<chapter id="menus"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Daniel</firstname> <surname>Naber</surname> <affiliation><address> <email>daniel.naber@t-online.de</email> </address></affiliation> </author> <author> <firstname>David</firstname> <surname>Rugge</surname> <affiliation><address> <email>davidrugge@mediaone.net</email> </address></affiliation> </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2002-10-03</date> <releaseinfo>1.5</releaseinfo> </chapterinfo> <title>Menu Entries</title> <para>Each menu item is discussed below. When there is a keyboard shortcut that performs a menu item function, the default shortcut is listed with the menu item.</para> <sect1 id="main-mail-reader-window"> <title>The Main Window</title> <sect2 id="reader-file-menu"> <title><guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Window...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Creates a new main window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Saves the currently displayed message to a text file, including all the headers and attachments.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Display a dialog that lets you prints the currently displayed message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Compact All Folders</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem> <para>Will compact all folders, &ie; it will really move and delete the messages on disk according to how you have moved and deleted them in &kmail;.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Expire All Folders</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem> <para>Delete old messages from all folders, according to the rules in each folder's <link linkend="folders-properties-window">Properties dialog</link> (the default is not to delete old messages at all).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Check Mail</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem><para>Checks for new messages in all your accounts, except those that have <guilabel>Exclude from "Check Mail"</guilabel> enabled.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Check Mail In</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Submenu that lets you check for new messages from a particular account.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Send Queued Messages</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem> <para>Sends the messages that are in your outbox.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Closes the current main window or exits &kmail; if there is only this one window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="reader-edit-menu"> <title><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Revoke you last move or delete action. Note that you cannot undo a deletion in the trash.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Copies selected text to the clipboard.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>T</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Edit Message</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Edits the selected message if it is editable. Only messages in the <guilabel>outbox</guilabel> and <guilabel>drafts</guilabel> folder can be edited.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>D</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Move To Trash</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Moves the selected messages to the trash folder. If the selected messages are already in the trash folder, they will really be deleted.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Delete</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Deletes the selected messages. There is no way to recover the messages once they are deleted with this command.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Find In Message...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Lets you search for a string in the currently displayed message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>K</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Select All Messages</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Selects all messages in the current folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Select Message Text</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Selects the text of the currently displayed message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="reader-view-menu"> <title><guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Headers</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Changes the number of headers that are displayed and the format of the headers in the <guilabel>Message pane</guilabel>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Attachments</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Changes the way that attachments appear in the <guilabel>Message pane</guilabel> (independent of the MIME Tree). With <guimenuitem>Icons</guimenuitem> all attachments appear as icons at the bottom of the message. <guimenuitem>Smart</guimenuitem> will show attachments as icons, unless their content disposition is <quote>inline</quote>. You can activate <quote>inline</quote> content disposition in your own messages when you select <guilabel>Suggest automatic display</guilabel> in the attachment's properties dialog. <guimenuitem>Inline</guimenuitem> shows the contents of the attachments at the bottom of the message. Attachments that cannot be displayed, ⪚ compressed files, will still be shown as an icon. <guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem> will not show attachments. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Unread Column</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Display a column in the list of folders which shows the number of unread messages per folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Total Column</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Display a column in the list of folders which shows the number of messages per folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>.</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Expand Thread</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>If <menuchoice><guimenu>Folder</guimenu><guimenuitem>Thread Messages</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> is activated, this will display the thread of the current message, &ie; all messages that are replies to the current message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>,</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Collapse Thread</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>If <menuchoice><guimenu>Folder</guimenu><guimenuitem>Thread Messages</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> is activated, this will hide the thread of the current message, &ie; it will hide all messages that are replies to the current message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>.</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Expand All Threads</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Expands all threads in the current folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>,</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Collapse All Threads</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Collapses all threads in the current folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>V</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>View Source</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Shows the message and its complete headers in plain text format in a new window. This can be useful to find out the origin of a mail. You should know that it is easy to fake the <literal>From:</literal> header of a mail, but one can still find out which mail servers have been used to send the message by looking at the <literal>Received:</literal> lines in the header.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Use Fixed Font</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Uses a fixed width (monospaced) font to display the messages in the current folder. The font to be used can be configured in the <guilabel>Appearance</guilabel> section of &kmail;'s configuration dialog.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Set Encoding</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Lets you choose the character encoding to be used in the Message Pane. The default, <guilabel>Auto</guilabel>, should work in almost all cases.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="reader-go-menu"> <title><guimenu>Go</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>N</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Next Message</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Selects the next message in the Headers pane. The keyboard shortcut <keycap>Right Arrow</keycap> also performs this action.