Accounts and Options¶

This page documents the Options dialog (OptionsDialog) — where you configure accounts, composition defaults, connection behaviour, your signature, and server-side settings. Open it from Tools ▸ Options (Ctrl+O) or the toolbar button.

The dialog is organised into tabs along the top: Account, General, Signature, and Server Side. Two buttons sit at the bottom of every tab:

Apply — save the changes you have made so far.
Restore — discard your edits and return the fields to their saved values.

First-run shortcut

When you connect without an account configured, this dialog opens directly on the Account tab. See Getting Started.

Account¶

The Account tab holds the app-wide connection settings and your account's details. The account is your sender. It carries:

Field	Meaning
Account Name	The label shown for this account.
Email Addr.	The account's e-mail address.
Password	The account password.

A server-side error message appears under the fields if the server rejects the account when you apply it.

General¶

Composition¶

Option	Effect
Enable Rich Format (HTML) in Email Body	Compose in HTML by default rather than plain text.
Quote Message in Reply	Include the original message text when you reply.
Follow delivery by default	Turn on delivery tracking for new messages automatically.
Draft auto-save period	How often the compose window auto-saves a working draft.

Connection¶

Option	Effect
Automatically download attachments from everyone	Fetch attachments without prompting. Use List Senders to manage per-sender exceptions (see below).
Show notification when a new message arrives	Raise a desktop notification on new mail.
Try to establish connection on startup	Connect automatically each launch.
Reconnect automatically on disconnection in:	Retry the connection after the given delay if it drops.
Use HTTP endpoint	Connect over the HTTP endpoint.
Allow P2P Connections	Permit peer-to-peer connections. Learn More explains the trade-offs; Peers lists peers found on your local network.
Fragment messages bigger than:	Split outgoing messages larger than the given size.
Always send read receipts to everyone	Send read receipts without prompting. Use List Recipients for per-recipient rules (see below).
Metered connection	Reduce background data use on a metered link.
Show Junk mail in original folders as well	Also show junk-filtered messages in the folder they would normally land in.

Compatibility¶

These let other mail programs (a standard POP3/SMTP client) talk to the app locally:

Option	Effect
Enable POP3 server	Serve your mail over POP3. Choose Local or Public reach.
Enable SMTP server	Accept outgoing mail over SMTP. Choose Local or Public reach.
Alternate Password	Set a separate password for these local servers.

What the POP3 and SMTP servers expose

These bridges are intentionally narrow:

POP3 serves only the Inbox. A connecting client sees the messages in your Inbox and nothing from your other folders.
SMTP only accepts your own account as the envelope sender. The MAIL FROM address must be the account's own e-mail address; any other sender is rejected. You cannot send "as" a different address through this bridge.

Both local servers are unencrypted

The POP3 and SMTP bridges are plain, insecure variants — they do not use SSL/TLS. Your alternate password and the full contents of every message are transmitted in cleartext. Keep these servers on Local reach and use them only over a trusted machine or network; choosing Public exposes that cleartext traffic to anyone on the network.

The local SMTP server does not preserve your message byte-for-byte

A message submitted over SMTP is parsed into the app's internal format, not stored as the exact bytes you sent. When it is later delivered it is regenerated from that internal form, so the resulting MIME document will not match the original byte-for-byte. Anything that depends on the exact original bytes — notably end-to-end cryptographic signatures such as S/MIME or PGP/MIME — may not survive the round trip.

Signature¶

Text entered here is appended to every message you send.

A Preamble group adds an optional lead-in:

Field	Meaning
Use signature preamble	Turn the preamble on.
(preamble text)	The text placed before the signature (commonly a separator line).
Num. leading lines	How many blank lines to insert ahead of the signature.

Some options open a small companion dialog:

Opened from	Dialog	What it manages
List Senders	Download attachments from…	Addresses and domains whose attachments download automatically. Entries can be removed here.
List Recipients	Always send read receipts to…	Addresses to which read receipts are always sent. Add, edit, or remove entries.
Peers	Peers List	Peers discovered on your local network for P2P.

Some changes need a reconnect or restart

Account and server-side changes generally take effect after Apply and a reconnect; a few are picked up on the next launch.

Icon reference¶

Function	Icon
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