# 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 - concerned with the appearance of the interface.
  - 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 - (this screen)
- 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.

## Folder Preferences

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

## Preferences

### Folder Listing Preferences:

| Suppress dotfiles (files starting '.') from folder listing
| Confirm folder deletion

Mail directory: |
Sent Mail Folder: |
Postponed Messages Folder: |

## The individual preferences

In the screen above the Webmail default preferences are shown.

- Suppress dotfiles (files starting '.') from folder listing - unchecking this will show all your files and mail folders, including the files that are normally hidden. Files whose name starts with a '.' are normally in your home directory, and include configuration files such as the addressbook used by Pine (`.addressbook`)
- Confirm folder deletion - If this is unchecked then selecting the Delete button against a mail folder name on the Folders screen deletes that folder immediately without asking for confirmation.
- Mail directory - controls which directory is the default for mail folders. The default is the `mail` subdirectory of your home directory. Some mail clients (for example Outlook Express) use the home directory by default. If you habitually use one of these clients then you may need to consider making this field blank.
- Sent Mail Folder - controls which folder is used to hold copies of outgoing mail. Again, if you habitually use a mail client that has a different convention you may wish to change this preference, for example if you are an habitual Outlook Express user you may wish to change it to:-

  Sent Mail Folder: |

- Postponed Messages Folder controls which folder is used to store a message that you wish to postpone and return to later.