# Preferences

Note: The buttons at the top and bottom of the screen are common to all the preference screens.

- The top row contains the preference categories:-
  - General - including confirm logout and whether or not the welcome screen should be displayed.
  - Display - (this screen)
  - Compose - includes settings for personal name and whether a signature is included or not.
  - Extra Compose - use of the sent-mail folder, the size of the text area for the body part and the spell check language.
  - Folder - options concerned with the use of, and actions on, mail folders.
- The bottom row controls the duration of the changes:-
  - Cancel immediately cancels any edits.
  - Change for this session applies only to the current session.
  - Change for this and future sessions applies for each session until the change is altered.
  You are returned to the Account Management screen after selecting any of the choices.

## Display Preferences

When you first enter the screen it will look like this:-

## Preferences

### Display Preferences:

| Use icons
| Duplicate icons below message
| Display text/html sections inline
| Display text/* sections starting <html> inline
| Preserve MIME type when downloading attachments

Default folder sort mode: |
Messages per page: |
Addressbook sort mode: |
Addressbook entries per page: |
Alt Addresses: |

## The individual preferences

In the screen above the Webmail default preferences are shown.

- Use icons controls the use of icons and text for links and navigation. If this option is unselected then only text is used. This has additional effects on certain pages. For example in the mail folder list screen the single column (envelope icon) that indicates the status of a message is replaced by three columns D (marked if message deleted), N (showing N for a new message or O for a read message) A (marked if message answered).
- Duplicate icons below message controls whether a duplicate of the common toolbar (the icons/text appearing at the top of every screen) should appear below messages when they are being viewed.
- Display text/html sections inline. Many messages have text and HTML parts. If this option is unchecked then, when messages have a `Content-Type: text/html` header and the HTML section is selected, the raw HTML is shown instead of it being rendered (presented formatted).
- Display text/* sections starting <html> inline. Some messages are in HTML but do not have the correct (or any) Content-Type headers. These are frequently spam messages. If this option is unchecked these messages are displayed as raw HTML instead of being rendered.
- Preserve MIME type when downloading attachments controls whether attachments where the type can be handled by the browser (for example images in GIF or JPEG format) are displayed in the browser when the attachment is selected. When the option is checked an attachment of a type the browser can handle is displayed when selected, otherwise the browser's "Save As..." dialogue appears allowing you to save the attachment to your local system for later processing. If the option is unchecked then selecting any attachment will bring up the browser's "Save As..." dialogue.
- Default folder sort mode affects the way all mail folders are sorted and thus presented. The default is Arrival - messages are presented in the order they arrive in the mail folder. There is a wide range of alternatives, including Date, From and Subject. It is also possible to change the sort order of the current folder in the Mailboxes screen.
- Messages per page controls the number of messages listed per screen in the message list screen.
- Addressbook sort mode affects the way that the addressbook is sorted and thus presented. The default is Order - entries are presented in the order they have been added to the addressbook. There is a range of alternatives, including Alias, Name and Comment and Address. It is also possible to change the current sort order on the Addressbook screen.
- Addressbook entries per page controls the number of addresses listed per screen in the main addressbook screen.
- Alt Addresses - a comma-separated list of alternative addresses that you use to send email. This controls what is shown in the `From` column of the message list screen. Messages from any of your defined addresses will show who they are to rather than who they are from.