Sidux/Useable applications/E-mail clients

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 * Using an e-mail client you may send out and receive messages from all your e-mail accounts.
 * Most e-mail applications have a lot of useful additional functions such as: message management,
 * junk filtering, spell checking, more skins, security, and add-ons.

Thunderbird

 * One of e-mail clients is Mozilla Thunderbird, for Debian known as Icedove.
 * Installation:

apt-get install icedove
 * Run it from: Menu-> Network-> Icedove Mail/News.
 * Now configure first e-mail account:
 * 1. Type your name, e-mail address and password, then press "Continue".


 * a. Account creator will find your e-mail server details itself.


 * b. If not enter to Manual configuration and type your server details manually.


 * If you don't know that, check it on your e-mail account help web side.
 * 2. Click on "Get Mail" to receive your messages.
 * 3. You may change all setting entering: Local Folders-> View settings for this account:
 * a. Server settings: change Connection security for SSL/TLS or STARTTLS.
 * b. You may leave copy of your messages on server.
 * c. Or check for new messages every (your choice) minutes.
 * d. And empty trash on Exit.
 * 4. Adding another account: Local Folders-> Create a new account.
 * 5. You can store your passwords during getting mails and create main password:
 * Edit tab-> Preferences-> Security-> Passwords-> Use a master password.




 * Thunderbird official page: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/
 * Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird

E-mail panel applet

 * If you want to be up to date with your e-mails all the time I suggest to use Mail Watcher applet.


 * 1. Mailboxes-> Add-> Select Mailbox Type: choose your e-mail box type ; POP3, IMAP or GMail-> and OK.


 * 2. Add New Mailbox: type your name, e-mail server address, user name and password, then OK.


 * 3. Check for new messages every - your choice.
 * 4. Advanced option: SSL/TLS, STLS or unsecured connection.
 * 5. External Programs-> Run on click: choose an e-mail application to run: icedove (or any).


 * In a case the applet is not installed do it yourself:

apt-get install xfce4-mailwatch-plugin

Others

 * You can choose different application of course such as:


 * 1) For GNOME environment - Evolution: http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/,on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_%28software%29
 * 2) For KDE environment -  KMail: http://userbase.kde.org/Kmail, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontact#E-Mail
 * 3) Claws Mail: http://www.claws-mail.org/, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claws_Mail