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>+</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Next Unread Message</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Selects the next unread message in the Headers pane.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>P</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Previous Message</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Selects the previous message in the Headers pane.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>-</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Previous Unread Message</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Selects the previous unread message in the Headers pane.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Next Unread Folder</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Jumps to the the next folder with unread messages.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Previous Unread Folder</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Jumps to the the previous folder with unread messages.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>Space</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Next Unread Text</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Scroll down if you are not yet at the bottom of a message, otherwise jumps to the next unread message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="reader-folder-menu"> <title><guimenu>Folder</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Folder...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens the <link linkend="folders-properties-window">Folder Properties</link> dialog that lets you create a new folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mark All Messages as Read</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Sets the status of all new and unread messages in the current folder to read.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Compact</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Compacts the folder file to reduce its disk space usage. Use this command if your mailboxes seem to be much larger than they ought to be. <!-- TODO: explain? --></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Expire</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Delete old messages from the current folder, according to the rules in the folder's <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog (the default is not to delete old messages at all).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Move All Messages to Trash</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Moves all of the messages in the selected folder into the trash folder. If the selected folder is the trash folder, the messages are permanently deleted.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Delete Folder</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Removes the selected folder and all its contents, including subfolders.</para> <warning><para>Note that there is no way to access the contents of a folder after it has been removed.</para></warning> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Prefer HTML to Plain Text</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>This will show <acronym>HTML</acronym> messages using <acronym>HTML</acronym> rendering. For security reasons, we recommend to only activate this for trusted messages.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Thread Messages</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Shows the messages in the <guilabel>Header pane</guilabel> in a tree-like list, with replies showing up directly under the message they reply to.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up the <link linkend="folders-properties-window">Properties dialog</link> which lets you change the settings for the selected folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="reader-message-menu"> <title><guimenu>Message</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Message...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens the <link linkend="the-composer-window">composer window</link> so you can write a new message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Message to Mailing-List...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens the composer window so you can write a new mail. If the current folder holds a mailing list and has a <guilabel>Post Address</guilabel> defined, this address will be default <guilabel>To:</guilabel> address.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>R</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Reply...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up the composer window with the contents of the selected message's <guilabel>Reply-To</guilabel> field in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field. By default this will automatically set your identity to the one which this message was sent to.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>A</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Reply All...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up the composer window and copies the contents of the selected message's <guilabel>Reply-To:</guilabel> and <guilabel>To:</guilabel> fields into the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field, and the <guilabel>CC:</guilabel> field into the <guilabel>CC:</guilabel> field of the composer window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>L</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Reply Mailing-List...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up the composer with the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field set to the mailing list address. Of course this will only work if you configured the current folder to be associated with a mailing list. Otherwise the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field will be empty.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Reply Without Quote...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up the composer to reply but does not quote the text of the original message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Forward...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Forwards the message to a new recipient. Using <guimenuitem>Inline</guimenuitem>, the message's text and some important header fields will be copied to the body of the new message with a text marking the forwarded part. Attachments will be forwarded as attachments of the new message. Using <guimenuitem>As Attachment</guimenuitem> the message and its attachments will become an attachment of the new message. The original message headers will be included in the forwarded message, too. <guimenuitem>Redirect</guimenuitem> works like forward, except that the message stays the same (even the <guilabel>From:</guilabel> field). The user who redirected the message is added in special header fields (<literal>Redirect-From</literal>, <literal>Redirect-Date</literal>, <literal>Redirect-To</literal>, &etc;).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Bounce...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Sends the message back to the sender with a notice that it cannot be delivered. This is nearly exactly the message you get from a mail relay if the user does not exist. Some people use this option to <quote>reply</quote> to spam.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Send Again...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens a composer window with this message so it can be sent again.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Copy To</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Copies all of the the selected messages to a certain folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Move To</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Moves all of the selected messages to a certain folder.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Mark Message</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Allows you to change the status of the selected message to one of the following states (more than one status per message is currently not supported):</para> <!-- TODO: more than one somewhen supported? --> <!-- TODO: I think it is worth adding inline images here, at some point. LW. --> <informaltable> <tgroup cols="2"> <thead> <row> <entry>Status</entry> <entry>Symbol</entry> <entry>Meaning</entry> </row> </thead> <tbody> <row> <entry><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></entry> <entry>Red dot</entry> <entry>The message has been received for the first time, and is unread.</entry> </row> <row> <entry><guimenuitem>Unread</guimenuitem></entry> <entry>Green dot</entry> <entry>The message has already been retrieved off the server at least once, but has not yet been read.</entry> </row> <row> <entry><guimenuitem>Read</guimenuitem></entry> <entry>Dash</entry> <entry>The message has been read.