Becky!
Internet Mail
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Foreward
This help file was downloaded from https://davidskirk.org/becky/ and complements the help
file available in Becky!. This manual should not be used to the exclusion of the available help
file and is primarily designed so new users can browse the many features of Becky! Internet
Mail. For optimal productivity, you are encouraged to also download and install the help filethat mirrors and expands on this PDF document.
This document was developed by david kirk and is an expansion of the documentation
published by RimArts, Inc. This document is protected by copyright and is not to be modified
in any way. The developer of Becky! is aware of this document and receives all updates.
Comments and suggestions - and also corrections - are welcome. Please send to david at
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Table of Contents
Becky! Internet Mail
WelcomeBecky! Basics
The Main Window
Initial Setup
Receiving EmailSending Email
Reading Email
Replying Email
Using Address Book
Managing EmailManaging Email, Part Two
Menu Bars
Main Window Menu Bar
Main File menu
Main Edit menu
Main View menu
Main Mail menu
Main Tool menu
Compose Window Menu Bar
Compose File menu
Compose Edit menu
Compose View menu
Compose Tool menu
Address Book Menu Bar
Address Book File menu
Address Book Edit menu
Address Book View menu
Address Book Tool menu
Address Book View
Settings
Mailbox Setup
Account
Connection
ComposeReceive - Mailbox
Misc. Mailbox
General Setup
General Setup Menu
Tree/List
Message View
EditorCitation
Languages
Shortcut Keys
Keywords
Send
Receive - General
MIME
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Folder Properties - General
Folder Properties - Compose
Search Dialogs
Search Messages
Find in Text
Replace
Mail Query
Headline Search
Advanced Features
Thread Mode
Command Line Options
ProfilesUsing Memos
Reminder Feature
Tab Sheets
Templates
Multi-language Support
Spell Check
HTML messages
Flag, Priority and Color Label
AgentsUsing Plug-ins
Sync with Portable MediaTo Go options
What's New
Mailing Lists Manager Usage
Mailing Lists Manager
Mailing Lists Property
Filtering Manager
Filtering: Rules Menu
Filtering: Edit Rules
Filtering: Options
Keyword Overview
Backup and Restore
Licensing/Registration
User Registration
License Agreement
COPYRIGHT
AppendixTroubleshooting
Tips
Delivery Status Notification
Regular Expressions
Cc and Bcc
Escape Characters
Message Property
Information for Visually Impaired Users
Using Exchange with DavMail
Font Tutorial
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Introduction
Becky! Internet Mail is the mail software designed for the Internet email.
Since its birth in 1996, we kept improving its capabilities by listening to users' feedback. It
has now become one of the most successful shareware Email products, especially in Japan.
Becky! has experienced one major overhaul in 2000 and the current version is referred to as
Becky! Ver.2.
Although we always work hard to develop a stable, fast, and feature rich program, we neverforget the most important virtue which is "ease of use." From its simple and clean userinterface, you might not imagine its potential. The more you use, the more you will find it by
yourself.
Thanks to you all who are supporting the development of Becky!.
Tomohiro Norimatsu
President, RimArts, Inc.
Features Mailbox Features: You can c reate not only multiple mailboxes, but also multiple
profiles for each mailbox (POP3 only), which can allow multiple email accounts within a
mailbox. This feature is also useful if you use different settings, such as LAN anddialup, for the same mailbox.
 Popular protocols: IMAP and POP for email and LDAP and CardDAV for the addressbook.
 Portable: Becky! allows you to create a portable version when you need to work froma different PC.
 Fast! You can manage thousands of email at your fingertip. Becky! isn't bloated anduses memory efficiently.
 HTML: Although Becky! default is plain text, you can also write HTML email with
Becky!. Becky! uses features in a Microsoft browser (Edge or Internet Explorer) to
provide a functional HTML email client.
 Templates: Flexible template capability -- You can prepare standardized email
formats for business and personal email. You can also create HTML templates.
 Task Manager: With Becky!, you can assign an Agent to a message. That allows you
to create tasks regarding the message to help you manage your work.
 Reminder feature: With Becky!'s unique Reminder capability, you will receive email
from yourself on scheduled date. You can even schedule sending email messages tosomeone else. You don't have to remember your friends' birthdays -- Becky! does. :-) Filters: Powerful Filtering Manager -- You can sort messages into folders according to
the filtering rules. You can define unlimited and/or conditions for one filtering rule.
 Mailing Lists: Becky!'s Mailing Lists Manager helps you to organize multiple mailing list
subscriptions. You don't have to search past email messages just to find how to
unsubscribe the list.
 Third-party features: The Plug-In Interface enables third parties to create usefulplug-ins to customize Becky! for your particular needs.
 Did we say Fast? We're talking speed here. Becky! avoids many common GUI
features that just slow you down.
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Becky! focuses on effective Internet communications and, although the learning curve may belonger than for other email clients, Becky! delivers. Becky! provides many significant
features for your use and we hope you explore and use them.
New to Becky!? Please review the basics. Transitioning from another email client? You may
also want to review our Import Tips. Have problems or questions? Check the topic on
Troubleshooting.
Becky! is shareware, so please review the licensing/registration process.
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Becky! Basics
This chapter explains basic use of Becky! and email. If you are new to Becky! or only anoccasional user, this chapter is for you. If you are already comfortable using Becky! you may
not need this chapter, except for a periodic review.
However, once you are able to send and receive email, please review the chapters on Mailbox
Setup, General Setup and Folder Mail Settings for a more thorough knowledge of the full
extent of Becky! features. Also, a later review of Advanced Features will ensure that you can
use all of the power of Becky!. Take your time. Becky! is there for you.
This initial chapter steps you through the basics of
1. The Main Window (an overview of its structure)
2. Initial Setup
3. Receiving Email4. Sending Email
5. Reading Email
6. Replying to Email7. Using the Address Book
8. Managing Email (Folders, Filters, Priority, Color, Flags and Agents)
9. Managing Email, Part Two (Optional, beyond the basics)
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Becky!'s Main Window Panes
Becky!'s main window (shown below) consists of three panes. Understanding the terms thatreference the three panes will be helpful to you as you learn Becky!
At the left, there is a pane that contains mailboxes and folders. This is called Tree View. At
the upper right, there is a pane that lists all email messages in the selected folder. This iscalled List View. The entries for each message are referred to as headlines. At the lower
right, there is a pane that shows the content of the currently selected email message. This iscalled Message View.
There are also three "bars" that you need to be familiar with: the Menu Bar, the Tool Bar
and the Middle Bar, as each has its own properties and features. Also shown are the Assign
Agent icon and the Tab Sheet.
Note: If you choose the root m ailbox button in the Tree View (the mailbox in sample is named"Grex"), you will see the list of profiles for the current mailbox instead of the message list of
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Initial Setup
When you started Becky! for the first time, you were prompted to confirm the name of thedata folder. This is where all your mailbox information and email messages will be stored. The
default data folder is normally "(Boot Drive):\Becky!\(Your Login Name)\." TIP: Backup thisfolder periodically to another drive to protect against losing messages in case of a technicalproblem.
Next, you were presented with a dialog box for the configuration of the initial mailbox.
The name assigned to the mailbox is known as the "Mailbox Name." You will usually need amailbox for each of your email accounts. The name doesn't affect the functionality so you canname it anything you like, such as the name of your ISP. Then, enter your name and Emailaddress. They are important because this name and email address show up in the From fieldof your outgoing messages, e.g.
Your Name: Tomohiro Norimatsu
Email Address: carty@rimarts.co.jp
ISP Information Reminder:
To complete the setup of your account, you need information from your ISP. This is vital. YourISP may require use of specific port numbers, specific POP or IMAP or SMTP servers, and may
have given you documentation on encryption requirements using terms such as SSL/TLS or
STARTTLS and may also specify authentication requirements. Usually, the information fromyour ISP will let you complete registration of your account.
MICROSOFT EXCHANGE: if your ISP provides email services via Microsoft Exchange, that is
not directly supported by Becky! but can be implemented successfully via an additional
product, DavMail. More information available on the Exchange page.
Mailbox Setup:
Importing Messages and Address Books:
If you are converting from another email client, see our Import Tips for guidelines onimporting to Becky!.
Mailboxes vs Profiles:
When you set up a mailbox, you are setting up one "profile" (specific settings for an email
account) and the accompanying folders to accommodate email input and output. In mostcases, you will want a unique mailbox for each email account. Profiles are a feature of Becky!
in that you may have multiple email accounts (profiles) in one mailbox (for POP3 mailboxes
ONLY), but multiple profiles are designed for use in specific situations. You can learn more
about profiles by reading the Profiles page. The situation may surface where you want to use
one set of folders for multiple email accounts and that is where the Profile feature helps, but
you may never need that feature.
For practical purposes, when you set up a mailbox, you are setting up a profile and associatedfolders. Also, for practical purposes, references in this help file to a mailbox are also
references to the default profile for that mailbox unless specifically mentioned. For more
information, see Using Profiles.
TIP! Please review Tools>Mailbox Setup while reviewing the following help information asthat is where you enter information for a mailbox.
Accounts Tab:
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Supply POP3 or IMAP Server and SMTP Server name. A POP3 or IMAP Server is used for
retrieving email, whereas an SMTP Server is used for sending email. Both server names
should be found in your ISP's startup material. For some ISPs, the same server name is used
for both retrieving and sending.
Next, you may supply User ID and Password in the Account tab. This is for RECEIVING
email.
It is strongly encouraged that you leave Password blank unless you have your computer ina secure place. You will be prompted to enter the password when you are receiving email.
Did your ISP specify security, e.g., SSL/TLS? If so, you may need to put a tick mark on the
IMAPS box (for IMAP retrieval) or on the POP3S box (for POP retrieval) and/or on the
SMTPS box (for outgoing mail). Each may offer to change port number and, on that, you
should defer to whatever ports your ISP documentation recommended. The OP25B tickbox
will set the outbound port number to 587, which is generally preferable.
Misc. Tab:
The default port numbers usually apply, unless your ISP specified otherwise. Selection(above) of IMAPS, POP3S box and OP25B box may affect the specification of port numbers.
If outgoing authentication is required - and it usually is, then put a tick mark in the SMTP
Auth box as well as the LOGIN box, plus insert your User ID and Password, just as you didon the Accounts Tab.
OK, basics are done. You can c heck or edit your mail settings from the main menu byselecting Tools>Mailbox Setup to review your account settings. You may also want toselect Tools>General Setup to review and manage general settings. If you are experiencing
connection difficulties despite having entered all values correctly, you may find help bychecking the Socket Options in Tools>General Setup>Advanced.
If you connect to the Internet using Becky! via the phone line, click the Connection tab andchoose your ISP's dialup entry in the combo box. That way, Becky! will automatically dial up
when you are going to send or receive email. However, if you connect through other means,
you can ignore the Connection tab.
Visually Impaired Information:
If you are visually impaired and use a screen reader, please see additional setup suggestions.
Default E-Mail Client:To make Becky! your default email client, Click Tools>General Setup>Make it "Default"
mail program. If that doesn't work, look for the 'Default Apps' function in your version of
Windows and set Becky! as the default there. This only works if you installed the EXE versionof Becky!. The ZIP version does not "install" so there are no settings placed in the registry forthis function. This can be done manually, if desired. See Troubleshooting for a potential,
unsupported, approach.
Backup/Restore Preparation:
Now that you're setting up Becky!, this is an excellent time to familiarize yourself with theprocedure to adequately bac kup your messages and other information. We have organizedthat for you in our Backup and Restore topic.
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Receiving Email
Click the Receive New Mail button or Collection And Delivery button at the upper left (forPOP) or the Remote Mailbox button (primarily for IMAP)!
If you receive an error message, you need to review your mailbox settings and/or contact
your ISP to confirm appropriate settings for email, such as server name, port numbers, etc.
Most errors can be resolved by changing settings in either the mailbox Account tab or Misc
Tab. A full review is also in the Initial Setup topic.
Becky! provides a tool to assist you in resolving a connection issue: the Protocol Log. To
activate it, just click Tools>Protocol Logs. Now, when connecting to the server to retrieve
messages, Becky! will display all connection messages that may assist you in resolving theconnection. To view the log, highlight the Mailbox name in the Tree View. Another possibility
for connection issues is to check the Socket Options.
The default setup for your mailbox brings new mail into a folder named Inbox. This is fine, but
you may wish to have incoming messages pre-sorted, such as by sender. If interested, you
may wish to review the topic on managing email.
If you set up multiple email accounts, each will have its own Inbox and related folders. If you
want to control which ones are and are not accessed with the Collection And Delivery
button, you can set your choices in Mail>Mailboxes for Collection... in the toolbar Mailmenu.
For other options for receiving email see the mailbox Receive tab.
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Sending EmailTo compose a new message, click the Compose Mail button on toolbar. A new window will
pop up for writing a message.
Recipients
Email addresses may be entered to the right of the To, Cc and Bcc buttons. (If the Bcc entry
field isn't displayed, see the up/down arrows at right side of screen. Clicking it will
display/hide the Bcc field and also controls display of the optional Reply-To and Senderfields.)If the email addresses are already in the address book, you can either enter the assigned
nickname for each recipient (or group) or click one of the To/Cc/Bcc buttons to allow access tothe address book to locate the recipients. More information on this is available in the topic,
Using Address Book.
Adding a Signature
People often add a short description about themselves at the bottom of an email message.
That is called "Signature", e.g.
-Chevy Corvette <chevy@ccmanagement.com>
Director, CC management.
Becky! creates a default signature for you when a mailbox is defined. You can see this at
Tools>Mailbox Setup>Compose. The "--" at beginning is an Internet-compliant
designation to recipients. Although you may easily edit this signature, you may want a
different signature, or possibly an alternate signature; you can achieve that from theCompose Window.
From within the Compose Window, enter your desired new signature text, highlight the text,
and choose File>Save As Signature. Save it as "Default" if you want to replace the
Becky!-defined signature. That way you will have this signature automatically inserted in yourmessage next time you open the Compose Window. However, if you save the signature with a
new name, this gives you the opportunity to manually choose the desired signature for each
new email you send.
If you want NO signature, just click the No Sign button in Tools>Mailbox Setup>Compose
menu.
Delayed Delivery
You have another option for sending email. Click Save to Outbox button instead of Send
Now. With this command, your messages are not sent immediately. They are stored in the
Outbox folder instead. You can store as many outgoing messages as you want in Outbox.
When you process Send from Outbox or Send And Receive command, they will be sent at
once.
This is a very useful feature especially if you are connecting to the Internet via the phone line.
TIP! If you want to keep an incomplete message, click the Save to Draft button on toolbar.
Open Draft folder and double click the message to reedit it.
TIP! Don't forget spelling. Becky! allows you to chec k spelling prior to sending email. See oursection on Spell Check in this help file.
TIP! If you sent a message and want to send the identical or similar message to someone
else, just highlight the message in the Sent folder, right-click and select reEdit from themenu. This puts the message back into the Compose Window so you just need to change therecipient id and modify the content as needed. This is a special feature of Becky! and can saveinnumerable keystrokes.

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Sending HTML Messages
Becky! also allows you to create messages that include graphics and color and special fonts.
These are called 'HTML messages' because of the underlying text encoding techniquerequired. For more information, see the HTML Messages section of this help file.
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Reading EmailWhen you receive email, the new messages will be delivered to Inbox. By clicking the Inbox
button in the Tree View, you will see the list of messages in the List View. For purposes of
Becky! documentation, the line item in List View that refers to a specific message is called aheadline.
Sorting Messages in a Folder
Initially messages are sorted in date-descendent order. However, you can readily change how
messages are sorted within a folder by clicking the descriptions on the heading bar, such as"Subject" or "From." You can also sort the messages by other attributes (e.g., flag, priority,
color and others) by left-clicking the leftmost area of the heading bar.
As you become more familiar with Becky!, these other attributes will become important tools
for you. The sorted view can also be switched to the message-tree (thread) mode, which isuseful to read messages from mailing lists. To switch to that mode, use View>Thread Modecommand . This mode can be set individually for each folder.
"Read" vs "Unread"
The unread mail has a sealed envelope icon and shown in bold font. If you read it, it will bemarked "read." Marking "read" is actually done by one of the following operations.
Double clicking the item.
Setting focus to the Message View and view the bottom of the message.
Pressing space key when the bottom of the message is viewed.
Choosing Mark As Read command in the Mail menu.

The mail that is marked read is represented by an open envelope icon. If you want to mark it"unread" again, choose Mark As Unread command in the Mail menu.
Reading Messages
One way to read messages is to just click the headline of the desired message and use thescroll bar at right of screen to scroll through it. That always works. You can also press thespace bar instead of using the scroll bar. Also, if you are using Windows 8 (or later) and yourcomputer has a touch screen, you can touch the icon in List View to select a message.
However, for unread mail, pressing the space bar does it all. Each press displays the next setof text of the message. When you reach the end of a message, the next press of the space bar
brings up the next unread message. This is a simple way to read all the unread messages. To
skip to the next unread message before finishing reading the current message just press Ctrl
and the space bar.
Reading a L-O-N-G message? Wish there was a way to scroll through it without continuallypressing the space bar or using the scroll bar? Well, Becky! has a solution for just that. This
technique applies only to plain text messages (NOT HTML messages).
Just position your cursor within the Message View, and then click Ctrl and the down-arrow key
if at top of message or the Ctrl and up-arrow key if at bottom of message. Scrolling too fast or too slowly? Justpress keys 1 (fastest) thru 9 (slowest) during scroll to change the scroll speed. Press any letter key to stop thescroll.
Finally, there is additional information in the Middle Bar, the shaded bar above the message. By clicking Subject,
To or Date, you will see additional information and options, depending on the selected topic.

Reading HTML Messages
Becky! allows you to read messages that include graphics and color and special fonts. These
are called 'HTML messages' because of the underlying text encoding technique required. ManyHTML messages are sent in both plain text format and in HTML format. By selecting thedesired tab in tab sheets, you can pick which you prefer to review. For more information, see
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Explorer browser, you need to set that option in Tools>General Setup>Advanced.
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Replying Email
Click Reply button to reply to a message. When you finish writing, just send as you do with a
new message. When you reply to a message, the message is marked as "replied" by having"Re:" prepended to the subject. The icon changes from an incoming icon to a reply icon in List
View.
Did you notice the compose window has two panes in the default setup? Those two panes aretools for use in citing messages. Techniques to use the two panes or to remove one are
explained below in Quoting.
Replying to HTML Messages
Becky! also allows you to create replies that include graphics and color and special fonts.
These are called 'HTML messages' because of the underlying text encoding techniquerequired. For more information, see the HTML Messages section of this help file.
Forwarding
If you forward a message, the message is marked "forwarded" by having "Fw:" prepended tothe subject. The forwarded mail icon has a little blue arrow. If you redirect a message, theicon doesn't change, except that a blue arrow is added to the icon.
TIP: If you have several messages to forward to others, you can press the Ctrl key, highlightin List View all of the messages to be forwarded and then click the Forward button. This
brings up the Compose Window and all of the messages to be forwarded as attachments.
Forwarding vs. Redirecting
Many email clients do not allow you to redirect a message as does Becky!, so some
explanation may be useful for new Becky! Users. Forwarding is desirable whenever you want
to share the contents of a message with others.
Redirecting, however, is desirable when you want to share the contents of a message withothers when you prefer that a person other than yourself respond to the sender. Whenredirecting, your email id is removed from the message headers. Then, when the person towhom you redirected the message writes a response, the reply goes to the original senderand not to you.
CitingQuoting ("citing") text from Original email
Citing is the act of including part or all of the text from original message in your response.
Becky! offers many options on doing this, described below. NOTE: Citing only part of amessage is ONLY available for plain text messages or the plain text view of an HTMLmessage.
The Compose Window may have one or two panes when replying to support citing. The
chosen configuration is dependent on two settings in the Citation Setup page atTools>General Setup>Citation. Specifically, these are the tick boxes for "Use Template for
replying" (turned OFF by default) and "Show Reference View" (turned ON by default). The
Reference View setting c auses the Compose View to be split horizontally, the original message
in the upper pane and a lower pane for your reply. The reply pane is blank when no templateis used. The upper pane is called the "Reference View." You can scroll this area with
Alt+Cursor key while you are writing a message.

Citing with Default Setup - No Templates Set
In the above example of a reply, using the default setup, your email would include none of
the text from the original message, but frequently you may wish to quote/cite part or all of
the original message. To quote only a portion of the text from the original message, highlightthe text in the Reference View and click the Cite button. If you want to quote entire text, just

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click Cite button without highlighting text. Now when you send the new message it willcontain what you wrote, plus part or all of the original text.
Automatically Cite Messages - Templates Set
You can cite an entire message without clicking Cite button when you open the replying
window by using a template. This approach applies to ALL replies to ALL messages. (However,Power Citing TIP # 2, below, provides a selective citing option with templates.) Information
on setting up a basic default template is on the Citation Setup page at Tools>General
Setup>Citation. You may also want to read this template overview, as Becky! offers a variety
of other template options.
Plain Text Message Power Citing TIPs
The techniques here are for users who prefer either to have more screen space by turning off
the Reference View or who prefer to highlight text to be cited while in Message View prior toclicking Reply. These two options apply only to plain text messages and plain text viewsof HTML messages.
1. Selective citing from Message View with Cite button: With no template set, highlight the
portion of the message to be cited and click Reply. Only what was highlighted is shown in the
Reference View. Just click Cite button and the pre-selected text will be inserted into yourreply message. This option is useful if you often do not cite any of the original message andsometimes want to just cite a portion of it in your response, or if you have difficulty inselecting text in Reference View.
2. Selective citing from Message View without Cite button: With a default template set, suchas at the Citation Setup page, you can highlight the desired portion of the message to becited and then just click Reply. The highlighted text will then be c ited immediately into yourresponse message, eliminating the need to use the Cite button. This option mirrors the stepsof many other email clients and is useful if you tend to always cite at least a part of all
messages. This approach eliminates the need for the Reference View.
Filtering
Filtering Responses
When you reply to messages, you may wish that your responses are stored in various folders
instead of the default Sent folder. Becky! supports that function and you can review
information at the Tools>Filtering Manager page.
TIP - Top-Posting vs Bottom-Posting: Know your audience. Many companies and groups
prefer your new text to precede the cited text, and others (often technical groups) prefer thatyour new text follow the cited text. Becky! lets you do this either way. Generally, any
technique on this page that uses the Cite button will leave the cursor positioned at the
BOTTOM of the cited text; other techniques, such as with templates, leave the cursor
positioned at the TOP of the cited text. You can reposition the cursor, of course, to suit yourpreference.

