Add mailbox: this option lets you add a new MH mail-directory.
+It will generate IN, OUT, QUEUE, DRAFT and TRASH mailfolders
+inside the new mailbox.
+
Check for new messages in all folders: rescans the entire tree
+of existing mailboxes to reflect the correct state (usually
+won't be necessary).
+
Folder: lets you add, rename or delete a mailfolder.
+
+
Create new folder: to create a new folder. You must select
+the top level node of the folder tree of a sub folder before
+using this menu entry, in order to define the location of the
+new folder to create.
+
Rename folder: change the name of the selected folder.
+
Delete folder: delete the selected folder (also delete the
+messages contained in the selected folder).
+
+
+
Import mbox file...: lets you import an mbox file
+(like created by Pine) into an MH mailbox.
+
Export to mbox file: lets you export an MH mailbox to an mbox file.
+
Empty trash: obviously, this will empty the trash folder.
+
Save as: lets you save the selected e-mail to a plain textfile
+on disk.
+
Print: lets you print the selected e-mail to a printer.
copy: lets you copy the selected text to a buffer,
+from where you can paste it into a different place.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-C
+
select all: selects all the text in the current window.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-A
+
select thread: selects all the messages of the current thread.
+
Find in current message: searches a string in the current message.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-F
+
search messages: searches a message based on its To, From, Subject
+header fields or body content. Start searching from the selected
+message, in the selected folder.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-F
The view menu allows you to change the way that Sylpheed appears.
+You can set different windows separately (folder view, messages etc.),
+enable or disable the statusbar and so on.
+It contains also the commands to toggle the display of some parts
+of the current message, or sort the messsages in the selected folder
+based on different attributes.
+
+
+
Show or hide: let you control the parts of the Sylpheed user interface
+you want to display.
+
+
Folder tree: not implemented yet
+
Message view: show or hide the message pane. When hidden, the
+messages are displayed in a separate window. To read a message
+double click in the summary pane. The message is then opened in
+a new window. You can close this new window by pressing the escape
+key.
+
Toolbar: sets how you want to see the toolbar. Icons and text,
+or one of these.
+
+
Icon and Text: show icons and text in the toolbar.
+
Icon: only display the icons, do not display the text
+below them.
+
Text: only the text, hide the icons.
+
None: hide the toolbar.
+
+
+
Status bar: show it or hide it.
+
+
+
Separate folder tree: selects between having the folder tree
+attached to the main window, or floating separately.
+
Separate message view: selects between having the selected
+message in the summary pane attached to the main window, or
+floating separately.
+
Sort: controls the way the messages are sorted in the selected
+folder. Each option sorts the messages in descending order (the
+bigger one being on the top of the summary pane), and can be
+reversed by selecting the same menu entry a second time (each
+time you select the same menu entry the order is reversed).
+
+
Sort by number: sort the message based on their MH number.
+
Sort by size: sort the message on their size.
+
Sort by date: sort the messages based on their date.
+
Sort by from: the messages are sorted by their sender address
+(From field, sorted alphabetically).
+
Sort by recipient: the messages are sorted by their recipient
+(sorted alphabetically).
+
Sort by subject: the messages are sorted by their subject
+(sorted alphabetically).
+
Sort by color label: sort the messages based on their color.
+Read the context menu description below to find how to assign
+colors to messages.
+
Sort by mark: separate marked and unmarked messages. Read the
+context menu description below to find how to mark messages.
+
Sort by unread: separate read and unread messages.
+
Sort by attachment: separate messages with and without attachment.
+
Don't sort: do not sort the messages.
+
Ascending: sort the messages in ascending order. If the field used
+to sort the messages is displayed in the summary view, a little
+arrow on the right side of the corresponding summay column header
+reflects the sort order you select from the menu.
+
Descending: sort the messages in descending order.
+
Attract by subject: move close to each other the messages
+having the same subject (or a close subject).
+
+
+
Thread view: turn the threaded view on or off. When turned on the
+messages of the same thread (the same discussion generated by replying
+to each other mail) are grouped as a tree representing the discussion
+flow. Each reply being linked to its orignal message. Each branch can
+be open or closed by using the small plus or minus sign next to it.
+The threads are based on the In-Reply-To and Reference fields of the
+mail header, so never start a new conversation by replying to an
+old message, this will add your new mail to the old unrelated thread.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-T
+
Expand all threads: if the threaded view is selected, expand all the
+threads in the opened folder.
+
Collapse all threads: if the threaded view is selected, collapse all the
+threads in the opened folder.
+
Set display item: use it to change the list of items to display
+in the summary view. This setting can also be changed through
+the common preferences.
