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authorAaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>2001-02-08 02:20:19 +0800
committerAaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org>2001-02-08 02:20:19 +0800
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s/contact manager/address book/ and revised text.
2001-02-06 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-contact.sgml: s/contact manager/address book/ and revised text. *C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: New file. Describes Executive Summary. svn path=/trunk/; revision=8053
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@@ -475,9 +475,7 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
<guibutton>Reply</guibutton>. If there are large numbers
of people in the <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> or
<guilabel>To:</guilabel> fields, this can save substantial
- amounts of time. Be careful: always make sure you know who
- is getting a message: one address could be a mailing list
- with thousands of subscribers.
+ amounts of time.
<example>
<title>Using the Reply to All feature</title>
<para>
@@ -488,8 +486,8 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
just wants to tell Susan that he agrees with her, he
uses <guibutton>Reply</guibutton>. Note that his reply
will not reach anyone that Susan put on her
- <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> list, since nobody else knows
- that they got that message.
+ <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> list, since that list is not
+ shared with anyone.
</para>
</example>
</para>
@@ -862,16 +860,16 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-columns">
<title>Sorting Mail with Column Headers</title>
<para>
- By default, the columns in a mail message list are: an
- envelope icon indicating whether you have read or replied to
- a message (closed for unread, open for read, and open with an
- arrow on it to indicate you've sent a reply), an exclamation
- point indicating priority, and the <guilabel>From</guilabel>,
- <guilabel>Subject</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Date</guilabel>
- fields. You can change their order and remove them by
- dragging and dropping them. You can add new ones with the
- <guimenuitem>Field Chooser</guimenuitem> item in the right
- click menu for the column headings.
+ By default, the message list has columns with the following
+ headings: an envelope icon indicating whether you have read
+ or replied to a message (closed for unread, open for read,
+ and open with an arrow on it to indicate you've sent a
+ reply), an exclamation point indicating priority, and the
+ <guilabel>From</guilabel>, <guilabel>Subject</guilabel>, and
+ <guilabel>Date</guilabel> fields. You can change their order
+ and remove them by dragging and dropping them. You can add
+ new ones with the <guimenuitem>Field Chooser</guimenuitem>
+ item in the right click menu for the column headings.
</para>
<para>
Right-click on one of the column headers to get a list of
@@ -1118,13 +1116,13 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
any criteria are met</guilabel>.
</para>
<para>
- For each of your filter criteria, you must first select what
- part of the message you want the filter to look at:
+ For each filter criterion, you must first select what
+ part of the message you want the filter to examine:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Sender</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>
- The author of the message.
+ The sender's address.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1147,8 +1145,8 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<term><guilabel>Specific Header</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para> The filter can look at any header you
want, even obscure or custom ones like X-Bonus or
- X-Archive. Enter the header name, and what you'd like to
- match inside it. </para></listitem>
+ X-Archive. Enter the header name, and what text you'd like to find
+ inside it. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>