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Using Address Book
Becky!'s Address Book is a powerful tool to manage email addresses and to simplify theprocess of sending a message to multiple recipients. Its primary purpose is as a repository foremail addresses of your friends and other contacts, plus other information (such as postal
addresses, phone numbers and more), yet its real strength is in how easily it lets you accessthe information. Using the address book, you can quickly select email addresses for youroutgoing messages.
Address Book Structure
The Becky! Address Book environment supports multiple address books and multiple addressgroups. The initial setup provides a default Primary Address Book called "Personal" and one
Primary Address Group called "Default." The Default address group is intended to include all
email addresses, such as your friends and colleagues.
Becky! also supports Secondary Address Books. These Secondary Address Books can be usefulwhen wanting to maintain a separate set of email addresses that may be temporary, uniqueto a specific need (such as a project or other company employees), or where you havepre-defined address books in one of two Internet formats (LDAP or CardDAV). If you need
your Secondary Address Book to be primary for an account, see this advanced tip. NOTE:
Becky! uses ONLY the defined Primary Address Book to locate nicknames/shortcuts enteredin Compose View.
The structure is this:An address book contains address groups.
An address group contains email addresses.
Importing Address Books
If you have an address book you used with a different email client, see Import Tips forsuggestions on importing that address information into the Becky! address book.
Adding Email Addresses from Incoming Messages.
This is the easiest way to update your address book. While highlighting a specific message,
just click the Add To Address Book button on Tool Bar (or select Tools>Add to Address
Book.) Full Name and email are already filled in. The menu offers the option to add to adifferent address book and group, but for now, just accept the default. Also fill in the
NickName field. NickName is used for entry shortcut, which means that you don't have totype the full email address when composing mail; just enter the nickname.
Adding Email Addresses Manually.
First, click the Add To Address Book button on Tool Bar. The address book view will be to
the default address book of "Personal" and the default address group of "Default." Just click
the one-person button on Tool Bar (Add Address). From there, fill in the Full Name, email
and NickName fields at minimum. Remember, it is the nickname that allows quickly
entering recipients in Compose View.
Creating and Using Address Groups.
Additional Address Groups are useful whenever you need to send messages to a group ofpeople on a regular basis, such as for a club or project or committee. Once the desired email
addresses are added to the address group, you can then just send messages to the group's
nickname and that will cause all members of the group to receive the message.
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To create an address group for a group (such as a hiking club), Click the two-person buttonon the Tool Bar in Address Book View. A new address group is created. You can change thename "GroupXXXXX" to anything you like, such as "HikingClub." Also, enter a NickName,such as "hiking", to allow shortcut entry from Compose View.
If the intended members are already defined in the Default group, just press the Ctrl key andthen highlight each of the members from the List View to be copied to the new group. Then,either drag the cursor to the group or click Edit>Copy, move cursor to group, click
Edit>Paste and you're done. This keeps the members' entries in the Default group and also
in the new HikingClub group.
If the intended member needs to be added manually, just position the cursor on the desired
address group and then click the one-person button on Tool Bar and fill in Full Name, email
and NickName.
Using the Address Book When Composing
If you defined nicknames for each individual and also for each address group you added, youwill not need to access the address book when composing messages. Just enter the desired
nickname (s) after To in the Compose Window. However, the address book is very handy
when either 1) you are sending to an individual who has no nickname, or 2) you are sending
to a number of people who are in the default address group, but who are not predefined in a
specific address group (such as for a club or committee).
One way to achieve this is to open a Compose Window for a new message and click the
button labeled To to open the address book. In lower-left of screen (Recipients List) you will
see three tabs (To, Cc, and Bcc). Be sure the one you want is set ("To" is the default). From
there, highlight each desired recipient and double-click the mouse. You will see the recipient
added in the lower-left window. You could also press the Ctrl key and highlight each desired
recipient and then click the Add button. Repeat this as needed for the Cc and for the Bcc.
When complete, just close the address book window and you will be returned to the Compose
Window.
The other way is to click the Address Book button on Tool Bar and perform the same steps
as above within the address book. When complete, click the Write Mail button on Tool Bar;
this closes the address book and invokes the Compose Window.
Information presented here represents the most common uses of the Address Book, but you
may wish to review all Address Book features.
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Managing Email
Topics: (Folders, Filters, Priority, Color, Flags and Agents)
If you receive email only occasionally, you may not need these Becky! features, but if you
have lots of email or if you need to organize email by your own categories and priorities, thenthese features will become priceless to you. Even if you don't need them now, knowing thatthey are available will help you in the future.
Folders
Becky! gives you basic folders for each account. These provides basic functionality, but if you
receive a lot of email, you may want multiple folders so that you can manage your email moreeasily. For example, you may want separate folders for messages from each friend or for
special projects with which you're involved. Becky! lets you create as many such folders as
you wish.
To create a new folder, highlight the account or a particular folder in the Tree View andchoose File>Folder> New Folder command. A new folder will be created under the current
folder. For example, if the current folder is "Inbox", the new folder is created under Inbox.
You may want to select the mailbox button before you create a new folder so that the newfolder becomes the top-level folder similar to Inbox.
You will then see the new folder named something such as "FolderXXXX" and it will be inediting mode. Rename it as you wish.
"Ashley"Your girlfriend? Good.
Open Inbox and find the messages from Ashley. If you find it, highlight it. If you want tochoose multiple messages, press Ctrl key and click mail items.
After highlighting messages, click the left mouse button and hold down the left button whilemoving the mouse cursor to the Ashley folder, then release the button. That way themessages from your girlfriend are moved to the Ashley folder. Yes, as you know, it is a simple"Drag and Drop" operation. If you press Ctrl key while you are dragging and dropping,messages will be copied instead of being moved.
I know, I know. That's too much trouble for you, since you get tons of messages from yourgirlfriend everyday, right? :-) There is a useful feature called "Filtering." With this feature, you
can sort incoming messages to certain folders automatically. Read on.
Filtering/Sorting
Filtering (which includes sorting) is a feature that lets you pre-specify how to identify
messages (such as those received from a particular email address) and how to then direct themessage, such as to a specific folder. To do that, you need to configure filtering rules. Thiscan be done by referencing Tools>Filtering Manager or by the drag and drop technique,which is demonstrated below.
Actually, it is a simple operation within Becky!. Simply drag one of Ashley's messages to the"Ashley" folder and drop while holding down Alt key. Then you will see a filtering configuration
dialog.
Select "From" for Header combo box. See? The String field is automatically filled with yourgirlfriend's emailaddress. Then click "OK." That's it. After that, the email from Ashley will be
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By the way, choosing "From" for Header field is good for personal email. But if you want tosort messages from mailing lists or mail magazines, you should choose "Reply-To" or someother headers that uniquely identify those lists. Easy, eh?
Oh, you've already created some other folders? Great!
"Britney""Claire""Daisy"...
Oh, you have a lot of ... nieces...? ... No...?
Other girlfriends...?
... Well, good for you. None of my business...
TIP! Do you use IMAP? If so, there are some restrictions on filtering, so check the IMAP
issues.
TIP! Filtering Manager gives you more advanced features such as auto forwarding/replying,color labeling, etc. based on filtering rules.
Flags, Priority and Color Label
The above techniques help you organize placement of messages so that you don't have all
your messages in one folder. Becky! also has features to let you further manage your mailwith flags, priorities and setting different colors. That is described in the Flag, Priority andColor Label section of this help file.
AgentsAll of the above features help you manage the email itself. Agents, on the other hand, help
you manage what to *do* with the email. For example, you receive an email from your boss,
requesting a report be submitted within the next 2 weeks. You could write a note about thator mark your calendar, but there's a better way; let an agent take the task to remind you of
the assignment. Then, whenever you're using Becky! you will know of any outstanding tasks
for you. To learn more about setting up agents. see the section on Agents in this help file.
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Managing Email, Part Two
This topic isn't necessary for successful use of Becky!; instead, this topic is included for thoseusers who have special concerns or needs that may not be obvious elsewhere in this help file.
Changing Subject or Content for POP messages
Whenever you receive plain text messages where the subject doesn't relate to the importanceof the content, you may wish that the subject was more informative for later retrieval. For
example, you may have received a message from your landlord that your rent has been
reduced, but the subject might be something such as 'Monthly Report to Renters.' If you
prefer the subject be 'Rent Reduction Notice' you can do it.
Just highlight the message and then click the Direct Editing button on toolbar. The subject
will be highlighted in the Middle Bar and you can overtype or add to the subject and/or
content. This can be useful when you're searching later for the message that contained thecontent in which you were interested. See Mail>Direct Edit Mode for information on doing
this for HTML messages.
Accessing POP server for messages
There may be any number of reasons that you do not want to download certain messages
from your server to your PC. Maybe it's spam you receive and you don't want to bother copingwith it on your PC, or maybe it's mail that you prefer to download later.
This technique works for most ISPs, but you should test it on yours to be sure. Just highlightthe desired mailbox name and then click the Remote Mailbox button. New messages willappear in the List View.
From here you can process messages, mark for deletion, or mark "Read." Messages that aremarked as "Read" will not be downloaded when you later retrieve your POP mail. To download
those messages, revisit the server as above and mark the message as "Unread."
Reducing disk space for messages
Although Becky! has no problem in managing thousands of messages, some users havespecial needs to reduce the messages stored on their PCs. There are several options:Compaction: This Becky! feature removes some internal Internet headers from yourmessages. This leaves the messages intact for content, but sans the headers. The headers
normally removed are the "Received" headers that show the path taken by the message toreach you. These are normally not needed. The savings are only noticeable for folders withmany messages. Initiate compaction with File>Folder>Compaction. This is folder-specificand does not compact all folders at once. This process also offers the option of creating a
backup of the folder (which eliminates the assumed objective of reducing disk space, so be
sure of your goals if you do this).
Export Folders: You may have folders set by year or by project or by some other aspect thatallows you to archive the messages periodically. Archiving is an excellent technique tomanage large amounts of messages. There are generally two approaches:
Archive to UNIX mbox: This approach retains all folder content in one mbox file. This isappropriate where you desire to treat the entire contents as one entity, e.g., all messages
for a year or a project. This is done by the File>Export>UNIX mbox command.
Archive to eml format: This approach creates a separate file with '.eml' suffix for eachmessage within the folder. This approach is desirable where the user anticipates possible
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Mozilla Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook Express). This is best done by first defining afolder to contain the messages and then using the File>Export>eml command.
Reintroducing the messages into Becky! is done by just reversing the above procedure. Of
course, to reduce disk space, you need to delete the designated folders after archiving.
Using Secondary Address Books
If you need to use a Secondary Address Book (such as one you defined for CardDAV or LDAP)
as the Primary Address Book for an account, you can do that. Once you highlight the account,click Tools>Mailbox Setup>Compose and enter the desired address book's name in theaddress field. This will cause the specified address book to be primary for this one account.
Do you need to have a Primary Address Book for use with a folder you established for a
specific project? Just highlight the folder, right-click, select Properties and then enter thedesired address book in the address field. NOTE: To cause Becky! to use that address book,you must have highlighted the folder prior to use.
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Menu Bars
Becky! has separate menu bars for the Main Window, the Compose Window and the Address
Book. The names of the entries for each menu bar are the same, but the contents aredifferent to allow specific functions that are specific to each.
For example, on the Main Window Edit menu there is a Find option, and on the Compose
Window Edit menu there is a Find option. The func tions are similar, but one applies to morethan one message, whereas the other is explicit to a specific message.
Also, under each menu bar is a tool bar of commonly-used buttons (other than the AddressBook), and you can add or remove buttons that fit your need. Do this by right-clicking
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Main Window Menu Bar
Every feature of Becky! can be invoked directly or indirectly here. Developing a familiarity
with these menu bars will serve you well as you master Becky! features. The menu entries
follow:
File menu - The File menu focuses on the overall set of services.
Edit menu - The Edit menu focuses on text, whether to find, to copy, to cut, to select.
View menu - The View menu focuses on what you see, such as languages and fonts.
Mail menu - The Mail menu focuses on messages in your mailbox, such as send, receive,
reply
Tool menu - The Tool menu focuses on non-specific services, such as address book, filteringand setup
Help menu - The Help menu focuses on help in using Becky!, including a FAQ reference.
(Headlines Search) - This window allows quick headline searches on messages in current
folder.
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FolderNote: Most options here apply to POP accounts, not IMAP accounts.
New Folder
Creates a new folder under the currently selec ted folder or a mailbox.
Delete Folder
Moves the current folder to Trash box.
If you delete folders in Trash box, it will be permanently deleted.
Rename Folder
Renames the current folder.
Reorganize
Sorts the messages physically in the descendant order of Sent date.
Compaction
Removes certain header information from all the messages in the current folder to save disk
space. The invoked menu provides two options. Following compaction, there is an option to
backup original content. Get more information here .
Trash DuplicatesMoves duplicate messages (those with same Message-Id and Date), to Trash box.
Folder Maintenance Combo
Combination of Reorganize, Compaction, and Trash Duplicates.
Reconstruct Index
Reconstructs an index file. If the folder appears corrupted and does not show m essages
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possible.
Separate Attachments
Saves all the attachment parts in email messages in the current folder to separate data
files. That way the overall performance will be improved, while the disk usage will beslightly larger if you have a lot of attachm ents. If you haveAttachments to Separate
Data Files option checked in Tools>General Setup>Advanced (checked by default), all
the incoming messages will be saved with separate attachm ent files.
Combine Attachments
Combine all the attachment parts that are saved as separate files into em ail bodies in thecurrent folder.
If you need to use an older version of Becky! than ver 2.05 for som e reason, you will needto process this c ommand on each folder that contains attachments, because older versions
can not handle those separate data files.
Mailbox
New Mailbox
Creates new mailbox. Assistance on this is available at theInitial Setup page.
Delete Mailbox
Deletes the current mailbox. All the messages in the mailbox will be deleted.
Hide Mailbox
Hides the current mailbox. If you have a mailbox you don't want to see but don't want todelete, hide it.
Reveal Mailbox
Reveals hidden mailboxes. Revealed mailboxes will be added to the end of the tree.
SystemChange Data Folder
Changes the data folder Becky! currently uses. This feature allows m ultiple users, i.e.,several persons can use Becky! on one PC, eac h with their own mailboxes, messages andaddress books. You will need to restart Bec ky! to switch from one data folder to another.

Default Mailbox
Makes the current mailbox the default.
ImportImports email messages from text files to the current folder or a new folder. See Import Tips
for more information.
ExportExports the selected mail items, or an entire folder, to text files. Get more information here.
Save As
Saves the selected email messages as text files. You can choose either RFC822 or plain text
format by choosing the file extension.
Edit Templates
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Import Backup Logs
Imports email messages from Backup Logs for the selected Inbox or Outbox, which are
created on a daily basis in case the mailbox becomes damaged. See also Tool>General
Setup>Receive
Property
Views the property of the currently selected item, either a mail account or a folder.
Print
Prints Selected mail items. Note: This prints plain text messages ONLY. To print HTMLmessages, place cursor in Message View, right-click and then select Print or Print Preview...
Print Preview
Views the print preview of the focused email message.
Print Settings
Configures print settings, such as margins.
Sync with Portable media
Synchronize data with the portable media. This feature allows transferring Becky! andmessages to and from another computer, normally when the user needs to be away fromprimary computer, using portable computer. This does NOT sync IMAP messages.
Exit
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Edit menu (Main Window)
Cut
Cuts the selection. You can cut selected m ail items and folders.
Copy
Copies the selection. You can copy selected mail items and folders.
Paste
Pastes cut or copied items.
Headlines Search
Positions cursor within the Headlines Search box. The Headlines Search box visibility is
set/reset at View>Headlines Search.
Find
Searches for specified string in message(s). If the focus is in the List View, it searches entire
folder. If the focus is in the Message View, it searches only in the current view.
Find Next/Previous
Searches for the next/previous candidates.
Mail Query
Searches messages that contain specified string and lists them in a dialog. You can drag anddrop messages to a folder from that list. The "Query Result" virtual folder will show up at the
top of the Tree View; it remains there while Query dialog is visible.
Reload Query Folder
Refresh the query result in the query folder.
Add Agent...
Assign Agent to the selected message. This allows you to create a follow-up task to respondor otherwise act in regard to the selected message.
Mark as Need Reply...
Quickly assign Agent with Need Reply task to the selected m essage.
Follow the Topic
Quickly assign Agent with Follow the Topic task to the selected m essage.
Bookmark
Quickly assign Agent with Bookmark task to the selected message.
Toggle Flag
Toggle on/off the Flag on the selected messages.
Select Read Messages
Highlights messages that are marked read.
Select Unread Messages
Highlights messages that are not marked read.
Select Flagged Messages
Highlights messages that are flagged.
Select All
Highlights all the messages in the List View.
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View menu (Main Window)
Tool Bar
Toggles show/hide the Tool Bar.
Customize Tool Bar
Opens a customize dialog for the Tool Bar.To add a button, select a button you want to add in
the left list and click Add. To remove a button, select a button you want to remove in theright list and click Remove. You can also change the order of the buttons by Up/Down.
Status Bar
Toggles show/hide the status bar.
What's New
Toggles show/hide the What's New dialog, which lists recently arrived messages.This does not
apply to IMAP accounts.
Headlines Search
Toggles the display of a search box in upper right corner of screen. This is a powerful searchtool that lets you filter messages within a folder by searching the Subject, To or From
columns displayed.
Go Back
Goes back to the message previously opened.
Go Forward
Goes to the message, which has been opened next to the current message.
Go Previous/Next Mailbox
Switch the current mailbox.
Go Previous Folder
Switch to the folder that was previously open. Choose it again to go back to the current
folder.
Quick Access
Lists the incoming messages that are recently double clicked, or outgoing messages that arerecently saved to Draft or Outbox. If incoming messages are marked unread, they are notadded to the list by double c licking. They will only be marked read by that operation. This isvery useful if you have multiple accounts and want a quick listing to all recently accessed
messages, regardless of account.
The displayed quick access list shows a check mark if the listed message is in the currently
selected account. Also, to the left of each m essage's subject is an alphabetic or numericcharacter. To view a selected message, just press that character on the keyboard. (The list is
not automatically updated for deleted messages. To remove deleted messages from the list,
just select the message and the reference will be removed.)
Maximize View
Maximizes the Message View pane, or restore to the original size. TIP: This expands Message
View to full screen. If you prefer to keep the Tree View visible, an alternative is to click Ctrl,
Alt and ↑ keys from within the List View. (Note: This TIP only applies to views 1 and 3 ("Long TreeView" and"Wide ListView") from the Tools>Change Layout command.)
Change Layout
Switches the layout of Tree/List/Message View between six styles. The layout changes eachtime this command is processed. An additional feature is the option to set List View to display
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been set at Tools>General Setup>Advanced.
View Related Messages
Finds messages that seem to be related to the current message and lists in the message
thread form.
Thread Mode
Toggles the message thread mode of the current folder.
Close All Threads
Hides all the child messages of every thread.
Open All Threads
Shows all the child messages of every thread.
Thread Tool
Connects or disconnects message threads.
Language
Changes the character set (Language) of the current message, and ONLY the current
message.
Change Font
Changes the font and/or size corresponding to the character set of the current message. This
does not affect HTML fonts. This affects ALL messages using this character set. This does NOT
affect how rec ipients view your messages. This is only for your viewing. If your only purposein doing this is to change the font size, you may prefer to use the Touch Friendly Mode feature,
as it can change the size of all plain text fonts viewed, not just for a particular character set.
If you want to change the default plain text compose font, do that in the Tools>General
Setup>Languages tab.
Mail Address Format
Selects the format of the mail address that appears in the List View.
If you choose "As Is", the original mail header will be displayed. If you check "Use Name from
Address Book", the name part of an email address will be replaced with the one in the address
book (only when the address is found in the address book). Those names will be displayedwith * prefix, so it is useful when you want to quickly glance if the message is from someone
in your address book.
This option only works when the chosen format is either "Name <mail@address>","mail@address (Name)", or "Name." Note that when you sort messages according to thename, this Name from the address book is not used as a sort key.
Customize List Columns
Customizes the column headers of the List View. Also, the column headers may be clicked tochange column sort order of the displayed messages.
View Memo
Opens the Memo tab for the selected message.
Every message has a Memo area, but it is independent to the message data. So, if you
forward or reply to this message, the memo will never be attached to the outgoing message.
You can also view memo by choosing the Memo tab in the tab sheets at the bottom of the
Message View.
View Header
Views the header information of the current message.
You can also view headers by choosing the Header tab in the tab sheets at the bottom of the
Message View, which may be hidden, depending on your settings. More information on Tab
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View Source
Views the "source" of the email message. This is raw data and includes the message itself,plus technical email headers and HTML codes for HTML messages.
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Mail menu (Main Window)
Send And Receive
Sends and receives messages for the current mailbox.
Send From Outbox
Sends all the messages in Outbox including those in other mailboxes. You can change thisbehavior in Tools>General Setup>Send
Receive New Mail
Receives messages for the current mailbox.
Collection And Delivery
Sends and receives messages for multiple mailboxes. You can choose which mailbox should
be checked and which is not by the Mailboxes for Collection menu (below). Further, thecollection and delivery process can be automated from the Tools>General Setup>Receive
menu. (This does not apply to IMAP accounts.)
Mailboxes for Collection
This menu lets you specify the mailboxes for Collection and Delivery (above). Although IMAP
mailboxes may be checked, they are not eligible for this feature.
Remote Mailbox (Connect to IMAP Server)
Primarily for IMAP mailboxes, this also works for POP. For POP mailboxes, this commandconnects to the POP3 server and lists all the messages on the server. The Remote Mailbox
looks like a regular folder with the POP server name. You can do most of the operations
applicable to regular folders, such as cut, copy, and drag/drop, although some functions, suchas replying to a message or using a custom template for forwarding, are not applicable.
The following examples are of some general operations accessible for remote POP mailboxes:
To Receive (and keep received messages on the POP server):Select messages and drag and drop them holding down the Ctrl key. If you drop to the root
mailbox button, it will be sorted according to thefiltering rules. You can also use
Edit>Copy and Paste commands instead.
To Receive And Delete:
Select messages and drag and drop. If you drop to the root m ailbox button, it will be sorted
according to the filtering rules. You can also use Edit>Cut and Paste commands instead.
You may use Tool>Sort Selected Messages instead of dropping to the root mailbox
button.
To Delete:
Select unwanted messages and press Delete key or chooseMail>Delete Mail.
Those messages are only marked as "deleted" and will not be actually deleted until the
remote mailbox is closed. You can toggle this "deleted" flag by pressing Delete key on theitems.
Mark Read and Unread:
Choose Mail>Mark As Read/Mark As Unread command. For IMAP accounts, thiscommand first connects to an IMAP server.
Receive All
Receives all the messages on the server for a POP3 account, including those alreadydownloaded. This can be useful for accounts where you have set the option to leave messages
on server at Tools>Mailbox Setup>Account.
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Abort Session
Abort the active session.
ComposeOpens a Compose Window to write a new message.
Compose To
You can choose the recipients' addresses before opening a Compose Window.
Reply
Opens a reply window to the selected message.
Reply To
You can choose the recipients' addresses before opening a Compose Window.
With Reply To All, you can reply not only to the originator, but also to all the recipients of
the original message. An additional unique Becky! feature is Reply to Selected Addresses
that is useful when you want to respond to some recipients, but not all.
Reply To Selected Addresses
This allows you to select which recipients should receive your response before you write yourresponse. A window will open, displaying the original recipients. Highlight (click) those whoshould receive your response and then click 'OK'. A Compose Window will then open with
only the highlighted email addresses displayed.
ForwardCites the selected message and forward it to other recipients.
If you select multiple messages, it works as "Forward As Attachment."
Redirect
Forwards the selected message without changing original "From", "To", etc. fields.
"Resent-From", "Resent-To", etc. fields are added instead.
Forward As Attachment
Forwards the selected messages as "message/rfc822" content type attachment. If you want toforward messages intact, this is the best choice. This is also convenient for forwarding
multiple email messages.
Delete Mail
Deletes selected messages, causing them to be moved to Trash folder.
Direct Edit Mode
Enables to edit the current plain text message. You can also change the subject and date. For
HTML messages, use View>View Source along with Direct Edit Mode. This feature does
NOT apply to IMAP messages.
Extract Attached Messages
Extracts attached email messages (message/rfc822 content type) from a message, and copy
them to a folder as individual messages.
Mark As Read
Marks the selected messages as read.
Mark As Unread
Marks the selected messages as unread. With this command, forwarded / replied marks arealso erased.
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Tool menu (Main Window)
Mailbox Setup
Configures settings for each mailbox.
Account
Connection
ComposeReceive
Misc.
General Setup
Configures global settings of the program.
GeneralTree/List
Message View
EditorCitation
Language
Shortcut Keys
Keywords
Send
Receive
MIME
Advanced
Plug-Ins Setup
If plug-ins are installed, this menu entry links to any setup dialog, although many plug-ins
have no setup.
Mailing Lists Manager
Manages subscription information for mailing lists and mail magazines.
Add To Mailing Lists Manager
Adds a Mailing Lists Manager entry based on the information in the current mail.
Usually, you can select "Welcome" messages from mailing lists to retrieve necessary
information.
Filtering Manager
Manages filtering and sorting rules for incoming/outgoing messages.
Sort New Messages
Sorts newly arrived messages to folders.
Sort Selected Messages
Sorts selected messages to folders. It is same as dropping messages to the root mailbox
button.
Address Book
Opens the Address Book.
Add To Address Book
Adds email address of the sender, or the recipient if you are in "Sent" folder, of the current
message to the address book.
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Converts Japanese EUC text to Japanese Shift-JIS code.
uudecode
Decodes uuencoded text in the message body and saves to a file.
BinHex
Decodes BinHex text in the message body and saves to a file.

