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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
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<title>Postilion looks</title>
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<a name="Top">
<h1>Postilion looks</h1></a>
<a name="Browser">
<h3>The Browser window</h3></a>
<img src="browser.gif">
<p>
This is where most activity happens in Postilion. The title bar displays the open mailbox. There is a choice of menu systems used, more on that later. The buttons along the top allow for fast access to the most often used features. The clock/calendar looking thing is showing the time, day and date that the selected message was sent (in local time). Below the buttons is the total number of messages in the mail box, and the total size. Below that is the mailbox sash. When this is clicked on, it will lower to reveal a hierarchical list of mailboxes (much like the <a href="Looks.html#Mboxes">Mailboxes</a> widget. Next is the message list, the format of this list is configurable, on a global and per mailbox basis. Right now it is showing:
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<ul>
<li>Flags (D=deleted, F=flagged, N=new, +=for me personally)</li>
<li>Date message was sent</li>
<li>Sender's full name, if available, or address.</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>Subject</li>
</ul>
<p>
If this mailbox were full of messages I had sent out (an Fcc: box) I might have it display the recipient's name, instead of the sender's. This is configured per mailbox.
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<p>
Also configured per mailbox is:
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<ul>
<li>Sort order</li>
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<li>Subject by date</li>
<li>Subject</li>
<li> Sender</li>
<li> Natural order</li>
<li> Reverse natural order</li>
<li> Date</li>
<li>Reverse date</li>
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<li>From: address</li>
<li>Reply: to address</li>
<li>Fcc: save to mailbox</li>
<li>Signature file</li>
<li>Which message should be selected on mailbox open:</li>
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<li>First message in mailbox</li>
<li>Last message in mailbox</li>
<li>First unread message in mailbox</li>
<li>Message before first unread message in mailbox</li>
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These and other preferences are set in the <a href="Looks.html#Preferences">Preferences</a> window, or in the <a href="Looks.html#MEdit">Mailbox edit</a> window.
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<a name="Compose">
<h3>The Compose window</h3></a>
<img src="compose.gif">
<p>
This is where new messages are composed, replies are created and messages are forwarded. Again, from the top, we have the Envelope fields. Currently displayed are To: Subject: and Cc:. Also available, with a menu choice, or by configuration, are:
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<ul>
<li>Bcc: (blind carbon copy)</li>
<li>Keywords</li>
<li>Content-description</li>
<li>Reply to:</li>
<li>Comments</li>
<li>From:</li>
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Next we have a string of buttons for most common functions.
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<ul>
<li>The deliver button will also save a copy of the message to this mailbox's "Save_to" or Fcc: mailbox, or to the default, or none if none is set.</li>
<li>The Send/Save button lets you send and save a copy to a mailbox you choose.</li>
<li>the Addresses button opens up the <a href="Looks.html#Addresses">Addresses</a> window, which lets you insert addresses from personal and system wide address books, edit those books, etc.</li>
<li>The next button, labeled Reply All, actually will change from Reply to Reply All. When this window is first opened, this button will be Reply, if pressed, it will create a reply (quoted or not, depending upon preferences) to the sender of the message selected in the <a href="Looks.html#Browser">Browser</a> window. If pressed again, it will add all other recipients of the original message to the Cc: field.</li>
<li>The Forward button, which reproduces the currently selected message as an inline forward. Forward as attachment is also available as a menu choice hot key from the Browser window.</li>
<li>The Spell check button. This uses the Ispell program to spell check your composition. Spell checking is also done on the fly, highlighting misspelt words in user defined styles. A right mouse click on a misspelt word will pop-up a menu of suggested spellings.</li>
<li>The Detach button, which will remove a selected attachment.</li>
<li>The Attach button, which lets you select a file to attach to your message. On some systems, Drag-and-Drop attachments are also supported (drag a file from a file manager into the compose window, and it is automatically attached).</li>
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Next comes the message body you are composing, and then the attachments list.
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<a name="Mboxes">
<h3>The Mailboxes Window</h3></a>
<img src="mboxes.gif">
<p>
This window lets you browse your hierarchy of mailboxes. Postilion comfortably manages hundreds of mailboxes. It can read many common mailbox formats, including:
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<ul>
<li>Standard Unix mailboxes</li>
<li>MH style mail folders</li>
<li>IMAP 4rev1 mailboxes (including shared folders)(with configurable host:port)</li>
<li>POP mailboxes (with configurable host:port)</li>
<li>Sub-Menus, which contain more mailboxes</li>
<li>Dynamic mailboxes, which store messages according to sender, recipient or date (usefull as Fcc: mailboxes for outgoing mail).</li>
</ul>
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From this window, you can double click on a mailbox to open it in the current <a href="Looks.html#Browser">Browser</a> window, or in a new window if none is selected. Clicking on a submenu, or dynamic mailbox will show the contents of that mailbox in the next list to the right (as shown in the picture). Right-clicking the mouse over a mailbox will open a menu of options such as edit, delete, cut, paste, new, etc. Using the cut and paste options, you can rearrange the hierarchy. The buttons at the bottom give access to the most often used functions. The Open button will open the selected mailbox in a new <a href="Looks.html#Browser">Browser</a> window. The Move-to button will move the selected message(s) in the current Mailbox window to the mailbox currently selected in this window.
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<a name="MEdit">
<h3>The Mailbox edit window</h3></a>
<img src="medit.gif">
<p>
This window lets you edit all of the features associated with a particular mailbox. For remote mailboxes, such as IMAP or POP, it lets you specify the host, port number and username. You can also import existing mailboxes from standard Unix mailbox directories, MH mailboxes, or IMAP servers, and then edit them to your liking.
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<a name="Addresses">
<h3>The Addresses window</h3></a>
<img src="address.gif">
<p>
The Addresses window gives access to your list of common corresponents. From here you can group your addresses into manageable address books, and easily insert them into envelope fields. Not only do the individual addressbooks give you control over large numbers of addresses, but by selecting an address book, and then pressing To:-List, you can send a message to everyone in that address book! Once an address book is selected from the list on the left, it's addresses appear in the list on the right. The buttons are context sensitive, allowing you to create, delete, edit or send to either an entire address book or a single address. For convenience, addresses also have short aliases attached, which let you find them quickly. Typing an alias into an Envelope field will automatically substitute the full address.
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<p>
Postilion also will read alias files produced by commonly used programs such as Elm, Pine and Mail, or can import them.
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<a name="Preferences">
<h3>The Preferences window</h3></a>
<img src="prefs.gif">
<p>
This window lets you control most of the programs functions to your taste. The different pages of the notebook wigdet let you control different aspects of the program. Sane defaults are supplied for almost all features, and system wide defaults are supported.
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<a name="Nextmenu">
<h3>The Main menu</h3></a>
<img src="menu1.gif">
<p>
There are two different modes for menu operation supported by Postilion. The menu above is a NeXT style menu. That is, there is a single menu for the entire application, which changes to reflect the context the user is in. In the example above, a <a href="Looks.html#Browser">Browser</a> window is the current context, so the edit menu choice is disabled. The other menu mode is shown below. This is a standard menubar attached to each of the main windows.
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<img src="menu2.gif">
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<address><a href="mailto:nic@turing.postilion.org">Nic Bernstein</a></address>
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