PocoMail 4 Manual © 2005 Poco Systems Inc PocoMail 4 Manual © 2005 Poco Systems Inc All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without the written permission of the publisher. Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners. The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it. In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document. Contents I Table of Contents Foreword 0 Part I Welcome to PocoMail 4! 1 Part II What's New in This Version 1 Part III Getting Started 3 1 User Interface................................................................................................................................... Overview 3 2 Customizing Workspace................................................................................................................................... 4 3 Importing Your................................................................................................................................... Data 5 4 Upgrading From................................................................................................................................... Earlier Version 5 5 Using Sidebars................................................................................................................................... 5 6 Configuring Email................................................................................................................................... Accounts 6 7 Configuring RSS................................................................................................................................... and Newsgroups 8 8 How to Buy ................................................................................................................................... 8 Part IV Basic Use 8 1 Working with ...................................................................................................................................Folders 9 About Folders .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Using Focus Box.......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Reading Messages.......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Filing and Storing.......................................................................................................................................................... Messages 13 Filtering and Processing.......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Searching Information.......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Customizing Folders.......................................................................................................................................................... 16 2 Composing Messages................................................................................................................................... 17 Writing a Message.......................................................................................................................................................... 17 Sending a Message.......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Using Signatures.......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Using Templates.......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Using AutoText.......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Responding and.......................................................................................................................................................... Forwarding 21 Instant Reply .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 3 Using Online................................................................................................................................... Folders 22 IMAP Folders.......................................................................................................................................................... 22 POP Folders .......................................................................................................................................................... 23 4 Managing Contacts................................................................................................................................... 24 Contacts Sidebar.......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Contacts Folder.......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Searching Contacts.......................................................................................................................................................... 27 5 Feeds and RSS................................................................................................................................... 27 Setting Up Feeds.......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Using Feeds .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 © 2005 Poco Systems Inc I II Poco Systems Help 6 Reading Newsgroups................................................................................................................................... 28 Setting Up Newsgroups.......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Using Newsgroups.......................................................................................................................................................... 28 7 Configuring Options................................................................................................................................... 28 General Options.......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Sending Mail .......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Reading Mail .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Contacts .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Privacy and Security.......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Advanced .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Part V Advanced Use 30 1 Advanced Focus................................................................................................................................... Box Use 30 2 Multi-user Setup................................................................................................................................... 32 3 Using Variables................................................................................................................................... 32 4 Using PocoScript................................................................................................................................... 35 5 Command Line................................................................................................................................... Parameters 36 Part VI Importing Information 37 1 Importing From..................................................................................................................................