Protocol Logs
Displays protocol logs for debugging. Whenever you connect to retrieve messages, key server
messages are displayed. This can be very useful if you are having difficulty connecting to your
ISP server for your messages. To view the log, highlight the Mailbox name in the Tree View.
Pause Periodical Check
Temporarily disables all periodical mail checking.
DialupConnects to the Internet via the phone line using Windows' dial up network.
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Compose Window Menu Bar

This Menu Bar focuses on features available while composing an email message. Spend timelearning the available features and your productivity with Becky! will do well.
File menu - The File menu focuses on the overall set of services, such as templates &attachments.
Edit menu - The Edit menu focuses on text, such as copy, paste, find, replace
View menu - The View menu focuses on what you see, such as languages and fonts.
Tool menu - The Tool menu focuses on non-specific services, such as address book, filteringand setup-oFile menu (Compose Window)

Save To Draft
Saves an unfinished message to Draft box.
Save To Outbox
Saves the message to Outbox so that you can send all the messages in a single session.
Send Now
Sends the message immediately.
Switch Mailbox
You can select other mailbox for sending the message. You can also change From address andthe signature.
ReminderSaves the message as a "reminder", which will be delivered to your mailbox on specified date.
Save To Folder and continue...
Use this feature when c omposing and wanting to ensure that your message is preserved until
sent. This function is identical to "Save to Draft", allowing saving to an alternate folder. Note:
If saving to an IMAP folder and it creates multiple copies, that is a sign that your IMAP server
may not be configured properly. Switch to using a local folder.
Load Template
Applies a template to the message.
Edit Template
Opens a template to edit.
Save As Template
Saves the message as a template.
Save As Signature
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Attach Files
Attaches files to the message.
Close
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Edit menu (Compose Window)
Undo
Undo previous changes.
Redo
Undo previous undo operations.
RepeatRepeats the previous editing operation.
Cut
Cuts the selection and copies to the clipboard.
Copy
Copies the selection to the clipboard.
Paste
Pastes text from the clipboard.
Paste With Citation Prefixes
Pastes text from the clipboard adding citation prefixes at each top of line.
Special Copy/Paste
Paste from History
Pastes text from the clipboard history.
Begin Box Selection
Begins box region selection.
Box Paste
Pastes copied box region.
Copy To File
Saves the selection as a file.
Append To File
Appends the selection to an existing text file.
Paste From File
Inserts text from a text file.
Paragraph Formatting
Left
Moves the selection to left.
Right
Moves the selection to right.
CenterMoves the selection to center.
IndentIndents the selection by one tab level.
Unindent
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Add Strings
Adds specified string at each top or end of line in the selection.
Sort
Sorts the lines in the selection.
FormatFormats the selec tion by addingCRLFs from cursor position forward, based on settings inTools>Gene ra l Se tup>Editor
for Auto F ormatting Columns
when you are editing text. You may
also use the Tool Bar icon for this. This is useful when form atting manually.
DeFormatRemoves all CRLFs in the selection.

ConvertConverts the selection into various formats.
Select All
Selects entire text.
Find
Finds specified string in the text.
Replace
Replaces found strings with specified strings.
Cite Message
Cites original message. By highlighting certain portion of the original message in the
Reference View, only the selected part will be cited. Does not apply to HTML messages.
Cite Without Prefix
Does the same thing as Cite Message command without adding citation prefixes at
beginning of each line.
Auto Formatting Mode
Toggles auto-formatting mode. With this mode on, CRLFs are automatically inserted based on
settings in Tools>General Setup>Editor for Auto Formatting Columns when you are editing text.
This setting is retained after exiting Becky!.You may also use the Tool Bar icon for this.
Overwrite Mode
Toggles Insert/Overwrite mode.
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View menu (Compose Window)
Tool Bar
Toggles show/hide the Tool Bar.
Customize Tool Bar
Opens a customize dialog for the Tool Bar. To add a button, select a button you want to add
in the left list and click Add. To remove a button, select a button you want to remove in theright list and click Remove. You can also change the order of the buttons by Up/Down.
Status Bar
Toggles show/hide the status bar.
Language
Changes the character set (Language) of the outgoing message.
Change Font
Changes the font and/or size corresponding to the character set of the outgoing message.
This does not affect HTML fonts. This affects ALL messages using this character set. This does
NOT affect how recipients view your messages. This is only for your viewing. If your only
purpose in doing this is to change the font size, you may prefer to use the Touch Friendly
Mode feature, as it can change the size of all plain text fonts viewed, not just for a particularcharacter set
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Tool menu (Compose Window)
Spelling-Check
Checks the English spelling of the current message.
Write HTML message
Turns Compose Window into HTML editing mode.
External Edit
Opens an external text editor or HTML editor to edit the current message.
External Editors
Specifies the editor application to edit text or HTML. You cannot use the editors that do notdisplay the file name on the title bar. The defined editors are set in Editor Setup.
Attach vCard
Attaches your own vCard to the message.
Edit vCard
Edits your own vCard.
Request "Read Receipt"
Adds "Read Receipt" request to the message. This request is processed only when therecipient's mail reader has the capability to handle "Read Receipt" requests, and the recipientagrees to send back the read receipt. Many email clients, (including Becky! --see Receive
Setup - General) allow the user to automatically respond or to ignore such requests.
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Address Book Menu Bar
The address book retains email address information for individuals and groups. You canaccess the address book by either clicking the address book button or by selecting
Tools>Address Book from the main Menu Bar. The address book Menu Bar consists of
1. File menu
2. Edit menu
3. View menu
4. Tool menu
Also, the address book view is similar to the main view.

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Write Mail
Sets the mail addresses in the recipients list (lower left) to the actual To, Cc, and Bcc fields ofan outgoing message. If the rec ipients view is empty, the addresses you are highlighting in
the List View (upper right) will be set. If you have opened "Address Book" first, it will create a
new window to compose a message.
New Address
Add a new email address entry to the highlighted address book or address group via the
Address Menu.
Delete Addresses
Deletes selected email addresses.
New Address Group
Creates a new address group within the highlighted address book or address group.
Add Address Book
Creates a new address book. You can create an address book as a regular Becky!'s address
book or as an LDAP server entry or as a CardDAV server. This menu sets the Address Book
Properties. TIP: If you use Gmail, that address book can be accessed as a CardDAV server.
Delete Address Group/Book
Deletes either an address group or an address book that you are selecting in the Tree View.
Property
Shows the property of the selected item, such as an address book, an address group, or anemail address.
Reconstruct Index
If you find something is wrong in the address data, try this command.
ImportImports address data from a text file to the selected address group. You can import fromtab/comma delimitated text or from vCard files. See Import Tips for more information.
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Edit menu (Address Book)
Cut
Cuts the selected email addresses.
Copy
Copies the selected email addresses.
Paste
Pastes the email addresses previously cut or copied.
Select All
Highlights all the email addresses in the list.
Set Addresses to List
Inputs selected email addresses to the recipients list. If the focus is in the Tree View and you
are selecting an address group nickname, the address group nickname will be set as @"Group
Name." This group name will be expanded to the real email addresses when the message isactually sent. So, be aware that if you set the group name to To or Cc field, all the email
addresses will be disclosed to all the recipients.
TIP: Sending to groups requires that the setting "Prohibit Group Mailing" be unchecked in
General Setup>Send.
Find Address
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View menu (Address Book)
Tool Bar
Toggles show/hide the Address Book Tool Bar.
Status Bar
Toggles show/hide the Address Book status bar.
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Tool menu (Address Book)
Input Format
Choose the preferred format that will be used when the email addresses are set.
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Address Book View
Tree View (upper left)
Shows address books and address groups.
List View (upper right)
Shows email addresses belonging to the current address group. If you press enter key or
triple click on the email addresses the selected email addresses will be set to the outgoingmessage. (Same as File>Set To Mail command.)
There is an email address finder at the top of the window. Key in the string you want to findin the address book and press the enter key (or click Search button). If you are selecting an
address group, the first hit item will be highlighted and you can continuously search bypressing the enter key again.
If you are selecting an address book or LDAP server, it searches entire address book and lists
the found email addresses.
The title bar columns (Name, email address, Note) can be clicked to change column sortorder.
Recipients List(lower left)
By clicking Add button, the email addresses you are selecting in the List View are set to thelist. Choose To, Cc, or Bcc tab before you add. (You can drag and drop to the other tabs after
you enter the information.)
Data View (lower right)
Shows the detailed information of the focused email address.
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Settings
Becky! provides many options for personal settings, whether for the general setup, or for
specific mailbox accounts.
The Mailbox Setup is the most fundamental and contains the settings for your email account.
You need one of these for each email account (e.g., AOL, Gmail, etc.).
The General Setup is vital as this contains your settings for all of the many Becky! features. If
you're not familiar with this, you should periodically check it, because as you learn more andmore about Becky!, you may find that you wish to adjust various settings.
Finally, the Folder Property for each folder offers features of which you may have neverenvisioned. For example, folder properties can manage specific email templates andpersonalities. This augments the basic settings of the mailbox. Most email clients do notprovide this feature, so you are encouraged to investigate and experiment with folder
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Mailbox Setup
The Mailbox Setup menu is where you set the majority of settings for each mail account.
Setting the Default Mailbox
Once defined, you can set the default mailbox at File>Default Mailbox
Options on Mailbox Page
Collection Target
Turn on/off whether this mailbox is included in the targets ofCollection and Delivery menu
setting.
Profile NameYou can have multiple profiles for one mailbox (POP3 only). A profile is a subset of "Mailbox
Setup", and you can switc h from one to another for your particular needs. Normally, youwill not need to change from the default.
Global Profiles
You can register "global profile" names and can choose one of them for the name of the
profile (except for Default profile). When you switc h to the global profile on one mailbox,
other mailboxes will automatically switch to the profile that has the sam e "global profile"
name.
Options with the Tabs
Acc ount
Connection
ComposeReceive
Misc.
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Personality
Your NameEnter your name. It will be set to "From" field of your outgoing message with your email
address.
email AddressEnter your email address. It will be set to "From" field of your outgoing message.
Server Settings
Mail Protocol
Choose either POP3 or IMAP4.
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Enter the name of the mail server for incoming mail server.
POP3S/IMAPSYou can receive messages with SSL/TLS enabled server. This may affect port number
selection.
SMTP ServerEnter the name of the SMTP server for outgoing mail server.
SMTPS
You can send messages with SSL/TLS enabled server.
OP25B
If your ISP adopts Outbound Port 25 Blocking, you may not be able to use an external SMTP
server to send mail. In that case, turn on this option. It will change SMTP port to 587 andturn on SMTP Authentication. Port 587 is generally the desirable port to use.
User IDEnter your user ID of your email account.
Password
By entering your password here, you will not have to enter the password each time you
receive email. However, that means anyone can receive and read your email if yourcomputer is accessible by someone else. In addition, the password is saved in the ini file,which someone could steal from your computer, although it is saved as a scrambled form
which you can't read without decoding using a special method.
In summary, it is strongly recommended that you do not enter password here
unless your computer is located in a secure and private place .
Authentication
If your mail server requires a special authentication method, choose it in the radio buttons.
You can choose between APOP, CRAM-MD5 and NTLM. NTLM is Microsoft specific, and may
be used with Exchange Server.
POP3/IMAP Specific Settings
The next options appear, depending on whether the account is POP3 or IMAP4.
POP3 Options:
Leave Messages on Server(POP3)
Generally, messages from a POP3 server are deleted after they are retrieved. If you want tokeep them, check this option. Many email providers have a limitation on the total size of
messages that you can keep on the server and if your quota is full, the mail server will
accept no more messages for you. So, it is not recommended to check this option
permanently. If you do select this option, please consider also specifying Delete After X
days.
IMAP4 Options:
Connect on Starting ProgramThis specifies that Becky! should log onto this account immediately upon starting.
Otherwise, you must use the Remote Mailbox button or Mail>Connect to IMAP Serverc ommand.
Connect on Opening Mailbox
This specifies that Becky! should log onto this account immediately upon selecting theaccount. Otherwise, you must use the Remote Mailbox button or Mail>Connect to IMAP
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Mailbox Setup - Connection
Connection Method
Choose whether you want to connect the Internet via LAN or dialup. If dialup, you also haveto choose an appropriate dialup entry in the combo box. If you connect to a broadband
provider, you will probably need to only check the LAN option on this screen. Most options
here focus on dial-up.
Force to Reconnect
This option enables you to switch dialup connections between mailboxes on Collection and
Delivery.
Dial up Settings
If you choose "Dialup" for the connection method, you can set up each dial up entry.
Auto Disconnect
Choose whether you want to disconnect the phone line after sending and receiving email.
Redialing Times
Specify the times you want to redial when the line is busy.
Redialing IntervalSpecify the seconds you want Becky! to wait before redialing.
Dialup Authentication
Choose the authentication method for dialup. If you have set your Windows' dialup network
to save the password, "Use ID and password stored in the dialup entry" would be good.
SMTP server associated to this dialup.
Forces Becky! to use the specified SMTP server when you connect to the Internet using thisdialup entry.
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Mailbox Setup - Compose
For many users, no entries are required here, other than to possibly set a personal signature
file. However, there are other users who will see the power of these features to be extremely
important as they allow a lot of customization to an account.
Permanent Fields
Supply the header data you want to add to all outgoing messages.
Templates
Choose the template you want to use for this profile.
Address Book
Choose an address book or an address group you want to use particularly for this profile.
vCard
Specify the file name of vCard you want to use for this profile.
Signature
Create and choose your signature that you want to add to outgoing messages. You can alsochoose them in the combo box of Compose Window while you are writing a message.
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Mailbox Setup - Receive
Configures some options for mail retrieval. All entries here are optional, depending on yourneeds.
Periodical Mail Check
You can configure periodic mail checking for one mailbox. If you want to do Collection And
Delivery periodically, you should look at Tools>General Setup>Receive.
For IMAP accounts, when you do not configure periodic checking, Becky! will automaticallypoll "Noop" command to IMAP server and check messages in Inbox every minute. (If you
specify either Check Every or Check At this polling will not be invoked.)
Check Every
Specify the interval of mail checking.
Check AtSpecify the time you want to check mail.
Check Only When Dialup is Active
If you have set Becky! to use dialup, it doesn't check mail when you are not online.
IMAP Settings
Use IMAP IDLE for Mail Check"IDLE" command (RFC2177) will be used to check for new mail. With this setting, theserver takes ownership of the responsibility of making new mail available as soon as it
arrives. This reduces demand on the server and gives you better service. The IMAP servermust support the IDLE command for this to work. Using this feature is not required, but isdesirable if supported by the server.
Use IMAP COMPRESS
The "COMPRESS" command (RFC 4978) will be used to compress the traffic (i.e., reduce
bandwidth). The DEFLATE algorithm (RFC 1951) is used. Compression might improve theperformance, or might not, depending on the network environment, the server
configuration and/or the average size of the messages
Ignore UIDVALIDITY
If you experience frequent index reconstruction when you open an IMAP folder, try thisoption Normally, this should not be needed. (The term, UID, is an abbreviation for "unique
identifier", required for each IMAP message.)
Deleted offline not go to Trash
This option causes messages deleted when offline to be permanently deleted when theaccount goes online.
Display Quota information
This option causes storage quota information to be displayed in status bar when email
providers offer that feature. Some do not. Gmail is one that does.
Size Limit
Tells Becky! to download messages partially if the size of the message exceeds specified K
bytes. For POP3, you can download skipped messages later using Remote Mailbox. For
IMAP, you can simply double-click the item to download an entire message.
Receive from multiple POP3 servers of other profiles.
If you have set multiple profiles within a mailbox, using different POP3 servers, this option
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this profile is always checked even if this profile is not active, except when the active profile
does not have this option checked. If not checked, the mail server of this profile is checked
only when this profile is active and any other profiles' mail servers will not be checked.
Show unread count on the "Welcome" screen of Windows.
If this is checked, the count of unread messages of this mailbox will be added to the "Unread
messages" on the "Welcome" screen of Windows XP (or later). When you quit Becky! leaving
unread messages that are in the folded folder tree, those messages may not be counted as
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Mailbox Setup - Misc.
Port Numbers
You don't have to change these values usually. Sometimes you will need to change to a
specific value, such as when you use proxy servers to receive email. Your ISP should adviseyou.
SMTP Authentication
If your SMTP server supports "SMTP AUTH" capability, use this option.
SSL/TLS Settings
Incoming/Outgoing
You can specify the particular version of SSL/TLS protocol for Incoming server and Outgoing(O/G) server (SMTP) respectively. It is, however, recommended to leave it "Default" unless
you have some compatibility problem with the server. See also the Initial Setup
information.
Skip verifying certificate.
You can choose not to verify the SSL/TLS server certificate so that you can connect to a
private SSL/TLS server without error. That is not recommended for security, though.
Use Client Certificate.
If you have problems connecting to an SSL server from a PC with client certificate, turn it
off.
Click [...] button beside this option and you can specify the certificate you want to use.
POP before SMTP
Many ISPs that provide SMTP servers use this mechanism so that only the users who have a
POP account on their server can use the SMTP server. Turn this on if this applies to you.
Sometimes this mechanism works several seconds after the POP3 authentication. In thatcase, spec ify the wait time in milliseconds.

