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<!ENTITY % balsa SYSTEM "balsa.entities">
<!ENTITY mdash "--">
<!-- replace with actual app  version number--><!ENTITY version "2.5">
<!ENTITY Balsa '<app xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/">Balsa</app>'>
<!ENTITY Mutt '<app xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/">Mutt</app>'>
<!ENTITY GnomeCard '<app xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/">GnomeCard</app>'>
<!ENTITY Pine '<app xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/">pine</app>'>
<!ENTITY procmail '<app xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/">procmail</app>'>
<!ENTITY GnuPG '<app xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/">GnuPG</app>'>
<!ENTITY balsalist "https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/balsa-list">
<!ENTITY IMAP '<link xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
           xref ="glossary#imap">IMAP</link>'>
<!ENTITY LDAP '<link xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
           xref ="glossary#ldap">LDAP</link>'>
<!ENTITY POP3 '<link xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
           xref ="glossary#pop">POP3</link>'>
<!ENTITY SMTP '<link xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
           xref ="glossary#smtp">SMTP</link>'>
<!ENTITY VCARD '<link xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
           xref ="glossary#vcard">VCARD</link>'>
]>
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="getting-started" xml:lang="el">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index"/>
    <link type="next" xref="win-main"/>
  </info>
  <title>Getting Started with <app>Balsa</app></title>
  <p>If you're starting <app>Balsa</app> for the first time, the first
  thing you'll see is an assistant that will set up <app>Balsa</app>'s
  basic settings. <app>Balsa</app> can guess most of what it needs to
  know about you. It will also create five standard local
  mailboxes: the Inbox, Outbox, Sentbox, Draftbox, and Trash.
  (These can be changed to be <link xref="glossary#imap">IMAP</link> mailboxes later.)</p>
  <figure>
    <media type="image" src="figures/druid-start.png"/>
    <title><app>Balsa</app> Start Assistant</title>
  </figure>
  <p>Don't worry. <app>Balsa</app> cooperates with other
  <link xref="glossary#mua">MUA</link>'s very well. They share the
  same locking semantics for mailboxes. If <app>Balsa</app> shares the
  same mail directory as <app>pine</app> or <app>Mutt</app>, it will detect
  new folders as they are created. So if you have to telnet in to
  your mail machine, you won't be stuck.</p>
  <p>There are many more settings in <app>Balsa</app>'s
  <link xref="preferences">preferences window</link>, but most of
  them do not need to be changed.</p>
  <p>Once <app>Balsa</app> is configured, you will proceed on to the
  <link xref="win-main">main window</link>.</p>
</page>