</entry> </row> <row> <entry><guimenuitem>Replied</guimenuitem></entry> <entry>Blue u-turn arrow</entry> <entry>A reply to this message has been sent.</entry> </row> <row> <entry><guimenuitem>Forwarded</guimenuitem></entry> <entry>Blue arrow</entry> <entry>The message has been forwarded to someone else.</entry> </row> <row> <entry><guimenuitem>Queued</guimenuitem></entry> <entry>Envelope</entry> <entry>The message has been queued in the outbox to be sent later.</entry> </row> <row> <entry><guimenuitem>Sent</guimenuitem></entry> <entry>Angled envelope</entry> <entry>The message has been sent.</entry> </row> <row> <entry><guimenuitem>Important</guimenuitem></entry> <entry>Flag</entry> <entry>This status will not automatically be set by &kmail;. You can use it freely to mark messages that are in some way important to you.</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Mark Thread</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Allows you to change the status of all messages in a thread. The possible states are the same as for <menuchoice><guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mark Message</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>J</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Apply Filters</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Applies your filters to the selected messages.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="reader-tools-menu"> <title><guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycap>S</keycap></shortcut> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Find Messages...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up a search window that lets you search for messages with certain characteristics, ⪚ a certain subject. Start the search by entering some values and press <guibutton>Search</guibutton>. Click on one of the resulting messages and it will appear in the <guilabel>Message pane</guilabel>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <!-- fixme in kmail: address book vs addressbook --> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Address Book</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Starts up <ulink url="/kaddressbook/">&kaddressbook;</ulink>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Import...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Starts up <application>kmailcvt</application> (which is part of kdenetwork). This application lets you import messages from several proprietary email clients to &kmail;.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Create Filter</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up the <link linkend="filter-dialog-id">Filter dialog</link> with a new filter added. This new filter is based on fields of the current mail, depending on which sub menu you select.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="reader-settings-menu"> <title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Toolbar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>If enabled, the Toolbar is visible (the Toolbar is the one with the icon to compose a new message &etc;).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Statusbar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>If enabled, the Statusbar is visible (the Statusbar is the small one on the bottom which shows useful short messages and link targets).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens a window that lets you configure the keyboard shortcuts for many menu commands.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens a window that lets you choose which icons are visible in the toolbar.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure Notifications...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens a window that lets you configure what happens when new mail arrives, like playing a sound.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure &kmail;...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens the <link linkend="configure">Configure</link> window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure Filters...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens the <link linkend="filters">Message Filters</link> window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure POP Filters...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens the <link linkend="popfilters">Configure Pop Filters</link> window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="reader-help-menu"> <title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> <para>These are the &kde; standard items for the <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu:</para> &help.menu.documentation; <para>Additionally &kmail; offers these items:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Help</guimenu> <guimenuitem>&kmail; Introduction</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>This displays the welcome screen, which lists the most important differences between your version of &kmail; and the previous one.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Help</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Tip of the Day</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>This displays a dialog with useful hints for using &kmail;.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="composer-window-menus"> <title>The Composer Window</title> <sect2 id="composer-file-menu"> <title><guimenu>Message</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Composer...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up a new composer window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Main Window...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Creates a new main window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Send</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Sends the message immediately. If you use SMTP to send your messages and the SMTP server is not reachable, the message will be put into the outbox and you will get an error message. You can then later send the messages in the outbox using <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Queued</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Queue</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Queues the message in the outbox for sending it later using <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send Queued</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save in Drafts Folder</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Save the message in the <guilabel>drafts</guilabel> folder so you can later edit and send it.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Messages</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Insert File...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Inserts a text file into the message text, starting at the cursor position.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Prints the current text.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Closes this composer window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="composer-edit-menu"> <title><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Undo your steps in editing the current message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Redo your steps in editing the current message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Cutting text works as with most editors: the selected text is removed and put into the clipboard. Note that you can also select text and drag it to a new position.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Copying text works as with most editors: the selected text is copied to the clipboard. Note that you can also select text while holding the &Ctrl; key, and drag it to a new position to copy it.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Pasting works the same as with most editors: the text from the clipboard is pasted at the current cursor position.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Selects all of the text in your message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens a dialog to search for strings in the current message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Replace...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens a dialog that lets you replace strings in your message with other strings.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Clean Spaces</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>This replaces multiple line breaks resp. spaces with single line breaks resp. spaces. It works on the current selection or on the complete message if there is no selection.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="composer-view-menu"> <title><guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title> <para>This menu lets you toggle the display of the header fields and other options in this composer window.