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hermes

Remember that hermes is not a finished program !

Writing mail

To begin writing a mail double-click on the hermes icon and wait for the Create message window to come up

The interface

The menu bar

Currently only the File menu has functionality. You can only get some information about hermes and quit the program.

The top-buttons

  • Send
    With this button you can send the message.
  • Quote
    This quotes the message that the current message replies to. The button has no function if you create a new message.
  • Cancel
    This button cancels the current message.

The tab view

The tab view consists of two tabs, Recipients and Attachments. Is is currently not possible to add attachments to the message so the tab has no functionality.

The Recipients tab allows you add or change the recipients of the message. Click on Add... to bring up the Add recipient window. Here you can enter the e-mail address of the recipient. On the left you can select the type of recipient:

  • To:
    The "normal" type of recipient.
  • CC:
    Send a carbon copy of this message to the e-mail address given.
  • BCC:
    Send a blind carbon copy of this message to the e-mail.
  • Newsgroups:
    Send the message to the given newsgroups.
With the Change... button ( or by double clicking on the entry) you can change the currently selected recipient.

The subject field

Click here to enter a subject for the current message.

The text input field

Here you can type to enter the text of the message.

Reading mail

To read a message double-click on the message and hermes will be launched and automatically display the message. Here you can check the recipients of the message (attachments are not implemented yet) and reply to the message or forward it.
If you close the window the message will be marked as "Old". If you want to retain the "New" state of the message select Close (Unchanged) from the File menu.

Replying/forwarding/followuping mail

To reply to a message click on the Reply... button in the read message window. When replying to a message hermes uses the same window as to write a new message, but, depending on the configuration, some fields in the window will be filled.

When replying the Quote... button will quote the old message into the current message at the current cursor position.

If you reply to a message the old From address will normally be used as the To address of the new message and the subject is changed according to the configuration. If a Reply-To is set in the original message it will be used instaed of the From address.
When forwarding the subject is changed, too, but no To is set.

A follow up is similar to a reply, but it goes to the given newsgroups instead of to the sender of the article.

Configuration

The configuration is done using the configuration file hermes_settings located on the /boot/home/config/settings/ directory. Options are all one line with a keyword followed by a value.

Options

  • Realname
    This a your real name, e.g. "John Doe". Put the name in quotes if it contains spaces. This is a required field.
  • EMail
    This is for your E-Mail address, e.g. john@doe.com. This is a required field.
  • Source
    This is the source attribute that should be set to every message written by you. This is very important if you use hermes for news.
  • Reply-To
    This is for your Reply-To address if it is different from your E-Mail address.
  • Signaturefile
    This is the path for the signature that will be appended to all new messages, as well as replies and forwards.
  • AutoQuote
    Can be "On" or "Off". If set to "On" the message text will be quoted when you reply to a message.
  • ReplyPrepend
    Contains the Text that will be put before the subject of a message when you reply to a message.
  • ForwardPrepend
    Contains the Text that will be put before the subject of a message when you forward a message.
  • MultiplePrepends
    Can be "On" or "Off". If set to "Off" hermes will check if the subject already starts with the text from ReplyPrepend (when replying to a mail) or ForwardPrepend (when forwarding a mail).
  • ShowHeaders
    Can be "On" or "Off". If set to "On" the message text of a reply or a forward will contain all the headers of the message.
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Created: March 2, 1999. Last modified: March 2, 1999.