Main Window
Becky!'s Main Window

Becky!'s main window is consist of three panes.

At the left, there is a pane that contains mailboxes and folders. This is called Tree View.

At the upper right, there is a pane that lists all e-mail messages in the selected folder. This is called List View.

At the lower right, there is a pane that shows the content of currently selected e-mail message. This is called Message View.

If you choose the root mailbox icon [image] in the tree view, you will see the list of profiles for the current mailbox instead of message list of the folder.


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COPYRIGHT

Becky! Internet Mail is owned and licensed exclusively by RimArts, Inc.

Copyright (C) 1996-2006 RimArts, Inc. All rights reserved.

Reverse-engineering or modifying this software is strictly prohibited.

The Sentry Spelling-Checker Engine

Copyright (C) 1996-2006 Wintertree Software Inc.

RSA Data Security, Inc., MD5 message-digest algorithm

Copyright (C) 1991-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. Created 1991. All rights reserved.


User Registration

Becky! is a shareware: distribution and trial are free of charge.

If you want to continue to use this software, you must purchase a license.

Trial period is up to 30 days.

If you register ...

- You will not see the shareware notification dialog on startup.

- You will be qualified to upgrade Becky! without any additional fee when new version is released.

Please check before the registration

- You MUST have an E-mail address.

Without an E-mail address, you will not receive a registration pass code.

"E-mail address" here means one, which can receive Internet mail.

If you are a member of a network service which provides Internet mail address, your E-mail address would be

     YOURID@blahblah.net

     YOURID@blahblah.com

     ...

- You MUST have one of the payment methods, which are supported by Kagi.

Credit Card: Visa, Mastercard, American Express.

Check or Money Order

Cash (It, however, is not a good idea because of the security reason and sending cash is prohibited in some country's law.)

Invoice

- Please make sure Becky! works fine on your machine.

  Becky! is programmed to work with most of machines. However, sometimes it might not work well for some reasons; the problem of your modem driver, mail server's implementation of your Internet provider, some conflict with your system environment, etc.

  Please make sure Becky! works fine on your machine and with your internet provider before you send money.

  Of course, we will do the best to fix the problem if you report to us. However, your registration is not refundable in any case.

Price

40 US$ for one license.

Volume discount

Volume discount will be applied according to the number of licenses.

Please read below carefully if you want to purchase multiple licenses. Once your payment is processed, it is not refundable even if you specified inappropriate number of licenses.

minimum number	unit price(US$)

5	35

10	30

15	25

20	20

40	15

60	12

80	11

100	10

200	9

300	8

1000	5

The price for 20 licenses is 20$ * 20 = $400, for 40 licenses is 15$ * 40 = $600.

Selecting minimum number is most reasonable. for example, if you want 18 licenses, it is not a good idea to purchase exactly 18. Because 18 is greater than 15 but less than 20, so $25 unit price is applied. It is weird but total amount is $450, which is more expensive than $400 for 20 licenses!

How to register

There are two method for the payment. Both are processed by Kagi

1) Order Online

You can order through the secure web server.

Go  https://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/r1.cgi?TN and follow the instruction. It's easy!

However, the online order doesn't support volume discounts except for 20 and 40 licenses. If you want to purchase multiple licenses other than 20 or 40, use Register.exe and order by e-mail, postal mail, or fax.

2) Order by e-mail, postal mail, or fax.

- Run REGISTER.EXE. (REGISTER.EXE is included in the Becky!'s package.)

  You can also run REGISTER.EXE from the startup dialog by clicking "Order by e-mail/postal mail/fax" button.

- Fill out the information such as your name, E-mail address, number of licenses you are purchasing, and payment method.

  For more details, see REGISTER.HLP.

- Send the output of REGISTER.EXE to Kagi (sales@kagi.com).

  via E-mail, postal mail or fax.

  Please do NOT send it to me. Only "Kagi <sales@kagi.com>" can process the payment.

- You will receive a confirmation of the payment and a registration pass code via E-mail. Generally, It takes less than a week to receive it.

  Fax order takes a few days more.

  Long weekend, server troubles, etc., may cause a several days delay.

  If you do not receive a reply in two weeks, please contact me. (carty@rimarts.co.jp)

- Run Becky! and click " I have purchased a license/licenses and obtained a pass code... " button on the startup dialog.

  You can also register from "User Registration" in the "Help" menu.

- Fill out the information: your name, registration pass code and E-mail address, and click "OK".

For more details about Kagi,

please visit www.kagi.com.

And if you have any problem through the registration procedure, feel

free to contact me. (carty@rimarts.co.jp)

KAGI IS A PAYMENT PROCESSING SERVICE. THEY DO NOT PROVIDE ANY TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR OUR PRODUCT. ANY QUESTION REGARDING OUR PRODUCT SHOULD GO TO <carty@rimarts.co.jp>.

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- Kagi is the secure and convenient shareware payment processing service. "http://www.kagi.com/".

- Register for Windows (REGISTER.EXE) is written by Grzegorz Kochaniak.


FAQ
FAQ and Tips

When I restore my data from backup, Becky! doesn't seem to recognize it. I can only see empty "Inbox", "Outbox", and "Trash". What should I do?

Becky! is looking at a wrong folder. You need to specify the correct folder. To do that, choose "File">"System">"Change Data Folder" in the menu. Becky! will quit automatically. Then restart Becky!. You will be prompted to specify the name of the data folder. Specify the correct name of the data folder.

# Becky!'s data folder was created when you ran Becky! for the first time. If you chose the default name which was already in the text box, it should be like this:

C:\Becky!\YourName

"YourName" is actually your Windows logon name or "Default". This folder contains sub folders like xxxxxxxx.mb, AddrBook, etc. If you would like to backup your data, note that you need to backup all those sub folders. However, you can't backup settings configured by "General Setup" dialog because those data is stored in Windows' system registry database, not in the data folder. You will need to reconfigure them when you re-install Becky! and restore backup data.

How can I turn off the annoying control characters such as CRLF and Tabs in the editor?

You have an option for turning them off in the 'Editor' property in the 'General Setup'.

The auto formatting is fine. But when I paste text, it isn't formatted automatically. How can I do with it?

You need to select the text you would like to wrap and use 'Format' command. It is available on the tool bar (6th button from the right).

I'd like to read unread messages without using mouse.

Use space key. :-)

The mail view is too narrow, I'd like to read mail in a larger window.

You can maximize and restore the view window by hitting Ctrl+Enter key or click "Maximize View" tool button.

I would like to use the same mail folders by different mail accounts.

Create "profiles" for each mail account. Do not forget to check "Receive from multiple POP3 server of other profiles" option in "Receive" tab.

However, Becky! ver.2 can sort messages into different mailboxes with the filtering settings. So I would recommend that you create multiple mailboxes instead of multiple profiles for one mailbox.


License Agreement

You must have read the following license agreement when you ran Becky! for the first time. You cannot run Becky! if you don't agree with this.

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                          Becky! Internet Mail

                            License Agreement

                                                           RimArts, Inc.

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Please read the following agreement before using this software. If you do

not agree to the terms of this agreement, do not use the software and

destroy all the copies of it.

LICENSE AGREEMENT

- About the unregistered software

    The unregistered software may be freely tried out for a trial period

    of up to 30 days. To continue to use it after this period, the user

    must purchase a license. The unregistered software may be freely

    copied and distributed so long as no modification is made in the

    archive package.

- The license for the registered software

    One license is defined as follows:

    - Per User

        One license is granted to one 'user'. If a user has multiple

        mail addresses or multiple personal computers, the user is

        permitted to install and use multiple copies of this software

        for his/her own use.

    - Per Install

        One license is granted to single personal computer nonsimultaneously

        used by multiple people.

    - Per Family

        One license is granted to one family that shares a household and

        income. However, if a member of the family want to use it

        outside of the house, like at school or at work, he/she needs a

        separated license.

    Users can choose one of the above licensing policies.

    Purchase of a license does not imply the purchase of the copyright

    of this program.

    A registered user can get a copy of the latest release of the

    program free of charge, although the new version has to be obtained

    by the user from an Internet site or some other source. However, RimArts

    are not obligated in any way to update the program.

    Purchased licenses are not refundable.

- Registration pass code

    A registered user will obtain a pass code. The pass code is used to

    make the shareware notice message box invisible, but the pass code

    itself does not represent a License. A License is granted only when

    a user has received a registration notice from RimArts, Inc., or

    from a shareware payment-processing service with which RimArts, Inc.

    has contracted. Only registered users may use the pass code for the

    licensed copies of the software.

    USE OF THE PASSCODE WITHOUT A LICENSE IS A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF THE

    COPYRIGHT.

LIMITED WARRANTY

THIS PROGRAM AND ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"

WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,

BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS

FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.   NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS

BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS PRODUCT

SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL

DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT EVEN IF

THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

COPYRIGHT

Becky! Internet Mail is owned and licensed exclusively by RimArts, Inc.

Copyright (C) 1996-2006 RimArts, Inc. All rights reserved.

Reverse-engineering or modifying this software is strictly prohibited.


Introduction

"Becky! Internet Mail" is the software specifically designed for the Internet e-mail.

Since its birth in 1996, we kept improving its functionalities listening to the users' feedback. And it has become one of the most successful shareware e-mail products.

Now, we totally renewed the program as Becky! Ver.2.

Our main aim for ver.2 is developing more stable, fast, and feature rich program without losing its most important virtue -- Ease of use.

From its simple and clean user interface, you would not imagine it's potential.

The more you use, the more you will find that. :-)

Thanks to you all who are supporting the development of Becky!.

Tomohiro Norimatsu

 President, RimArts, Inc.

Features

- You can create multiple mailboxes, of course. Moreover, you can create multiple "profiles" for each mailbox. This feature is especially useful if you use laptop computer. You can switch between several different settings, like "LAN" and dialup, for the same mailbox.

- New protocols are supported -- IMAP4rev1 for e-mail and LDAP for the address book.

- Fast! You can manage thousands of e-mail at your fingertip.

- You can write HTML e-mail with Becky!. If you have Microsoft Internet Explorer ver5 or higher installed, Becky! is a complete HTML enabled e-mail client.

- Flexible template capability -- You can prepare standardized e-mail format for business and personal e-mail. You can also create HTML template, of course.

- With unique "Reminder" capability, you will receive e-mail from "you" on scheduled date. You can even schedule sending e-mail messages to someone else. You don't have to remember your friends' birthdays -- Becky! does. :-)

- Powerful "Filtering Manager" -- You can sort messages into folders according to the filtering rules. You can define unlimited and/or conditions for one filtering rule.

- "Mailing Lists Manager" helps you to organize multiple mailing list subscriptions. You don't have to search past e-mail just to find how to unsubscribe the list.

- "Plug-In" Interface enables third parties to create useful plug-ins to customize Becky! for your particular needs. Actually, Becky!'s voice message and PGP functionality are the plug-ins.


Becky! for Beginners

This chapter explains basic use of Becky! and e-mail.

If you are totally lost after installing Becky!, this chapter is for you.

If you are already using Becky! everyday, and suddenly remember you haven't read the help document, you may skip this chapter.

Next->


Getting Started (Becky! for Beginners)
Getting Started

When you run Becky! for the first time, you will be prompted to decide the name of the data folder. (I guess you already have.)

The default data folder would be "(Boot Drive):\Becky!\(Your Login Name)\".

Then you will see a dialog box for the configuration of the mailbox.

First, decide the "Mailbox Name".

Don't worry. It is not important. You can input anything you like.

The name of your ISP would be good.

Then, input your name and e-mail address. It IS important because this name and e-mail address is used for the From field of your outgoing message.

e.g.

Your Name: Tomohiro Norimatsu

E-mail Address: carty@rimarts.co.jp

Then you need to specify your e-mail server.

It is very important, too. You will not be able to send and receive e-mail if incorrect name is specified.

You may leave "Mail Protocol" as "POP3". Most of ISPs use POP3 unless they specifically mention that they support IMAP4.

Supply POP3 Server and SMTP Server name.

POP3 Server is used for retrieving e-mail. SMTP Server is used for sending e-mail. Both server names should be found in your ISP's startup manual or something.

Next, you may supply User ID and Password.

However, It is strongly encouraged that you leave Password blank unless you have your computer in a secure place. You will be prompted to input the password when you are receiving e-mail.

OK, basic setting is done.

Oh, there is another important setting if you connect Internet via the phone line.

Click the "Connection" tab and choose your ISP's dialup entry in the combo box. That way, Becky! will automatically dial up when you are going to send or receive e-mail.

That's it for now! Click OK and close the dialog.

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Receiving E-mail (Becky! for Beginners)
Receiving E-mail

Your Becky! is ready for getting e-mail.

Click the "Send and Receive" button [image] at the upper left now!

(Connecting....)

Beep!

"Failed to connect to the mail server".

OK, OK, don't panic!

You might have mistyped the mail server name in the "Account" setting. Retype the server name carefully. Some characters are easy to be mistaken, like "1" and "l", "O" and "0" ....

