<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" id="mail-receiving-options-unix-mbox-spool-file"> <info> <desc>Receiving options for standard Unix mbox spool file accounts.</desc> <link type="guide" xref="mail-receiving-options#local-account-server-types"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-unix-mbox-spool-file#receiving-email"/> <revision pkgversion="3.1.90" version="0.3" date="2011-08-25" status="final"/> <credit type="author"> <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name> <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email> </credit> <license> <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> </license> </info> <title>Standard Unix mbox spool file receiving options</title> <section id="receiving-email"> <title>Receiving Email</title> <p>On the <gui>Receiving Email</gui> page (accessible via <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui><gui style="button">Edit</gui><gui>Receiving Email</gui></guiseq>):</p> <list> <item><p>Choose the file by clicking on the button next to <gui>File</gui> in the <gui>Configuration</gui> section. This will open a file chooser window.</p></item> </list> </section> <section id="receiving-options"> <title>Receiving Options</title> <p>On the <gui>Receiving Options</gui> page (accessible via <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui><gui style="button">Edit</gui><gui>Receiving Options</gui></guiseq>):</p> <list> <item><p>If you want Evolution to check automatically for new messages, click the <gui>Check for new messages every ... minutes</gui> option and select the frequency in minutes.</p></item> <item><p>If you want <link xref="mail-filters">Filters</link> to be automatically used for new messages in your inbox, enable <gui>Apply filters to new messages in INBOX</gui>.</p></item> </list> </section> <section id="return-to-assistant-bottom-link"> <!-- TODO:XINCLUDE: Replace this "go back" workaround by using xinclude and ui:expanded in intro-first-run.page itself, so content is embedded there and expandable. See http://projectmallard.org/ui/1.0/ui_expanded.html and https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/3.6/keyboard-shortcuts-set.html --> <p>If you came to this page from the first-run wizard help page, click <link xref="intro-first-run#sending">here</link> to continue with the next step.</p> </section> </page>