong + . + + A word of clarification- In Sylpheed, a maillbox is nothing more + than a directory. In a directory you can create either a new directory + or files. Sylpheed stores each e-mail in a separate file on disk. An + example of how a mailbox tree could look is + + + + + + As you can see, there is no real limit to the way you + can set up your mailboxes. As long as you have diskspace available, + you can create mailboxes and mailboxes within mailboxes. + + Of course, you should observe some common sense when you start + creating mailboxes. It is not a good idea to keep all mail in one + place but to create a maze of mailboxes is not a good idea + either! +
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