Use the same fonts as other applications

Select this option if you want Email and Calendar to use the font settings that are specified in the Font preference tool. Email and Calendar uses the font settings in the Font preference tool for the Email and Calendar user interface, and for messages in HTML format.

Standard Font

If you deselect the Use the same fonts as other applications option, use this preference to select a font to use for the Email and Calendar user interface, and for messages in HTML format. Click on the font selector button. A Select HTML variable width font dialog is displayed. Use the dialog to select the font that you require.

Terminal Font

If you deselect the Use the same fonts as other applications option, use this preference to select a font to use in the preview pane. Click on the font selector button. A Select HTML fixed width font dialog is displayed. Use the dialog to select the font that you require.

Mark messages as read after n seconds

Select this option if you want to mark messages as read automatically after the message is displayed in the preview pane for a specified period of time. 

Use the spin box to specify how long to wait before the message is marked as read. 

Default character encoding

Select the default character encoding for your messages from the drop-down list. For information about character encoding and international messages, see Sending and Receiving International Messages.

Highlight quotations with color color

Lines in messages that begin with a greater-than sign (>) are quotations from other messages. Select this option if you want quotations in your messages to appear in a particular color. 

Click on the color selector button to select a color for quotations. A Pick a color dialog is displayed. Use the dialog to select the color that you require.

Empty trash folders on exit

Select this option to delete permanently the contents of your Trash folders when you quit Email and Calendar.

Confirm before expunging a folder

Select this option to display a confirmation message before you remove permanently from a folder the messages that you deleted from that folder. 

Do not notify me when new mail arrives

Select this option to give no audible feedback when a message is received. 

Beep when new mail arrives

Select this option if you want Email and Calendar to make a sound when a message is received.

Play sound file when new mail arrives

Select this option to play a sound file when you receive a message. 

Enter the name of the sound file to play in the Specify filename drop-down combination box. Alternatively, click Browse to display an Execute Command dialog. Use the dialog to select the sound file to play.