<glossary id="apx-gloss">
<title>Glossary</title>
<glossentry id="attachment">
<glossterm>Attachment</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Any file sent along with an email. Attachments may be embedded in
a message or appended to it.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="automatic-indexing">
<glossterm>Automatic Indexing</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Pre-sorting procedure that allows
<application>Evolution</application> to refer to data quickly.
It enables faster searches and decreases memory usage for
data displays.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="bcc">
<glossterm>Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy)</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A way of addressing a message. Bcc is used to send a group of
people an e-mail, while hiding their names and addresses from each
other.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="cc">
<glossterm>Cc (Carbon Copy)</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Carbon-copies are used to send a 3rd party a copy of the e-mail,
so they an keep up to date on a conversation, without being in the
To: list.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossentry id="druid">
<glossterm>Druid</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A small program or script used to help configure or set up some
larger program. The <application>mail setup druid</application>
helps you ready your email system for use. Druids are the Linux
equivalent of "Assistants" and "Wizards."
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
-->
<glossentry id="emoticon">
<glossterm>Emoticon</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Also called smileys, emoticons are the little sideways faces made
of colons and parentheses which people use to convey emotion in email.
Examples: :-) or ;( .
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="evolution">
<glossterm>Evolution</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> is the <acronym> GNOME
</acronym> groupware application.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="execute">
<glossterm>Execute</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
To run a program. Any file that can be run is called an
executable. <application>Evolution</application> can download
executable attachments, but before they can be run, the files must
be marked as executable with a shell or file manager. This
security precaution prevents the automatic or accidental execution
of malicious programs.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="filter">
<glossterm>Filter</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Within <application>Evolution</application>, a filter is a method
of sorting mail automatically. You can create filters to perform
one or more actions on a message that meets any (or all) of a wide
range of criteria.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="forward">
<glossterm>Forward</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
the user can send a third party a message
which was sent to the user originally.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="groupware">
<glossterm>Groupware</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Groupware is a term describing an application which helps groups
of people work together. Typically, a groupware application will
have several productivity features built into one program.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="haiku">
<glossterm>Haiku</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A Japanese form of poetry. Haiku are unrhymed, and
three lines long. The first and last lines should have five
syllables, and the second line seven syllables. The subject
matter is traditionally related to the seasons.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="html">
<glossterm>HTML</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Hyper-text Markup Language(<acronym>HTML</acronym>) is the layout
language which all webpages are written in. HTML can be used
inside of e-mails to insert images, justfiy text different ways,
and even include webpages inside the e-mail itself.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="hot-key">
<glossterm>Hot Key</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Hot-keys are keyboard combinations used to do actions on a
computer instead of using the mouse to do the same action.
Hot-keys can speed up computer usage.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="ical">
<glossterm>iCal</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
<application>iCal</application> is the program which
<application>Evolution</application> uses to manage the calendar
section.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="imap">
<glossterm>IMAP</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Depending upon whom you ask, IMAP stands for the Internet Mail
Access Protocol, or the Interim Mail Access Protocol. Whatever it
stands for, it allows access to email which is typically (although
not always) stored remotely on a server rather than on a local
hard disk. Often contrasted with <glossterm>POP</glossterm>.
This will not be on the test.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="ldap">
<glossterm>LDAP</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
LDAP is a protocol which allows a client to search through a
large database of addresses, phone numbers, and people, as an
alternative to a physical phone book.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="mail-client">
<glossterm>Mail Client</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A mail client is the application with which a person reads and
sends e-mail. Its counterparts are the various types of mail
servers, which handle user authentication and direct messages from
sender to recipient.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="minicard">
<glossterm>Minicard</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A format for the display of contact data. Similar in appearance
to a small business card.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="nautilus">
<glossterm>Nautilus</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
<application>Nautilus</application> is the next generation file
manager for <acronym>GNOME</acronym> being written by Eazel.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="nickname">
<glossterm>Nickname</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
An alias for an e-mail address.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="pop">
<glossterm>POP</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
POP, the Post Office Protocol, is a mechanism for email
transport. In contrast to IMAP, it is used only to get mail from
a server and store it locally on your hard disk.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="regular-expression">
<glossterm>Regular Expression</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A regular expression, or "regex", is a way of describing a
string of text using metacharacters or wildcard symbols. For
example, the statement <userinput>fly*so[a|u]p</userinput> means
"any phrase beginning with 'fly' and ending in 'soup' or
'soap'". If you searched for that expression, you'd find both
"fly in my soup" and "fly in my soap." There's not room here to
go into depth, but if you want, have a look at the documentation
for the <command>grep</command> command.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="script">
<glossterm>Script</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A program which is written in an interpreted language, which can
be executed.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="shortcut-bar">
<glossterm>Shortcut Bar</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
The <interface>Shortcut Bar</interface> is where the user accesses
all the components of <application>Evolution</application> from.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="signature">
<glossterm>Signature</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Signatures allow a user to specify a message to place at the bottom of
every email sent. A signature can be anything from a favorite quote to
a link to a webpage.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="spam">
<glossterm>Spam</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Spam: useless, unwanted e-mail. Spam normally comes in forms of
chain-letters and advertisements for unscrupulous websites or
services. Messages that are merely useless are called
"opt-in newsletters."
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="vfolder">
<glossterm>vFolder</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
vFolders allow an e-mail to be shared among multiple folders, so
it appears that theres a copy of the e-mail in each folder.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossary>
