<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> <!-- Removed pending decision on names <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="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="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>