Found a typo? That's good.

You might want to remember that you will get the same error when the ISP's server is down or network traffic is too heavy.

Let's try again, then.

Ready! Go! (You don't have to yell like that...)

(Connecting....)

Beep!

"Authentication failed. Please confirm your user ID and password are correct."

Ah, well...

That means exactly what it says.

Let's retype the User ID and Password. Especially password is case sensitive, so you have to type it very carefully.

OK?

Let's try again!

(Connecting....)

Beep!

"No new mail" (*)

...That's not my fault...

* This message appears if you check "Notify No New Message with a message box" option in "General Setup", "Receive" dialog.

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Sending E-mail (Becky! for Beginners)
Sending E-mail

Let's try to send e-mail, then.

To compose a new message, click "Compose" [image] command. A new window will come up for writing message.

First, you need to specify a recipient, right?

You can see the text box right next to the "To" button... By the way, this "To" button is used for inputting e-mail addresses from the Address Book. We will talk about it later. This time, you type the e-mail address in the text area.

Since this is a practice, type your own e-mail address in the To field.

Next, type Subject, which should be the short description of the e-mail content.

Then, write the content anything you like.

Last, add a signature.

Generally, people add a short description about themselves at the bottom of an e-mail message. That is called "Signature".

--

Chevy Corvette <chevy@ccmanagement>

Director, CC management.

OK. That's good.

You don't have to type the signature every time. So, save it as your default signature.

Highlight the signature and choose "File">"Save As Signature". Save it as "Default". That way you will have this signature automatically inserted into your message next time.

Now, let's send the e-mail.

Click "Send Now" [image] button. Becky! will connect to the Internet and send your e-mail.

By the way, you have another option for sending e-mail. Click "Save to Outbox" [image] button instead of "Send Now".

With this command, your message is not sent immediately. They are stored in "Outbox" instead.

You can store many outgoing messages to Outbox. And when you process "Send from Outbox" or "Send and Receive" command, they are sent at once.

This is very useful feature especially if you are connecting the Internet via the phone line.

Tip !

If you want to keep an incomplete message, click "Safe to Draft box" [image].

Open "Draft" folder and double-click the message to reedit it.

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Reading E-mail (Becky! for Beginners)
Reading E-mail

When you receive e-mail, the new messages will be stored Inbox.

Click the "Inbox" icon in Tree View, you will see the list of messages in List View.

They are in the date-descendant order initially. It can be switched to the message-tree (thread) order, which is useful to read messages from mailing lists. To switch the message-listing mode, use "Thread Mode" command [image]. This mode can be set individually for each folder.

The unread mail has a sealed envelope icon [image] and shown in bold font. If you read it, it will be marked "read".

Marking read is actually done by one of the following operations.

- Double-clicking the item.

- Setting focus to the message view and show the bottom of the message.

- Hitting space key when the bottom of the message is shown.

- Process "Mark As Read" command in the "Mail" menu.

The mail marked read has an opened envelope icon [image]. If you want to mark it "unread" again, process "Mark As Unread" command in the "Mail" menu.

There are several more types of icons in the list view.

If you reply to a message, the message is marked as "replied". An envelope with another new envelope icon [image] represents it. If you forward a message, the message is marked "forwarded". The forwarded mail icon has a little blue arrow.

Got it? OK, the boring lecture is over. Let's try to read the messages.

Click the mail item in the List View, and then read the message clicking the scroll bar....

Well, there is nothing wrong with that. But, lazier, I mean, more skilled users would use space bar.

Hitting space bar, you can read unread message one by one.

Easy, eh?

Tip !

If you hit space bar with Shift key, the message will be scrolled down.

With Ctrl key, it jumps to the next unread message even if the bottom of the current message is not shown.

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Replying E-Mail (Becky! for Beginners)
Replying E-mail

Now, you've got e-mail for you. You want to reply as soon as possible, right?

Click "Reply" button [image] to reply the message you are currently reading.

Now, you see the compose window. But do you notice that it looks a bit different from the ordinary composing window?

That's right. The editing window is split horizontally and the original message is viewed in the upper pane. And you can write replying message in the lower pane.

This upper pane is called "Reference Window". You can scroll this area with Alt+Cursor key while you are writing a message.

In addition, if you want to quote a certain portion from the original message, highlight the text and click "Cite" button [image]. If you want to quote entire text, just click "Cite" button without highlighting text.

When you've done writing, just send like as you do with the new message.

That's it!

Let's talk about citing original message.

Actually, you can cite an entire message without clicking "Cite" button when you open the replying window.

Go "General Setup">"Citation". You see "Use Template for Replying" option. Check it, and you see the text area below becomes editable.

This is a "Template" to be used when you reply messages.

On %d

%f wrote

%M

%0

To cut the short, I don't explain about "Template" here.

With this template, your replying message will look like:

On Tue, 9 May 2000 07:13:22 +0900

Mazda <mazda@miata> wrote

> Hi,

> How are you

--

Celica Toyota <celica@toyota>

This "%M" part is important. That symbol represents the entire quoted message.

If you use this feature, probably you don't want "Reference Window" anymore. You can uncheck "Show Reference View" option to get rid of it.

Actually, most of people would use this replying template because it's quicker than manual citing. But note that quoting entire message always makes your message large and messy. It is a good idea that you cut unwanted part from the citation.

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Using Address Book (Becky! for Beginners)
Using Address Book

OK, now you have a couple of e-mail friends. It's a good idea to save their e-mail addresses into the address book. Because, using address book, you can quickly input their e-mail addresses to your outgoing message.

First, click "Address Book" button [image] to open the address book.

1) Registering Addresses

Although your address book is empty, you can see a book icon named "Personal".

This is the address book.

You will need an address group under an address book to register actual e-mail addresses. Yep, that's already there, too. The icon named "Default" is the one.

In short,

An address book manages address groups.

An address group manages e-mail addresses.

OK, let's create your own address group other than "Default".

Click the button with two persons [image] on the tool bar. A new address group is created.

You can change the name "GroupXXXXX" to anything you like...

"My Buddies".

Well, that's fine, I guess...

Then choose the "My Buddies" folder, and click the button with one person [image].

A dialog box comes up. Although there are many fields, the fields you really want to fill are only two, "Full Name" and "E-mail".

By the way, "NickName" is used for input shortcut, which means, if you supply this, you don't have to type entire e-mail address even when you don't use the address book. By typing this nickname, you will get a full e-mail address. That's another convenient feature.

When you've filled those fields, click OK.

That's it.

Actually, there is a simpler way to register e-mail addresses for lazy people like you. ;-)

Back to the main window and choose the e-mail from someone you want to register to your address book. Click "Add To Address Book" button [image].

"Full Name" and "E-mail" are already filled. Then choose an address group to which you want to add and click OK.

2) Input from Address Book

Open a composing window for a new message. Click the button labeled "To" to open the address book.

Choose the address group so that all the e-mail addresses in the group are listed. Highlight the e-mail address you want to input, and click "Set To Mail" button at the top left.

You can also hit Ctrl+Enter key to do the same process.

That's the simplest use of the address book.

Cf. Address Book

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Organize E-mail messages (Becky! for Beginners)
Organizing E-mail messages

If you have a lot of e-mail messages in your Inbox, it's the time for organizing. You can create other "folders" besides Inbox so that you can sort e-mail messages to them.

First of all, focus the Tree View and choose "File">"Folder">" New Folder" [image] command.

A new folder will be created under the current folder. For example, if the current folder is "Inbox", the new folder is created under Inbox. You may want to select the mailbox icon [image] before you create a new folder so that the new folder becomes the top-level folder like Inbox.

Do you see the new folder named like "FolderXXXX" and it's in editing mode?

OK, rename it, as you like.

"Ashley"

Your girlfriend? OK, that's nice.

So, open Inbox and find the messages from Ashley. If you find it, highlight it. If you want to choose multiple messages, press Ctrl key and click mail items.

After highlighting messages, click the left mouse button on it and holding down the left button while moving the mouse cursor to the "Ashley" folder, then release the button. That way the messages from your girlfriend are moved to the "Ashley" folder. Yep, as you know, it is a simple "Drag and Drop" procedure. If you press Ctrl key while you are dragging and dropping, messages will be copied instead of being moved.

I know, I know. That's a too much trouble for you, since you get tons of messages from your girlfriend everyday, right? :-)

There is a useful feature called "Filtering". With this feature, you can sort incoming messages to certain folders automatically.

To do that, you need to configure filtering rules.

Actually, it is a very simple procedure with Becky!. Simply drag an Ashley's message to the "Ashley" folder and drop with holding down Alt key.

Then you will see a filtering -configuration dialog.

Select "From" for "Header" combo box. See? The "String" field is automatically filled with your girlfriends' e-mail address. Then click "OK". That's it.

After that, the e-mail from Ashley will be automatically sorted to the "Ashley" folder unless she changes her e-mail address.

By the way, choosing "From" for "Header" field is good for personal e-mail. But if you want to sort messages from mailing lists or mail magazines, you should choose "Reply-To" or some other headers, which uniquely identify those lists.

Easy, eh?

Oh, you've already created some other folders. Great!

"Britney"

"Claire"

"Daisy"...

Oh, you have a lot of ... nieces...? ... No...?

Other girlfriends...

... Well, go ahead. None of my business...

Tip!

Filtering Manager gives you more advanced features like auto forwarding/replying, color labeling, etc. based on filtering rules.


Advanced Features

Becky! provides many useful features for your everyday e-mail management.


Using Profiles

Becky! Ver.2 introduced the concept of "Profile", which allows you to have different account settings for one mailbox.

As a simple example, assume you have laptop PC and use it both at office (LAN connection) and at home (dialup connection).

Open "Mailbox Setup" dialog. You need to have your "Default" profile set up. Default profile is the base profile, which will be used when you create additional profiles.  So, some general information like e-mail addresses and e-mail servers must be specified.

Then, click "New" button at the bottom right of the dialog and a new profile is created whose name is like "PRF00001". Rename it as "Office". Most of information is copied from "Default" profile, but, unlike the "Default" profile, some fields like e-mail address and mail servers are empty. You can leave it empty.

Then click Connect tab and check the connection method. If it's LAN, that's OK because you connect the Internet through the LAN at your office.

You can configure periodical mail checking at Receive tab if you want, because that feature is useful especially when you are permanently wired to the Internet.

Then, click "New" button to create another profile. Name it "Home" this time.

Click Connect tab and choose an appropriate dialup entry in the combo box.

That's it. Click OK and close the dialog.

Select the root mailbox icon and you will see the profiles currently available.

You have other two profiles -- "Office" and "Home" -- besides "(Default)".

By double clicking, you can switch the active profile.

Here is another application of the use of the profiles.

You can share one mailbox with multiple e-mail accounts by setting up multiple profiles that have different server settings.

Actually, Becky! ver.2 supports inter-mailbox filtering, which means you can sort e-mail messages to folders belongs to other mailboxes. Therefore, it is recommended that you set up multiple mailboxes instead of having multiple profiles for one mailbox. However, if you are using multiple ISPs, but you want to use only one e-mail address, you will find this feature to be useful.

You can simply create profiles for each ISPs you are using.

The important thing is that you have to check "Receive from multiple POP3 servers of other profiles" option in "Receive" tab.

With this option ticked, you will receive e-mail messages from other profiles' mail server as well as the current profile's server by one operation. Other profiles also need to have this option ticked.


Using Templates

Templates allow you to create messages and responses automatically formatted the way that you want them -- for a mailing list assigned to its own folder, for example. Think of a template as the outline for a form letter -- complete with your choice of header lines, boilerplate text, and information copied from the original message. The "Mailbox Setup">"Compose" dialog box allows you to specify separate templates for new messages, replies to messages, and forwarded messages. The Folder Properties dialog box then allows you to override any or all of these for particular folders.  (There you can specify "@" to cancel the default mailbox template.)

Creating/Editing a template

The process starts almost the same way as writing a regular message. Choose "Edit Template" in "File" menu to create a new template or edit an existing template. This operation can be done either on the main window or the compose window.

Then, type your stock message in the compose window.

Start by adding Subject:, Cc:, and any other header lines that you wish to always appear in messages to a mailing list, or  business correspondence mail, for example.

To add flexibility, refer back to the original message with the following "macro symbols" or placeholders, which the software automatically fills in when it loads the template.

You can call input helper for macro symbols by right mouse button menu.

%f	The data portion of the From: line from the original message, the one that you are replying to or forwarding.

%t	The data portion of the To: line from the original message.

%d	The data portion of the Date: line from the original message.

%D{fmt}	The data from %d converted to local time and formatted to the standard date format that you have specified with the Windows' control panel. You can also supply "fmt" to format date/time string as you wish to appear. (See the right mouse button menu for details)

%R{fmt}	The date and time when the original message is arrived at your mail server.

%W{fmt}	The date and time when the original message is retrieved.

%T{fmt}	Current  date and time.

%i	The data portion of the Message-Id: line from the original message

%I	The data portion of the Message-Id: line from the original message without enclosing "<>"

%s	The data portion of the Subject:: line from the original message.

