Defining Your Identity; Receiving Mail - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

Defining Your Identity

The Identity window is the first step in the assistant.
Here, you enter some basic personal information. You can define multiple identities later by clicking
Edit > Preferences, then clicking Mail Accounts.
When the First-Run Assistant starts, the Welcome page is displayed. Click Forward to proceed to
the Identity window.
1 Type your full name in the Full Name field.
2 Type your e-mail address in the E-Mail Address field.
3 (Optional) Select if this account is your default account.
4 (Optional) Type a reply to address in the Reply-To field.
5 (Optional) Type your organization name in the Organization field.
6 Click Forward.

Receiving Mail

The Receiving E-mail option lets you determine where you get your e-mail.
You need to specify the type of server you want to receive mail with. If you are unsure about the
type of server to choose, ask your system administrator or ISP.
1 Select a server type in the Server Type list.
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Use this field if you want replies to e-mails sent to a different address.
This is the company where you work, or the organization you represent when you send e-mail.
The following a list of server types that are available:
Novell GroupWise: Select this option if you connect to Novell GroupWise
GroupWise keeps e-mail, calendar, and contact information on the server.
Microsoft Exchange: Available only if you have installed the Connector for Microsoft*
Exchange. It allows you to connect to a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or 2003 server, which stores
e-mail, calendar, and contact information on the server.
IMAP: Keeps the e-mail on your server so you can access your e-mail from multiple systems.
IMAP4rev1: Keeps the e-mail on your server so you can access your e-mail from multiple
systems.
POP: Downloads your e-mail to your hard disk for permanent storage, freeing up space on the
e-mail server.
USENET News: Connects to the news server and downloads a list of available news digests.
Local Delivery: Choose this option if you want to move e-mail from the spool (the location
where mail waits for delivery) and store it in your home directory. You need to provide the path
to the mail spool you want to use. If you want to leave e-mail in your system's spool files,
choose the Standard Unix Mbox Spool option instead.
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