Alternate server
Specify a POP server for POP before SMTP if you need to use a different server. You can use
a different User ID and password as well. (You can leave them blank if you want to use yourdefault User ID and password)
Use ESMTP
You should not turn this option off. Without ESMTP, you will not be able to use some features
such as SMTP Authentication and Delivery Status Notification. If your SMTP server is old andit doesn't support ESMTP, uncheck this.
IMAP Settings
IMAP Folder
If in doubt, leave this field blank. Usually, messages for IMAP accounts are stored in theuser's home directory. Some IMAP servers show unwanted regular files such as mailbox
files. In that case, you can create a separate folder to store IMAP messages under yourhome directory. Different IMAP accounts may function differently with this variable. For
example, if you have a Gmail account, set this value to [Gmail] to remove unnecessary
duplicate file folders.
Update unread states on every connection
Sends "STAT" command to all the folders to retrieve accurate information of the number of
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Place Trashbox on the server
You can place your trash box on the IMAP server instead of your local hard disk. It makes
deleting operation faster when you delete messages on the IMAP server. (See also Autoretrieve names, below.)
Place Draftbox on the server
You can place your Draft box on the IMAP server.
If you save messages to Draft when you are offline, they are temporarily kept on the local
hard disk and will be transferred to the remote folder when you log on to the IMAP account.
(See also Auto retrieve names, below.)
Place Sentbox on the server
You can place your Sent box on the IMAP server.
It could be useful if you always want to refer to your sent messages from different
computers. However,this does have an impact on network traffic, in that the message issent twice; once to your recipient and once to your IMAP Sent box. (See also Auto retrieve
names, below.)
Place "Tasks" on the server
Place "Tasks" folder on the server. This functionality is made possible by creating a
dedicated IMAP folder on the server. If you access this IMAP account by any other client
than Becky!, you will see a folder named "com_rimarts_tasks_..." with pseudo-email items.
Note: Gmail will "see" the tasks as mail items, so they may appear in other mail folders,such as the Archive and All Mail folders. If this is confusing to you, then using this feature
with a Gmail account may not prove fruitful.
Show extended name space as folders
Some IMAP servers show FTP directories or newsgroups as regular IMAP folders. If you want
to see those folders, check this option.
Auto retrieve names
Retrieves the names of Trashbox, Draftbox and Sentbox from the server if available. This isachieved by use of the "SPECIAL-USE" IMAP capability (RFC6154) or the XLIST command(for Gmail accounts). This option is NOT normally needed and is primarily for those mailservers that have predefined folders for trash, draft and sent mail (such as Gmail).
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General Setup
The General Setup menu is where you can define all your settings for overall functionality thatare not dependent on any specific mail accounts. Knowing these features will help you inusing Becky! to its maximum. Tabs on the General Setup menu follow:
GeneralTree/List
Message View
EditorCitation
Languages
Shortcut Keys
Keywords
Send
Receive
MIME
Advanced-oGeneral Setup - General
On Startup
Run "Collection and Delivery"
Process Collection and Delivery upon starting Becky!
Run "Send and Receive"
Process Send and Receive upon starting Becky!
MinimizeStart Becky! with minimized window.
On Exit
Empty Trash box
Empty all the trash boxes on exit (applies only to POP3 accounts).
Warn unsent messages in Outbox
If unsent messages are found in Outboxes, notify the user.
Sort messages to folders
Sort newly arrived messages to folders ac cording to thefiltering rules. It doesn't work for
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Warning
Warn opening these types of attachments
Warns when you are opening an attachment file that has one of the defined file extensions.
Do not allow executing these types
Disallow executing files that have spec ified file extensions.
Warn outgoing attachments, too.
Warns when your outgoing messages have attac hment files with above file extensions.
Confirm Posting to Mailing Lists
Confirm when you are sending messages to the mailing lists that are registered in "Mailing
Lists Manager." This will prevent you from sending personal messages to mailing lists by
mistake.
Confirm Trashing mail items
Confirms when you are deleting mail items. Deleted mail items are moved to Trash box.
Warn drag and drop to Outbox
Warns when you drag and drop messages to Outbox.
Warn reediting a message if "From" is not me
Warns when you are about to reedit a message from Draft, Outbox, or Sent and theoriginator of the message is not you.
Warn External Link
Warns when you click a URL in an email message.
Light Security
Startup Password
Sets up the password you want to use to start Becky!
This password security only prevents people from opening your mailbox by mistake. Do notdepend on this.
Need when restoring from minimized window
Makes password entry mandatory when restoring the program from minimized window.
Misc.
Show only on tasktray when minimized
Hides minimized window in the taskbar when minimized. This lets you acc ess Becky!
through the icon in the task tray .
Show network error on the status bar instead of a dialog box.
Causes network error messages to display only on the status bar instead of bringing up a
dialog box. This is useful if you don't want to be interrupted in your work when network
errors occur during periodic mail checking.
Delete History for search, etc.
Pressing this button deletes search history.
Make it "Default" mail program.
Pressing this button establishes Becky! as your default mail program. This feature is for
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General Setup - Tree/List
Tree View
Bring up the current mailbox on top
When you switch the mailbox, current mailbox always bring up on top and other mailboxes
are collapsed.
Show unread number.
The number of unread messages in the folder will be displayed right next to the folder
name.
Collapse tree items that were expanded while D&D.
With drag & drop operation, you can expand the tree item by hovering the mouse cursor
over the [+] icon, and with this option, those tree item s will be automatically collapsed
after drag and drop is finished.
Behavior On Switching Folder
Configures which item to be selected in the folder when it was opened.
Behavior On Switching Mailboxes
Configures which folder to be selected when the m ailbox is switched.
"Tasks" Folder
Always Visible"Tasks" folder doesn't disappear even when there is no task.
Delete "Done" tasks after [ ] days
Tasks which are marked "Done" will be deleted automatically after specified days.
Add task name to Subject
Inserts task name such as "{Need Reply}" to the subject line of the message.
Show "Green" tasks' count.
Includes the count of non-urgent (i.e., green) tasks in the task summary for an account .
List View
Message Orders
Configures whether to remember the message order in the List View. You can change themessage order by clicking list item headers.
If "From" is me, show "--> To" instead
If the messages are sent from you, shows "To" field in the place of "From" field in the List
View,
Prohibit deleting important items (Priority 1 or 2)
This option prevents you from acc identally deleting mail items with high priority (red or
yellow).
Since senders can set those priorities, sometimes unimportant messages, such as spam
mail, have the highest priorities. In that case, right-click the priority icon (colored ball) at
the left of the mail item and change the priority before you trash them.
Prohibit deleting flagged items.
This option prevents you from accidentally deleting mail items that you have flagged.
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This option prevents you from accidentally deleting messages with tasks. This option has noeffect in "Tasks" folder.
Double click to view a message.
A message will not be viewed until you double click or press a space key on the list item.
Disallow dropping to Outbox.
Disable drag & drop (or paste) to Outbox from any folders except Draft.
Unread Browsing
Keep current item in the middle
When you are browsing unread messages by space key, a selected message is kept
positioned at the middle of the list. This allows you c an see above and below the foc used
item.
Pause at a last unread message in each folder
When you are browsing unread messages by space key, unread messages are marked andthe selection is moved to the next message. However if you want to stay in the folder after
the last unread message is marked read in that folder, turn this option on.

Tree items spacing
This changes line spacing for the Tree View.
List items spacing
This changes line spacing for the List View.
Size%
This changes the font size for the Tree View and also the List View. If you prefer to set thefont sizes for Tree View and List View separately, you m ay prefer to use the
Touch Friendly
Mode feature, as it allows c hanging the sizes of each separately.
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General Setup - Message View
Action for URL/email
Single Click/Double Click
Choose whether you prefer single clicking or double clicking to open URL/email addresses.
If you choose Single Click, you will see underline on URL/email addresses as on web
browsers.
URL
Choose the default action for URL. "Use DDE" is maintained only for older web browsers.
Usually you should not check this option.
email
Choose the default action for email addresses.
Mark read immediately when opened.
Usually, unread messages are marked read when you read it to the end or double click theitem. With this option checked, unread messages are marked read immediately after you
select the message.
Wrap long lines to fit the window.
Sometimes, you may receive messages that contain long lines without carriage return. This
option makes them wrap to fit the window width.
Operate 4way button by the cursor key.
Assigns the cursor key to the 4way button.
Always wheel scroll when focused.
When the Message View has a focus, mouse wheel always scrolls the Message View despite
the mouse cursor position.
Treat uuencode in body as an attachment.
There are some mail agents that send attachment files in uuencoded format, which has
been widely used in UNIX community, in the text body. This option causes Becky! torecognize them as attachments despite MIME format.
Treat BinHex in body as an attachment.
There are some mail agents that send attac hment files in BinHex format, which is widelyused in Macintosh community, in text body. This option causes Becky! to recognize them asattachments despite MIME format.
Always show Tab Sheets.
By default,. you can see Tab Sheets when you move the mouse cursor over the bottom of
the Message View. Tab Sheets are usually hidden except when there are other sheets thantext and header. This option causes Becky! to always show Tab Sheets.
Large button view for attachments.
By default, attachment files are displayed with small buttons at the bottom of the Message
View. This option makes them display with large buttons. This option doesn't affect theCompose Window (always small buttons for the outgoing attachments).
"Save & Open" attachments by default
Assigns double click action to the attachment to "Save & Open" command instead of"Open." Note: You can always override this; just right-click on an attachment and a menu
with options will pop up.
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"winmail.dat" contains no attachments, nothing will appear. (Winmail.dat is the packaging
envelope for ms-tnef.)
Spacing Between Lines
Specify sizes of line spacing in dots.
Scroll Mode
Smooth/Skip
Choose whether you prefer scrolling or paging when you are browsing messages with thespace key.
by Half Page
Turn this option on if you want to scroll by half page instead of full page by pressing aspace key.
Color
Choose colors for Message View using the drop-down m enu.
HTML View
See more information regarding HTML Messages.
Convert to Plain Text
All the tags within the HTML messages will be removed and only the plain text will beviewed.
(text/html) as attachment file
When HTML message is viewed as plain text, the HTML part shows up as (text/htm l) buttonin the attac hment file area. Clicking it will open message in the Message View. This option
will disable that feature and treat it as an HTML attachm ent file; clicking it will open
message in your browser.
View HTML prior to Text
Many HTML messages are in multipart/alternative format, which means there is an HTMLand a plain text version of the content. This option causes Becky! to show HTML part as thedefault view.
TIP: HTML messages are sometimes the source of viruses. If you prefer to first confirm to
yourself that the message is legitimate prior to viewing the HTML element, UNtick this box.
Then, when viewing the message, there will be a tab at bottom of screen labeled "2:
t/html" that you can click to view the full HTML m essage.
Reply/Forward as HTML (Z)
Since Becky! defaults to plain text, set this option if you prefer to respond to HTMLmessages with an HTML message.
Disallow Scripts
This is a security issue. Sc ripts can be dangerous because most viruses can be processed
automatically by scripts.
Do not download pictures
If an HTML message contains links to pictures or other graphic s, those images will not be
displayed unless they are in local cache. Pictures and graphics that are embedded within
the HTML will still be viewed. TIP: If using this feature to reduc e exposure to spammers, beadvised that use of "Print" or "Print Preview" invokes your browser and the files will then be
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Zoom % (0 = Default)This setting allows changing the size of fonts viewed in HTML messages, which can bedesirable when viewing on high Dots-Per-Inch (DPI) screens. The default of 0 equates to100% size, so a setting of 200 would double the size. Experiment to your preference.
View HTML source
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General Setup - Editor
Max Columns
Specify the wrapping point of long lines. Use "0" to fit to the window. Note that wrapping
point is only for viewing convenience and no CRLFs are inserted. Generally, this should be set
to allow you to view more columns than the setting for Auto Formatting Columns so that you see
the text as it may be formatted. Does NOT apply to HTML messages.
Auto Formatting Columns
Unlike Max Columns, this value specifies the column for inserting CRLFs in "Auto Formatting"mode or with "Format" command. Formatting (aligning each line to the length specified here)
does NOT occur unless you
1. toggle Auto Formatting (Edit>Auto Formatting Mode or Tool Bar icon) or
2. highlight the desired text and use the Format command (Edit>ParagraphFormatting>Format or the Tool Bar icon).
Does NOT apply to HTML messages.
TIP: When no formatting is set, text wraps to the Max Columns setting. Recipients will
generally see your message wrapping at their screen size. However, if recipients havedifficulty reading your messages you may wish to format messages to a fixed length; there isno universal agreement on which is best. If you are posting to newsgroups, formatting themessage (generally at a line length of 72) is preferred.
Tab Size
Specify the tab column.
Editing Options
Auto Indent
Automatically indents when you press return key.
Soft Tabs
Inserts space codes (20h) instead of a tab code (09h) when you press tab key.
Permit Caret After End Of Line
Makes caret to preserve the c olumn position even if the end of line is loc ated before thecaret. However, the caret is actually positioned at the end of line, so if you do any editing
operation, the caret goes to the end of line im mediately.
Free Caret
Unlike "Permit Caret After EOL", the caret preserve its position and you can enter at theposition where the caret is.
Spelling Checker
American/British
Choose the dictionaries you want to use for spelling-check.
Check Before Sending Message
Automatically check the spelling of outgoing messages before they are sent.
Display
Changed Mark
Displays the marks that show which lines are changed.
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Underline
Displays an underline at the caret line.
Use inline HTML editor
Enables Becky! to use HTML editor component that is defined in selected Microsoft browser.
This setting is defined at Tools>General Setup>Advanced.
Initial Font Size
This specifies a font size other than the default for HTML. For m ore information, see theFont Tutorial .
Use auto complete for To, Cc, and Bcc fields.
You can use "Auto c omplete" feature when you are typing in To, Cc, and Bcc fields in thecomposing window. Mail addresses or nicknames will be automatically completed as you
type.
Auto Backup IntervalSpecify the bac kup interval for composing messages. You can keep a backup in case Becky!
crashes while composing messages. Backup messages are restored to Draft box. If you
specify 0, no backups are made. (If you are running Becky! on floppy disk, frequent
backups may affect performance.)
Open IME AutomaticallyEnables Becky! to turn on Input Method Editor when you are c omposing a message. It will
be turned on when you focus on the editor window and "Subject" field, and turned offotherwise. (IME is usually used for East Asian languages.)
Always focus to the editor when composing
Normally, the Compose window opens with the c ursor positioned in theTo box if that field isempty. Checking this option causes the cursor to be positioned in the m essage window,
regardless of empty fields.

(External Editors...)Enables Becky! to invoke other editors in Compose Window. The menu allows specificationof an external editor for plain text messages and one for HTML messages.
If the two tic k boxes (MDI and Start Automatically) are unticked, the defined editor c an be
manually invoked from the Tools>External Edit command in the Compose Window.
If MDI (Multi-Document Interface) is ticked, the editor is opened transparently whenever
the Compose Window is opened.
If Start Automatically is ticked, the editor is opened in a separate window whenever theCompose Window is opened. This feature may not work with all editors, so you areencouraged to test with whatever editor you prefer.
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General Setup - Citation
This menu is where you can specify how you want your replied or forwarded messages toappear to the recipient. This includes the citation prefix that differentiates your content fromsender's content and optional use of generic templates for replying and forwarding. For more
template options, or to have a better understanding of how templates are used by Becky!, see
the Templates page.
Citation Prefix (For Replying)Specify the characters you want to insert before each line of cited message.
With NameYou can add name of originator of cited message before the citation prefix. Following 3 types
are supported. Here is example for Tomohiro Norimatsu <c arty@rimarts.co.jp>
Part of email
carty>Name
T omohiro>
Initial
T N>
Other Prefixes
Specify characters that you want Becky! to recognize as citations. You can specify multiple
strings separated by ',' (comma). '>' is always specified implicitly.
Add reply sequence number to Subject
Adds sequence number to the subject of replying message. It will show up as "Re[2]:subject." It has limited usefulness and some people don't like it. This option is maintained
only for the compatibility with Becky! Ver.1.

Use template for replying
If you want to cite original message automatically when you are replying, check this option.
Actual template is in the text box below the option. You can edit it, but you should notremove "%M" (cited message) and %0 (default signature) macro symbols. If desired, you can
use these additional template symbols. (See example reply below.) NOTE: If you prefer touse specific templates for different mailboxes or use specific templates on an as-needed basis,
Becky! gives you that flexibility by allowing you to set up custom templates. Please consider
that quoting an entire message may make your message large and messy. It is a good ideathat you cut unwanted parts from the citation.
Show Reference View
Shows the original message in the above pane of the split view of the replying window. If you
use template for replying, you may not need the reference window because the original
message is cited in the editor window. In that case, turn it off.
Use special template for forwarding
Check this option if you want to MODIFY this template when you are forwarding a message.
(Works only with Forward command, not with Redirect or Forward As Attachmentcommands from Mail Menu.) If desired, you can use these additional template symbols. NOTE
: If you prefer to use specific templates for different mailboxes or use specific templates on an
as-needed basis, Becky! gives you that flexibility by allowing you to set up custom templates.
Custom or modified templates are NOT FUNCTIONAL if using Remote Mailbox for POP
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This is the default sample template for message replying.
On %d%f wrote%M%0<== %d inserts date<== %f inserts sender's name<== %M inserts full content of sender's message<==%0 inserts your signature

Here is how a reply message would appear.
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:13:22 +0900
Mazda <mazda@miata.org> wrote> Hi,> How are you-Celica Toyota <celica@toyota.net>

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General Setup - Languages
Language Settings
Language
Choose the character set you want to configure. You can add new character sets, which you
cannot find in the list. However, invalid character set name can cause problems on therecipients' side. So be careful if you are going to add one.
Use for Composing
Make the selected character set the default for composing messages. Becky! usually
determines an appropriate character set from the OS's language, so you don't really need tocheck this option.
Implicit Charset for Incoming Messages
Use as a default character set if an incoming message doesn't declare any character set.
Becky! usually determines an appropriate character set from the OS's language, so you
don't really have to check this option.
Font
Choose the font and size for the selected character set. The font is for plain text messages
viewable by you, not by recipient. For more information and other options, see the Font
Tutorial.
UNICODE font
Check this option only when you can't get the specified font displayed properly. Generally,
you don't need this checked.
Character Set
Specify a character set name for the selected language. It is used for composing messages
as well as viewing incoming messages in proper font. You can specify multiple character set
names, separated by comma, in case different character set names are used for the samecharacter set.
e.g.
BIG5,CN-BIG5
Encoding
Choose the encoding method for specified character set. Although it is recommended thatyou choose "Base64" or "Quoted-Printable" for 8bit character sets, sometimes you may
need to choose "8bit" because some email systems don't recognize those encoding formats.
You should choose "7bit" for US-ASCII and ISO-2022-* character sets.
ANSI code page used by editor
Although you can specify ANSI code page for text editing here, you don't really have to dothat. Simply set it to 0 and Becky! will determine appropriate code page from the font.
NoteThis is just a short description for the character set.
MIME Encoding
Do not use MIME encoding in header. You should not check this. However, if you are using
Becky! in a closed intranet environment and your in-house system is not MIME compliant,this option could be used.
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Default
Uses your default language. Cited message might not be displayed correctly.
Use original charset
Uses the language that is used in the original message. If you use English, this would be
the best choice because 7bit ASCII is supported in most languages' charset.
UTF-8
Uses UTF-8 charset (Unicode) in which you can mix your own language and otherlanguages.

Forwarding Foreign Language Mail
Configure which language you prefer to use when you are forwarding mail written in a foreign
language.
Default
Uses your default language when you are forwarding as attachments. Subject field might
not be displayed correctly. For regular "Forward" or "Redirect", an original charset will beused.
Use original charset
Use the language that is used in the original message.
UTF-8
Use UTF-8 charset (Unicode) in which you can mix your own language and other languages.
This option does not affect "Redirect."
Always use UTF-8 (Unicode) for outgoing messages
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General Setup - Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Keys can significantly improve your productivity by allowing you to specify key
combinations to quickly invoke various functions within Becky! This is especially useful for
persons who prefer to use the keyboard instead of the mouse. Many shortcut combinations
are already defined for you, so a review of the shortcuts can be useful even if you do notintend to set any yourself.
(Command lists)
Choose a function group in the above combo box; then highlight a function whose key
assignment you want to change.
Key Assignment
Shows shortcut keys assigned to the chosen function. You may highlight and delete shortcut
keys, if desired.
Key combination to Add
Type desired key strokes in the text box. Use the buttons to insert TAB, Enter or ESC codes.
Note that it is not guaranteed that you can always use the key combination you enter here.
Some key combinations are reserved by OS and Becky! doesn't check the availability. If you
can't use the key combination you set, try another combination.
Two Stroke Keys
Register the first stroke of two stroke keys. "Two stroke keys" is the sequence of two
Ctrl+Alphabet keys. For example, when you type Ctrl+K, Becky! will wait until the next key is
typed, because K, O, and Q are specified as default here.
Show Menu After ...
You can see a menu of two stroke commands after the first stroke is typed. Specify the delay
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General Setup - Keywords
Keywords and Comment Blocks are added features of Bec ky!. Although the following information