</para> <para>Options available are:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>All Fields</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>Identity</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>Sent-Mail folder</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>Mail Transport</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>From</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>Reply To</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>To</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>CC</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>BCC</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>Subject</guimenuitem></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Currently visible items have a checkmark shown next to their name in the menu.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Use Fixed Font</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Uses a fixed width (monospaced) font to display the currently edited message. The font to be used can be configured in the <guilabel>Appearance</guilabel> section of &kmail;'s configuration dialog.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="composer-options-menu"> <title><guimenu>Options</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Options</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Urgent</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Sets the priority of the message to Urgent. The receiver's email client has to support this or it will have no effect. &kmail; itself does not support priorities for incoming messages.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Options</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Confirm Delivery</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>If you choose this option, you request a confirmation email once your message is successfully delivered to its destination mail server. This has to be also supported from the receiver's side in order to work.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Options</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Confirm Read</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>If you choose this option, you request a confirmation email once your message is downloaded and read by its recipient. This has to be supported and enabled by the receiver's email client in order to work. <!-- TODO: kmail... --></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Options</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Sign Message</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Digitally sign the message using <application>OpenPGP</application>. You can learn more about this in the <link linkend="pgp">chapter on OpenPGP</link>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Options</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Encrypt Message</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Encrypt the message using <application>OpenPGP</application>. You can learn more about this in the <link linkend="pgp">chapter on OpenPGP</link>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Options</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Select Crypto Module</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>This entry will only be visible if you have installed at least one <link linkend="configure-security-plugins">crypto plugin</link>. It allows you to choose which plugin you want to use for encryption/signing or if you want to use the built-in OpenPGP encryption/signing.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Options</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Set Encoding</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Set the charset encoding of this message. The chosen encoding will appear in the header of the outgoing mail. You can use <guilabel>Auto</guilabel> for almost all cases, &kmail; will tell you if you need to select a different encoding manually.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Options</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Wordwrap</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Toggle the automatic wordwrap. It may be useful to turn it off if you want to paste long lines that should not wrap.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="composer-attach-menu"> <title><guimenu>Attach</guimenu> Menu</title> <para>This menu lets you select attachment options.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Attach</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Append Signature</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Appends your signature (<quote>footer</quote>) to the end of the message. <!-- fixme: nothing to do with crypto stuff --></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Attach</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Attach Public Key...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Attaches the corresponding <application>PGP</application>/<application>GnuPG</application> key to your message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Attach</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Attach My Public Key</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Attaches your <application>PGP</application>/<application>GnuPG</application> public key to your message.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Attach</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Attach File...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Attaches one or more files to the current message.</para> <!-- fixme: not encrypted unless... --> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Attach</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Remove Attachment</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Removes the attachment that is selected in the attachment part of the composer.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Attach</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save Attachment As...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Saves the attachment that is selected in the attachment window to a file.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Attach</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Attachment Properties...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Displays the <link linkend="attachments">properties of the attachment</link> that is selected in the attachment window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="composer-tools-menu"> <title><guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Spelling...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Uses <ulink url="/kspell/">&kspell;</ulink> to check the spelling in the body of your message. Note that you have to configure &kspell; with <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Spellchecker...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> if you use it for the first time.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Addressbook...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens up <ulink url="/kaddressbook/">&kaddressbook;</ulink>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="composer-settings-menu"> <title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Toolbar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>If enabled, the Toolbar is visible (the Toolbar is the one with the icon to send the message &etc;).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Statusbar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>If enabled, the Statusbar is visible (the Statusbar is the small one at the bottom which shows useful short messages).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens a window that lets you configure the keyboard shortcuts for many menu command.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens a window that allows you to decide which icons appear in the toolbar.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure &kmail;...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Opens &kmail;'s <link linkend="configure">configuration dialog</link>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Spellchecker...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Allows you to configure <ulink url="/kspell/">&kspell;</ulink>, &kde;'s spellchecker.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="composer-help-menu"> <title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> <para>The entries in this menu have the same meaning as <link linkend="reader-help-menu">the entries in the Mailreader's help menu</link>.</para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="menus-authors"> <title>Section Authors</title> <para>This section written by: Daniel Naber <email>daniel.naber@t-online.de</email> and David Rugge <email>davidrugge@mediaone.net</email>.</para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> </sect1> </chapter>