%S	The data portion of the Subject:: line from the original message, but "Re:", "Fw:", and "[...]" at the beginning of the line is omitted.

%n	The name portion of the From: line from the original message.

%a	The mail address portion of the From: line from the original message.

%h{header}	The data portion of the specified header line -- %h{X-mailer}, for example.

If you input a certain string enclosed with "" inside {}, it will be displayed only when the specified header contains data.

e.g. %h{"CC:"Cc} --> CC: mail@address (only when Cc field is not empty).

%F{filename}	Inserted text file that is referred by "filename".

%B{filename}	An attachment file referred by "filename".

%m	The original message verbatim.

%M	The original message marked with the citation prefix string.

%A	Your email address.

%N	Your name.

%1 to %0	Signature No.1 to 20. (This macro remains for the compatibility with Ver.1, it is recommended that you use %G {} macro instead.)

%G{sign}	Signature referred by "sign".

%%	%itself

When this outline is complete, save it with the "Save Template" command in "File" menu.

Quick example:

Hi %n,

On %d

%f wrote:

%M

%1

Saving the above template and specifying it as the account's Reply Template produces a response similar to the following for a message from me.

Hi Tomohiro Norimatsu,

On Wed, 20 Sep. 2000 14:56:24

Tomohiro Norimatsu <carty@rimarts.co.jp>wrote:

>Hi,

>What's up?

--

Johnny B. Good <john@blahblah >

Blah-Blah technology Inc.

Loading a template

If you have already opened the Compose window, use the "Load Template" command.

Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when you select the "Compose", "Reply", or "Forward" command.

In addition, you can set particular templates as default templates for a mailbox or a folder. See "Mailbox Setup"->Compose and Folder Property for details.


Using IMAP4 Server

Becky! Ver.2 does support IMAP4rev1, which allows you to have all e-mail messages on the mail server instead of your PC's hard disk. Becky! communicates with the server using IMAP4 protocol that is totally different from regular POP3 protocol.

Having all messages on the server means you have to stay online while you are reading e-mail. So, very few ISP provide IMAP4 support. It is mostly used at enterprises that are connected to the Internet via a LAN connection.

As for Becky!, there is nothing complicate for setting up IMAP4 account.

Simply choose "IMAP4rev1" for the "Mail Protocol" in "Mailbox Setup">"Account", and use "Remote Mailbox" command to connect to the IMAP4 server.

Due to the protocol specification, there are some limitations with handling e-mail and folders. Sometimes, It doesn't work as you expected.

e.g.

- There is no POP3-like "Mail Check" concept for IMAP4, because messages are already there when you connect.

- You can't move folders with drag and drop operation.

- you can't filter incoming messages automatically (need to process "Sort New Messages" command).

- etc.


Spelling Checker

You can use spelling checker in the composing window.

The entire text or the selection will be checked.

You can check spells in American English, British English, or the both by configuring the options in "General Setup">"Editor" dialog.

URL, E-mail addresses, all capital words, and quoted text will be skipped while checking.

Although there is no user interface to maintain the user dictionary, it is a plain text file stored in your data directory, so that you can edit it using a regular text editor.

Open the "BkIgn.TLX" file by a text editor like notepad or Dana, edit, and save.

Be careful not to remove the first line in the text.

It looks like this:

#LID 1033 1 86


Command Line Options

Becky! supports the following command line options.

mailto:mail@address	Opens the compose window for the address. It supports RFC2368 scheme.

You can also use the following special keywords.

X-Becky-Attachment=attachment_file_name

X-Becky-Template=template_name

/F folder	Makes the <folder> as the current data directory. It is useful if you want to share the same computer with other people.

/D	Opens the address book immediately.


HTML messages

Becky! can display e-mail messages written in HTML format in the window.

This is made possible by the ActiveX component of Microsoft Internet Explorer. So, you have to install Internet Explorer, at least ver.5.0 or higher to get it to work.

To view HTML messages, make sure "Use IE component" option in "General Setup">"Message View" is ticked. It is strongly recommended to tick "Disallow Scripts", too.

You can also edit HTML messages in the compose window. For HTML editing, you need IE 5.0 or higher installed.

Note that many people hates receiving HTML messages. Especially on the mailing list, HTML messages are thought to be offending sometimes, and that can cause worthless flames. Please refrain from sending HTML messages unless you really need to do.


Using Mailing Lists Manager
Using "Mailing Lists Manager"

If you have subscribed several mailing lists, you may find it annoying that each mailing lists has different command system and you have to seek for those information among thousands of e-mail messages every time when you want to unsubscribe, get archive, or so.

"Mailing Lists Manager" is helpful in that situation.

Generally, you will receive a "Welcome" mail right after you subscribe a mailing list. This mail has all necessary information about the list.

View this message and choose "Add To Mailing Lists Manager" in "Tool" menu.

First, fill "Name of the List" field.

Then choose appropriate e-mail addresses for "Posting",  "Command", and "Administrator" from the drop down list, which stores all the e-mail addresses in the "Welcome" mail.

Of course, you have to determine which address is which by yourself. But, you can easily assume that a mail address begins with "majordomo@" or "xxxx-ctl@" is the control mail address, and "xxxx-admin@"  would be an administrator's address.

Then click "Description Text" button. That way the entire text of "Welcome" mail will be copied to the text file for future reference.

You may also need to refer this text to configure "Templates for Commands".

For example, to unsubscribe the list, some needs "unsubscribe" string in the subject field, some needs "bye" in the messages body, and some needs special e-mail address. You want to read "Welcome" message to find out the proper procedures.

Some mailing lists, like e-mail magazines, provide web based user interface so that you don't have to send e-mail command.

In that case, you don't really need "Templates for Commands". All you need is the URL of the web site, and it would have been already filled.

For the last procedure, associate a folder to the mailing list.

Click "Choose" button to specify "Related Folder". The folder selection dialog will bring up. You can create a new folder if you want.

Click OK and you will see a filtering setup dialog. Don't cancel it. It is very important.

You need to set up a filtering rule to get the list's messages actually sorted to the folder.

Unlike personal e-mail, you shouldn't choose "From" for "Header". Because many people post mailing list, each e-mail message has different "From".

One recommended field is "Reply-To".

Some mailing lists have special headers like "X-ML-Name", which are also useful for filtering.

When all the setting is up, click OK to close the dialog.

Now you can launch "Mailing Lists Manager" to manage your mailing list subscriptions.

Another benefit of using "Mailing Lists Manager" is that Becky! will always notify you when you are about to post to mailing lists, if you have checked "Confirm Posting to Mailing Lists" option in "General Setup">"General". You must avoid wrong posting to mailing lists because hundreds or even thousands of members will receive your message.

c.f.

Mailing Lists Manager

Filtering Manager


Using Reminder

Becky! has a "reminder" feature, which allows you to send message to yourself and receive on certain date. Those messages are not actually sent; they are copied from "Reminder" folder to "Inbox" according to the schedule.

You may want to use this feature to remind important but forgettable things, like a dentist's appointment, or your mom's birthday. ;-)

Using it is simple. Write a message and choose "Reminder" in "File" menu of the compose window. You will see a dialog to set up the schedule.

You may also send this reminder message to others instead of yourself by choosing "Save To Outbox" for "Action".


Multilanguage Support

*Do you have a mail friend in Czechoslovakia as well as in United States and have to use non-English font sometimes?

Don't worry. You can use different fonts for different character sets.

*Do you have to write e-mail in Chinese in English Windows?

You can use double bytes characters, such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, to read and write e-mail in English Windows as if you are using those localized version of Windows as long as proper code pages, fonts, and input method editor are installed.

To install code pages and fonts to your English Windows, we strongly recommend you to get "Multilanguage Support for Internet Explorer, which Microsoft distributes on their web site. (http://www.microsoft.com/) We just need fonts and some system files they provide. I don't know if you need to have IE installed to use them, though.

(We are sorry that we cannot support how to get and install it to your system.)

The most recommended way for multilingual users is introducing Windows 2000/XP pro.

Windows2000/XP pro fully supports multilingual environment and you don't have to install any additional component.

To use Becky!'s Multilanguage support, you will need some work on your settings on Becky!. Here is an explanation about it using the example of Chinese BIG5.

- Open "General Setup">"Language"

- Choose "BIG5"in the "Language" combo box.

- Click "Font">"Change" button to choose the font , which properly displays BIG5 characters on your system.

- The following settings are optional.

- Change the "Note" as you like.

- Change the "Encoding" if you would like to use Base64 or Quoted-Printable instead of 8bit.

- Code page for BIG5 should be 950. If it's 0, Becky! automatically determine the code page from the font. Therefore, you don't really have to worry about it.

You can configure other character sets in the same manner. Generally, it's recommended that you specify European font for ISO-8859-* so that you can read accent characters, such as Umlaut, properly. However, some mailer out there sends even Chinese, Korean,etc. messages with ISO-8859-1 charset. (Well, I confess, the old version of Becky! is one of them.) Therefore, sometimes it's better to set up your local language font for your ISO-8859-* configuration.

If you have installed IE's Multilanguage support and want to use the font which come along with it, you may have to check "UNICODE font" option

To switch the current character set to another for each message, click the earth icon at the bottom right of the window and choose desirable charset in the menu.


Sync with Portable Media
Sync with a portable media

"Sync with Portable Media" command enables you to take out your mailboxes and address books with the program files. Having this "To Go" data on USB memory or laptop PC, you can work with Becky! on the road as if you work at Home/Office.

To do that, simply connect your portable storage or laptop to your main PC (via LAN, USB, etc.) and process "File" menu > "Sync with Portable Media".

For example, if you create "To Go" data on an USB memory, you can just plug the USB memory into an available computer at a library or at an internet café, then run B2 (B2.exe) in the "To Go" folder. This B2 doesn't modify the system registry, so you will never leave a footstep on the computer.

Of course, you can take "To Go" data out with your laptop PC, and yes, you can run B2.exe in the "To Go" folder. But you may not be happy when you find Becky! does not show up when you click an e-mail link in the web page and when you choose "Send To" command in Office software.

In that case, you need to install Becky! on your laptop like you did on your desktop and choose "Becky! Ver.2" as an e-mail program in "Internet Options". (and it does use the system registry.)

This "To Go" data folder can be used as Becky!'s regular data folder, so just tell her to use this folder as a data folder. Process "File" menu "System" > "Change Data Folder" on your laptop and tell her the right location of the data folder as Becky! restarts.

When you are back, run "Sync with Portable Media" command again. All the mail data you have received on the road will be synchronized with your main PC.

The flow of this command is as follows.

1)	Specify "Sync Name", which will be used as the sub folder name on your portable media.

2)	Choose a mobile media you want to take out. Make sure the media is connected to your main PC.

3)	If the folder of your choice already has "To Go" data, Becky! tries to synchronize it with your main PC's data.

4)	"To Go" option dialog will show up. Choose appropriate options and click OK. Then "To Go" data will be created or updated on your portable media. Creating new "To Go" data takes a little long time because all the folder data have to be copied. From the second time, it should take much shorter because only the difference will be copied.

"To Go" option

Note

- You could send and receive messages on both "To Go" and the main PC before synchronize them, but the order of the messages in the folder may not be preferable when they were synchronized.

- Avoid synchronizing with the media that is connected with unstable connection like wireless LAN in a bad reception. That may cause IO errors.

- You have to be responsible for available space on your portable media. Mail data can be unexpectedly huge especially with attachments. Some smaller media like USB memory may not be able to accommodate entire data.

- Avoid editing address book, using direct edit mode, and changing folder names in "To Go" data. Those operations will cause data duplication or loss of edit data upon synchronization.

- When synchronizing "To Go" data with the main data, only added data will be synchronized. Deleted data will not be synchronized. On the other hand, deleted data on the main data may affect on the "To Go" data when taking out.

- Avoid creating multiple "To Go" data and synchronize with them. It will not cause serious problems, but data duplication may happen. Also the order of messages in the folder may be screwed up.


To Go options
"To Go" options

Choose the following options for creating "To Go" data.

Mailboxes To Go	Select mailboxes you want to take out.

Leave Messages on Server	If checked, all the messages retrieved on the road will not be deleted from POP3 servers. This option, however, doesn't affect the filtering rules that delete messages from servers.

Address books To Go	Select address books you want to take out.

Within ? days	Specify the days to limit the mail data to take out.

Unread messages only	Only unread messages will be taken out.

Unanswered messages only	Only unanswered messages will be taken out.

Copy Plug-ins	Take out plug-ins alongside B2 program.

Folders not to go	Choose the folders you don't want to take out messages.

Messages in those folders will be ignored not only when taking out but also taking in. However, "Ignore Unread marked" folders will not be ignored when taking in regardless this option.

Overwrite	Choose files you want to overwrite when the data is already on "To Go" folder. You should usually check "General Setup" option because it contains many PC specific configurations, like window positions, and you will probably modify them when you use it on other computers.

