Glossary
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.
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.
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.