Balsa User's Guide
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# Display

This page controls how `Balsa` appears to you.

`Use Preview Pane`

  Set whether to use the preview pane to display messages, or rely on the separate mail viewing window.

`Show Mailbox Info`

  This will allow the number of total and unread messages for each mailbox to be shown in the left pane of the `Balsa` main window.

`Toolbars`

  Use this to determine whether `Balsa`'s toolbars display only text, only icons, or both text and icons.

`Display Progress`

  This sets the behaviour of the dialog that is shown when `Balsa` retrieves messages from it's specified POP3 servers. The dialog can be shown only while the messages are being retrieved, automatically closing after `Balsa` is finished. Or it can be set to stay active until manually closed. Finally, the dialog can not be displayed at all.

`Date Encoding`

  Set the format used to display dates in `Balsa`. This uses the same format string as `strftime`, a summary which is provided below:

  - `%a` — The abbreviated weekday name.

  - `%A` — The full weekday name.

  - `%b` — The abbreviated month name.

  - `%B` — The full month name.

  - `%d` — The day of the month.

  - `%R` — The time using a 24-hour clock. (HH:MM)

  - `%r` — The time using a 12-hour clock (HH:MM AM/PM).

  - `%T` — The time using a 24-hour clock, with seconds (HH:MM:SS).

  | See the `strftime` manual page for a full listing of conversion specifiers.

`Displayed Headers`

  A space-separated list of the headers to display in the message window.

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