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. In order to be execute program, a user must have the proper permissions. Filter Within Evolution, a filter is a method of sorting mail automatically. Forward By forwarding an e-mail, the user can send a third party a message which was sent to the user originally. Groupware Groupware is a term describing an application who has many 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 which a user reads and sends their e-mail with. 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 e-mail. Spam normally comes in forms of chain-letters and advertisements for websites or services. 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.