conveys how to use the features, you are first encouraged to read this Keyword Overview.
Group
You can configure up to 16 Keyword Groups. Each group has independent color and boldness
scheme and you can see those keywords in different color and boldness.
Comment
Short description of the selected Keyword Group.
MIME type
You can choose a specific MIME type to activate the Keywords. For example, HTML Keywords
have meanings only in text/html content.
Character Set
Specify the character set you want to be activated by the Keywords. You can specify multiple
character sets separating by comma. "*" means all the character sets. For example, Chinese
Traditional Keywords make sense only in BIG5 character sets.
Keyword
Type a Keyword you want to add to the list.
Color
Choose whether you want to see all Keywords in the group in a defined color.
Bold
Choose whether you want to see all Keywords in the group in bold font.
Case Sensitive
Check this if those Keywords are case sensitive.
Comment Block
You can see text enclosed with defined strings in different colors. This is called a "Comment
Block."
Begin/End with
Specify the beginning and ending strings of the Comment Block. Both must begin with a
non-alphabetical character. If a CRLF is encountered prior to appearance of the End With
character(s), the CRLF will serve as the delimiter.
Keywords in Block
You can choose whether you want to see Keywords within the Comment Block in their definedcolors or boldness. For example, in HTML, text enclosed with "<!-- and "-->" are comments
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General Setup - Send
Send from Outbox
Choose how outgoing messages are sent when Send from Outbox command is processed.
Send Now
Choose the behavior of Send Now command.
Send large messages with "message/partial" MIME type.
Sends a large message divided into small multiple messages with "message/partial" MIME
type.
Always confirm recipients before posting
When you are sending email, a dialog pops up for you to confirm recipients. Without thisoption, the dialog shows up only when you leave To or Subject fields empty. The associatedtickbox is there for those who prefer to have a tickbox on the confirmation dialog screen in
addition to the "Okay" button.
Send after "Send and Receive""Send and Receive" is done in the order of "Send"->"Receive." Sometimes, auto
forwarding/replying messages are generated in Outbox as the result of a receiving operation.
If you want to send those messages in the same session, check this.
Prohibit group mailing
If you do not want to use the group mailing feature of the address book, turn it on. Group
mailing is the feature that allows you to send messages to all the members in an addressgroup by selecting the group's nickname in the Compose View. More information atTools>Addressbook.
Omit Date field
Removes Date field from outgoing mail so that the SMTP server can add the date. However,since some SMTP servers don't put Date field, it is not recommended to check this option.
Date field should be added by user agents such as Becky!.
Omit Message-Id field
Removes Message-Id field from outgoing mail so that the SMTP server can add themessage-id. However, since some SMTP servers don't put Message-Id field, it is notrecommended to check this option. Message-Id field should be added by user agents such as
Becky!.
Reedit a message that caused an SMTP error.
If a message caused an error during SMTP session, it will be open for reediting. This lets you
identify which message was the culprit.
8bit file name conversion
Although it is not recommended to send attachment files with 8bit file name, you can choose
how 8bit file names are handled in outgoing messages.
SMTP Host Name
Specify the host name that is used during the SMTP session. If it is left blank, [IP address]
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General Setup - Receive
Mail checking, pop up message, and some other settings only work with POP3 accounts, not
IMAP.
Periodical "Collection and Delivery"
Configure it if you want to automatically run Collection and Delivery command at one ormore of these times.
Check Every
Specify the interval of mail checking.
Check AtSpecify the time you want to chec k mail.
Check Only When Dialup is Active
If you have set Becky! to use dialup, it doesn't check mail when you are not online.
Backup Logs
You can backup incoming and outgoing messages so that you can restore them by theFile>Import Backup Logs command. It is a good idea to specify a limited number of days
to keep backups because they may eat up your disk space. If you have sufficient disk space,you may specify 0 to keep backups forever. You can also choose the "Mirror" option so thatthose logs will be created to the specified folder other than to Becky!'s data folder. Those logs
will not be deleted automatically. This feature does NOT apply to IMAP accounts. Get more
information at the Backup and Restore topic.
Sound On Arrival
You can specify the sound file (.wav) you want to hear when new messages are arrived.
Specify "MailBeep" to use Windows' default mail arrival sound.
Notify arrival of new mail with a message box when Becky! is not active.
When you receive new mail and Becky! is running background, a message box will come up to
get your attention.
With POP3 mailbox, the message box appears after the mail check session.
With IMAP mailbox, the message box appears when RECENT response is returned for NOOP
command that is issued every minute. That means the user needs to stay online to get themessage box notification.
Use Toast instead of the message box. (Windows 8 or later.)This allows use of the Windows Toast option. Not applicable for OS versions prior toWindows 8.
Notify "No New Messages" with a dialog box.
Brings up a dialog box to let you know there are no new messages.
Do not send on periodical check.
Usually, the process of mail checking is sending from Outbox and then receiving new
messages. If you do not want to send automatically, check this option.
Notify when already received messages are found on the server.
Even if you did not check the "Leave Messages on Server" option in "Mailbox Setup",
sometimes messages are left on the server due to incomplete session or server problems.
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However, if you have set up filters to leave some messages on the server, you will see thiswarning for those messages, too. In that case, it is better to uncheck this option. This warning
will not pop up when the main window is in background or minimized. Also when "Show
network error on the status bar instead of a dialog box." option is checked, this warning will
not give you a choice to delete messages on the server.
How to respond to a request for "read receipt"
Requests for "Read Receipts" might be for business or legal reasons to "prove" that you readthe message, or possibly just from a friend who is distrustful of Internet mail delivery.
Regardless, Becky! gives you the options to determine how to handle such requests. This isan unreliable process at best, considering the many email clients involved and the different
interpretations of Internet protocol.
This process is based on how to respond to messages that have a "Disposition-Notification-To"
or "X-Confirm-Reading-To" header. Note that if the m essages' "To", "Cc", or "Original
Recipient" fields do not contain your email address, this "read receipt" request will be ignored.
Some servers might refuse to send the response because of an empty Envelope-From.
It is not a bug. It is defined in RFC 3798.
>>>>

The envelope sender address (i.e., SMTP MAIL FROM) of the MDN MUST benull (<>), specifying that no Delivery Status Notification messages
or other messages indicating successful or unsuccessful delivery are
to be sent in response to an MDN.

Some mail clients violate it, but there is a reason that RFC prohibit it (MUST is a very strong
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General Setup - MIME(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Associates the Windows file types with MIME content types. MIME types are normally
identified by their suffix (e.g., a file with the ".jpg" suffix is a graphic image), whereas one
ending with ".txt" would be a text file. For most users, no MIME setup changes are required.
MIME Type/SubType
Shows the MIME type and subtype of the item currently selected in the list.
Add New TypeCreate a new MIME type and subtype.
File TypeSpecify the file extensions corresponding to the current MIME type. It must begin with "."(dot). You c an specify multiple file types such as ".jpg.exe", for example
ActionDefine the action for the attachment file with the specified MIME type.
Open
Opens the document according to the OS's setting. For example, ".html" file is opened by a
web browser.
Save As
Saves the attac hment to the selected location. It is recom mended that you choose this for"application/octet-stream" MIME type, because this MIME type is often used for attachm ent
files with unknown file types such as ".exe", ".com", or ".pif", which might contain computerviruses.
Open With
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General Setup - Advanced
Size of Each Mail Storage File
Becky! saves messages to multiple files, which means if one file reaches the size defined
here, a new file will be created. This can reduce the performance overhead of saving all themessages into one file and minimizes the risk of losing data in case of file corruption.
If you specify zero, Becky! will save one message as one file. In terms of data loss, it is thesafest. However, it may unnecessarily consume your disk space because of the cluster gap,
especially on FAT16 file systems. A value from 64 to 640 is recommended. However, FAT16 isan old architecture and no change is required for most users.
Save Attachments to Separate Data Files.
If this option is on, attachment parts in email messages will be saved as separate data files,
which improves overall performance and decreases the risk of virus-scanning software
deleting email messages that contains viruses along with other innocent email messages.
Those separated attachment files are saved "as is" (not decoded) and this process is totallytransparent to the user. There are two commands in "File>Folder" menu; "Separate
Attac hments" and "Combine Attachments."
Max IMAP Mail Item Cache
Specify the number of mail items you want to save on the local hard disk as IMAP mail item
cache.
Clear on Disconnecting
If this option is checked, all IMAP cache files will be deleted when IMAP session is terminated.
Keep for nnn days
This option is effective only if the 'Clear on Disconnecting' option is unchecked.

Socket Options
These options are for troubleshooting. If you have any difficulty with the network connection,
try the following options. The first three are generally not a concern anymore, but if theconnection is timing out or indicating no mail when mail is present, try setting the Set
Timeout option to 120. This causes a delay on the server which may allow sufficient time toacknowledge the mail request. When troubleshooting, always turn on Protocol Logs at
Tools>Protocol Logs.
Larger Receiving Buffer
Larger Sending Buffer
Send Without Delay
Set Timeout
Effective After Restarting Program
Create composing window on an independent thread.
Creates Compose Window on a different thread from the main thread. It makes theCompose Window more stable, especially when receiving email in background, but it
consumes more system resources. If you are using Windows95/98, this option is notrecommended.
No dropdown menu on toolbar.
Some tool buttons have dropdown menus, with which you can choose more options for one
command. However, if your PC's screen is not wide enough, you may want to check thisoption. That can create a space for another tool button.

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Touch Friendly Mode. (Bigger UI Components.)
This option provides TWO functions. The FIRST function allows changing font sizes
individually for Tree View, List View and Message View, and also changing icon sizes on
toolbar. The change to Message View is ONLY for plain text messages. (TIP: If your desire
is to just change font and/or font size for List View and Tree View, see the option under theTree/List menu.)
The SECOND function is a drop-down menu of toolbar options that can be invoked by touchor mouse. This menu is at upper-right main menu Becky! icon. The touch friendly aspect iscompatible with Windows 8 and later Windows versions. After setting this option, close andrestart Becky! for the changes to take effect. This also may have an effect on layout,
described at View>Change Layout.
(Plug-ins)
This button displays all installed plug-ins and you may activate or deactivaany te them
here. These are contributed functions to Becky! and m any work very well, but we cannot
take ownership of any of them. However, we do haveplug-in information available here . For
setup options for plug-ins, see Tools>Plug-Ins Setup.
HTML Rendering Engine:
This drop-down menu allows the choice between (default) Microsoft Edge Browser andInternet Explorer (IE). Leave this as the default unless you are using a version of Windows
prior to version 10 and have not replaced IE with Edge. This is used when com posing andrendering (formatting for display) HTML messages.
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Folder Mail Settings
The Folder Mail Settings menu is where you can define multiple settings for each account.
This is a powerful and unique feature of Becky!, in that you can define multiple templates andpersonalities. You can access these settings by right-clicking any mail folder. The tabs are
GeneralCompose-oFolder Properties - General
Folder Property
You can open the property of any folder by selecting the Property... command in theright-click menu on the Tree View or File menu. Each folder replicates many of the features ofyour Mailbox Setup and may contribute to a better email management experience for you.
One tab is for General Folder Properties and the other is for Folder Properties Compose
Folder Properties- General
Folder Name
Name of the folder
Templates
Choose the template you want to apply when you are processing compose/reply/forward fromthis folder. These templates override the ones you have specified in Tools>Mailbox Setup>
ComposeAddress Book
Choose an address book or an address group you want to open when you are in this folder.
This will cause that address book to be Primary Address Book whenever you havehighlighted this folder and are composing a message.
Related Functions
Mailing List
Choose a mailing list associated to this folder from the ones registered in Mailing Lists
Manager.
If you associate a mailing list to a folder, you can process some ML commands, such as"Post", from the right-click menu.
Folder Options
Remove [...]/(...) from the top of the subject line on replying.
Some mailing list server adds a sequential number to the head of the subject, such as[aaa-ml: 1234]. You can remove when you are replying to the message.
Hide [...]/(...) from the top of the subject lines in the List View.
You can hide those sequential numbers in the List View.
Ignore unread messages.
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Also unread number besides the folder name appears in gray.
This folder is for "sent" messages
Makes this folder act similarly to the "Sent" box. It is useful if you want to keep sent
messages to the folders other than Sent box, yet have the folder retain "Sent box-type"functionality. For example, double clicking a message in the folder causes the message to
be brought up in the Compose Window and not in the View window. Also, messages cannot
be marked '"Read" in the folder. You may still need to set up appropriate rules in theFiltering Manager to cause messages to be sorted to this folder. Using right-click on amessage in this folder brings up the same menu as the "Sent" folder.
Allow HTML view in this folder.
Allows rendering of HTML messages in this folder regardless of the setting in
Tools>General Setup>Message View.
Images are also allowed.
Allows displaying of external pictures in HTML messages in this folder regardless of the "Do
not download pictures" option in Tools>General Setup>Message View.
Apply Settings to Sub Folders
Copies all the properties of this folder to sub folders. It also makes the current property as
initial value when you create sub folders of this folder.
(Agent button)
You can select an Agent, if desired.
(Folder button)
You can choose the folder button color.
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Folder Properties - Compose
Folder Property
You can open the property of any folder by "Property" command in the right-click menu on
the Tree View or "File" menu. Each folder replicates many of the features of your Mailbox
Setup and may contribute to a better email management experience for you. One tab is for
Folder Properties- General and one is for Compose Folder Properties.
Folder Properties - Compose
Permanent Fields
Setting permanent fields for a recipient are rarely needed, but depend on your requirements.
Compose To
Specified mail address will be set to To field when you compose/forward messages selecting
this folder.
Also Use for Replying
Forces Becky! to use the specified mail address as a replying address for messages in thisfolder. It can be useful if the list servers that don't set Reply-To and you have to modify the
replying address if you want to follow up.
Cc, Bcc, Reply-To, SenderSpecified mail addresses will be used for each header fields. These settings override theones in Tools>Mailbox Setup>Compose. If you want to override the mailbox settings
with null string, enter "" (two double quotes).
Personality
The following settings will overrides the ones in Mailbox Setup and empower you tocustomize specific folders.
Sender's Name
Specify the name you want to set to "From" field of outgoing messages. If you want tooverride the mailbox settings with null string, enter "" (two double quotes).
Sender's email
Specify the email address you want to set to "From" field of outgoing messages.
Organization
Specify the organization name you want to set to Organization header of outgoingmessages. If you want to override the m ailbox settings with null string, enter "" (two double
quotes).
Signature
Select the default signature. If you want to create a new signature, go to Tools>Mailbox
Setup>Compose.
Move replied messages to this folder instead of "Sent" box.
With this option checked, you can save your sent messages to this folder when you reply tothe messages in this folder. This allows your personal correspondence can be kept in one
folder without the need to set up a rule in the Filtering Manager for this purpose.
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Search Dialogs
Finding text within messages is a strong feature of Becky!. Whereas other email clients may
use one search function for everything, Becky! provides separate tools for maximum facility,
whether one folder, one message or multiple folders. The tools are these:
Search Messages - A strong search tool for a folder. This is the most frequently used option.
Searches selected messages or an entire folder.
Find in Text - This feature is for messages in Compose mode or Message View.
Replace - This feature is for messages in Compose mode.
Mail Query - This feature shows its strength for searching multiple folders.
Headlines Search - This feature focuses on headlines (i.e., Subject, To and From) in current
folder.
-oSearch Messages
Acc essible from "Find" button or Edit>Find from toolbar. Search particular messages or afolder of messages for those that contain the specified string. The cursor must be on the List
View and not on the text of any message to invoke this search. If the cursor is on the text of amessage in Message View then the Find in Text function is invoked. If your interest is tosearch within a message, then the Find in Text function is more appropriate. If your goal is
to search ALL folders, then check out Mail Query.
Find ForSpecify the string to find. '\' is treated as an escape character .
TargetChoose the part you want to search in email.
Search by Word
Matches a string that is enclosed with white spaces or delimiting characters.
Search Top of Lines
Matches a string at the top of the line.
Case Sensitive
Distinguishes upper and lower case.
Use Regular Expressions
Specifies that the find string is a regular expression.
Search Entirely in the Folder
If NOT checked, only one message, previously highlighted in List View, is searched;otherwise, all messages in folder are searched. This box is normally checked for POP
accounts. This feature may not work for IMAP accounts, depending on server implementation.
In that case, use Mail Query to search all folder messages.
Character Set
This is available (and mandatory) only for IMAP folders. If you want to search Japanese text
in Japanese ISO-2022-JP messages, specify ISO-2022-JP here.
However, it depends on the server's implementation whether the specified character set is
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Find in Text
Search specifies text string within the current message in the Message View window (where
the cursor is within the body of the text) or from the Compose Window. This feature isaccessible from "Find" button or Edit>Find from main toolbar, or from the Compose Window
via Edit>Find.
Find
Specify the string to find. '\' is treated as an escape character .
From Top Of Text
Searches from the top of the text instead of the current caret position.
Mark Found Lines
Mark the line in which the string is found.
Search by Word
Matches a string that is enclosed with white spaces or delimiting characters.
Search Top of Lines
Matches a string at the top of the line.
Case Sensitive
Distinguishes upper and lower case.
Use Regular Expressions
Specifies that the find string is a regular expression.
Mark All
Process the searc hing operation at once and mark all the lines in which the string is found.
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Replace (Compose Window)
Replace the found string with the specified string. This feature is accessible from
Edit>Replace from the Compose Window.
Find
Specify the string to find. '\' is treated as an escape character .
ReplaceSpecify the string you want to replace with the found string.
From Top Of Text
Searches from the top of the text instead of the current caret position.
Mark Replaced Lines
Mark the line in which the string is replaced.
Search by Word
Matches a string that is enclosed with white spaces or delimiting characters.
Search Top of Lines
Matches a string at the top of the line.
Case Sensitive
Distinguishes upper and lower case.
Use Regular Expressions
Specifies that the find string is a regular expression.
Replace All
Process replace operation at once and replace all the found words.
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Mail Query
Mail Query is in the Main Window Edit Menu
Searches specified string in multiple folders and lists the results. This feature is preferred
whenever you want to search all folders. If this is not your intent, see other search dialogs.
Query Criteria
Find ForSpecify the string you want to find. If you choose "All Words" or "Any Words", you canspecify multiple words separated by a space. Choose "Not Included(-)" if you want to locate
entries that do NOT contain the search string.
TargetChoose the part you want to search in email.
Search Sub Folders
Searches sub folders as well as the current folder. You cannot choose this for IMAP folders.
Search from All Mailboxes
Searches within all the folders in all the mailboxes as well as the current folder.
Search by Word
Matches a string that is enclosed with white spaces or delimiting characters.
Match Start of Lines
Matches a string at the top of the line.
Case Sensitive
Distinguishes upper and lower case.
Use Regular Expressions
Specifies that the find string is a regular expression.
Unread, Flagged, Attachments, With Memo
Selecting any of these will cause only messages with the selected attributes to be listed.
Priority
You can narrow down the target of search by specifying priority.
Date
You can narrow down the target of search by specifying date.
Character Set
This is available only for IMAP folders. If you want to search Japanese text in JapaneseISO-2022-JP messages, specify ISO-2022-JP here. However, it depends on the server's
implementation whether the specified character set is supported.
Query Management
Notify:This allows setting a notification when query is done in background and other window isactive.
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Find in Result
Query within the result of the previous query. You can go back to the original result byclicking the little [<] button at the left of "Find in Result" button.
Go ResultThis takes you to the "Query Result" folder in the Tree View, with which you can browse thecontents of the result and do the most of the things that you can do on the regular email
folders. If you first highlight a specific message in Summary Window, this takes you to thespecific message.
Save Query...
Save the current Query criteria as a virtual folder in the Tree View. You can also create thisQuery Folder by dragging & dropping the "Query Result" folder in the Tree View. If you
delete messages in the Query Folder, original messages will be deleted, too, but deleting
the Query Folder itself doesn't affect messages inside. The result of "Find in Result" cannot
be saved.
(Summary window)
Lists the messages that meet the query condition. Double click to view the selected
message. Double click a second time to highlight the found string in the text.
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Headline Search
The search applies to the Subject, To and From columns for the current folder. This window is
at upper right of Main Window Menu Bar. Whether this window is visible or not is set at
View>Headline Search. As you enter each character, the List View changes to reflect only
those headlines that contain the characters entered. Just click on the window and the words"Headline Search" will disappear and you can then enter text.
For example, if you wanted to only view headlines for messages from a person named Sarah,
when you enter the first letter, s, the List View will immediately show only headlines wherethat letter appears somewhere in the columns. When you then enter the next letter, a, theList View is reduced to show only messages that contain sa. This reduction continues until allletters are entered. If you make a mistake, just backspace over the error and continue.
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Advanced Features
Becky! provides many useful features for your everyday email management. Additionally,
Becky! provides many advanced features that separate it from the other email clients. Theseadvanced features are listed below:
Thread Mode
Command Line Options
Using Profiles
Using Reminder
Tab Sheets
Using Memos
Using Templates
Multilanguage Support
Spelling Checker
HTML messages
Flag, Priority and Color Label
Using Agents
Using Plug-ins
Sync with Portable Media
What's New
Mailing Lists Manager
Filtering Manager
Backup and Restore-oThread Mode
By using Thread Mode command, you can switch the order of mail items from therecent-first order to the thread order, in which older messages are located upper and each
reply message follows the original message. Thread Mode applies to the List View. This isuseful when you read the messages from mailing lists or where you are having an ongoing
conversation. For example, If you have these messages in your Inbox (newer is upper) ...
Re: Topic C
Re: Topic B
Re: Topic C
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Topic B
Topic AIt will be like this in the thread order.
Topic A
Re: Topic A
Topic B
Re: Topic B
Topic C
Re: Topic C
Re: Topic C
In the thread mode, you can connect messages with simple drag and drop operation.
If you drop the message to its parent, it will be disconnected from the thread.
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Command Line Options
Becky! supports the following command line options.
mailto:mail@address
Opens the Compose Window for the address. It supports the RFC2368 scheme.
/F folder
Makes the <folder> as the current data directory. It is useful if you want to share the same
computer with other people.
/D
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ProfilesBecky! Ver.2 introduced the concept of "Profile", which allows you to have multiple email
account settings for one mailbox. This is primarily to support multiple settings for one email
account, such as a profile for dialup and one for LAN access, but can be used as desired. This
page explains use of profile and global profile.
Setting Up Multiple Profiles (POP3 only)
When you create a mailbox, you automatically create a primary profile for one email account.
To create an additional profile, highlight the desired mailbox, click Tools>Mailbox>Setup, andthen click the New button. You are now viewing the new profile. Notice that some data fields
are empty and some are not. The data fields that are blank will use the values defined in the
primary profile unless you insert new values. This is useful in situations where the new profile
will be used for the same email account with only minor differences. This feature is notavailable for IMAP mail accounts.
In all the tabs (Account, Connection, Compose, Receive, Misc.) insert all content that will NOT
use the default profile content. The default name for the new profile will be something such as"PRF00001." Just overtype that if you want a unique identifier, such as the ISP name if the
profile is for an email account, or "Dialup" if the profile is just to provide the setting foroccasional dial-up for the account.
Selecting a Profile
When you use only one profile, you implicitly select a profile when you select a mailbox.
However, when a mailbox has more than one profile, you need to identify the desired profile
you wish to use (EXCEPTION: the Receive Mail icon applies to all profiles within a mailbox.) To
see the profiles in a mailbox, highlight the mailbox name and the profiles are displayed in the
List View, as shown below.

