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<link type="guide" xref="index#overview"/>
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<title>Preferences</title>
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<p>The <gui>Preferences</gui> option is available in either Geary's application menu or the
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gear menu in the upper-right of the toolbar. (The location depends on the install desktop
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shell. For GNOME Shell and Unity, the application menu is available near the top-left corner of
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<section id="reading">
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<title>Reading</title>
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<title><gui>Automatically select next message</gui></title>
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<p>When this option is enabled, Geary automatically selects the latest message in a folder
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when you enter the folder. In addition, after archiving a message, Geary automatically selects
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an adjacent message.</p>
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<title><gui>Display conversation preview</gui></title>
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<p>Enables message previews in the conversation list. Previews show
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the first few lines of each message. </p>
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<title><gui>Use three pane view</gui></title>
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<p>Show the folder list, the conversation list, and the messages side-by-side-by-side in three
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panes. If not selected, the folder list and conversation list will be stacked vertically in a
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<section id="notifications">
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<title>Notifications</title>
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<title><gui>Play notification sounds</gui></title>
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<p>When set, Geary plays a sound whenever a new message arrives.</p>
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<title><gui>Show notifications for new mail</gui></title>
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<p>When set, Geary displays a <em>notification</em> each time a new message arrives. Notifications
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are displayed in a system-dependent manner. On GNOME Shell, notifications appear at the
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bottom of the display (older versions) or centered just below the top bar (newer versions).
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In Ubuntu Unity, notifications appear at the upper right of the display.</p>
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<title><gui>Watch for new mail when closed</gui></title>
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<p>Geary will watch your accounts for new mail even when the main window is not open. To do
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this, it will silently start when you log in to your computer, and it will continue to run
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after you close all windows.</p>