+
Go to: use it to navigate from message to message based on the
+sub-menu criterias.
+
+
Prev. message: go to the previous message in the current
+folder.
+Shortcut: P
+
Next message: go to the next message in the current
+folder.
+Shortcut: N
+
Prev. unread: go to the previous unread message.
+Shortcut: Shift-P
+
Next unread: go to the next unread message.
+Shortcut: Shift-N
+
Prev. new: go to the previous new message.
+
Next new: go to the next new message.
+
Prev. marked: go to the previous marked message.
+
Next marked: go to the next marked message.
+
Prev. labeled: go to the previous labeled message.
+
Next labeled: go to the next labeled message.
+
Other folder: change the current folder. Opens a new window
+with the folder tree, and open the selected folder.
+
+
+
Code set: allows you to select what codeset you want to use
+for your e-mails. This codeset will be used when sending
+mails. Note Sylpheed will always try to use the more compatible
+codeset based on the characters used in your message, so unless
+you use special latin-1 characters in your mail, the encoding
+will be defined as 7bits ASCII even if you have selected the
+ISO-8859-1 character set.
+The auto-detect option let Sylpheed automatically detect the
+character set based on the content of the messages.
+
Open in new window: open the selected message in a new window.
+This new window can be closed by pressing the escape key.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-N
+
Message source: opens a new window and display the complete
+source of the message in it (without any formatting and with
+all the header fields).
+Shortcut: Ctrl-U
+
Show all header: toggles on and off the display of the complete
+message header.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-H
+
Update summary: update the Sylpheed window.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-U
Get new mail: this will collect all new mail for your
+default mail-identity.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-I
+
Get from all accounts: Sylpheed will poll all defined
+mail-identities for new mail.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-I
+
Cancel receiving: stop the new mails reception.
+
Send queued messages: all the messages that you put into
+the "Queue" folder will now be sent off.
+
Compose new message: allows you to write a new e-mail
+message.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-M
+
Reply: an e-mail message will be created with the sender
+of the selected message in the summary pane as recipient.
+Depending on the settings, your signature will be added
+to the mail, and the original mail text will be quoted.
+If a part of the original mail is selected, only this
+part will be quoted in the reply.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-R
+
Reply to
+
+
all: as Reply, but the recipients will be all
+e-mail addresses in the original messages (including
+the ones in the cc: part).
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-R
+
sender: as Reply.
+
Mailing list: reply to the mailing list. To use
+when replying to a mailing list (unless you want to reply
+only to the poster of the message).
+Shortcut: Ctrl-L
+
+
+
Reply to sender: as Reply, but the recipient is the address
+defined in the Sender header field (not the Reply-To address).
+
Forward: a message will be created with the original
+message in the summary pane as text. You can then
+enter a recipient e-mail address, edit the text if
+you want, and send it.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-F
+
Forward as attachment: as Forward, but the message
+text will sent along as a separate textfile.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-F
+
Redirect: re-send the selected message to someone else. Compared
+to a forward, the message is not marked as forwarded, and the sender
+is the original mail sender.
+
Re-edit: lets you open all already sent message in
+edition mode to re-send it.
+
Move: lets you move the message to a different folder.
+You can select the destination folder from a browse-window.
+
Copy: as Move, only that the message is copied to the
+new folder, instead of moved.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-O
+
Delete: lets you delete the message that is selected
+in the summary pane.
+Shortcut: Ctrl-D
+
Mark: Gives a submenu: Mark/Unmark/Mark as read/Unmark
+as read. When you mark messages, you can do a specific
+action (e.g. move, delete) on all of the marked messages.
+You can unmark messages that you mistakenly marked.
+The other options do as they say, they mark or unmark
+a message as read, and mark all read, marks all the messages
+of the current folder as read.
+
+
A note on functions like Move, Copy and Delete: if you did not
+specify to execute the commands immediately (in the configuration),
+you will have to select the Execute command. This is a button
+in the toolbar, and can also be found in the Summary menu.
+
In the Tool menu are grouped the filters control, address book
+access and log window control.
+
+
+
Address book: opens the address book window.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-A
+
Add sender to address book: adds the sender of the selected
+message to one of your address books. When selected a window
+opens to let you select the target address book.
+
Filter messages: apply the filter rules to the messages
+of the inbox.
+
Create filter rule: create a new filter rule based on the
+selected message.
+
+
Automatically: open the filter rules creation window
+to define a new rule.
+
By From: opens the filter rules creation window and
+fills the filter settings fields to build a filter based
+on the sender of the selected message.
+
By To: opens the filter rules creation window and
+fills the filter settings fields to build a filter based
+on the receiver of the selected message.
