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In the address book, accessible through Shift-Ctrl-A, +the Addressbook button, or through the "Tools" menu, you +store e-mail addresses of the people and places you want +to write more often. +
If the options have been compiled into Sylpheed, the +address book can connect to a LDAP server for address +lookup, and you can use the address book stored on your +Palm PDA. +
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Adding an address to the address book is quite easy too. +Rightclick the folder or group you want to add the address +to, select "new address" and fill in the dialog that comes +up. You can also directly click the Add button in the +address book window, and the dialog comes up. In this +case the address is moved into the folder/group that is +selected at the moment of adding. +
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In the "Basic data" tab, you can fill the first +and last name and provide a nickname. The "Display name" +will be used by the "Name" column of the address book +window. +
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In the "E-Mail address" tab, fill the address field +and use the "Add" button to add the address to the list. +An alias can also be assigned to this address and used +when searching for an address. +Several addresses can be assigned to the same person +in your address book by repeating the sequence described +above. The addresses can then be sorted by using the +"Move up" and "Move down" buttons. The address on the top +will be the first one listed in the address book main window. +
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Deleting an address is equally simple. Find the address, +click it once, and press the Delete button. +
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You can use groups and folders to organize your address +book into categories, hierarchies and aliases. +The folders are used to generate a hierarchical organization +and contain the actual addresses, while the groups are +used to group together addresses that lives in separate +folders. +
Sounds complicated, so let's see an example: consider
+your workmates, they are arnaud (arnaud@company.com),
+sandra (sandra@company.com), xavier (xavier@company.com)
+and the chief, helene (helene@company.com). You can
+create a folder named myGroup, create the entries
+for all your workmates in this folder. Now you can create one
+groupe named jokes that includes all but the boss
+to use when sending your daily jokes, another one named
+team that includes everybody for the usual group
+(serious) communication, and a third group named
+reports that includes the boss, and the one working
+with you on some projects for the weekly reports.
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To generate this kind of addresses organization +you only need to create the entries once, then when +creating groups you can select among the existing entries +to fill the groups. +
The address book, like the mail folders, can be expanded +into an entire tree of sections. For this you right-click +on the folder where you want to add a new folder, and +select "new folder". Then you can enter a descriptive +name for the folder, click Ok, and your folder is created. +
In this same way you can create a new group in a folder. +Right-click on the folder, select "new group", enter a name +for it, and that's it. +
The group settings window pops up in order to fill the group +with addresses. Use the two arrows to add to or remove from +the group the selected address. +Once the group contains the list of addresses you want it to +contain, click the "OK" button to close the window. +
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You can either enter the first letters of an address
+(or alias) in the To: or Cc: field
+of the composition window and press the TAB key to
+let Sylpheed do the completion or open the address book,
+select addresses from there and use the To:
+and Cc: buttons to copy the selected addresses
+into the corresponding fields of the composition window.
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When using the completion mode, when one or more address +matches the start you have entered, a dropdown list appears. +Select the correct address from this list and press enter +to complete the composition window's field. +
In completion mode, the search is made on the E-mail +address and on the alias. The other fields of the +address book entry are not used (name, nickname,...). +
When the address book is opened, if you select a group,
+using the To: or Cc: buttons will
+copy all the addresses of the selected group into the
+corresponding field of the composition window.
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Using our previous example, you can select the jokes
+group when sending you morning jokes, and the reports
+one when sending your weekly reports...
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Sylpheed can optionally use your PDA addressbook. This option is +available if you have compiled Sylpheed with the support of Jpilot. +For more details regarding the compilation of Sylpheed with (or without) +optional features, see the +compilation section. +
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Sylpheed uses the Jpilot side copy of your address book, so you do +not need to put your PDA on the craddle to find an address (but do +not forget to synchronize). +
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In order to use your PDA's addressbook in Sylpheed, open the addressbook
+window, select the JPilot icon in the left tree view,
+use the File -> New Jpilot menu entry and choose a name for
+this addressbook.
+Define the name of the Jpilot addressbook file (usually in:
+~/.jpilot/AddressDB.pdb) and press OK.
+You can use one (or more) of the custom fields to store alternate
+Email addresses for the same person.
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Now you can browse your PDA addressbook. Sylpheed only has read +access to this addressbook, so you can't modify your PDA addressbook +from Sylpheed. +
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