When you choose "Mail" option, make sure to specify "Within" days, otherwise it will overwrite entire data every time when it is synchronized and it takes a lot of time. This option is useful when you want to minimize "To Go" data because it will erase old data every time.

Support AutoRun	Support AutoRun feature that is available on Windows XP SP2. If "To Go" data is not a root directory or Windows is older than SP2, it does nothing.


Tips

Here are some quick tips, which might be useful when you are using Becky!.

* Drag & Drop

- If you drop to root mailbox icon, dropped messages are sorted according to the filtering rules.

- Text editor supports OLE drag & drop. You can drop text directly from other applications.

* Middle bar

- On the middle bar, the gray area between the message list and the message view pane, you can click "From", "To", "Subject", and "Date" labels to get quick information on headers.

- Right click the 4way button to change the behavior of the button.

* View Source

- You can also edit the source directly by entering "Direct Edit" mode.

* Folders

- Ctrl+Right Click allows you to change icons in several colors.

* Maximizing Message View

- Ctrl+Alt and cursor keys allows you to maximize and minimize certain panes.

* Thread Mode

- Use cursor keys.

Left: go to the parent message.

Ctrl+Left: go to the root message.

Right: go to the child message.

Ctrl+Right: go to the next sibling message.

* Compose Window

- Ctrl+Up/Down allows you to increase or decrease input fields of recipients' area.

* Bitmap

- b2.bmp in the installed directory will be used for the splash screen. Create your own splash image and save it as B2.bmp. (Do not save it as B2default.bmp, because it will be overwritten on program update.)

You can also create a sequence of 30*30 bitmap animation and name it "b2anim.bmp". Apparently, it will be used on the upper right animation of the main window.


Flag, Priority, and Color Label

There are three ways to classify e-mail messages in a folder; Flag, Priority, and Color Label.

Flag

Flag is a simple marking feature that has only on and off attributes. You can toggle on/off by double-clicking the leftmost of the message item in the list view. (or in the right click menu)

The advantage of Flag is its easiness. For example, you can quickly mark the messages that you want to reply later, and later on, process “Edit”>”Select Flagged Messsages” and click “Reply” button to open reply windows for those messages.

Unlike Priority and Color Label, Flag is supported by IMAP protocol, so you can save flag information on your IMAP folder.

You can also add flags on retrieved messages right away using Filtering Manager.

However, Flag’s simplicity can be a disadvantage. It is not useful for complex classification like Color Label does.

Priority

Priority is basically set by the sender by adding X-Priority header that represents 5 priority levels. Becky! supports modifying the priority on received messages. Right click the leftmost of the message item and choose desired priority level.

The advantage of the priority is that the sender can set the priority level, that means the sender and the recipients can share the information about the importance of the messages. It is especially useful if you are running a mailing list for a small group.

However, this feature is bless and curse, because spammers love to add the highest priority on their junk mail. You might automatically think the messages with the red ball are spams.

Color Label

Color label can be set by right clicking the icon of the messages in the list view.

You can choose many colors in the basic palette, and even more by choosing “Others…” so you can use virtually unlimited colors to classify messages.

Obviously, the advantage of Color Label is this versatility.  You can use variety of colors to sort a pile e-mail messages.

You can also set Color Label by Filtering Manager.  For example, you can make messages colored if they are from the particular people or contain particular keywords.

The disadvantage of Color Label is that they don’t have any priority information. So, it is difficult to classify messages according to their importance.


File menu

Folder

New Folder

Creates a new folder under the currently selected folder or a mailbox.

Delete Folder

Moves the current folder to "Trash" box.

If you delete folders in Trash box, it will be permanently deleted.

Rename Folder

Renames the current folder.

Reorganize

Sorts the messages physically in the descendant order of Sent date.

Compaction

Removes certain header information from all the messages in the current folder folder to save disk space.

Trash Duplicates

Moves duplicate messages, which have same Message-Id and Date, to Trash box.

Folder Maintenance Combo

Combination of "Reorganize", "Compaction", and "Trash Duplicates".

Reconstruct Index

Reconstructs an index file. If you find the folder looks corrupt and does not show messages properly, use this command so that it will recover the original folder status as much as possible.

Separate Attachments

Saves all the attachment parts in e-mail messages in the current folder to separate data files. That way the overall performance will be increased, while the disk usage will be slightly bigger if you have a lot of attachments.

If “Save Attachments to Separate Data Files” option in “General Setup” > “Advanced” is checked (is checked as default), all the incoming messages will be saved with separate attachment files.

Combine Attachments

Combine all the attachment parts that are saved as separate files into e-mail bodies in the current folder.

If you need to use older version of Becky! than ver2.05, you will need to process this command on each folder that contains attachments, because older version can not handle those separate data files.

Mailbox

New Mailbox

Creates new mailbox.

Delete Mailbox

Deletes the current mailbox. All the messages in the mailbox will be deleted.

Hide Mailbox

Hides the current mailbox. If you have a mailbox you don't want to see but don't want to delete, hide it.

Reveal Mailbox

Reveals hidden mailboxes. Revealed mailboxes will be added to the end of the tree.

System

Change Data Folder

Changes the data folder Becky! currently uses. You will need to restart Becky!

to take it into effect.

Default Mailbox

Makes the current mailbox default.

Import

Imports e-mail messages from text files to the current folder or a new folder.

Export

Exports the selected mail items, or an entire folder, to text files.

Save As

Saves the selected e-mail messages as text files. You can choose either RFC822 or plain text format by choosing the file extension.

Edit Templates

Creates templates or edit existing templates.

c.f. Using Templates

Empty Trash

Deletes all the messages and folders in Trash box.

Import Backup Logs

Imports e-mail messages from "Backup Logs", which are created daily basis in case of unexpected data loss.

Tool>General Setup>Receive

Property

Views the property of the currently selected item (mail, folder ,etc.)

Print	Prints Selected mail items.

Print Preview

Views the print preview of the focused e-mail message.

Print Settings

Configures print settings, like margins.

Sync with Portable media

Synchronize data with the portable media.

Advanced>Sync with a portable Media

Exit	Exits Becky!.


Edit menu

Cut

Cuts the selection.  You can cut selected mail items and folders.

Copy

Copies the selection. You can copy selected mail items and folders.

Paste

Pastes cut or copied items.

Find

Searches specified string in e-mail message(s).

If the focus is in the list view, it searches entire folder.

If the focus is in the message view, it searches only in the current view.

Mail Find Dialog

Find Dialog

Find Next/Previous

Searches for the next/previous candidates.

Mail Query

Searches messages that contain specified string and list them in a dialog.

You can drag and drop messages to a folder from that list.

The “Query Result” virtual folder will show up at the top of the tree view and it stays while “Query” dialog is visible.

Select Read Messages

Highlights messages that are marked read.

Select Unread Messages

Highlights messages that are not marked read.

Select Flagged Messages

Highlights messages that are flagged.

Select All

Highlights all the messages in the list view.

If the focus is in the message view, entire text will be highlighted.


View menu

Tool Bar

Toggles show/hide the tool bar.

Customize Tool Bar

Opens a customize dialog for the tool bar.

To add a button, select a button you want to add in the left list and click Add.

To remove a button, select a button you want to remove in the right list and click Remove.

You can also change the order of the buttons by Up/Down.

Status Bar

Toggles show/hide the status bar.

What's New

Toggles show/hide the "What's New" dialog, which lists up recently arrived messages.

c.f. What's New Dialog

Go Back

Goes back to the message previously opened.

Go Forward

Goes to the message, which have been opened next to the current message.

Quick Access

Lists the incoming messages that are recently double-clicked, or outgoing messages that are recently saved to Draft or Outbox.

If incoming messages are marked unread, they are not added to the list by double-clicking. They will only be marked read by that operation.

Maximize View

Maximizes the message view pane, or restore to the original size.

Change Layout

Switches the layout of Tree/List/Message view between three styles. The layout changes each time this command is processed.

View Related Messages

Finds messages, which seem to be related to the current message and list in the message thread form.

Thread Mode

Toggles the message thread mode of the current folder.

Close All Threads

Hides all the child messages of every thread.

Open All Threads

Shows all the child messages of every thread.

Thread Tool

Connects or disconnects message threads.

Language

Changes the character set (Language) of the current message.

Change Font

Changes the font corresponds to the character set of the current message.

For example, if the current message is in Chinese GB2312 and you want to read it, you need to have Chinese font installed and choose it in the font-selecting dialog.

If you want to change the default font, open the "Quick Memo" and then choose this command.

Mail Address Format

Specify the format of the mail address that appears in the list view.

If you choose "As Is", the original mail header will be displayed.

If you check "Use Name from Address Book", the name part of an e-mail address will be the one in the address book. (only when the address is found in the address book.) Those names will be displayed with * prefix, so it is useful when you want to quickly glance if the message is from someone in your address book.

This option only works when the chosen format is either "Name <mail@address>", "mail@addresss (Name)", or "Name".

Be careful when you sort messages in the name order. This Name from the address book is not used as a sort key.

Customize List Columns

Customize the column header of the list view.

View Header

Views the header information of the current message.

You can also view headers by choosing the "Header" tab in the tab sheet at the bottom of the message view, which is usually hidden.

View Source

Views the "source" of the e-mail message. It is a "raw" data just as Becky! received. So sometimes it is unreadable to the user.


Mail menu

Send And Receive

Sends and receives messages for the current mailbox.

Send From Outbox

Sends all the messages in Outbox including those in other mailboxes. You can change this behavior in General Setup>Send

Receive New Mail

Receives messages for the current mailbox.

Collection And Delivery

Sends and receives messages for multiple mailboxes. You can choose which mailbox should be checked and which is not by "Mailboxes for Collection" command.

Remote Mailbox/Connect To IMAP Server

For POP3 account, it connects to the POP3 server and views all the messages on the server. It is shown as an ordinary folder with the pop server name. You can do most of the operations applicable to ordinary folders, like cut, copy, and drag drop.

The following examples are the some general operations.

To Receive (and keep received messages on the server):

Select messages and drag and drop them holding down the Ctrl key. If you drop to the root mailbox icon, it will be sorted according to the filtering rules.

You can also use "Edit">"Copy" and "Paste" command instead.

To Receive And Delete:

Select messages and drag and drop. If you drop to the root mailbox icon, it will be sorted according to the filtering rules.

You can also use "Edit">"Cut" and "Paste" command instead.

You may use "Tool">"Sort Selected Messages" instead of dropping to the root mailbox icon.

To Delete:

Select unwanted messages and hit "Delete" key or choose "Mail">"Delete Mail".

Those messages are marked and actually deleted when the remote mailbox is closed. Before that, you can cancel it by hitting delete key again on the items that are marked deleted.

Mark Read and Unread:

Choose "Mail">"Mark As Read"/"Mark As Unread" command.

For IMAP4 account, this command is used to connect to an IMAP server.

Receive All

Receives all the messages on the server, including those are already downloaded before.

Delete Downloaded Messages From Server

Deletes messages on the server that are already downloaded before.

Abort Session

Abort the active session.

Compose

Opens a compose window and write a new message.

Compose To

You can choose the recipients' addresses before opening a compose window.

Reply

Opens a reply window to the selected message.

Reply To

You can choose the recipients' addresses before opening a compose window.

With "Reply To All", you can reply not only to the originator, but also to all the recipients of the original message.

Forward

Cites the selected message and forward it to other recipients.

If you select multiple messages, it works as "Forward As Attachment".

Redirect

Forwards the selected message without changing original "From", "To", etc. fields.

"Resent-From", "Resent-To", etc. fields are added instead.

Forward As Attachment

Forwards the selected messages as "message/rfc822" content type attachment. If you want to forward original messages as intact as possible, this is the most preferable way.

This is also convenient for forwarding multiple e-mail messages.

Delete Mail

Deletes selected messages.

Direct Edit Mode

Enables to edit the current message. You can also change the subject and date.

Extract Attached Messages

Extracts attached e-mail messages with "message/rfc822" content type to a folder as individual messages.

Mark As Read

Marks the selected messages as read.

Mark As Unread

Marks the selected messages as unread. With this command, forwarded / replied marks are also erased.


Tool menu

Mailbox Setup

Configures settings for each mailbox.

Account

Connection

Compose

Receive

Misc.

General Setup

Configures global settings of the program.

General

Tree/List

Message View

Editor

Citation

Language

Shortcut Keys

Keywords

Send

Receive

MIME

Advanced

Mailing Lists Manager

Manages subscription information about mailing lists and mail magazines.

c.f. Mailing Lists Manager dialog

Add To Mailing Lists Manager

Registers a Mailing Lists Manager entry based on the information in the current mail.

Usually, you can select "Welcome" messages from mailing lists to retrieve necessary information.

Filtering Manager

Manages filtering and sorting rules for incoming/outgoing messages.

c.f. Filtering Manager dialog

Sort New Messages

Sorts messages, which are arrived after the latest sorting operation, to folders.

Sort Selected Messages

Sorts selected messages to folders. It does the same thing as dropping to the root mailbox icon.

