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Remember that hermes is not a finished program !
Writing mailTo begin writing a mail double-click on the hermes icon and wait for the Create message window to come upThe interfaceThe menu barCurrently only the File menu has functionality. You can only get some information about hermes and quit the program.The top-buttons
The tab viewThe tab view consists of two tabs, Recipients and Attachments. Is is currently not possible to add attachments to the message so the tab has no functionality.The Recipients tab allows you add or change the recipients of the message. Click on Add... to bring up the Add recipient window. Here you can enter the e-mail address of the recipient. On the left you can select the type of recipient:
The subject fieldClick here to enter a subject for the current message.The text input fieldHere you can type to enter the text of the message.Reading mailTo read a message double-click on the message and hermes will be launched and automatically display the message. Here you can check the recipients of the message (attachments are not implemented yet) and reply to the message or forward it.If you close the window the message will be marked as "Old". If you want to retain the "New" state of the message select Close (Unchanged) from the File menu. Replying/forwarding/followuping mailTo reply to a message click on the Reply... button in the read message window. When replying to a message hermes uses the same window as to write a new message, but, depending on the configuration, some fields in the window will be filled.When replying the Quote... button will quote the old message into the current message at the current cursor position.
If you reply to a message the old From address will normally be
used as the To address of the new message and the subject is changed
according to the configuration. If a Reply-To is set in the original
message it will be used instaed of the From address.
A follow up is similar to a reply, but it goes to the given newsgroups
instead of to the sender of the article. ConfigurationThe configuration is done using the configuration file hermes_settings located on the /boot/home/config/settings/ directory. Options are all one line with a keyword followed by a value.Options
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