Attachment Any file sent along with an email. Attachments may be embedded in a message or appended to it. Automatic Indexing Pre-sorting procedure that allows Evolution to refer to data quickly. It enables faster searches and decreases memory usage for data displays. Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy) 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. Cc (Carbon Copy) 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. Emoticon Also called smileys, emoticons are the little sideways faces made of colons and parentheses which people use to convey emotion in email. Examples: :-) or ;( . Evolution Evolution is the GNOME groupware application. Execute To run a program. Any file that can be run is called an executable. Evolution 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. Filter Within Evolution, 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. Forward the user can send a third party a message which was sent to the user originally. Groupware 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. Haiku 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. HTML Hyper-text Markup Language(HTML) 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. Hot Key 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. iCal iCal is the program which Evolution uses to manage the calendar section. IMAP 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 POP. This will not be on the test. LDAP 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. Mail Client 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. Minicard A format for the display of contact data. Similar in appearance to a small business card. Nautilus Nautilus is the next generation file manager for GNOME being written by Eazel. Nickname An alias for an e-mail address. POP 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. Regular Expression A regular expression, or "regex", is a way of describing a string of text using metacharacters or wildcard symbols. For example, the statement fly*so[a|u]p 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 grep command. Script A program which is written in an interpreted language, which can be executed. Shortcut Bar The Shortcut Bar is where the user accesses all the components of Evolution from. Signature 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. Spam 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." vFolder 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.