Address Book

Opens the address book.

c.f. Address Book

Add To Address Book

Adds e-mail address of the sender (or the recipient if you are in "Sent" folder) of the current messages to the address book.

Decode

EUC-JP

Converts Japanese EUC text to Japanese Shift-JIS code.

uudecode

Decodes uuencoded text in the message body and saves to a file.

BinHex

Decodes BinHex text in the message body and saves to a file.

Protocol Logs

Logs protocol records for debugging purpose.

Pause Periodical Check

Disables all periodical mail checking temporarily.

Dialup

Connects to the Internet via the phone line using Windows' dial up network.


File menu (Compose Window)
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Send Now

Sends the current message immediately.

Save To Outbox

Saves the current message to Outbox so that you can send all the messages in Outbox with one session.

Save To Draft

Saves an unfinished message to Draft box.

Reminder

Posts the current message as a "reminder", which will arrive your mailbox on specified date.

Switch Mailbox

Choose the mailbox you want to use its Outbox to send out the current message. You can also change From address and the signature.

Load Template

Applies a template to the current message.

Edit Template

Opens a template on the current compose window for editing purpose.

Save As Template

Saves the current message as a template.

Save As Signature

Saves the selection as the current signature.

Attach Files

Attaches files to the current message.

Close

Closes the compose window.


Edit menu (Compose Window)
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Undo

Undo previous changes.

Redo

Undo previous undo operations.

Repeat

Repeats the previous editing operation.

Cut

Cuts the selection and copies to the clipboard.

Copy

Copies the selection to the clipboard.

Paste

Pastes text from the clipboard.

Paste With Citation Prefixes

Pastes text from the clipboard adding citation prefixes at each top of line.

Special Copy/Paste

Paste from History

Pastes text from the clipboard history.

Begin Box Selection

Begins box region selection.

Box Paste

Pastes copied box region.

Copy To File

Saves the selection as a file.

Append To File

Appends the selection to an existing text file.

Paste From File

Inserts text from a text file.

Paragraph Formatting

Left

Moves the selection to left.

Right

Moves the selection to right.

Center

Moves the selection to center.

Indent

Indents the selection by one tab level.

Unindent

indents back the selection by one tab level.

Add Strings

Adds specified string at each top or end of line in the selection.

Sort

Sorts the lines in the selection.

Format

Formats the selection by adding CRLF at appropriate position.

DeFormat

Removes all CRLFs in the selection.

Convert

Converts the selection into various formats.

Select All

Selects entire text.

Find

Finds specified string in the text.

Replace

Replaces found strings with specified strings.

Cite Message

Cites original message into replying message. With highlighting certain portion of the original message in the reference window, only the selected part will be cited.

Cite Without Prefix

Does the same thing as "Cite Message" command. Only the difference is it doesn't add citation prefixes at each top of line.

Auto Formatting Mode

Toggles auto-formatting mode. With this mode on, CRLFs are automatically inserted at appropriate position when you are editing text.

Overwrite Mode

Toggles Insert/Overwrite mode.


View menu (Compose Window)
View menu�iCompose Window�j

Tool Bar

Toggles show/hide the tool bar.

Customize Tool Bar

Opens a customize dialog for the tool bar.

To add a button, select a button you want to add in the left list and click Add.

To remove a button, select a button you want to remove in the right list and click Remove.

You can also change the order of the buttons by Up/Down.

Status Bar

Toggles show/hide the status bar.

Language

Changes the character set (Language) of the current message.

Change Font

Changes the font corresponds to the character set of the current message.


Tool menu (Compose Window)
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Spelling-Check

Checks the English spelling of the current message.

Write HTML message

Turns compose window into HTML editing mode. If you have MSIE 5.0 or higher installed, you can edit HTML with WYSWYG HTML editor, otherwise you have to edit HTML source.

External Edit

Opens an external text editor or HTML editor to edit the current message.

External Editors

Specifies the editor application to edit text or HTML.

You can't use the editors that do not display the file name on the title bar.

Attach vCard

Attaches your own vCard to the message.

Edit vCard

Edits your own vCard.

Request "Read Receipt"

Adds "Read Receipt" request to the message. This request is processed only when the recipient's mail reader has the capability to handle "Read Receipt" request and the recipient agrees to send back the read receipt. So, do not depend on this.


General
General Setup

General

On Startup

Run "Collection and Delivery"

Process "Collection and Delivery" right after you start the program.

Run "Send and Receive"	Process "Send and Receive" on the default accout.

Minimize	Start the program with minimized window.

On Exit

Empty Trash box	Empty all the trash boxes on exit.

Warn unsent messages in Outbox

If unsent messages are present in Outboxes, notify the user with a message box.

Sort messages to folders

Sort newly arrived messages to folders according to the filtering rules. It doesn't  work on IMAP4 mailbox.

Warning

Warn opening these types of attachments

Warns when you are opening an attachment file that has specified file extension.

Do not allow executing these types

Disallow executing files that contain specified file extension.

Warn outgoing attachments, too.

Warns when your outgoing messages has attachment files with above file extensions.

Confirm Posting to Mailing Lists

Confirm when you are sending message to the mailing lists, which are registered in "Mailing Lists Manager".

This prevents you to send personal messages to mailing lists by mistake.

Confirm Trashing mail items

Confirms when you are deleting mail items. Deleted mail items are moved to Trash box.

Warn drag and drop to Outbox

Warns when you are drag'n'dropping messages to Outbox.

Warn reediting a message if "From" is not me.

Warns when you are about to reedit a message from Draft, Outbox, or Sent and the originator of the message is not you.

Warn External Link.	Warns when you click an URL in e-mail message.

Light Security

Startup Password	Sets up the password you want to use to start the program.

This password security only prevents people to open your mailbox by mistake. Do not depend on this.

Need when restoring from minimized window

Makes password input mandatory when restoring the program from minimized window.

Misc.

Show only on tasktray when minimized

Hides minimized window in the taskbar when minimized. You can only access the program through the icon in the tasktray.

Show network error on the status bar instead of a dialog box.

Makes network error messages to display only on the status bar instead of bringing up a dialog box.

It is useful if you don't want to be interrupted your work when network error occurs during periodical mail checking.


Tree/List
General Setup

Tree/List

Tree View

Bring up the current mailbox on top

When you switch the mailbox, current mailbox always bring up on top and other mailboxes are closed.

Always select "Inbox" when mailbox is selected

When the mailbox is switched, its Inbox is opened automatically.

Show unread number.

The number of unread messages in the folder is displayed right next to the folder name.

Collapse tree items that were expanded while D&D.

While drag & drop, you can expand the tree item by hovering the mouse cursor over the [+] button, and with this option, those tree items will be automatically collapsed after drag and drop is finished.

Behavior On Switching Folder

Configures whether to select certain mail item in the folder when opened.

List View

Message Orders	Configures whether to remember the message order in the list view. You can change the message order by clicking list headers.

Unread Browsing

Keep current item in the middle

When you are browsing unread messages by space key, a selected message is kept positioned at the middle of the list.

That way you can see before and after the focused item.

Pause at a last unread message in each folder

When you are browsing unread messages by space key, unread messages are marked read when moving to the next message if the focus is in the list view. Therefore, if the current message is the last unread message, marking read and moving to the next folder occurs at the same time.

However, sometimes you want to stay in the folder after the last unread message is marked read and before moving to the next folder.

That is made possible with this option.

Prohibit deleting important items (Priority 1 or 2)

This option prevents you to delete mail items with high priority (red or yellow).

Since senders can set those priorities, sometimes most unimportant messages, like spam mail, have the highest priorities. In that case, right click the priority icon (colored ball) at the left of the mail item and change the priority before you trash them.

If "From" is me, show "--> To" instead

If the messages are sent from you, shows "To" field in the place of "From" field in the list view,

Double click to view a message

A message will not be viewed until you double-click or hit a space key on the list item.


Message View
General Setup

Message View

Action for URL/E-mail

Single Click/Double Click

Choose which you prefer single clicking or double clicking to open URL/E-mail address.

If you choose Single Click, you will see underline on URL/E-mail address like as on web browsers.

URL	Choose the default action for URL. "Use DDE" is maintained only for old web browsers. Usually you should not check this option.

E-mail	Choose the default action for E-mail addresses.

Mark read immediately when opened.

Usually, unread messages are marked read when you read it until the end or double click the item. With this option checked, unread messages are marked read immediately after you select the message.

Wrap long lines to fit the window

Sometimes, you may receive messages that contain long lines without carriage return. This option makes them wrapped to fit the window width.

Treat uuencode in body as an attachment

There are some mail agents send attachment files as uuencoded format, which is widely used in UNIX community, in text body. This option makes Becky! to recognize them as attachments despite of not using MIME format.

Treat BinHex in body as an attachment

There are some mail agents send attachment files as BinHex format, which is widely used in Macintosh community, in text body. This option makes Becky! to recognize them as attachments despite of not using MIME format.

Always show Tab Sheets	You can see "Tab Sheets" when you move the mouse cursor over the bottom of the message view.

This Tab Sheets are usually hidden except when there are other sheets than text and header. This option makes Becky! to always show Tab Sheets.

Large icon view for attachments

As default, attachment files are displayed with small icons at the bottom of the message view. This option makes them displayed with large icons at the right of the message view.

It, however, doesn't affect the compose window.

Scroll Mode

Smooth/Skip	Choose which you prefer scrolling or paging when you are browsing messages with the space key.

by Half Page	Check this if you want to scroll by half page instead of one page with the space key.

Color	Choose colors for message view.

HTML View

- Convert to Plain Text	All the tags within the HTML messages will be removed and only the plain text will be viewed.

- View with IE component

Enables Becky! to use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher to view HTML messages.

Use cache if offline	If you have configured the current mailbox to use dialup, it sets HTML viewer to offline mode when you are not online. That way, you won't see dialup-connecting dialog each time you open a HTML message.

Disallow Scripts.	Forbid the IE component to process scripts in HTML messages. It is more dangerous allowing a script if the IE has security holes, because most viruses can be processed automatically by scripts.

View HTML part first.

Many HTML messages are in multipart/alternative format, which means there are several formats with the same content and a mail agent can choose which to be displayed.

This option makes Becky! to show HTML part prior to text part.

Do not download pictures

If a HTML message contains links to pictures, those images will not be displayed unless they are in local cache.

If you use IE older than IE6, this rule applies to image files that are included as a part of a HTML message.

- View HTML source	The source code of HTML will be viewed.

Spacing Between Lines	Specify sizes of line spacing in dots.


Editor
General Setup

Editor

Max Column	Specify the wrapping point of long lines. "0" to fit to the window.

Note that wrapping point is only for viewing convenience and no CRLFs are physically inserted.  Generally, you should insert CRLF around 80 columns for e-mail messages.

Auto Formatting Columns	Unlike "Max Column", this value specifies the column for physically inserting CRLFs in "Auto Formatting" mode or "Format" command.

Tab Size	Specify the tab column.

Editing Options

Auto Indent	Automatically indents when you hit return key.

Soft Tabs	Inserts space codes (20h) instead of a tab code (09h) when you hit tab key.

Permit Caret After End Of Line

Makes caret to preserve the column position even if the end of line is before the caret. However, the caret is physically positioned at the end of line, so if you do any editing operation, the caret goes to the end of line immediately.

Free Caret	Unlike "Permit Caret After EOL", the caret preserve its position and you can input at the position where the caret is.

Spelling Checker

American/British	Choose the dictionaries you want to use for spelling-check.

Check Before Sending Message

Automatically check the spell of outgoing messages before they are sent.

Display

Changed Mark	Display the marks that show which lines are changed.

Tab and CRLF	Display Tab and CRLF codes.

Underline	Display an underline at the caret line.

Use inline HTML editor	Enables Becky! to use HTML editor component included in MSIE5.0 or higher.

Use auto complete for To, Cc, and Bcc fields.

You can use “Auto complete” feature when you are typing in To, Cc, and Bcc fields in the composing window. Mail addresses or nicknames will be automatically completed as you type.

Auto Backup Interval	Specify the backup interval of composing message. You can take backups in case of program crash while composing messages. Backup messages are restored to Draft box after the program abnormally terminated. If you specify 0, no backups are made. (If you are running Becky! on floppy disk, frequent backup causes performance problem.)

Open IME Automatically	Enables Becky! to turn on Input Method Editor when you are composing message. It will be turned on when you focus on the editor window and "Subject" field, and turned off otherwise. (Only for East Asian language users.)


Citation
General Setup

Citation

Citation Prefix (For Replying)	Specify the string you want to insert before the each line of cited message.

With Name	You can add name of originator of cited message before the citation prefix. Following 3 types are supported.

�ie.g. Tomohiro Norimatsu <carty@rimarts.co.jp>�j

Part of E-mail	carty>

Name	Tomohiro>

Initial	TN>

Other Prefixes	Specify strings that you want Becky! to recognize as citations. You can specify multiple strings separated by ',' (comma). Even if you empty this field, '>' is implicitly specified.

Add reply sequence number to Subject

Adds sequence number to the subject of replying message. It will show up like "Re[2]: subject".