In the above example for two mail accounts, if you desired to use the AOL profile to compose
a message or to edit the profile itself, you could select the AOL profile in one of two ways:
Double-click the AOL profile in the List View or use the combo box in Tree View to select the
AOL profile. Once selected, you may then proceed with whatever action desired, just as you
would with a mailbox that had only one profile. Note: See Example 2, below, forconsiderations for this setup.
Using Multiple Profiles
Example 1 - Different Connections for One AccountFor example, assume you have a laptop PC and use it both at office (LAN connection) and athome (dialup connection).
Open Tools>Mailbox Setup dialog and click the New button. Since the default profile has
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as email address and server information. You only need to change or add information thatmakes this profile unique. Assuming the default profile was for the office (LAN) connection,
this new profile only needs to specify the information for dialup.
Click Connect tab and set the dialup connection information. You may also want to rename
the profile from PRF00001 to 'Dialup' or 'Home' or whatever you wish. That's it. Clic k 'OK' andclose the dialog.
Example 2 - One Mailbox with multiple email Accounts
You can share one mailbox with multiple email accounts by setting up multiple profiles thathave different account settings.
The important thing is that you have to check the Receive from multiple POP3 servers ofother profiles option in Receive tab when using this approach. With this option ticked, youwill receive email messages from the other profiles' mail servers as well as the current
profile's server by one operation. The other profiles also need to have this option ticked.
This approach has limited use. Mail retrieval works as anticipated (retrieving new messages for
all profiles), but a reply or forward of a received message will be done from the active profile,not necessarily the profile to which the message was sent. If your intent is to collectmessages in one folder, you may prefer the alternative below.
An Alternative - Inter-mailbox Filtering
Becky! also supports inter-mailbox filtering, which means you can sort email messages tofolders belonging to other mailboxes. Therefore, you may find it simpler to set up multiple
mailboxes instead of having multiple profiles for one mailbox.
An Additional Alternative - Intra-mailbox Filtering
If your mail account has multiple email identifiers, commonly called "aliases", anotherpossibility to keep them all separate would be to set up a different folder for each alias, set up
filters to sort the aliases into the specific folders and then to set folder properties, (with orwithout templates) to use the spec ific aliases for all outgoing mail when composed from theirfolders.
Global Profiles
Whereas a profile is a specific set of data to define an email account, a global profile is just a
profile NAME shared across multiple mailbox profiles and defined as a global profile; there
need be no similarity in the data defined within the profile itself. Whenever multiple profiles
share the same global profile name, changing the default profile on one mailbox automaticallycauses all other mailboxes that have like global profiles to be changed as well. Global profiles
at set at Tools>Mailbox Setup.
This feature might be useful if you have multiple mailboxes where each has a dialup and LAN
profile; when you want to change one to dialup, this would let you change all such profiles todialup. Another option might be where you have set up a profile in each of several mailboxes
to use an alternate SMTP server. By changing the profile on one mailbox to use the profile forthe alternate server, all mailboxes with like-named profiles would also be changed.
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Using Memos
The memo feature is a useful Becky! feature. Do you sometimes receive a message and want
to write notes about the message's content, yet not modify the message itself? That's the
purpose of the memo. Becky! allows you to create/modify a memo for every message in yourmail folders.
The memos are kept on your PC, regardless of whether the mail account is POP or IMAP.
Whenever the message is deleted, Becky! will also delete the associated memo. The easiest
way to access the memo feature is via the tab sheets, that are normally viewable at thebottom of the Message View area. You can also access a memo for the message being viewed
by clicking View>View Memo.
Using Quick Memo.
There is a quick memo for each account. Use it any way you wish. To edit the quick memo,
click the Pencil button on Tool bar or click Mail>Direct Edit Mode.
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Reminder Feature
Becky! has a "reminder" feature that allows you to send messages to yourself and receive on
pre-specified dates. Those messages are not actually sent; they are copied from "Reminder"
folder to "Inbox" according to the schedule.
You may want to use this feature to remind yourself of important but forgettable events, suchas a dentist's appointment, or your mom's birthday. ;-)Its usage is simple. Write a message and choose "Reminder" in File menu of the Compose
Window. You will see a dialog to set up the schedule. You may also send this reminder
message to others instead of yourself by choosing Save To Outbox for Action.
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Tab sheets
At the bottom of every email message in Message View is a tab sheet, normally hidden. Thistab sheet includes tabs for Plain Text, HTML text, Headers, and Memo. If you want this toalways be visible, you can set this option at Tools>General Setup>Message View and tickthe box for Always Show Tab Sheets. Your other option is just to move your mouse to thebottom of the screen in Message View and the Tab Sheets bar will appear.
The benefit is that this lets you easily view messages in plain text mode, HTML mode, seeheaders and also view any memo you created for the message.

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Templates
Templates allow you to create messages and responses automatically formatted the way thatyou want them -- for a mailing list assigned to its own folder, for example. Think of atemplate as the outline for a form letter -- complete with your choice of header lines,
boilerplate text, and information copied from the original message. This is also an option for
those Becky! users who prefer to use HTML, as they can create HTML templates for categories
2 thru 4 below.
Template Hierarchy
Templates can be of four types and are worth your understanding them - and NONE arerequired. Once you understand the hierarchy, you may wish to Create a Template. There
are restrictions if accessing a POP mailbox via Remote Mailbox.
1. Simple generic templates for ALL MAILBOXES. If all you want are simple cite templates
for Reply and Forward for all mailboxes, see Tools>General Setup>Citation. This is by
far the easiest approach as these are pre-written templates already there to use as-is or
to modify or to ignore. This is explained in the Citation Setup menu. These are thedefault templates and will always apply unless one of the following options is being used.

2. Templates for SPECIFIC MAILBOXES for ALL messages in a mailbox. This featureallows you to create explicit templates for Compose, Reply and/or Forward for any or all
mailboxes. This gives you flexibility in how you want your messages to appear for each
mailbox. Use Tools>Mailbox Setup>Compose to establish the templates for theirassigned role. Use of these templates always overrides the generic templates.
3. Templates for SPECIFIC FOLDERS for ALL messages from a specific folder. This featureallows you to create explicit templates for Compose, Reply and/or Forward for any or all
folders. This gives you flexibility in how you want your message to appear for eachfolder's purpose, such as a project folder or a customer folder. Right-click on a folder
and select Property... to establish the templates for their assigned role. Use of thesetemplates always overrides the generic or specific mailbox templates
4. Templates for OCCASIONAL use for messages. These are templates for occasional use,such as one that has an extended signature with marketing information. These templates
override all other templates, as they are manually loaded (see below).
USING Templates
Invoking a template automaticallyIf you have set up templates in categories 1 thru 3 above, the templates are used with nofurther action on your part.
Using an Occasional template
If you are using an occasional template, use the Load Template button from Tool Bar or
click File>Load Template while in the Compose Window. Otherwise, hold down the Shift key
when you select the Compose, Reply, or Forward command.
CREATING/Editing a template
The process starts almost the same way as writing a regular message. Choose File>Edit
Template to create a new template or to edit an existing template for categories 2, 3 or 4,
above. This operation can be done either on the main window or the Compose Window. Selectthe desired mailbox (for a Compose template) or [For Forwarding] or [For Replying] and click'OK'. This brings up the Compose Window.
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Start by adding Subject:, Cc:, and any other header lines that you wish to always appear inmessages to a mailing list, or business correspondence mail, for example.
To add flexibility when creating a template for forwarding or replying, you can set the
template to refer back to the original message with the following "macro symbols" orplaceholders that Becky! automatically fills in when it loads the template. The following
symbols are readily available in the Compose Window via a right-click menu. Just click thedesired symbol and it will be inserted into the template.
When your template is complete, save it with File>Save As Template command.

Template Symbols%f
The data portion of the From: line from the original message, the one that you are replying toor forwarding.
%t
The data portion of the To: line from the original message.
%d
The data portion of the Date: line from the original message.
%D{fmt}
The data from %d converted to local time and formatted to the standard date format that you
have specified with the Windows' control panel. You can also supply "fmt" to format date/time
string as you wish to appear. (See the right mouse button menu for details)%R{fmt}
The date and time when the original message arrived at your mail server.
%W{fmt}
The date and time when the original message was retrieved.
%T{fmt}Current date and time.
%i
The data portion of the Message-Id: line from the original message%I
The data portion of the Message-Id: line from the original message without enclosing "<>"%s
The data portion of the Subject: line from the original message.
%S
The data portion of the Subjec t: line from the original message, but "Re:", "Fw:", and "[...]"
at the beginning of the line is omitted.
%n
The name portion of the From: line from the original message.
%e
The name of the From address in the Address Book. If the address is not found in the AddressBook, it works as %n.

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%v{attr1/attr2}
Same as above. If attr1 does not exist, attr2 will be used instead.
Known vCard attributes used by Becky! are:FN

Display Name

EMAIL

E-mail address

NOTE

Note

N

First name Sur name Last name

ADR

Address

URL

Web site

TEL;HOMEHome phone

TEL;WORKWork phone

TEL; CELL

C ell phone

TEL; FAX

FAX

e.g. %v{TEL;WORK/TEL;CELL} Work phone number will be inserted. If work phone does not exist, cell number will
be inserted instead.

%a
The mail address portion of the From: line from the original message.
%h{header}
The data portion of the spec ified header line -- %h{X-mailer}, for example.
If you enter a certain string enclosed with "" inside {}, it will be displayed only when thespecified header contains data, e.g., %h{"CC:"Cc} --> CC: mail@address (only when Cc field
is not empty).
%F{filename}
Inserted text file that is referred by "filename."%B{filename}An attachment file referred by "filename."%m
The original message verbatim.
%M
The original message marked with the citation prefix string.
%A
Your email address.
%N
Your name.
%0Default signature for all accounts. This allows creation of templates without regard to which
account uses the template. The default signature for each account will be used accordingly.
%1 to %20
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%G{sign}
Signature referred by "sign."%%%itself
Example of a Template
Here is a simple example:
Hi %n,
On %d%f wrote:%M%1
Saving the above template and specifying it as the account's Reply Template produces a
response similar to the following for a message from Tomohiro Norimatsu to Johnny B. Good.
Hi Tomohiro Norimatsu,
On Wed, 20 Oct. 2010 14:56:24
Tomohiro Norimatsu <c arty@rimarts.co.jp>wrote:>Hi,>What's up?
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Multi-language Support
Do you have a mail friend in Czech Republic as well as in United States and have to use
non-English font sometimes? Don't worry. You can use different fonts for different charactersets.
Do you have to write email in Chinese in English Windows?
You can use double-byte characters, such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, to read andwrite email in English Windows as if you are using those localized version of Windows as longas proper code pages, fonts, and input method editor are installed.
To install code pages and fonts to your English Windows, we strongly recommend you to get"Multi-language Support" at https://docs.microsoft.com. We just need fonts and some systemfiles they provide.
(We regret that we cannot support how to get and install it to your system.)
The preferred operating system for multilingual users is Windows 7 or later.
Those newer OS fully support multilingual environment and you don't have to install any
additional components.
To use Becky!'s Multi-language support, you will need some work on your settings on Becky!.
Here is an explanation about it using the example of Chinese BIG5.
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Open Tools>General Setup>Language
Choose "BIG5" in the "Language" combo box.
Click Font>Change button to choose the font , which properly displays BIG5
characters on your system.
The following settings are optional.
Change the "Note" as you wish.
Change the "Encoding" if you would like to use Base64 or Quoted-Printable instead of
8bit.
Code page for BIG5 should be 950. If it's 0, Becky! automatically determine the code
page from the font. Therefore, you don't really have to worry about it.

You can configure other c haracter sets in the same manner. Generally, it is recommended
that you specify European font for ISO-8859-* so that you can read accent characters, suchas Umlaut, properly. However, some mailers send even Chinese, Korean,etc., messages with
ISO-8859-1 charset. (Well, I confess, the very old version of Becky! was one of them.)
Therefore, sometimes it's better to set up your local language font for your ISO-8859-*
configuration.
If you have installed IE's Multi-language support and want to use the font that comes with it,
you may have to check "UNICODE font" option. To switch the current character set to anotherfor each message, click the earth button at the bottom right of the window and choose
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Spell Check
The Becky! spell checker can be set to run automatically by configuring the options inTools>General Setup>Editor dialog. When set, the spell c hecker is invoked immediately
prior to sending the message. You can also invoke the spelling checker while composing amessage by clicking the Spell Check button on Tool Bar. All URLs, email addresses, capitalwords, and quoted text will be skipped while checking.
Although there is no user interface to maintain the user dictionary, it is a plain text file stored
in your data directory so that you can edit it using a regular text editor. Open the "BkIgn.TLX"
file with a text editor such as Notepad or Dana, edit, and save. Please enter only one word perline. Be careful not to remove the first line in the text.
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HTML messages
Becky! can display and compose email messages in HTML format. NOTE: To PRINT an HTMLmessage, position cursor within body in Message View, right-click and select Print or Print
Preview... Do NOT use the normal File>Print command as that will print the HTML source
code, not what you normally want.
HTML Restrictions in Becky!
Becky! was designed as a superb communications tool, primarily for managing plain text
messages, but to also allow HTML where the sender desires expanded formatting, such as
bold, underline and a choice of fonts. However, some features of Becky! are not available
when using HTML messages. Those restrictions are:- Inability to set HTML as the default format for composing messages- Inability for selective citing when replying to an HTML message (although this can beaccomplished if there is also a plain text version)- Inability to use cut-and-paste techniques to place graphics into a message (although thisfunction can be accomplished from the Compose tool bar)
- Inability to benefit from the Keywords and Comment Blocks feature of Becky!
- Inability, as mentioned above, to use the standard File>Print feature.
Viewing HTML Messages
To view HTML messages, make sure HTML VIEW option in Tools>General Setup>Message
View is ticked. If you are concerned about the possibility of viruses being embedded in HTMLmessages, see the TIP in the Tools>General Setup>Message View>HTML View. The fontsize of HTML messages can be changed while viewing by pressing Ctrl key and using mousewheel.
Composing HTML Messages
You can create HTML messages in the Compose Window. In the Compose Window, selectTools>Write HTML Message or click the HTML button on the toolbar. The creation of HTMLmessages cannot be set as your default. When responding to or forwarding an HTML message,
the compose window will be in HTML format by default. If you prefer to respond or forward inplain text, be sure to use the plain text version of the message when available. (You canselect plain text or HTML modes from Tab Sheets.)
If you prefer to use HTML messages all the time or for certain accounts or other situations,
Becky! offers the option of using templates. By creating HTML templates, you can automate orcontrol your use of HTML messages.
Font Choices for HTML Messages
Selecting fonts for HTML messages can be confusing so this help file has a Font Tutorial toassist you.
Note: Many people dislike receiving HTML messages, especially on mailing lists. HTMLmessages are thought to be offending sometimes, and that can cause worthless flames. Also,
HTML messages are generally over twice as big as plain text messages and are a common
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Flag, Priority, and Color Label
There are three ways to classify email messages in a folder: Flag, Priority, and Color Label.
These attributes are stored in your local Becky! folder on your computer, whether you areusing a POP account or an IMAP account. (NOTE: Since Flag and the sender's Priority aresupported by the IMAP protocol, that information is also stored on the IMAP server.)
Flag
Flag is a simple marking feature that has only on and off attributes. You can toggle on/off by
double clicking the leftmost of the message item in the List View. (or in the right-click menu)
The advantage of Flag is its easiness. For example, you can quickly mark the messages thatyou want to reply to at a later time. Then, later on, process Edit>Select Flagged Messages
and click Reply button to open reply windows for those messages.
You can also add flags on retrieved messages right away using Filtering Manager.
However, Flag's simplicity can be a disadvantage. It is not useful for complex classifications
as Color Label does.
Priority
Priority is basically set by the sender by adding X-Priority header that represents 5 priority
levels. Becky! supports modifying the priority on received messages. Right-click the leftmostof the message item and choose desired priority level.
The advantage of the priority is that the sender can set the priority level, that means thesender and the recipients can share the information about the importance of the messages. It
is especially useful if you are running a mailing list for a small group.
However, this feature is both a blessing and a curse, because spammers love to add thehighest priority on their junk mail. You might automatically think the messages with the redball are spams.
Color Label
Color label can be set by right-clicking the icon of the messages in the List View.
You can choose a color in the basic palette, and even more by choosing "Others" so you can
use virtually unlimited colors to classify messages.
Obviously, the advantage of Color Label is this versatility. You can use variety of colors to sorta pile of email messages.
You can also set Color Label by Filtering Manager. For example, you can make messages
colored if they are from the particular people or contain particular keywords.
The disadvantage of Color Label is that they don't have any priority information. So, it isdifficult to classify messages according to their importance.
Sorting in Folder
A strong feature of Becky! is that you can sort your mail folder by all of this. Just left-click inleftmost header bar to left of the "Subject" title and you can sort messages by flag, priority orcolor or other categories.

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Agents (from Edit menu)
Becky! has a unique Agents feature. Agents are functions within Becky! that manage tasks
for you, such as reminding you to respond to a message by a certain date. This feature gives
you significant control over managing your time and focusing on the important messages
more easily. This is a significant feature in Becky! to manage your email.
Messages with assigned tasks are readily visible based on a small icon with color attached tothe subject line of the message. This color represents "Urgency" of the task. It is GREEN
when it is not urgent, YELLOW as the deadline is closer, RED when the deadline has come.
Tasks Available
You can add a virtual agent to a message that you want to process later. This is done byassigning one of several possible tasks to the message. The available tasks are:Need Reply
You have to reply to this message before the specified deadline. When replying message iscreated, its status becomes "Done."
Watch for Reply
This is mainly specified from the Compose Window. When you receive a replying message,
it will be thrown into Tasks folder. The task will become "Done."
Follow the TopicThis is similar to "Watch for Reply", but it collects all the reply messages, such as "reply to
reply", "reply to reply to reply", and so on until the deadline comes. When the deadline
comes, it is marked "Done" and no more messages will be collected.
Need Action
If you will need some actions for the message other than replying, choose this option andadd a comment. You can manually set it to "Done" when it's done, or there are a few
predefined "Done" conditions you can choose.
Bookmark
If you haven't decided the action to the message but you want to mark it anyway, choose
this. The bookmark can also be added from Edit menu bypassing this "Add Tasks" dialog.
Assigning a Task to an Agent
There are several ways to assign a task to an agent for a message;
Option 1:
With a message highlighted in List View, right-click leftmost of line and select one of thethree most common tasks: Need Reply, Follow the Topic..., Bookmark.
Option 2:
With a message highlighted in List View, click the button at right side of Middle Bar above
the displayed message. This invokes the Agent menu where you can select the desired task
from the drop-down menu, set a deadline date and add a note if desired. From this menu
you can also create additional tasks, such that the message may have several tasks thatyou want done regarding this message.
Option 3:
With a message highlighted in List View, select from the Edit menu, such as Edit>Add
Agent (same as Option 2), or other Edit commands such as Mark as Need Reply, Follow
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Example 1:
If you want to reply to a message, but it doesn't have to be now, click the button at theright top corner of the Message View in the Middle Bar or click Edit>Add Agent from Menu
Bar.
Next, choose "Need Reply" as "Task" and specify "Deadline" as your need.
If you don't have to worry about it until, let's say, next week, you can also specify "Starts
warning" date to the beginning of the next week.
Example 2:With a message highlighted, select Edit>Mark as Need Reply. This opens a window to
specify the number of days for which a reply is needed. Once clicked, the standard Agentmenu appears and can be edited as in Example 1, above.
Summary
Once a task is assigned, there will appear a Tasks folder right above the Inbox in the Tree
View. (TIP: If you use an IMAP account, you can place the Tasks folder on the server. See
information here.) In Tasks folder, the messages are sorted in their Urgency order. Thisdefaults to urgent tasks only, but includes non-urgent tasks if "Show Green Tasks' count" isticked in Tools>General Setup>Tree/List.
This feature has no intention to pop up and shout "Hey, you've got a task.", which onlyinterrupts your work. It only shows color at the right of the Tasks folder. And you can browse
the Tasks folder to decide what to do next.
As a further reminder, regardless of how you created the task, the Middle Bar when viewing
message will show information about the task and includes buttons to edit, delete or 'go totasks' (which allows you to easily review and change all tasks, not just this one).

