diff --git a/docs/userguide/en/applications/mail.html b/docs/userguide/en/applications/mail.html index 836f9b58b2..b5983b1120 100644 --- a/docs/userguide/en/applications/mail.html +++ b/docs/userguide/en/applications/mail.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
+ + +| Deskbar: | ||
| Location: | /boot/system/apps/Mail | |
| Settings: | ~/config/settings/Mail/BeMail Settings | |
| Settings: | ~/config/settings/Mail/chains - Contains the settings of your email accounts +~/config/settings/Mail/Menu Links/ - Entries in the Deskbar mail symbol menu +~/config/settings/Mail/Providerinfo/ - A database of common email providers +~/config/settings/Mail/queries/ - Custom queries available from the Mail app +~/config/settings/Mail/signatures/ - Signatures that can be appended to mails +~/config/settings/Mail/BeMail Settings - Setting file of the Mail app +~/config/settings/Mail/mailbox - Link to what's launched when clicking the Deskbar mail symbol +~/config/settings/Mail/New E-mail - Query for "new messages" entry in the Deskbar mail symbol menu +~/config/settings/Mail/new_mail_daemon - Setting file of the mail_daemon |
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+In Haiku, a mail_daemon running in the background is responsible for retrieving and sending emails from/to your email accounts. Emails are kept as separate files with a number of attributes, e.g. To, From, Subject, Thread etc., that are automatically filled from the email headers. Accounts, email file locations and other settings for receiving/sending are configured in the E-mail preferences.
+Once your mails are downloaded from your provider's server, you can create custom queries to quickly find specific mails. Double-clicking a mail launches the preferred mail application, by default Mail.
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+When opening an email or creating a new one, Mail's window shows above the body of the mail the usual email header fields: recepient (), sender account (), encoding setting (), subject line (), carbon copy () and blind carbon copy ().
+When creating a new mail, , and are drop-down menus that hold the entries of your person files, see topic People.
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