It's not so useful and some people don't like it. This option is maintained only for the compatibility with Becky! Ver.1.

Use template for replying	If you want to cite original message automatically when you are replying, check this option.

Actual template is in the text box below.

You can edit it but you should not remove "%M" (cited message) and %0 (default signature) macro symbols.

Show Reference View	Shows the original message in the above pane of the split view of the replying window. If you use template for replying, you may not need the reference window because the original message is cited in the editor window. It that case, turn it off.

Use special template for replying

Check this if you want to use your own template when you are forwarding message. (works only with "Forward" command, not with "Redirect" and "Forward As Attachment" command).

Note that even if you don't check this option, the original template is used for forwarding.


Languages
General Setup

Languages

Language	Choose the character set you want to configure.

You can add new character sets, which you cannot find in the list. However, invalid character set name can cause problems on the recipients' side. So, be careful if you are going to add one.

Use for Composing	Make the selected character set default for composing messages.

Becky! usually determines an appropriate character set from the OS's language, so you don't really have to check this option.

Default Charset	It is used as a default character set if an incoming message doesn't declare any character set.

 Becky! usually determines an appropriate character set from the OS's language, so you don't really have to check this option.

Font	Choose the font for the selected character set.

UNICODE font	Check this option only when you can't get the specified font displayed properly. Generally, you don't need this checked.

Character Set	Specify a character set name for the selected language. It is used for composing messages as well as viewing incoming messages in proper font. You can specify multiple character set names separating by comma in case different character set names are used for actually the same character set.

e.g.

BIG5,CN-BIG5

Encoding	Choose the encoding method for specified character set.

Although it is recommended that you choose "Base64" or "Quoted-Printable" for 8bit character sets, sometimes you may need to choose "8bit" because some e-mail systems don't recognize those encoding formats.

You should choose "7bit" for US-ASCII and ISO-2022-* character sets.

ANSI code page used by editor

Although you can specify ANSI code page for text editing here, you don't really have to do that. Simply set it to 0 and Becky! will determine appropriate code page from the font.

Note	Short description for the character set.

Do not use MIME encoding in header

You should not check this.

If you are using Becky! in the closed intranet environment and your enterprise system is not MIME compliant, this option could be used.

Inherit original messages' charset on replying

Assume you received a message in Chinese and your system is English. Which do you prefer replying in Chinese or in English?

If you prefer replying in the same language the originator used, check this option.


Shortcut Keys
General Setup

Shortcut Keys

(Command lists)	Choose a function group in the above combo box, and choose a function you want to change the key assignment.

Key Assignment	Shows shortcut keys assigned to the chosen function.

Key combination to Add	Type actual keystrokes in the text box. You can also use the button below to input you can't type directly.

Note that it is not guaranteed that you can always use the key combination you can input here. Some key combinations are reserved by OS and Becky! doesn't check the availability. If you can't use the key combination you set, just give it up and try to find others.

Two Stroke Keys	Register the first stroke of two stroke keys.

"Two stroke keys" is the sequence of two Ctrl+Alphabet keys.

For example, when you type Ctrl+K, Becky! will wait until the next key is typed, because K, O, and Q is specified as default here.

Show Menu After ...	You can see a menu of two stroke commands after the first stroke is typed. Specify the delay time in milliseconds.


Keywords
General Setup

Keywords

Groups	You can configure up to 16 keyword groups. Each group has independent color and boldness scheme and you can see those keywords in different color and boldness.

Comment	Short description of the selected keyword group.

MIME type	You can choose a specific MIME type to activate the keywords. For example, HTML keywords have meanings only in text/html content.

Character Set	Specify the character set you want to activate the keywords. You can specify multiple character sets separating by comma.

"*" means all the character sets.

For example, Chinese Traditional keywords make sense only in BIG5 character sets.

Keyword	Type a keyword you want to add to the list.

Color	Choose whether you want to see those keywords in different color.

Bold	Choose whether you want to see those keywords in bold font.

Case Sensitive	Check this if those keywords are case sensitive.

Comment Block	You can see text enclosed with certain strings in different color. It is called "Comment Block".

This comment block scheme is also associated with the keyword group.

Begin/End with	Specify the beginning and ending strings of the comment block. Both must begin with non-alphabetical character.

Keywords in Block	You can choose whether you want to see keywords found in the comment block in different color or boldness.

For example, in HTML, text which are enclosed with "<!—" and "-->" are the comments and HTML tags inside should not be emphasized.  In that case, clear both "Colored" and "Bold".


Send
General Setup

Send

Send from Outbox	Choose how outgoing messages are sent when "Send from Outbox" command is processed.

Send Now	Choose the behavior of "Send Now" command.

Send large messages with "message/partial" MIME type.

Sends a large message dividing into small multiple messages with "message/partial" MIME type.

Always confirm recipients before posting

When you are sending e-mail, a dialog shows up and confirms everything is OK. Without this option, the dialog shows up only when you do not input To or Subject fields.

Send after "Send and Receive"

"Send and Receive" is done in the order of "Send"->"Receive". Sometimes, auto forwarding/replying messages are generated in Outbox as the result or receiving operation.  If you want to send those messages in the same session, check this.

Prohibit group mailing	If you do not want to use group mailing feature of the address book, turn it on. Group mailing is the feature that you can send messages to all the members in an address group by choosing an address group and clicking "Add" button in the address book.

Omit Date field	Removes Date field from outgoing mail so that the SMTP server can add the one. However, since some SMTP servers don't put Date field, it is not recommended to check this option.

Date field should be added by user agents like Becky!.

Omit Message-Id field	Removes Message-Id field from outgoing mail so that the SMTP server can add the one. However, since some SMTP servers don't put Message-Id field, it is not recommended to check this option.

Message-Id field should be added by user agents like Becky!.

Reedit a message that caused a SMTP error.

If a message caused an error during SMTP session, it will be open for reediting. That way you can identify which message was the culprit.

8bit file name conversion	Although it is not recommended to send attachment files with 8bit file name, you can choose how 8bit file names are handled in outgoing messages.

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Receive
General Setup

Receive	* Mail checking, pop up message, and some other settings only works with POP3 account, not IMAP4.

Periodical "Collection and Delivery

Configure it if you want to automatically run "Collection and Delivery" command at times.

Check Every	Specify the interval of mail checking.

Check At	Specify the time you want to check mail.

Check Only When Dialup is Active

If you have set Becky! to  use dialup, it doesn't check mail when you are not online.

Backup Logs	You can backup incoming and outgoing messages, so that you can restore it by "File">"Import Backup Logs" command in case of trouble.

It is a good idea to specify days to keep backups because they may eat up your disk space. If you have sufficient disk space, you may specify 0 to keep backups forever.

You can also choose "Mirror" option so that those logs will be created to the specified folder other than Becky!'s data folder. Those logs will not be deleted automatically.

Sound On Arrival	You can specify the sound file (.wav) you want to hear when new messages are arrived. Specify "MailBeep" to use Windows' default mail arrival sound.

Notify arrival of new mail when Becky! is not active.

When you receive new mail and Becky! is running background, a message box will bring up to get your attention.

With POP3 mailbox, the message box brings up after the mail check session.

With IMAP4 mailbox, the message box brings up when RECENT response is returned for NOOP command that is issued every minute. That means user needs to stay online to get the message box notification.

Notify "No New Messages" with a dialog box.

Brings up a dialog box to let you know there are no new messages.

Do not send on periodical check.

Usually, the process of mail checking is sending from Outbox and then receiving new messages. If you do not want to send automatically, check this option.

Notify when already received messages are found on the server.

Even if you did not check "Leave Messages on Server" option in "Mailbox Setup", sometimes messages are left on the server due to incomplete session or server problem.

With this option, you will be notified when those messages are found on the server during the POP3 session, and you can choose to delete them.

However, if you have set up filters to leave some messages on the server, you will see this warning for those messages, too. In that case, it is better to uncheck this option.

This warning will not show up when the main window is in background or minimized as well as "Show network error on the status bar instead of a dialog box." option is checked.

How to respond to the request of "read receipt"

This defines the behavior how to respond to the message that has "Disposition-Notification-To" or "X-Confirm-Reading-To" header.

Note that if the messages' "To", "Cc", or "Original Recipient" fields don't contain your e-mail address, this request will be ignored.


MIME
General Setup

MIME	Associates the Windows file types with MIME content types.

MIME Type/SubType	Shows the MIME type and subtype of the item currently selected in the list.

Add New Type	Create a new MIME type and subtype.

File Type	Specify the file extensions corresponding to the current MIME type. It must begin with "." (period) and you can specify multiple file types like ".aaa.bbb".

Action	Define the action when you open (double click or Enter key) the attachment file with the current MIME type.

Open	Opens the document according to the OS's setting. For example, ".html" file is opened by a web browser.

Save As	Saves the attachment to the selected location. It is recommended that you choose this for "application/octet-stream" MIME type, because this MIME type is often used for attachment files with unknown file types such as ".exe", ".com", or ".pif", which might contain computer virus.

Open With	Opens with specified application.


Advanced
General Setup

Advanced

Size of Each Mail Storage File

Becky! saves messages to multiple files, which means, if one file reaches the size defined here, a new file is created. This can reduce  the performance overhead of saving all the messages into one file and minimize the risk of losing data in case of file corruption.

If you specify zero, Becky! will save one message as one file. In terms of data loss, it is safest. However, it may unnecessarily consume your disk space because of the cluster gap, especially on FAT16 file system.

The value from 64 to 640 is recommended.

Save Attachments to Separate Data Files.

If this option is on, attachment parts in e-mail messages will be saved as separate data files, which increases overall performance and decreases the risk of virus-scanning software deleting e-mail messages that contains viruses along with other innocent e-mail messages.

Those separated attachment files are saved "as is" (not decoded) and this process is totally transparent from the user.

There are two commands in "File" > "Folder" menu; "Separate Attachments" and "Combine Attachments".

Older version than ver2.05 doesn't support data files that have separate attachment. So, if you need to go back to the old version for some reasons, you will need to process "Combine Attachments" on each folder that contains attachments.

Max IMAP Mail Item Cache	Specify the number of mail items you want to save on the local hard disk as IMAP mail item cache.

Clear on Disconnecting	If this option is checked, all IMAP cache files will be deleted when IMAP session is terminated.

Socket Options	If you have any difficulty with the network connection, try the following options. I can't really say what works for what, but worth trying.

Larget Receiving Buffer

Larget Sending Buffer

Send Without Delay

Set Timeout

Default ANSI codepage	Set it 0. You don't really have to specify this value.

Effective After Restarting Program

Create composing window on an independent thread.

Creates compose window on the different thread from the main thread. It makes the compose window more stable, especially when receiving e-mail on background, but it consumes more system resources. So, if you are using Windows95/98, this option is not recommended.

No dropdown menu on toolbar.

Some tool buttons have dropdown menu, with which you can choose more options for one command. However, if your PC's screen is not wide enough, you may want to check this option. It could create a space for another tool button.


Mailbox Setup

Profile	You can have multiple "profiles" for one mailbox.

A "profile" is a set of "Mailbox Setup", which you can switch one to another for your particular purpose.

Global Profiles	You can register "global profile" names and choose one of them for the name of the profile (except for Default profile).

When you switch to the global profile on one mailbox, other mailboxes will switch to the profile that has a same "global profile" name automatically.

Account

Your Name	Input your name.

It will be set to "From" field of your outgoing message with your e-mail address.

E-mail Address	Input your e-mail address

It will be set to "From" field of your outgoing message.

Server Settings

Mail Protocol	Choose either POP3 or IMAP4.

Most of ISPs use POP3. If you are not sure, choose POP3.

POP/IMAP Server	Input the name of the mail server.

POP3S/IMAPS	You can receive messages with SSL/TLS enabled server.

SMTP Server	Input the name of the SMTP server.

SMTPS	You can send messages with SSL/TLS enabled server.

User ID	Input your user ID of your e-mail account.

Password	By inputting your password here, you will not have to input the password each time you receive e-mail. However, that means anyone can receive and read your e-mail if your computer is accessible by someone else.

In addition, the password is saved in the ini file, which someone could steal from your computer, although it is saved as a scrambled form, which you can't read without decoding using a special method.

To cut the short, it is strongly recommended that you do not input password here unless your computer is located in an absolutely secure and private place.

Authentication	If your mail server needs special authentication method, choose it in the radio buttons. Unfortunately, some proprietary authentication methods, which are used with MSN, AOL, HotMail, etc., are not supported.

Leave Messages on Server�iPOP3�j

Generally, messages in POP3 server are deleted after they are retrieved. If you want to keep them, check this option.

Many e-mail providers have a limitation of the size you can keep messages on the server and if your quota is full, the mail server no more accept messages for you. So, it is not recommended to check this option permanently.

If you still want to do that, it is recommended to specify "Delete After X days" at least.


Connection
Mailbox Setup

Connection

Connection Method	Choose whether you want to connect the Internet via LAN or dialup. If dialup, you also have to choose appropriate dialup entry in the combo box.

