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Balsa eMail

( Note: This software is not supported by the Demon Helpdesk ).

Please see our Important Notice, we recommend that you read it before you proceed.

Balsa is avaliable from http://www.balsa.net/. It is an email using the GTK interface & as such requires some gnome libaries.

The program can be launched from typing balsa & in your favourite terminal emulator, or may appear in your Gnome menus under Programs | Internet.

Upon opening the program you will be faced with the following screen shot.

Click Next

Enter your full name in the text box provided.
Enter your e-mail address in the next text box.
Enter the SMTP mail server name, post.demon.co.uk in the following text box.
Finally enter the directory path to where you want to store your mail.

See our Names & Password Conventions  guide.

Click Next.

The above defaults should be sufficient, however, advanced users may wish to change them.

Click Next.

This is Balsa's main screen.

Select Settings | Preferences

You may wish to make some changes in the Identity section.
Select Mail Servers.

The mailbox name is used to distinguish between the different accounts you may have.
We suggest entering Demon Mail, however, you can use whatever you wish.

Server should always be pop3.demon.co.uk, the POP3 port is 110.

Enter your hostname in the username text box.
Enter your POP3 password in password text box.

See our Names & Password Conventions   guide.

If you wish to mirror your mail, leave Delete from server unchecked.

Make sure you select Check, or you will not be able to collect your mail.

Once these steps have been completed you should be ready to use Balsa. Most functions are self explanatory, however, should you require help, the Balsa FAQ can be found at http://www.balsa.net/faq.html, and the mailing list can be found at http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/balsa-list.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

These walkthroughs have been provided only in order to assist you and are intended for use in conjunction with your Linux system and Balsa. These walkthroughs relate to products that are not our products. These walkthroughs are available for use at the user's own risk and we accept no liability whatsoever for any loss you may incur arising out of your use of these walkthroughs. You expressly accept this by following the walkthroughs. If you have difficulty following these walkthroughs, please contact our customer support service on the number given below.

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