"$d_SysMaint"'email programs/evolution email account settings.txt'
www.BillHowell.ca  23May2021 initial

see also : 
	https://www.lexicom.ca/email-access-information/
	"$d_SysMaint"'email programs/evolution email account settings.txt'
	"$d_SysMaint"'email programs/evolution notes.txt'
	"$d_SysMaint""0_LMDE notes.txt"
very old : 
	"$d_SysMaint"'email programs/Thunderbird/0_Thunderbird notes.txt'
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23May2021  Evolution settings 

Evolution Menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Account -> mail.billhowell.ca -> Account Editor 

-> Identity
		Account information	Name : 			www.BillHowell.ca
		Required information	Full Name :		www.BillHowell.ca
									Email address:	Bill@BillHowell.ca
		Optional info			Reply-to :		<blank>
									Organisation :	<blank>
									Signature :		None		Add New Signature -> no

-> Receiving email
		Server type :  		POP				for connecting to and downloading mail from POP servers.
		Configuration 			Server : 		mail.billhowell.ca	Port :  995
									Username : 		Bill@BillHowell.ca
		Security					EncryptMethd :	TLS on a dedicated port
		Authentication			Type :			[check for supported types] :
									selection :		CRAM-D5

		Note : lexicom.ca encryption methods 
				 allowed : [Password, login, DIGEST-MD5, CRAM-D5]
			NOT allowed : [APOP, NTLM/SPA, GSSAPI]
			DIGEST-MD5 is deprecated!
			APOP - Authentication Post Office Protocol
			https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19284-01/819-4439/acrkp/index.html

-> Receiving options
		Checking for new mail
				checked			check for messages every <20> minutes
				noCheck			leave messages on server
				ghosted 			"Delete after 0 days"
				ghosted			"delete expunged from local inbox"
				noCheck			Disable support for all POP3 extensions
				check				enable UTF-8 extension, when the server supports it

-> Sending email
		Server type 			SMTP				for delivering email by connecting to a remote mailhub using SMTP
		Configuration			Server : 		mail.billhowell.ca		Port :  587 587 (nonssl or STARTTLS)
									checked			server requires authentication
		Security					EncryptMethd :	TLS on a dedicated port (04Jan2022 STARTTLS after connecting?)
		Authentication			Type :			[check for supported types] selection :  CRAM-D5
									Username :		bill@billhowell.ca
									Forget passwrod: ghost this... (02Dec2022 no longer shows)

-> Defaults  (23May2021 - do this at some future date...)
		Special folders 		draft messages		on this computer/ drafts
									sent messages		on this computer/ inbox
									uncheck				save replies in the folder of msgt being replied to
									Archive folder		<not clicked>
									templates folder	<not clicked>
		Miscellaneous			checked				mark messages as read after 1.5 seconds

-> Composing messages - all [blank, unchecked, never] except "keep signature above the original message"

-> Security  (23May2021 - do this at some future date...)
	General 		checked		do not sign meeting requests
	Pretty good privacy (OpenPGP)
				OpenPGP key ID			!!I should add mine!!
				signing algorithm		default
				unchk			always sign    outgoing messages when using this account
				unchk			always encrypt outgoing messages when using this account
				check			always encrypt to myself when sending encrypted messages
				unchk			always trust keys in my keyring when encrypting
				unchk			prefer inline sign/encrypt for plain text messages
	Secure MIME (S/MIME)
				Signing certificate : blank 
				Signing algorithm : default
				unchk			always sign outgoing messages when using this account
                Encryption certificate  <blank>  Select  Clear
                unchk           Always encrypt outgoing messaes when using this account
				check			Always encrypt to myself when sending encrypted messages


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#] 06Dec2022 SMTP won't work
"$d_SysMaint"'email programs/Thunderbird/130219 Snapshot of email setup/'  : 
Username : bill@billhowell.ca
>> AWESOME!!!  That was the trick!!
as was on record : "$d_SysMaint"'email programs/evolution email account settings.txt'


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