Force Reconnect	This option enables you to switch dialup connections on "Collection and Delivery".

Dial up Settings	If you choose "Dialup" for the connection method, you can set up each dial up entry.

Auto Disconnect	Choose whether you want to disconnect the phone line after sending and receiving e-mail.

Redialing Times	Specify the times you want to redial when the line is busy.

Redialing Interval	Specify the seconds you want Becky! to wait  before redialing.

Dialup Authentication	Choose the authentication method for dialup. If you have set your Windows' dialup network to save the password, "Use ID and password stored in the dialup entry" would be good.

SMTP server associated to this dialup.

Forces Becky! to use the specified SMTP server when you connect to the Internet using this dialup entry.


Compose
Mailbox Setup

Compose

Permanent Fields	Supply the header data you always want to add to the outgoing messages.

Templates	Choose the template you want to use for this profile.

Address Book	Choose an address book or an address group you want to use particularly for this profile.

vCard	Specify the file name of vCard you want to use for this profile.

Signature	Create and choose your signature you want to add to the outgoing messages. You can also choose in the combo box of compose window when you are composing message.


Receive
Mailbox Setup

Receive	Configures some options for mail retrieval.

Periodical Mail Check	You can configure automatic mail checking for the mailbox individually. If you want to "Collection And Delivery" periodically, you should look at "General Setup">"Receive".

For IMAP4 account, when you don’t configure periodical checking, Becky! will automatically poll “Noop” command to IMAP4 server and check messages in Inbox every minute. (If you configure either “Check Every” or “Check At”, this polling will not be invoked.)

Check Every	Specify the interval of mail checking.

Check At	Specify the time you want to check mail.

Check Only When Dialup is Active

If you have set Becky! to  use dialup, it doesn't check mail when you are not online.

Size Limit	Tells Becky! to download messages partially if the size of the message exceeds specified K bytes.

For POP3, you can download the skipped message using "Remote Mailbox" later. For IMAP4, you can simply double click the item to download an entire message.

Receive from multiple POP3 servers of other profiles.

If you have set different POP3 servers for each profile, this option defines the behavior of receiving mail for the current mailbox.

If checked, the mail server of this profile is always checked even if this profile is not active, except when this option of the active profile is not checked.

If not checked, the mail server of this profile is checked only when this profile is active and, in that case, other profiles' mail servers are never checked.

Show unread count on the "Welcome" screen of Windows.

If this is checked, the count of unread messages of this mailbox will be added to the "Unread messages" on the "Welcome" screen of Windows XP (or later).

When you quit program leaving unread messages that are in the folded folder tree, those messages may not be counted as unread messages when you restart the program. This is not a bug but a technical limitation.


Misc.
Mailbox Setup

Misc.

Port Numbers	Usually, you should not change this value. Sometimes you will need to change this to a specific value, like when you use proxy servers to receive e-mail.

SMTP Authentication	If your SMTP server supports "SMTP AUTH" capability, use this option.

SSL/TLS Settings

Incoming/Outgoing	You can specify the particular version of SSL/TLS protocol for Incoming server and Outgoing (O/G) server (SMTP) respectively.

It is, however, recommended to leave it “Default” unless you have some compatibility problem with the server.

Skip verifying certificate.	You can choose not to verify SSL/TLS server certificate so that you can connect private SSL/TLS server without error. It is, however, not recommended in terms of security.

Use Client Certificate.	If you can have problem connecting SSL server from a PC with client certificate, turn it off.

POP before SMTP	Recently, many ISPs that provide SMTP servers become using this mechanism so that only the users who have a POP account on their server can use SMTP server.

Sometimes this mechanism works several seconds after the POP3 authentication. In that case, specify the wait time in milliseconds.

Alternate server	Specify a POP server for “POP before SMTP” if you need to use a different server. You can use different User ID and password as well. (You can leave them blank to use your default User ID and password)

Use ESMTP	Generally, you should check this. Otherwise, you will not be able to use some ESMTP features such like SMTP Authentication and Delivery Status Notification.

If your SMTP server is old and it doesn't support ESMTP, uncheck this.

IMAP Settings

IMAP Folder	Usually, messages for IMAP account is stored in the users' home directory.  Some IMAP server shows unwanted regular files like as mailbox files. In that case, you can create a separate folder to store IMAP messages under your home directory.

Update unread states on every connection.

Sends "STAT" command to all the folders to retrieve accurate information of the number of unread message when you log on to the IMAP server.

However, it takes long time if you have many folders or your Internet connection is not fast enough. In that case, it is not recommended to check this option.

Place Trashbox on the server.

You can place your trash box on the IMAP server instead of your local drive. It makes deleting operation faster when you delete messages on the IMAP server.

Place Draftbox on the server

You can place your Draft box on the IMAP server.

If you save messages to Draft when you are offline, they are temporarily kept on the local hard disk and will be transferred to the remote folder when you log onto the IMAP account.

Place Sentbox on the server

You can place your Sent box on the IMAP server.

It could be useful if you always want to refer your sent messages from different computers. Generally, it is not recommended because the sent messages are transferred to the server on every sending operation.

Show extended namespace as folders.

Some IMAP servers show FTP directory or newsgroup as regular IMAP folders.

If you want to see those folders, check this option.


Folder Property

You can open the property of the folder by "Property" command in the right click menu on the tree view or "File" menu.

General

Folder Name	Name of the folder

Templates	Choose the template you want to apply when you are processing compose/reply/forward selecting this folder. These templates overrides the ones you chose in "Mailbox Setup">"Compose"

Address Book	Choose an address book or an address group you want to open when you are selecting this folder.

Mailing List	Choose a mailing list associated to this folder from the ones registered in Mailing Lists Manager.

If you associate a mailing list to a folder, you can process some ML commands, like "Post", from the right click menu.

Remove [...]/(...) from the top of the subject line on replying.

Some mailing list server adds a sequential number to the head of the subject, like [aaa-ml: 1234]. You can remove when you are replying to the message.

Hide [...]/(...) from the top of the subject lines in the list view.

You can hide those sequential numbers in the list view.

Ignore unread messages.	If you check this option, this folder won't be opened even if it contains unread messages, when you are browsing unread messages by space key.

Also unread number besides the folder name shows in gray.

This folder is for "sent" messages

Makes this folder act like "Sent" box. It is useful if you want to keep sent messages to the folders other than Sent box.

Allow IE component to render HTML messages in this folder.

Allows to use IE component to render HTML messages in this folder regardless the setting in “Genera Setup” > “Message View”.

Pictures, too	If you want to show external pictures in HTML messages in this folder regardless "Do not download pictures" option in "General Setup" > "Message View", turn it on.

Apply Settings to Sub Folders

Copies all the properties of this folder to sub folders. It also makes the current property as initial value when you create sub folders to this folder.

(Icon)	You can choose the icon color.


Compose (Folder Property)
Folder Property

Compose

To	Specified mail address will be set to To field when you compose/forward messages selecting this folder.

Also Use for Replying	Forces Becky! to use the specified mail address as replying address for messages in this folder. It can be useful if the list server doesn't set Reply-To and you have to modify the replying address if you want to follow up.

Cc, Bcc, Reply-To, Sender	Specified mail addresses will be used for each header fields. These setting overrides the ones in "Mailbox Setup">"Compose".

If you want to override the mailbox settings with null string, input "" (two double quotes).

Personality	The following settings will overrides the ones in "Mailbox Setup".

Sender's Name	Specify the name you want to set to "From" field of outgoing messages. If you want to override the mailbox settings with null string, input "" (two double quotes).

Sender's E-mail	Specify the e-mail address you want to set to "From" field of outgoing messages.

Organization	Specify the organization name you want to set to Organization header of outgoing messages. If you want to override the mailbox settings with null string, input "" (two double quotes).

Signature	Select the default signature. If you want to create a new signature, go to "Mailbox Setup">"Compose".

Move replied messages to this folder instead of "Sent" box.

With this option checked, you can save your sent messages to this folder if you reply to the messages in this folder. That way your personal correspondence will be kept in one folder without setting up the filtering rules.


Filtering Manager

Rules	You can define rules how incoming or outgoing messages should be processed. Choose either "Incoming" or "Outgoing" tab above the rule tree.

(Rule Tree)	Registered filtering rules are shown as tree items.

A "Rule" is defined as a set of "Action" and "Condition". Multiple conditions can be assigned to an Action.

This example shows that there are two rules; one for sorting to Test1 folder and another is to Test2 folder.

The first rule has two conditions combined with OR logical operator that is represented by parallel tree items.

The second rule has two conditions combined with AND logical operator that is represented by parent and child tree items.

That way Becky! enables you to configure complicated filtering rules.

New Rule	Opens "Edit Rules" dialog to add a new rule [image].

Edit Rule	Opens " Edit Rules " dialog to edit a selected rule [image].

Add Condition	Adds a condition [image] to a selected rule. You can also add a "And" condition to the existing condition as well as "Or" condition.

Edit Condition	Edits a selected condition [image].

Copy	Duplicates a selected rule.

Delete	Delete a selected rule or a condition.

Open Tree	Opens the entire tree items in the rule tree so that you can browse every "Action" and "Condition" connection.

Collapse Tree	Closes all the tree items in the rule tree.

Rule Up	Moves a selected rule up.

Click x10 button to move by 10.

Click "Rule Up" pressing Shift key, the rule will be moved to the top.

Rule Down	Moves a selected rule down.

Click x10 button to move by 10.

Click "Rule Down" pressing Shift key, the rule will be moved to the bottom.

Options

Sorting of Incoming Messages

Do not sort to folders on receiving.

Tells Becky! not to process sorting when messages are retrieved. However, "Color Label" always works regardless this option.

Sort only read messages by "Sort New Messages" command.

Sorts only the messages that are marked read.

Treat all sorting as "Copy to Folder".

If you check this option, all the messages that match the rule is copied and sorted.

Sorting of Sent Messages

Do not sort to folders on sending.

Tells Becky! not to process sorting when messages are sent.

Treat all sorting as "Copy to Folder".

If you check this option, all the messages that match the rule is copied and sorted.

Enable to assign multiple actions for one rule.

In the Filtering Manager, you can usually assign only one action to one rule to keep the operation simple.

 	You can assign multiple actions to one rule if you check this option.

Treat all the text parts (not only text/plain) as [body]

With this option, you can make it to search in the content of the HTML message as well as in the regular text message.


"Edit Rules" dialog

Add Condition	Defines a condition that triggers a specified action.

If "String" is found in "Header" field of an e-mail, it is considered that the condition is matched.

You can create multiple conditions with an And/Or operator by adding a condition to existing conditions in "Conditions" tree.

You have a choice of "(Select Address Group...)" in "String" combo box. If you choose this, you can match addresses based on the e-mail addresses in the selected address group including sub groups. It only works with structured headers like "From", "To", etc. It may not work as expected with "Subject", "[body]", etc. With this address group matching, the following search options will be ignored.

The following four search options are available.

Case Sensitive	Distinguishes upper and lower case.

Search Top Of Line	Matches only the text begins with the specified string.

For example, "foo" matches "foo@bar" but doesn't match "barfoo@barr".

Search by Word	Matches only when the text is delimitated with spaces or non-alphabetical characters.

Regular Expression	Uses regular expression .

Actions	Defines an action you want to process if a message matches the condition.

First, choose either "Sorting" or "Filtering" in the combo box. Then choose an action in the next combo box.

"Sorting" is an action that can be processed when either message is retrieved or "Sort New Messages" command is processed.

"Sort to Folder" action has options; "Default", "Auto", and "Manual". "Auto" means sorting is always processed when the message arrives. "Manual" means sorting is processed only when "Sort New Messages" command is processed. "Default" means it depends on the filtering option in the "Option" tab.

"Filtering" is an action that can be processed only when messages is retrieved.

If you choose “Leave/Delete/KILL on server” and check both “Delete from server” and “Do not Save”, you can define a KILL filter. Killed messages are still saved in backup logs and the records are saved in YYYYMMDD.KILL log files.

This KILL log will be maintained on the same schedule as the receive backup logs.


Mailing Lists Manager

You can manage your subscription information of mailing lists with Mailing List Manager.

(List)	Shows the list of the registered mailing lists.

If you want to add a new mailing list entry, click "Add" button and input necessary information.

Actually, there is another way to register a new mailing list entry. You will receive a "Welcome" message when you subscribe a new mailing list. Generally, that message contains enough information to register to the Mailing Lists Manager. So, select that "Welcome" message and choose "Tool">"Add To Mailing Lists Manager" command. All the necessary information, like e-mail addresses, is automatically retrieved from the message, and all you have to do is to choose them from the combo box for the appropriate fields.

The following commands, except "Add", can be processed when you select a particular mailing list entry in the list.

Subscribe	Opens a compose window to send a "subscribe" command to the mailing list.

Unsubscribe	Opens a compose window to send an "unsubscribe" command to the mailing list.

Command	Opens a compose window to send a particular command to the mailing list.