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Using Plug-Ins
A 'Plug-in' is a feature developed externally from RimArts and made available to Becky! users.
Becky! was developed to allow such enhancements because this empowers many talented
contributors to add additional features to Becky!
Although plug-ins are never required, you may find some that are perfect to your needs. For
example, some plug-ins allow changing the buttons on the toolbars, while other plug-ins allowchanging fonts in the look-and-feel of Becky!. It would be impossible to list all of thecategories in which plug-ins have provided optional enhancements to Becky!
If you are interested, please review our main website at http://www.rimarts.co.jp/becky.htm
and follow the forums. Some plug-ins are self-installing and some are stand-alone DLL files
that require some work on your part. Some have documentation and some do not. All of themcan be removed at any time.
Although RimArts cannot be responsible for these contributions, here is some basic
information on installing plug-ins.
1. If the plug-in self-installs, it may be assuming that you installed Becky! via the EXE
download option. If you chose to install the ZIP version of Becky!, then the self-install may
not work properly and you may need to contact the author of the plug-in or check
C:\Program Files (X86)\RimArts\B2\PlugIns\
2. If the plug-in is a DLL file, the preferred technique is to copy it to the PlugIns subdirectory
within the data directory (e.g., C:\Becky!\(your name)\PlugIns). If that directory does notexist, just create it. Then, copy the DLL to that directory - but ONLY when Becky! is shutdown.
3. On restarting Becky!, you will see a prompt menu the first time to alert you to the fact thata new plug-in is there.
4. Once Becky! has started, you can select the Tools>Plug-Ins Setup to set options of theplug-in. To deactivate, just click Tools>General Setup>Advanced and then click the
Plug-ins button to untick the desired plug-in.
5. Plug-ins can be in either your data directory (e.g., C:\Becky!\(your name)|Plugins)\) or
your program directory (e.g., C:\Program Files (X86)\RimArts\B2\PlugIns\). Although theywork properly in either place, you should consider moving any in the program directory's
PlugIn directory to the data directory's PlugIn directory to simplify any future need to restore
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Sync with a portable media
The Sync with Portable Media command enables you to create a portable version of Becky!,complete with your mailboxes and address books and program settings. After using thisportable version on another Windows PC, this command lets you then synchronize all changes
back to your primary PC. If you tend to use multiple PCs as part of your life, this feature canbe very useful. Also, because it is portable, it leaves no footprint on other PCs, such as
registry settings.
Extracting Becky! data to a portable device is easy. Here are the steps:
1. Connect your portable storage device (such as a USB m emory stick or laptop PC) toyour primary PC (via LAN, USB, etc.)
2. Run File>Sync with Portable Media.
3. If first time, specify a "Sync Name", which will be used as the sub folder name on
your portable device. Becky! will display a prompt to confirm your selection.
4. The "To Go" option dialog will be displayed if first time to this device/folder. Choose
appropriate options and click 'OK'. The "To Go" data will then be created or updated onyour portable device. Creating new "To Go" data takes time because all the folder data
have to be copied. For subsequent tim es, this process should be much shorter because
only the differences will be copied.
TIP: Because this version of Becky! is not installed in the traditional way, some Windows

services such as "mail to" or "send to" do not invoke Becky! on the "To Go" PC.
This "To Go" data folder can also be used as Becky!'s regular data folder when the "To Go" PC
already has Becky! installed. Click File>System>Change Data Folder on your PC andspecify the location of the data folder when Becky! restarts. This feature can also be useful if
you need to access the "To Go" data on your primary PC but are not yet ready to synchronizechanges back to your primary PC.
Synchronizing Becky! data with primary PC is just as easy. All the mail data you haveprocessed on the road will be synchronized with your primary PC. Here are the steps:
1. Connect your portable storage device (such as a USB memory stick or laptop PC) toyour primary PC (via LAN, USB, etc.)
2. Run File>Sync with Portable Media.
3. Becky! retains location of prior sync so you can normally just click "Sync As Usual."
The synchronization process will then begin.
Note
1- You c an send and receive messages on the "To Go" PC and the primary PC before
synchronizing them, but the order of the messages in the folder may not be as desired
after synchronization.
2- Avoid synchronizing the portable device with an unstable connection, suc h as a wireless
LAN in a bad reception area. That may cause I/O errors.
3- You have to be responsible for available space on your portable device. Mail data can be
unexpectedly huge, especially with attachments. Some smaller devices, such as USB
memory, may not be able to accommodate all of the data.
4- Avoid editing address book, using direct edit mode, and changing folder names in "To Go"
data. Those operations will cause data duplication or loss of edit data upon synchronization.
5- When synchronizing "To Go" data with the primary PC data, only added data will be
synchronized. Deleted data will not be synchronized. On the other hand, deleted data on the
primary PC may affect the "To Go" data when taking out.
6- Avoid creating multiple "To Go" data and synchronizing with them. It will not cause serious
problems, but data duplication may happen. Also the order of messages in the folder may
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"To Go" options - Sync with Portable Media menu...
Choose the following options for creating "To Go" data.
Mailboxes To Go
Select mailboxes you want to take out.
Leave Messages on Server
If checked, the messages retrieved on the road will not be deleted from POP3 servers. This
option, however, does not affect the filtering rules that delete messages from servers.
Address books To Go
Select address books you want to take out.
Within ? days
Specify the days to limit the mail data to take out. To take all mail data, uncheck this option.
Unread messages only
Only unread messages will be taken out.
Unanswered messages only
Only unanswered messages will be taken out.
Copy Plug-ins
Take out plug-ins alongside B2 program.
Folders not to go
Choose the folders you do not want to go. Messages in those folders will be ignored, not only
when taking out but also when taking in. However, "Ignore Unread" marked folders will not beignored when taking in, regardless.
Overwrite
Choose files you want to overwrite when the data are already in "To Go" folder. You should
usually check General Setup option because it contains many PC-specific configurations,such as window positions, and you will probably modify them when you use it on othercomputers.
When you choose Mail option, be sure to specify Within days. Otherwise all data will beoverwritten every time and that can be time intensive.
Support AutoRun
Supports AutoRun feature that is available on Windows XP SP2 and later versions. If "To Go"
data are not in a root directory or if Windows is older than XP/SP2, it does nothing.
Do not use Task Tray
Checking this option ensures that the portable use of Becky! does not create Registry entries
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What's New (in View Menu)
Shows the list of messages recently arrived. This does NOT work with IMAP accounts.
It is useful especially if you have set Filtering Manager to sort incoming messages to folders
automatically.
(News Ticker)
Shows the News Ticker, which scrolls the headline of the selected message. If you click it, theselected message is shown in the main window.
News Ticker
If you find the News Ticker annoying, uncheck this option.
Browse Continuously
Automatically browses the recently arrived messages one by one.
"To read" only
If this option is checked, messages that are sorted to the folder of "Ignore Unread" attributeand messages that are marked read by the filtering manager will not be listed.
This doesn't affect messages already in the list.
Scroll Speed
Adjust the scroll speed as you wish.
Check New Mail
Allows checking for new mail from within the What's New menu.
DeselectDeselects the message whose headline is scrolling. If the News Ticker is unchecked, this doesnothing.
Clear
Clears the list.
The list always keeps about 500 messages, and older messages are deleted automatically. If
you want to completely empty the list, click this button.
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Mailing Lists Manager Usage
If you have subscribed to several mailing lists, you may find it annoying that each mailing list
has a different command system and you have to seek for that information among thousandsof email messages every time when you want to unsubscribe, get archive, or so.
Tools>Mailing Lists Manager is helpful in that situation.
Generally, you will receive a "Welcome" mail right after you subscribe a mailing list. This mailhas all necessary information about the list. View this message and choose Add To Mailing
Lists Manager in Tool menu. That will bring up the Mailing List's Property menu.
First, fill the Name of the List field.
Then choose appropriate email addresses for Posting, Command, and Administrator fromthe drop down list, which stores all the email addresses in the Welcome mail.
Of course, you have to determine which address is which by yourself. But, you can generally
assume that a mail address that begins with "majordomo@" or "xxxx-ctl@" is the control mailaddress, and "xxxx-admin@" would be an administrator's address.
Then click Description Text button. That way the entire text of "Welcome" mail will becopied to the text file for future reference.
You may also need to refer to this text to configure Templates for Commands.
For example, to unsubscribe from the list, some need "unsubscribe" string in the subject field,
some need "bye" in the messages body, and some need special email address. You want toread "Welcome" message to find out the proper procedures.
Some mailing lists, such as email magazines, provide web-based user interface so that you
don't have to send an email command. In that case, you don't really need Templates for
Commands. All you need is the URL of the web site, and it would have been already filled.
For the last procedure, associate a folder to the mailing list. Click Choose button to specify
Related Folder. The folder selection dialog will bring up. You can create a new folder if you
wish.
Click 'OK' and you will see a filtering setup dialog. Don't cancel it. This is very important.
You need to set up a filtering rule to get the list's messages sorted to the folder.
Unlike personal email, you shouldn't choose "From" for "Header." Because many people post
to mailing lists, each email message will have a different "From." One recommended field is"Reply-To."
Some mailing lists have special headers such as "X-ML-Name", which are also useful for
filtering.
When all the setting up is complete, click 'OK' to close the dialog. Now you can launch
Mailing Lists Manager to manage your mailing list subscriptions.
Another benefit of using Mailing Lists Manager is that Becky! will always notify you when
you are about to post to mailing lists if you have checked Confirm Posting to Mailing Lists
option in Tools>General Setup>General. You must avoid wrong posting to mailing lists
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Mailing Lists Manager
You can manage your subscription information of mailing lists with Tools>Mailing List
Manager.
(List)
Shows the list of the registered mailing lists.
If you want to add a new mailing list entry, click the Add button and enter necessary
information.
Actually, there is a better way to register a new mailing list entry. You will receive a"Welcome" message when you subscribe to a new mailing list.
Generally, that message contains enough information to register to the Mailing Lists Manager.
So, select that "Welcome" message and choose Tools>Add To Mailing Lists Manager
command. All the necessary information, such as email addresses, is automatically retrieved
from the message, and all you have to do is to choose them from the combo box for theappropriate fields.
The following commands, except Add, can be processed when you select a particular mailinglist entry in the list.
Subscribe
Opens a Compose Window to send a "subscribe" command to the mailing list.
Unsubscribe
Opens a Compose Window to send an "unsubscribe" command to the mailing list.
CommandOpens a Compose Window to send a particular c ommand to the mailing list.
Post
Opens a Compose Window to post to the mailing list.
To AdminOpens a Compose Window to send a message to the administrator of the mailing list.
Web Site
Opens a WWW browser to see a web site about the mailing list.
Description
Opens a system default text editor to see a description about the mailing list.
Add
Adds a new mailing list entry.
Property
Opens a property of the mailing list.
Copy
Duplicate the mailing list entry.
DeleteDelete the mailing list entry.
Close
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Mailing List's Property
Name of the list
The name of the mailing list.
Posting
An email address to post to the mailing list.
CommandAn email address to send a command to the mailing list.
Administrator
An email address of the administrator of the mailing list.
Templates for Commands
Edit templates for subscribe, unsubscribe and some other email list commands.
Web Sites
URL of the web site related to the m ailing list. There are some mailing lists and mailmagazines where you can subscribe and unsubscribe from web sites.
Description Text
Usually, copy and paste entire "Welcome" message and save.
Related Folder
Choose a folder you want to associate with the mailing list.
If you want to sort messages to this folder automatically, set up a filtering rule.
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Filtering Manager

Overview
The Filtering Manager (Tools>Filtering Manager) is a tool to let you manage messages by1) sorting incoming and outgoing mail into different folders, and 2) filtering actions to be
performed (such as causing a sound to be generated) for messages based your own
requirements. For example, if you want your Aunt Emma to always receive forwarded copies
of email you receive from your cousin Eddie (filtering) and you want Eddie's message stored
in a specific folder (sorting), the Filtering Manager lets you define this requirement once andthen forget it. The filtering manager has two components: Rules and Options.

Rule Definition: The basic tool is the rule. A "Rule" is defined as a set of one or more
Conditions and one or more associated Actions. Rules are executed in order of appearance,
top-down.
This example of a Rule Tree shows two rules; one for sorting to Test1 folder and another is for
sorting to Test2 folder.

The first rule has two conditions combined with OR logical operator that is represented byparallel tree items.
The second rule has two conditions combined with AND logical operator that is represented
by parent and child tree items. This demonstrates that Becky! enables you to configure
complicated filtering rules.
Creating a Rule (overview of steps)
Start at the RULES tab. This is the default menu for Filtering Manager. It is here that you
specify whether the rule is for inbound or outbound messages and also here that you canmanage existing rules. For example, this is where you can reorder sequence of rules, add oredit conditions or even copy or delete a rule. Some of these functions can also be performedon the Edit Rules menu, but this is the primary rules management menu.
Once you click the Inbound or Outbound tab (bottom of screen), click the New Rulebutton. The opens the Edit Rules menu, from where you can specify Actions andConditions. Depending on your needs, you may also need to set Options for your rule.

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Filtering: Rules Menu
This menu is invoked from Tools>Filtering Manager and is the Rules tab. You can define
and manage rules for incoming or outgoing messages. Choose either Incoming or Outgoingtab (at bottom left of menu).
Rules List (also known as the Rule Tree)
Registered filtering rules are shown as tree items, with the rule as the root and conditions
below and to the right as branches.
New Rule
Opens Edit Rules setup menu to add a new rule with associated conditions and actions.
Edit Rule
Opens Edit Rules setup menu to edit a selected rule to add, remove or change conditions
and actions.
Add Condition
If a rule is highlighted, this lets you add an additional condition as an OR condition. If a
condition is highlighted, this lets you add a condition as an AND condition to the existing
condition or as an OR condition. See Edit Rules for more information on Add Condition.
Edit Condition
Allows you to edit a selected condition, but not the associated action(s).
CopyDuplicates a selected rule.
DeleteDelete a selected rule or a condition.
Open Tree
Opens the entire tree items in the rule tree so that you can browse every Action andCondition connection. You can also do this by clicking the "+" to left of a rule.
Collapse Tree
Closes all of the tree items in the rule tree. You can also do this by clicking the "-" to left ofa rule.
Rule Up
Moves a selected rule up.
Click x10 button to move by 10.
Click Rule Up while pressing Shift key, the rule will be moved to the top.
Rule Down
Moves a selected rule down.
Click x10 button to move by 10.
Click Rule Down while pressing Shift key, the rule will be moved to the bottom.
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Filtering: Edit Rules
The Edit Rules menu allows adding, changing and deleting conditions and actions for a rule. Conditions
are specified on the left side and actions on the right side.

Add Condition
Defines a condition that triggers a specified action.
The String and Header fields are the operative components of a condition. The Header
defines where the search is to be done and the String defines the characters of the search.
Using Address Groups
You have a choice of "(Select Address Group...)" in String combo box. If you choose this, you
can match addresses based on the email addresses in the selected address group including
sub groups. It only works with structured headers such as "From", "To", etc. It may not work
as expected with "Subject", "[body]", etc. NOTE: With address group matching, the following
search options will be IGNORED.
Condition Options:
These options define the condition to be met with String and Header.
Present or Not Present
Case Sensitive
Distinguishes upper and lower case.
Match Start Of Lines
Matches only the text that begins with the specified string. For example, "foo" matches"foo@bar" but doesn't match "barfoo@barr."
Search by Word
Matches only when the text is delimited with spaces or non-alphabetical characters.
Regular Expression
Specifies that the search string is a regular expression.
Conditions: (Add) (Replace) (Edit) (Delete)
These buttons allow you to add more conditions and/or replace, edit or delete the highlighted
condition. Note: You must always have at least one condition. ADDing a condition with nocondition highlighted causes the new condition to be an OR condition. Adding a condition
when a condition IS highlighted causes a prompt of whether the new condition is to be an
AND or an OR. This will be graphically displayed, as the new condition will be under thehighlighted condition and indented if AND is specified.
Actions
Defines one or more actions if a message matches the condition(s).
First, choose either "Sorting" or "Filtering" in the combo box. Then choose an action in thenext combo box. When set, **Set** will appear in the combo box. Multiple actions can be
defined if you set that option in the Filtering Manager> Options tab.
Sorting
Sorting is an action that can be processed when either a message is sent, retrieved or the
Tools>Sort New Messages command is processed. (For IMAP accounts, sorting ofincoming messages is not automatic; use of Tools>Sort New Messages command or the
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There are three options: Default, Auto, and Manual. Default means the sort depends on
the settings in the Options tab. Auto overrides the default so sorting is automatic for thisrule. Manual overrides the default so sorting is processed only when Tools>Sort New
Messages command is executed.
Filtering
Filtering causes an action to be performed, based on settings. (For IMAP accounts, filtering islimited to outbound messages since inbound messages are generally already present.)
Each filtering option has its own menu with explanation. However, two options needadditional information.
Auto Forward
Place forwarded message in Draft folder.
Specify "?" as template and leave "MailTo" blank.
Redirect message to a different email account.
Leave template field blank and fill "MailTo" with desired email address. Message placed in
Outbox.
Forward message automatically.
Use a template for forwarding.
Fill in the "MailTo" with desired email address. Message placed in Outbox.
Sample Template for Forwarding:
I'm forwarding this to your attention:l
From: %fTo:%t
Date: %d
Subject: %s%m
NOTE: Auto Forward places outgoing messages in either Draft folder or Outbox; it does
NOT send messages. This allows the option of further editing prior to sending, if desired.
The Redirect function places the sender's email id (not yours) in the FROM field.
Leave/Delete/KILL on server
Killed messages are still saved in backup logs and the records are saved in YYYYMMDD.KILL
log files. This KILL log will be maintained on the same schedule as the receive backup logs.
(Reset) Resets this one action, i.e., removes it.
Rule Enabled
Unticking this box disables this rule.
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Filtering: Options
This menu is invoked from Tools>Filtering Manager and is the Options tab.This menu
allows changing the default settings for Actions. Changes defined here become the newdefault. Some sort options can be overridden when defining a rule. See Actions for more
information on overriding.
Sorting of Incoming Messages
Do not sort to folders on receiving.
Tells Becky! not to process sorting when messages are retrieved. However, Color Labelalways works regardless of this option.
Sort only read messages by "Sort New Messages" command.
Sorts only the messages that are marked read.
Treat all sorting as "Copy to Folder."If you check this option, all the messages that match the rule are copied and sorted.
Sorting of Sent Messages
Do not sort to folders on sending.
Tells Becky! not to process sorting when messages are sent.
Treat all sorting as "Copy to Folder."If you check this option, all the messages that match the rule are copied and sorted.
Enable to assign multiple actions for one rule.
In the Filtering Manager, you can usually assign only one action to one rule to keep theoperation simple. You can assign multiple actions to one rule if you check this option.
Treat all the text parts (not only text/plain) as [body]With this option set, Becky! will search the content of the HTML message as well as in theregular text message.
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Keyword Overview
Keywords and Comment Blocks are special features of Becky! and may not be readily
understood. These features only affect how plain text appears to you, the user. Specifically,
you will not see them when composing or viewing messages in HTML format, nor will any
recipient of your messages see them. Becky! includes some examples, but they are only
examples and may not relate to your use of Becky!.
Keywords
Keywords are any words that you would like to see in color and/or bold. All words specified ina group will appear in that one color and bold setting. If you have some words that you would
like to appear in one color/bold combination and others in a different color/bold combination,then you need to use a separate group for each. Keywords are independent from Comment
Blocks, although Comment Block settings can alter whether Keyword color or bold settings areused when Keywords appear within the Comment Block.
Comment Blocks
These allow you to specify that text within predictable delimiters be displayed in a specificcolor you define. This can be useful if you receive messages where some of the content has
known prefixes or known before/after delimiters. For most people, there are few suchsituations. When a message is being composed or viewed in plain text and the defined Begincharacter is present, text following that character(s) will appear in the specified color until
appearance of the End With character(s) or a CRLF.
The color specified for the delimiters determines the color of the text within the delimiters.
However, Keywords from any Keyword Groups that appear within the delimiters will appear in
their own colors if the Comment Block has that option checked. (Although Comment Blocks
are packaged into Keyword Groups, that is only for convenience when specifying structures
where Keywords and delimiters are regularly used, such as HTML. Otherwise, neither isdependent on the other.) Note: Using the same delimiters in different Comment Blocks may
cause undesired results.
Example with Comment Blocks
Text within a message that represents a reply from another person will normally be prefixedby one or more carets (e.g., >,>>,>>>,...). If you would like each response within amessage thread to show in a different color, you can do that by setting the values in
Comment Blocks. In this example, the End character will normally be a CRLF, but you stillmust define an End With character for syntactical purposes. The characters used for Beginshould normally be used for the End WITH. If you use this example, be sure to define all
anticipated combinations (e.g., >, >>, > >, >>>, > > >, etc.) as separate Com ment Blocks.
This example has no need for Keywords.
Example with Keywords
The group named 'rfc822' is an example of using Keywords without Comment Blocks. This
group shows only words that commonly appear in email header records. By setting a color forthe group, you will find when you select View>View Headers that all Keywords will appear
in that color, simplifying your reading of the headers.
Example with Keywords and Comment Blocks
The group named 'HTML tags' is an example of mixing Keywords and Comment Blocks. HTMLtags are always delimited by '<' and '>', so this allows you to specify that the Keywords andrelated variables should always be displayed in color. To use this feature when using View>
View Source you would need to change the MIME type to '*'.
Consideration
Since the Keywords and Comment Blocks are always active, there may be instances where
the displayed text seems unusual. For example, if you specified a color for the 'HTML tags'
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Keywords and/or Comment Blocks you may occasionally see unanticipated color in a plain
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Backup and Restore
Restoring everything from a crash or other problem is rarely anticipated and Becky! isdesigned to use a simple restore process, but some preparation is needed to ensure your data
are safe from a crash or other problem. Similarly, there may be times when your mailbox
becomes corrupted and you want to restore messages from a prior day or days. You candefine to Becky! how you want that managed. Both subjects are covered here:-Backing up and Restoring Becky! data, and-Backing up and Restoring messages.
Backup Becky! data
Overview: Becky! uses two directories: one for the program and its components and one foryour data. The Backup process documented here focuses on the data directory, as that iswhere all files important to you are stored. Specifically, your Becky! messages, address book,registration and mailbox information are all stored in the data direc tory, plus any plug-ins
that you stored there. This direc tory is normally at (Boot Drive):\Becky!\(Your Login Name)\.
However, options set in Tools>General Setup are stored in the registry. These setting need
to be saved to simplify a restore because your customizations and email account information
are stored there. So, your first step in developing a reliable backup and restore strategy is tohave the registry entry for Becky! routinely backed up. That can be accomplished with astand-alone Becky! Email Registry Export Utility, available for free athttps://davidskirk.org/beckybackup/ . With this, you will have all the registry information
about your Becky! setup stored in a file ending with ".reg" suffix.

