To archive a message, select the message from the conversation list and press the archive button located in the toolbar. To select multiple messages to archive, hold down the
Archived messages will appear in the All Mail folder located in the folder list.
+ + +If you suspect you've found a bug in Geary, follow these steps to report it:
+Search Geary's Redmine issue tracker to see if someone else has reported the bug.
Don't see your bug listed? Congratulations! You've found a new bug. To create an bug report, create an account on Redmine and create a new issue. Be as specific as you can and describe the steps to reproduce it. Don't forget to include details about your operating system and what version of Geary you're running.
For general inquiries, please join the Geary mailing list.
Geary groups messages into conversations.
+When opening a new message that is part of a conversation, notice that the previous messages are collapsed. To expand a message in a conversation thread, simply click on the collapsed message and it will expand. Click on the header to collapse it.
+The newest message in a conversation cannot be collapsed.
+To archive a conversation, select the conversation from the conversation list and click on the archive button in the toolbar.
+ +To respond to a message, select the drop down menu from the message area in the top right corner and select to
Learn about the keyboard shortcuts to reply to messages.
+Geary's email composer allows you to adjust the font style, size and color of text. You can also insert hyperlinks into messages.
+ +To use the email composer, you may either reply to a message or create a new message by clicking the icon located in the toolbar.
+ +Documentation coming soon
-A lightweight email reader for the GNOME desktop.
+ +Geary is still in early development. Geary supports IMAP and can be used with Gmail. Geary is missing attachment support, searching and numerous other features.
+ +Geary may be used with Yahoo! Mail, however it is highly unstable and not recommended for primary email accounts on Yahoo! Mail.
+ + + +To learn more about the features we're working on and the future of Geary, please visit Geary's Redmine page.
+ + +Geary does not support multiple email accounts. If you would like to change the email account used with Geary, you'll need to delete your Geary database. From a Nautilus window, locate your Geary database in .local/share/geary. Delete the folder named after your email account. Upon relaunching Geary, you will be prompted to enter your new email credentials.
+Geary automatically downloads new messages to your inbox within seconds of them arriving.
+ +Geary does not automatically download all messages in all of your mail folders. This makes Geary faster to use than some email programs. When Geary is launched, the 50 most recent messages are downloaded to your Inbox. If you would like to see more messages, simply continue to scroll down the conversation list and Geary will fetch them.
+ +Similarly, when you click on any folder from the folder list, Geary will fetch only the most recent messages. You can view more messages by continuing to scroll down the conversation list.
+ +To compose a new message, press the Compose button on the left side of the toolbar.
+Once you press the Send button, your message will be delivered to its recipients immediately.
+To
There are keyboard shortcuts available to
Geary has a growing list of keyboard shortcuts.
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Reply to email |
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Reply to all |
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Forward |
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Archive |
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Quit |
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Zoom in |
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Reset zoom |
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Geary has several optional features, all of which are enabled by default. If you would like to turn any of these defaults off, click the gear menu at the top right of the toolbar and choose Preferences.
+Geary automatically spell checks messages as they are being composed.
+When this option is enabled, Geary automatically selects the latest message in a folder when you enter the folder. In addition, after archiving a message, Geary automatically selects an adjacent message.
+Geary shows message previews in the conversation list by default. The preview shows the first lines of the message to provide additional information beyond what is written in the subject line.
+You can star messages by selecting it and clicking on the star icon in the conversation list. Messages may also be starred within the message view area by clicking the star at the top right of the message.
+Starred messages will appear in your Starred folder located in the folder list.
+Learn about the keyboard shortcuts to star messages.
+Messages are marked as read when they are selected from the conversation list. To mark a message as unread, select Mark as Unread from the dropdown menu inside the message viewer. If you would like to mark a message as read, you may select Mark as Read option from the dropdown menu.
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