Post	Opens a compose window to post to the mailing list.

To Admin	Opens a compose window to send a message to the administrator of the mailing list.

Web Site	Opens a WWW browser to see a web site about the mailing list.

Description	Opens a system default text editor to see a description about the mailing list.

Add	Adds a new mailing list entry.

Property	Opens a property of the mailing list.

Copy	Duplicate the mailing list entry.

Delete	Delete the mailing list entry.

Close	Close Mailing Lists Manager.


Mailing Lists Property
Mailing List's Property

Name of the list	The name of the mailing list.

Posting	An e-mail address to post to the mailing list.

Command	An e-mail address to send a command to the mailing list.

Administrator	An e-mail address of the administrator of the mailing list.

Templates for Commands	Edit templates for subscribe, unsubscribe and some other e-mail list commands.

Web Sites	URL of the web site related to the mailing list. There are some mailing lists and mail magazines you can subscribe and unsubscribe from web sites.

Description Text	Usually, copy and paste entire "Welcome" message and save.

Related Folder	Choose a folder you want to associate with the mailing list.

If you want to sort messages to this folder automatically, set up a filtering rule.


Query
Query	Searches specified string in folders and list up the results.

Search For	Specify the string you want to find. If you choose "All Words" or "Any Words", you can specify multiple words separating by a white space.

Target	Choose the part you want to search in e-mail.

Search Sub Folders	Searches sub folders as well as the current folder. You can't choose this for IMAP4 folder.

Search by Word	Matches a string that is enclosed with white spaces or delimiting characters.

Search Top of Lines	Matches a string at the top of the line.

Case Sensitive	Distinguishes upper and lower case.

Use Regular Expressions	Uses regular expressions  for the find string.

Date	You can narrow the target of search by specifying date.

Priority	You can narrow the target of search by specifying priority.

Character Set	This is available (and mandatory) only for IMAP folder. If you want to search Japanese text in Japanese ISO-2022-JP messages, specify ISO-2022-JP here.

However, it depends on the server's implement if the specified character set is supported.

Summary	List up the messages that meet the query condition. You can double click to view the selected message. And by double clicking the same item, you can highlight the found string in the text.

By clicking “Go Result” button, you will be guided to the “Query Result” folder in the tree view, with which you can browse the contents of the result and do the most of things that you can do on the regular e-mail folders.

Save Query	Save the current Query criteria as a virtual folder in the Tree View. You can also create this Query Folder by drag&dropping the "Query Result" folder in the Tree View.

If you delete messages in the Query Folder, original messages will be deleted, too. But deleting the Query Folder itself doesn't affect messages inside.

The result of "Find in Result" cannot be saved.

Query	Start Query.

Find in Result	Query within the result of the previous query. You can go back to the original result by clicking the little [<] button at the left of "Find in Result" button.


Find in Text

Search specified string within the current message in the view window or the compose window.

Search For	Specify the string to find. '\' is treated as an escape . character.

From Top Of Text	Searches from the top of the text instead of the current caret position.

Mark Found Lines	Mark the line in which the string is found.

Search by Word	Matches a string that is enclosed with white spaces or delimiting characters.

Search Top of Lines	Matches a string at the top of the line.

Case Sensitive	Distinguishes upper and lower case.

Use Regular Expressions	Uses regular expressions  for the find string.

Mark All	Process the searching operation at once and mark all the lines in which the string is found.


Find Messages

Search particular e-mail messages that contain the specified string. You have to focus on the list view to process this command.

Search For	Specify the string to find. '\' is treated as an escape . character.

Target	Choose the part you want to search in e-mail.

Search by Word	Matches a string that is enclosed with white spaces or delimiting characters.

Search Top of Lines	Matches a string at the top of the line.

Case Sensitive	Distinguishes upper and lower case.

Use Regular Expressions	Uses regular expressions  for the find string.

Search Entirely in the Folder	Usually keep this checked.

Character Set	This is available (and mandatory) only for IMAP folder. If you want to search Japanese text in Japanese ISO-2022-JP messages, specify ISO-2022-JP here.

However, it depends on the server's implement if the specified character set is supported.


Replace

Replace the found string with the specified string.

Search For	Specify the string to find. '\' is treated as an escape . character.

Replace With	Specify the string you want to replace with the found string.

From Top Of Text	Searches from the top of the text instead of the current caret position.

Mark Replaced Lines	Mark the line in which the string is replaced.

Search by Word	Matches a string that is enclosed with white spaces or delimiting characters.

Search Top of Lines	Matches a string at the top of the line.

Case Sensitive	Distinguishes upper and lower case.

Use Regular Expressions	Uses regular expressions  for the find string.

Replace All	Process replace operation at once and replace all the found words.


Escape Characters

\t	Tab

\n	Line feed

\b	Bell

\f	Form feed

\e	Escape

\r	Carriage return

\0	Null

\xXX	Control code represented by XX (0x01 to 0x1f)

\\	'\' itself


Thread Mode

By using "Thread Mode" command, you can switch the order of mail items from the recent-first order to the thread order, in which older messages are located upper and each reply message follows the original message. It is useful when you read the messages from mailing lists.

For example, If you have these messages in your Inbox (newer is upper) ...

Re: Octopus

Re: So what?

Re: Octopus

Octopus

Re: I like it!

So what?

I like it!

It will be like this in the thread order.

I like it!

Re: I like it!

So what?

Re: So what?

Octopus

Re: Octopus

Re: Octopus

In the thread mode, you can connect messages with simple drag and drop operation.

But if the drop target is already the parent of the selected message, it will be disconnected from the parent.


Regular Expressions

The following expressions are supported.

^	Matches the top of a line.

$	Matches the end of a line.

X|Y	Matches X or Y�iX,Y is a regular expression�j

[A-Z]	Matches a character between A and Z. (A, Z is a certain character)

[^A-Z]	Matches a character which is not included between A and Z.

[ABC]	Matches a character one of the characters "ABC". (A,B,C is a certain character)

[^ABC]	Matches a character not one of the characters "ABC".

.	Matches any one character.

X*	Matches zero or more repeat of X. (X is a regular expression)

X+	Matches one or more repeat of X.

X?	Matches X or empty string.

A regular expression between () has higher priority of operation.


What's New
What's New	Shows the list of messages recently arrived.

It is useful especially if you have set Filtering Manager to sort incoming messages to folders automatically.

(News Ticker)	Shows the "News Ticker", which scrolls the headline of the selected message. If you click it, the selected message is shown in the main window.

News Ticker	If you find the "News Ticker" annoying, uncheck this option.

Browse Continuously	Automatically browses the recently arrived messages one by one.

"To read" only	If this option is checked, messages that are sorted to the folder of "Ignore Unread" attribute and messages that are marked read by the filtering manager will not be listed.

This doesn't affect messages already in the list.

Scroll Speed	Adjust the scroll speed as you like.

Clear	Clears the list.

The list always keeps about 100 messages, and older messages are deleted automatically. If you want to completely empty the list, click this button.


File menu(Address Book)

Write Mail	Sets the mail addresses in the recipients view (lower left) to the actual To, Cc, and Bcc fields of an outgoing message. If the recipients view is empty, the addresses you are highlighting in the list view (upper right) will be set.

If you have opened "Address Book" first, it will create a new window to compose a message.

New Address	Registers a new e-mail address.

Delete Addresses	Deletes selected e-mail addresses.

New Address Group	Creates a new address group.

New Address Book	Creates a new address book. You can create an address book as a regular Becky!'s address book or a LDAP server entry.

Delete Address Group/Book	Deletes either an address group or an address book you are selecting in the tree view.

Property	Shows the property of the selected item, such as an address book, an address group, or an e-mail address.

Reconstruct Index	If you find something is wrong in the address data, try this command.

Import	Imports address data from a text file to the selected address group. You can import from tab/comma delimitated text or from vCard files.

Export	Exports address data of the selected address group or the selected e-mail addresses to a text file or vCard files.

Close	Close Address Book


Edit menu (Address Book)

Cut	Cuts the selected e-mail addresses.

Copy	Copies the selected e-mail addresses.

Paste	Pastes the e-mail addresses previously cut or copied.

Select All	Highlights all the e-mail addresses in the list.

Set Addresses to List	Input selected e-mail addresses to the recipients view. If the focus is in the tree view and you are selecting an address group, the address group name will be input in the form of @"Group Name".

This group name will be expanded to the read e-mail addresses when the message is actually sent.

So, note that if you set the group name to To or Cc field, all the e-mail addresses will be disclosed to all the recipients.

Find Address	Goes to the finder window of the list view.


View menu (Address Book)

Tool Bar	Toggles show/hide the tool bar.

Status Bar	Toggles show/hide the status bar.


Tool menu(Address Book)

Input Format	Choose the preferred format used when the e-mail addresses are set.


Address Book

c.f.: Becky for Beginners->Using Address book

Tree View (upper left)	Shows address books and address groups.

List View (upper right)	Shows e-mail addresses belongs to the current address group. If you hit enter key or triple click on the e-mail addresses the selected e-mail addresses will be set to the outgoing message. (Same as "Set To Mail" command.)

There is a e-mail address finder at the top of the window. Input the string you want to find in the address book and hit the enter key (or click "Find" button). If you are selecting an address group, the first hit item will be highlighted and you can continuously search by hitting the enter key again.

If you are selecting an address book or LDAP server, it searches entire address book and lists up the found e-mail addresses.

Recipients View (lower left)	By clicking "Add" button, the e-mail addresses you are selecting in the list view are set to the list. Choose To, Cc, or Bcc tab before you add.

(You can drag and drop to the other tabs after you input, though.)

Data View (lower right)	Shows the detailed information of the focused e-mail address.


Cc and Bcc

"Cc" is an abbreviation of "Carbon Copy". If you want someone, other than the direct recipients, to see your message, set those people's e-mail addresses to the Cc field.

"Bcc" is an abbreviation of "Blind Carbon Copy". It works exactly like Cc, but the e-mail addresses in Bcc field are not disclosed to recipients.


Delivery Status Notification
Delivery Status Notification (DSN)

A mechanism defined in RFC1891. If you request DSN, the recipients' e-mail server will respond with a notification message as soon as your messages are arrived.

Both sender's and recipients' SMTP server need to support this mechanism to get it worked.

You can request DSN in Becky!'s "Header" dialog in the compose window.


Address Book Property

Address Book Name	The name of the address book.

Address Book Type

Becky!'s Address Book	A regular address book that is created on the local hard disk.

Path	The path you want to store the address data.  Leave it blank unless you need to create an address book on the specific location, like network drive.

LDAP Server	Registers LDAP server.

Server Name	Input the LDAP server name. You can specify the port number at the end of the server name. Input colon (:) followed by the port number.

e.g. ldap.xxxxxx.com:1389

Base DN	Specify the base distinguished name of the LDAP server.

e.g. c=US

Search Filter	Configure filter strings, which are used for LDAP search. This is advanced setting. Usually, you don't have to change the default value.

(For detailed information about LDAP search filter, refer RFC1558)

After you have changed the settings, you can get default values back by emptying the fields and closing Address Book.

Name/Mail Address/Comment

Specify a filter string, which you want to apply to each word. For example, if you specify  (cn=*%1*) for "Name" and input "Rollo Tomasi" for the search string, the actual filter string will be:

(&(cn=*Rollo*)(cn=*Tomasi*))

Covers Whole	Specify a filter string, which covers an entire filter string.

For example, if you specify (&(objectClass=person)%1), and apply to the previous example, the entire filter string will be:

(&(objectClass=person)(&(cn=*Rollo*)(cn=*Tomasi*)))

LDAP2/LDAP3	Specify the version of LDAP server. LDAP3 is widely supported these days.

Attribute for “Note”	You can customize LDAP attribute name you want to see in “Note” column.  Multiple attributes are allowed by separating with comma like “description, telephoneNumber”.

Use UTF8 even with LDAP2

UTF8 is introduced in LDAP3 to handle multiple language data. If you need to search UTF8 data with LDAP2 protocol, check this option. (This would not work sometimes due to the protocol specification.)

Simple Authentication	Specify a Distinguished Name and password if needed. Only the simple binding is supported.


Address Property

General

Full Name	The name that will be set as the name part of the recipient's address.

E-mail	E-mail address.

Nick Name	A short name that will be used for input shortcut. For example, if you set "ma" as a nickname of mail@address, you only have to type "ma" in the "To" field of the compose window to get complete address line.

Nicknames are searched only in the active address book if you have multiple address books.

Related URL	Related URL to the address.

Details

Detailed information related to the address entry. This information is used only for viewing purpose on the address book.

Misc.

Some more information related to the address entry in vCard format.

For detailed information about vCard, refer http://www.vcard.org/


Message Property

General

It shows general information about the selected message.

"MIME Structure" shows "Content-Type" header of each MIME part of the e-mail message.

An ordinary message consists of only one MIME part with "text/plain" Content-Type.

Addresses

It shows mail addresses that the e-mail message contains.

You can reply/compose to the addresses you pick up, and can add to the address book as well.