Tutorial: Email Client for the Linux Desktop

Deleting Mail

To delete mail messages, select the folder in which the messages are stored in, and in the top right display panel where the list of messages are displayed, select one or more messages by clicking on them and then click on the Delete button at the top.

The deleted mail is moved to the Trash folder in the account currently being used. To permanently delete them you can either delete them from the Trash folder or click on the Trash folder and from the main menu at the top, select,

File --> Empty Trash

Folders

File --> New --> Folder

You can file or move your messages from one folder to another by clicking on the list of messages displayed in the top right panel when the source folder is selected and dragging and dropping them into the destination folder in the usual manner.

Account Configuration

You can customize your account email settings by selecting,

Edit --> Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings

There are several important settings which you should be aware of.

Account Settings

In this main configuration screen, you can configure your name, Internet email address and organization name to use as well as the account name which refer to these settings under Mozilla Mail.

In particular, the "Compose messages in HTML format" box should not be checked if you want to compose and send your email messages using just plain text.

Server Settings

Here you can configure the name of your POP3 mail server. You can also configure whether you want the mail to be deleted from the POP3 server after downloading them into your computer. Usually you will want them to be deleted and so you should ensure that the "Leave messages on server" box is not checked.

Outgoing Server (SMTP)

This is where you can configure the outgoing mail server which will process your outgoing mail.

Global Configuration

The account configuration affects only the account in question to enable you to configure multiple email accounts each with possibly its own servers.. The global configuration affects the entire mail subsystem. To access the global configuration, select,

Edit --> Preferences --> Mail & Newsgroups

Under this configuration, you can set global preferences which will affect all the accounts configured by you in Mozilla Mail. These will include the look and feel of Mail itself, the way messages are displayed, format for sending etc.

Exercises

• download your email
• read them
• reply to two of them and BCC yourself in the reply
• compose a new email
• delete spam email
• empty your trash mailbox

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Tutorial: Email With the Linux Desktop
1. Email Requirements
2. Evolution Mail
3. Mozilla Mail Configuration
4. Using Mozilla Mail

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