+
By Subject: opens the filter rules creation window and
+fills the filter settings fields to build a filter based
+on the subject of the selected message.
+
+
+
Actions: this menu is empty until you define some actions (see the
+configuration menu description).
+
Delete duplicated messages: This will remove messages from the
+active folder that were sent twice to you. For example you
+received a message directly and through a mailing list at
+the same time.
+
Execute: execute all the pending move, delete, and copy commands.
+Only if execute immediately is off in the common preferences.
+Shortcut: X
+
Log window: opens the log window. In the log window, you
+can see what Sylpheed is doing. Keeping track of things
+in that way is very good when you suspect there is something
+wrong. You can paste the info of the log window into an
+e-mail and send it to the developer or the mailing list.
+Shortcut: Shift-Ctrl-L
+
+
+
In the log window, you can see what Sylpheed is doing. Keeping
+track of things in that way is very good when you suspect there
+is something wrong. You can paste the info of the log window
+into an e-mail and send it to the developer or the mailing list.
+
In the Configuration menu, clearly, you can set up Sylpheed
+the way you want it to work and react.
+
+
+
Common preferences: in this option you will be
+presented a dialog in which you can select a number
+of tabs. Each tab represents a specific set of settings
+in Sylpheed. In the next chapter, these dialog options
+are explained in more detail.
+
Filter setting: this option shows you a dialog in which you
+can set up the filtering rules that you want Sylpheed
+to process on receiving new e-mails. You first specify
+on which part(s) of the e-mail Sylpheed has to check,
+and then you tell Sylpheed what to do. You can move the
+message to a different directory (including trash to get
+rid of spam mail). Selecting the destination folder is
+possible through a browser window that comes up when you
+press "Select..."
+
You can choose not to receive the e-mail. Note that
+this will leave the message on the mailserver of your
+provider, the message will not be removed!
+
When you press the "Register" button, the filter
+rule is added to the list of rules. Do you select
+"Substitute", then the selected rule is replaced by the
+information of the setting entered. "Delete" in the end
+will delete the selected filtering rule.
+
Please note that you can set up two selections for a rule,
+which can be "OR'd" or "AND'd". OR means that one of the
+two selections will have to match for the rule to be
+executed. AND means that both selections have to match
+before an action is performed.
+
To the right of the selection rules you see buttons
+called UP and DOWN. You can move rules up and down in
+the list. This will often trigger different behaviour
+in the selections, so consider the order in which
+you set the rules.
+
+
Template: let your create a new message template.
+When composing a new message you can then used one
+of the defined templates and insert it (or use it to
+completely replace the content of your mail).
+The templates can contain some special characters
+that are replaced when the template is used in order
+to create a dynamic text. Use the symbols button on
+the templates definition window to see the list of
+the available symbols.
+
Actions: let your create new commands to be added to the
+'Tools/Actions' menu. An action is a command that processes
+the select part of a message, the message body or the complete
+message file. It can be a background process, used as a filter
+(reads, modifies and replaces a message),...
+
Preferences for current account: here you can set the
+specifics for the account you are currently using.
+Should mail be deleted after fetching, what is the
+server it comes from, etc. Basically it is the same
+dialog form as shown in setting up a new account.
+
Create new account: here you name the account (each
+account has a recognizable name), you set up your name
+and e-mail address etc. You set up the type of server
+you access (POP4, IMAP4, local mailbox, newsserver)
+and where the downloaded messages have to go (default
+folder is the inbox). In the RECEIVE tab you select or
+unselect options, in SEND you can set up how to send
+your messages. In COMPOSE you can point to a specific
+signature file, and in ADVANCED you can set up alternate
+ports for the server, if these exist. (Do not mess
+with these unless you are sure you have to!!)
+
Edit accounts: here you can select one of the accounts
+you created, from a list, and edit the information about
+them. Note that you cannot edit an account for which
+you are writing a message at the same time. This to
+ensure data integrity.
+
Change current account: here you can select what
+account you want to use, to write a message.
+If you have enabled the status bar (in the view menu),
+the name of the current account is shown in the bottom
+right corner of the Sylpheed window (in the status bar)
+and can be changed by a click on it (then a menu appears
+and lists all your accounts).
You can pull up context menus (through clicking button2) for
+the folder tree and the summary pane. (windows users: button2
+is the right mouse button.)
+
In the folder view you can add, rename and remove folders
+through the context menu. You can also set the folder
+properties (define the selected folder as an inbox, outbox,
+trash, ...).
+
In the message summary you can do a host of things from the
+context menu, like viewing message headers, opening a message
+in a separate window (also possible by double clicking on a
+message) etc...
+