Periodically:
Copy the complete data directory to external media, preferably daily.
Restore Becky! data
If your computer crashed or if you are moving Becky! to a different computer, you now have
all the information available for a quick and simple install. Here are suggested steps. (If you
are just reinstalling the data directory, skip steps 2 through 5.)
1. First, copy your backed up data directory to wherever you want it to be, norm ally
(Boot Drive):\Becky!\(Your Login Name)\. When possible, this should be the same
directory name you used on prior installation to minimize any conflicts when restoring
the registry in step 3. If there is a pre-existing data direc tory,delete it first to avoid
confusion.
2. Second, reinstall Becky!, either the EXE or the ZIP version.
3. Now, double-click the backed-up REG file (your registry backup) to reset theGeneral
Setup settings you have for Bec ky!
4. Now start Becky! (SeeTIP below.) Becky! may prompt for the data direc tory you
defined in step 1. Click "Browse" to be sure; what Becky! initially shows is a guess.
Becky! may also prompt to activate any identified plug-ins that are in the data
directory. These are normally inactive plug-ins (or you bypassed step 3). Just c lick the'cancel' option now, if in doubt.
5. Finally, click Tools>General Setup to verify that options are set as desired, such asconfirming activated plug-ins. Once done, Becky! is ready for use again.
TIP: If you did NOT create a registry backup as assumed above, you will need to re-enter
your registration key. If you do not have it, Becky! has saved a copy for you in file B2.ini,
stored in the Becky! data directory. The key is preceded there by "RBK-" prefix.
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especially if you reinstalled to a different version of Windows. Still, this does allow access toall accounts and saved messages with most or all of your settings intact.
Backup Messages
One of Becky!'s many features is the ability to restore messages when the mailbox becomesdamaged. When that happens you can restore the affected messages, depending on how
many days of messages you specified to be backed up. This feature is NOT for IMAP. Thisfeature is implemented at the Tools>General>Receive menu where you can set yourdesired options.
Restore Messages
To restore the messages, highlight the appropriate Inbox or Outbox and then click
File>Import Backup Logs. From the next screen, you will see a backup file for each day,
depending on the number of days you specified to be backed up. Highlight the desired log andclick the Open button. All messages for the specified day will be restored.
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Licensing/Registration
The following section contains some important information, such as how to purchase thelicense for this product. Please read so that you can understand the license and registration
process.
User Registration
License Agreement
Copyright Notice-oUser Registration
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License Agreement
For information on the License Agreement, please see the same topic in the default help file.
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COPYRIGHT
For information on Becky! Internet Mail copyrights, please see the same topic in default help
file.
This Help File expansion to official documentation Copyright © david kirk, 2022.
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Appendix
These pages are supplementary to the overall information provided here. Topics are:
FAQ
TIPs
Delivery Status Notification
Regular Expressions
Cc and Bcc
Escape Characters
Message Property
Information for Visually Impaired
Using Exchange with DavMail
Using IMAP
vCard Information
Font Tutorial
Import Tips
-oTroubleshootingThis page is for Troubleshooting problems and defining solutions. These topics reflect
customer questions. See also the page on Tips.
I want to transfer Becky! to my new computer. How do I do that?
This is a simple process and will transfer your messages, address book, registration
information and more. Just review the Backup and Restore topic.
When I restore my data from backup, Becky! doesn't seem to recognize it. I can only see
empty "Inbox", "Outbox", and "Trash." What should I do?
Becky! is looking at a wrong folder. You need to specify the correct folder. To do that,choose File>System>Change Data Folder in the menu. Becky! will quit automatically.
Then restart Becky!. You will be prompted to specify the name of the data folder (e.g.,
C:\Becky!\(your name)\). For complete information on this, see the Backup and Restore
topic.
How can I Set Becky! to sound an alarm when mail is received on specific subjects, from
specific individuals or for specific accounts?
Use the Filtering Manager and set a rule for desired issue and specify a sound file. This tip
applies only to POP accounts.
How can I turn off showing the annoying control characters such as CRLF and Tabs in theeditor?
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I am getting various errors in retrieving email. Can Becky! help me solve this?
Becky! cannot solve this, but it can help with diagnosing the issue. Click Tools>Protocol
Logs to turn on logging of email retrieval. This will cause a listing of of all messages fromthe server to be displayed. To view the log, highlight the Mailbox name in the Tree View.
The auto formatting is fine. But when I paste text, it isn't formatted automatically. How can I
do it?
You need to select the text you would like to wrap and use the Format Button. It isavailable on the Tool Bar (6th button from the right).
I have several email accounts and want them to share the same folders. Can Becky! do that?
Yes, one option is the use of Profiles, placing all email accounts within one mailbox as
explained in this example. The other option is to use the Filtering Manager to sort themessages to the same folders.
I have an alias email account and need to send and receive from it, including use of aseparate signature file. Can Becky! do that?
Yes, see the topic on Intra-mailbox Filtering.
I want to change Subject on a received HTML message, but Direct Edit doesn't seem to work.
Any ideas?
Yes, click View>View Source and then Mail>Direct Edit Mode and then edit the subjectline.
I'd like to read the unread messages without using mouse.
Use space key. :-)I'd like to read HTML messages in a larger (smaller) font.
Click Ctrl key and use mouse wheel. :-)The mail view is too narrow, I'd like to read mail in a larger window.
You can maximize and restore the view window by pressing Ctrl+Enter key or click
Maximize View tool button.
I cannot set Becky! as default email client. Help!
First, review the information in the Initial Setup page. If that doesn't work, you may needto edit the Registry manually. Becky! assumes no responsibility for this and offers thisinformation only from other users. This is a Windows issue, not a Becky! issue. If you're
not familiar with the Registry, seek help. The information presented here may not workwith your version of Windows. The Windows Registry key for default email is:"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mailto\shell\open\command" (without quotes) where the value ofthe key is "your program location" "%1" (WITH the quotes)
For example, if you have Becky! installed at C:\Beckymail\B2.exe, then the key value
would be"c:\Beckymail\B2.exe" "%1"
Again, this information may not be appropriate for your PC. If the above key is not
located, you may need professional help. Normally, there is no problem in registering
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TIPs
Here are some quick TIPs that might be useful when you are using Becky!. See also the pageon Troubleshooting.
Drag & Drop
If you drop to root mailbox button, dropped messages are sorted according to thefiltering rules.
 Text editor supports OLE drag & drop. You can drop text directly from otherapplications.
Middle bar
 On the Middle Bar, the gray area between the message list and the Message View
pane, you can click From, To, Subject, and Date labels to get quick information onheaders. Further, by clicking on a displayed header, a menu opens to allow headline
search or query.
 Right-click the 4way button at right of bar to change the behavior of the button.
Message Color, Priority and Flag
 To change color, right-click the icon to left of subject in List View.
 To change priority or to flag message, right-click to left of same icon to left of subject
in List View.
View Source
You can also edit the source directly by entering Direct Edit mode.
Folders
Ctrl+Right-Click allows you to change icon color.
Maximizing Message View
Ctrl+Alt and cursor keys allows you to maximize and minimize certain panes.
Thread Mode
 Use cursor keys.
 Left: go to the parent message.
 Ctrl+Left: go to the root message.
 Right: go to the child message.
 Ctrl+Right: go to the next sibling message.
Compose Window Ctrl+Up/Down allows you to increase or decrease entry fields of recipient area, such as
Bcc or Reply-To.
Splash Screen
 B2.bmp in the installed directory will be used for the splash screen. Create your own
splash image and save it as B2.bmp. (Do not save it as B2default.bmp, because it will
be overwritten on program update.)
 You can also create a sequence of 30*30 bitmap animation and name it"b2anim.bmp." It will be used on the upper right animation of the main window.
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Delivery Status Notification (DSN)
This is a mechanism defined in RFC1891. If you request DSN, the recipient's email server will
respond with a notification message as soon as your messages arrive.
Both sender's and recipient's SMTP server need to support this mechanism for it to work.
You can request DSN in Becky!'s Header dialog in the Compose Window,but the recipient's
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Regular Expressions
The search functions and Filtering Manager of Becky! support Regular Expressions (regex).
The majority of Becky! users may never use regular expressions, but this powerful feature isavailable for the few who do. Regex is good for situations where you have a complex searchor where you want to c ombine multiple searches into one. For more information on Regular
Expressions, see http://www.regular-expressions.info/ or just type 'regular expressions' into
an Internet search engine. Some basic examples are provided here.
Supported Expressions:^
Matches the top of a line.
$
Matches the end of a line.
X|Y
Matches X or Y (X,Y is a regular expression)[A-Z]
Matches a character between A and Z. (A, Z is a certain character)[^A-Z]
Matches a character which is not included between A and Z.
[ABC]Matches a character one of the characters "ABC". (A,B,C is a certain character)[^ABC]
Matches a character not one of the characters "ABC".
.
Matches any one character.
X*
Matches zero or more repeat of X. (X is a regular expression)
X+
Matches one or more repeat of X.
X?
X may or may not be present\X
Escape character. X is treated as a literal and not as a regex operator.
(X) (X is a regular expression)
A regular expression component between () is evaluated separately.
Examples:These examples are not intended to teach regex and are only provided to demonstrate someof the capabilities of regex.
Searching for John or Joan:john|joan
Searching for john@domain.org or joan@domain.org:(john|joan)@domain\.org OR (jo[h|a]n)@domain\.org
Searching for Mary or Marie or Maria or Mariah:
mar[iy](ah?|e)?
Note: This also would find mari or marya or marye
Searching for hotmail.com or gmail.com or outlook.com:((hot|g)mail|outlook)\.com
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Cc and Bcc"Cc" is an abbreviation of "Carbon Copy." If you want someone, other than the direct
recipients, to see your message, set those people's email addresses to the Cc field.
"Bcc" is an abbreviation of "Blind Carbon Copy." It works exactly as Cc, but the email
addresses in Bcc field are not disclosed to recipients.
The terms are carryovers from the days of typewriters and carbon paper, when one needed toinsert a carbon paper and an extra typing paper so that the typewriter keystrokes would
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Escape Characters
Escape Characters are text that represents what are generally non-printable characters, suchas a line feed or a form feed or a carriage return. Searching for such a character requires useof Escape Characters. To gain more information, type 'escape characters' or 'escapesequences' into your favorite Internet search engine. This is a powerful feature for the few
who use it and possibly irrelevant for the majority who do not. Becky! strives to address allneeds. Although there may be many escape characters that function within Becky!, the ones
below are officially supported. Note: The escape character has a special meaning when usedwith regular expressions.
\t
Tab
\n
Line feed
\b
Bell
\f
Form feed\e
Escape\r
Carriage return
\0
Null
\xXX
Control code represented by XX (0x01 to 0x1f)\\'\' itself
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Message Property
Message Property is accessed by doing a right-click while highlighting a message subject.
GeneralIt shows general information about the selected message.
"MIME Structure" shows "Content-Type" header of each MIME part of the email message.
An ordinary message consists of only one MIME part with "text/plain" Content-Type.
Addresses
It shows mail addresses that the email message contains.
You can reply/compose to any of the addresses there. You can also add them to the address
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Information for the Visually Impaired
If you're visually impaired, here are some suggestions to make your experience with Becky! amore positive one. These suggestions came from our users and we hope you find them
useful.
These suggestions came from Becky! users who use the Window-Eyes Screen Reader. We
hope you find them useful. Our goal is to make Becky! a useful tool to all of our users.
Basic Setup Suggestions:
1. Select Tools>General Setup>Message View.
2. Then UNtick the box for Operate four way button by the cursor key.
3. Select Tools>General Setup>Editor
4. Press ALT-Y to move to the Line Pointer check box and UNcheck it.
Display CC and BCC fields in tab order:This suggestion is to minimize the many fields to negotiate while composing email.
1. Click Compose Mail from the Tool Bar.
2. Press Ctrl key + Up or Down arrow to establish the fields you usually use, such as CC or
BCC. Once you complete this task, Becky! will remember the fields you normally use.
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Using Exchange with DavMail
Since support for Microsoft Exchange is not inherent in Becky!, you will need an additional
product to provide the needed interface. The free product, DavMail, does just that. DavMail isavailable for free download at http://davmail.sourceforge.net/. In the left column of thatwebsite are detailed instructions for setup. In doing the setup you will need to provide the
URL for your exchange account with the format https://yourURL. (If in doubt check with yourprovider. Many end with /owa, e.g., https://exchange.xyzcompany.com/owa/.) Here isexample of setup page in DavMail:

Once setup, DavMail should now be running on your computer. By default, it starts at boottime. You will also find detailed instructions for setting up a mail account on the DavMail
page. Here is a summary of how that applies to Becky!.
1. First, follow the instructions on the Initial Setup page as most of that applies.
2. Second, change the server to localhost, turn SSL feature OFF (this is handled by
DavMail) and set port numbers as shown in the above image.
These instructions are only intended to assist. For additional information, please see theabove-mentioned DavMail page. Also, some organizations that provide Exchange services use
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Font Tutorial
Fonts can be confusing. This brief information is intended to explain how Becky! decides what
font to use for a message.
HTML Messages
Composing HTML Messages:
Becky! determines the font to use based on this hierarchy from first to last:
1. The font and/or size in a specified HTML template, (if a template is used)
2. The font and/or size as manually selected in the Compose View
3. The font default from Microsoft MSHTML component (from IE) with Initial Font Size
specified in General Setup>Editor. **4. The font and size default from Microsoft MSHTML component (typically Times New
Roman, 12 pt size.) **(Note: Font in items 3 and 4 is NOT sent as part of message. Font size in item 4 is also
NOT sent.)** Font set as default in Microsoft Edge Browser does not apply to above steps.
Reading HTML Messages:
Becky! determines the font to use based on this hierarchy from first to last:
1. The font and/or size encoded in the incoming message
2. The font and/or size as set in browser (typically Times New Roman, 12 pt size)
For example, when composing an HTML message with no specified template, Becky! uses thefont defined in MS browser, but that is only for your viewing and is not part of the message as
sent. If the font size has been specified in template or Compose View or Tools>General
Setup>Editor, then that size becomes part of the sent message.
Specifically, unless font information is manually specified or in a predefined template, no fontinformation is transmitted with the message and the font and size used to display message onrecipient's computer will depend on settings on the recipient's computer. Also, templates areused by hierarchy and you may want to review the information on templates.
When sending HTML messages, please consider avoiding special fonts and sizes. The default
in Becky! when composing HTML messages is to omit sending font and font size to allow therecipient to make that decision. Many people do not appreciate a fancy font and an overly
large or small font size can annoy, reducing the impact of your intended communication.
Plain Text Messages
Internet email protocol does not include font specifications for plain text messages. Suchmessages are displayed based on the user's defined preferences for the character set of themessage. Plain text messages normally include a character set specification and Becky! uses
the font and font size that is defined in your PC for that character set to display the message
to you.
If you receive a message in an undesired or unreadable font, you can change the default forthat message's character set with the View>Change Font menu. You can also specify
desired fonts and sizes for character sets in Tools>General Setup>Languages, including
your default plain text compose character set and its associated font and size. The font andfont size are ONLY for displaying messages to you. On a larger scale, should you wish tochange the font size (not the font itself) for all plain text messages, you may prefer to use
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Import Tips
This page is for the individual who has been using a different email client and is transferring
to Becky! and using POP email protocol. (Naturally, we think that is a brilliant decision.)
Information on setting up the email account itself is covered in the Initial Setup page, but
often the difficult part is importing messages and the address book to the new email client.
Fortunately, Becky! complies with general Internet formats for this purpose. This page doesn't
give step-by-step instructions, but reflects general directions that may help you. Importing
messages and address books are tasks that may vary from one person to another.
Importing Messages
When you click the File>Import... command from main menu, you will see that Becky!
supports the UNIX mbox format (for mailboxes) and the eml format (for individual messages).
The third option is beyond the scope of this help file. By using the mbox and eml formats,
Becky! can import messages from many/most other email clients, although there may besome tweaking, depending on your situation.
When importing messages, always remember that if the importation has problems, you canalways delete and start over. Prior to starting, be sure to empty trash on the other email
client and review locations of attachments, as they may be stored separately from the email
message. Here are our tips for importing messages, based on our experience. These are justour notes, intended to assist you, but we can give no specific help on other email clients andtheir functions may vary over time.
Thunderbird Considerations:
Several email clients need Thunderbird's import feature prior to being imported into Becky!.
In Thunderbird, each mailbox consists of two files, one with no suffix and one with the ".msf"
suffix. For example, if you keep a mailbox for messages to/from Jacques, you will see two
files: Jacques and Jacques.msf. To import, highlight both for the import. If you see one
without the other, that is NOT a mailbox (a common situation with Eudora). You c an highlightmultiple paired files and import at the same time.
Becky! Considerations:
Becky! uses a file-oriented import process. That is, if you are importing messages that you
want to be in a folder, you need to first create the desired folder and then import the mailbox
files.
Import Considerations: Thunderbird: Easy, as Thunderbird supports the UNIX mbox format. Use
File>Import>UNIX mbox directly to the mail files.
 Postbox: Same as Thunderbird Pocomail: Same as Thunderbird
 The Bat!: This client can export messages to mbox format. Then, just use
File>Import>UNIX mbox directly to the exported files.
 Eudora: Install Thunderbird and use it to import the messages. Then, use
File>Import>UNIX mbox directly to the imported files.
 Outlook Express: Same as Eudora.
 Courier or Calypso: Use the freeware product, Courex, (at http://laurencejackson.com/
Courex/ ) to create Thunderbird-compatible files. Use File>Import>UNIX mbox todirectly import the files.
 Pegasus: This client can create mbox mail files. Older mail files can be moved to thenewer files. Use File>Import>UNIX mbox to directly import the files.
 Windows Live Mail: This client uses eml files (one for each message). Create desired
folders and use File>Import>Eml to import the messages.
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After finishing the import, review that all messages were imported and that you can locate all
attachments. The complexity of switching email clients is not unique to Becky!. These issues
apply to any similar conversion. When converting to a different email client, you may find that
attributes such as read, unread and others are not transferred and that all messages appear
as unread. For some folders, you may wish to highlight all messages and click Mail>Mark as
Read.
Importing Address Books
To import an address book, Becky! uses the File>Import>Text File... command from theAddress Book menu. This should be a tab-delimited or comma-delimited text file created fromyour old email client. The suffix for such files is often ".csv" and will be a text file that can bereadily edited with any text editor, such as Notepad. Editing a csv file can also be done by
several spreadsheet programs.
The steps to importing the csv file are here:First, browse the csv file with a text editor. This will show you if the first record is a list if
names of the fields. Make a written note of the fields you want to import and thesequence of all the fields.



Next, the File>Import>Text File... menu that is displayed shows all available address
book fields in a column on the left. Put a tick mark by the fields you want to import anduse the Up and Down buttons to arrange the fields to match the sequence of fields that you
determined in step one. Be sure to specify whether the file is tab-delimited or commadelimited. Also tick the box for Field Names at 1st Line if true.

Import Considerations:
There is no consistent format for address books and you may find that your best import iswhen specifying the fewest fields, such as first name, last name, email address. It is notuncommon to repeat this process several times until satisfied. Sometimes it helps to use atext editor prior to importing to remove fields that are problematic.

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Index
-AAccessing POP server 23
Account 52
address book 45, 19, 112, 48, , 83, 47, 140, 45, 50
Address Book Property
Address Book View 50
Address Property
Advanced Setup 81
Agent 29, 109
aliases 96
Archiving 23
attachments 17, 112, 66, 73, 90, 61, 26, 81
Auto complete-BBackup 127
Backup and Restore 127
Backup Messages 127
Bottom-Posting 17-CCardDAV 19, , 45, 23
Cc and Bcc 138
Changing Subject 23
Citation 17, 71
Cite 17, 101, 71
Collection And Delivery 61, 34, 52
color 108, 134, 109
Color Label 108, 21
column sort order 31, 50
Command Line Options 95
Comment Block 76
Compaction 26, 23
Compose 13, 56
COMPRESS 59
Connection 55
COPYRIGHT 131-DDefault E-Mail Client: 9
Default Mailbox 26, 52
Delivery Status Notification 135
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-EEditor 69
Escape Characters 139
Exchange 9, 142
Export Folders 23
External Editors 44, 69-FFeatures
Filtering 21
Filtering Manager 120
Filtering: Edit Rules 122
Filtering: Options 124
Filtering: Rules Menu 121
Find in Text 88
Flag 108
Folder Properties 83
Font Tutorial 143
Formatting 41, 69
Forward 17, 73, 71, 34, 122-GGeneral Setup Menu 61
Global Profiles 96, 52
Gmail 59, , 57, 45, 23-HHeaders 100
Headline 134, 31, 115, 92, 26
Headline Search 92
HTML 5, 17, 107, 101, 31, 120, 83, 26, 44, 69, 143, 100
HTML Rendering Engine 81-IIMAP 108, 21, , 9, 59, 52, 86, 90, 61, 34, 26, 78, 122, 57, 115, 81
IMAP COMPRESS 59
IMAP IDLE 59
Import Backup Logs 26
Import Tips 145
Importing Address Books 145
Importing Messages 145
Information for Visually Impaired Users 141
Initial Setup 9-KKeyword Overview 125
Keywords 76

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-LLanguages 73
LDAP 19, 23
License Agreement 130
List View 5, 15, 31, 81, 64, 7-Mmacro 101, 71
Mail Query 90
Mailbox 9
Mailbox Name 9
mailing list 83
Mailing Lists Manager 117
Mailing Lists Manager Usage 116
Mailing Lists Property 119
Main Edit menu
Main File menu
Main Mail menu 34
Main Tool menu
Main View menuManaging Email, Part Two 23
Memo 31, 90, 100, 98
menu bar 5, 39, 26
Menu Bars 25
Message Property 140
Message View 17, 15, 134, 66, 31, 86, 83, 88, 81, 86, 100, 7, 98, 141
Microsoft Edge 81
Microsoft Exchange 9, 142
middle bar 5, 15, 134, 109
MIME 80
Misc. Mailbox 59
Multi-language Support 105
Multiple Users 105-Nnewsgroups 69-PPlug-Ins 37, 81, 111
POP3 132, 114, , 96, 9, 59, 52, 61, 34, 78
Primary Address Book 19, 83, 23
Print 26
PRINT an HTML message 107
Priority 108, 21
Profiles 96, 9, 52
Protocol Log 12, 81-QQuick Memo 98

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Quoting 17-RRead Receipt 78, 44
Reading E-mail 15
Receive Setup 78, 57
Receiving Email 12
Redirect 17, 73, 71, 34, 122
Reducing disk space 23
reEdit 13
Reference View 17
Regular Expressions 136
Reminder Feature 99
Remote Mailbox 12, 101, 71, 34, 57, 23
Replace 89
Replying Email 17
Restore 127
Restore Messages 127
Rule Definition 120-SScreen Reader 9, 141
Search 86
Search Dialogs 86
Search Messages 86
Secondary Address Book 19, 23
Selecting a Profile 96
Send 77
Sending E-mail 13
Setting Up Multiple Profiles 96
Shortcut Keys 75
Signature 13
Socket Options 81
sorting 21
Spell Check 106
Sync with Portable Media 112-TTab Sheets 31, 100
Template 5, 17, 101, 93, 39, 56, 71, 83, 26, 39, 83, 51
The Main Window 7
Thread Mode 93
Tips 132, 134
To Go options 114
Toast 78
tool bar 5, 132, 19, 31, 48, 43
Top-Posting 17
touch 15, 81
Touch Friendly Mode 31, 43, 81, 64, 143
Tree View 5, 15, 81, 64, 7
Tree/List 64
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User Registration 129
Using Address Book 19
Using Exchange with DavMail 142-VvCard , 56, , 44, 45,
vCard 3.0
viruses 107, 66, 81, 80
visually impaired 9, 141-WWelcome 5
What's New 115
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