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When you get a hundred a day - and you want to refer to a message you received six weeks ago, - you <emphasis>need</emphasis> to sort and organize them. - Fortunately, <application>Ximian Evolution</application> has the tools - to help you do it. - </para> - -<!-- Kevin, i'd suggest putting an "IMporting old mail" section here." --> - - <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-columns"> - <title>Sorting Mail with Column Headers</title> - <para> - By default, the message list has columns with the following - headings: an envelope icon indicating whether you have read - or replied to a message, 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. - - To add columns: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Right click on the column header - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guimenuitem>Add a Column</guimenuitem> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click and drag a column you want into a space between - existing column headers. A red arrow will show you where - the column will be placed. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - <para> - Right-click on one of the column headers to get a list of - options: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guimenuitem>Sort Ascending</guimenuitem></term> - <listitem><para> - Sorts the messages top to bottom. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guimenuitem>Sort Descending</guimenuitem></term> - <listitem><para> - Sorts the messages bottom to top. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guimenuitem>Group By this Field</guimenuitem></term> - <listitem><para> - Groups messages instead of sorting them. This makes each contact - with identical properties in the specified field to be placed in - its own group and physically separated from others. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guimenuitem>Remove this - Column</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para> Remove - this column from the display. You can also remove - columns by dragging the header off the list and - letting it drop. </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guimenuitem>Field - Chooser</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para> - When you choose this item, a list - of column headers will appear; just drag and drop them into - place between two existing headers. A red arrow will - appear to show you where you're about to put the - column. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-folders"> - <title>Getting Organized with Folders</title> - <para> - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> keeps mail, as well as - address cards and calendars, in folders. You start out with a - few, like <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>, - <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel>, - but you can create as many as you like. Create new folders by - selecting <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> and then - <guimenuitem>Folder</guimenuitem> from the - <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu. - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> will as you for the name - and the type of the folder, and will provide you with a folder - tree so you can pick where it goes. - </para> - <para> - When you click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, your new folder will - appear in the <interface>folder view</interface>. You can - then put messages in it by dragging and dropping them, or by - using the <guibutton>Move</guibutton> button in the - toolbar. If you want to move several messages at once, click - on the ones you want to move while holding down the - <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key, or use <keycap>Shift</keycap> to - select a range of messages. If you create a filter with the - <interface>filter assistant</interface>, you can have mail - filed automatically. - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-search"> - <title>Searching for Messages</title> - <para> - Most mail clients can search through your messages for you, - but <application>Ximian Evolution</application> does it faster. You - can search through just the message subjects, just the message - body, or both body and subject. - </para> - <para> - To start searching, enter a word or phrase in the text area - right below the toolbar, and choose a search type: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Body or subject contains</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This will search message subjects and the messages - themselves for the word or phrase you've entered in - the search field. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> <guilabel>Body contains</guilabel> </term> - <listitem> - <para> - This will search only in message text, not the subject - lines. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Subject contains</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This will show you messages where the search text is - in the subject line. It will not search in the - message body. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Body does not contain</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This finds every email message that does not have the - search text in the message body. It will still show - messages that have the search text in the subject - line, if it is not also in the body. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Subject does not contain</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This finds every mail whose subject does not contain - the search text. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - When you've entered your search phrase, press - <keycap>Enter</keycap>. <application>Ximian Evolution</application> - will show your search results in the message list. - </para> - - <para> - If you think you'll want to return to a search again, you can - save it as a virtual folder by selecting <guilabel>Store - Search as vFolder</guilabel>. - </para> - - <para> - When you're done with the search, go back to seeing all your - messages by choosing <guimenuitem>Show All</guimenuitem> from - the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> drop-down box. If you're - sneaky, just enter a blank search: since every message has at - least one space in it, you'll see every message in the - folder. - </para> - - <para> - If you'd like to perform a more complex search, open the - advanced search dialog by selecting - <guilabel>Advanced...</guilabel> from the - <guilabel>Search</guilabel> drop-down menu. Then, create your - search criteria (each with the same options you saw in the - regular search bar), and decide whether you want to find - messages that match all of them, or messages that match even - one. Then, click <guibutton>Search</guibutton> to go and find - those messages. - </para> - - <para> - You'll see a similar approach to sorting messages when you - create filters and vFolders in the next few sections. - </para> - - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-filters"> - <title>Create Rules to Automatically Organize Mail</title> - <para> - Filters work very much like the mail room in a large company. - Their purpose is to bundle, sort, and distribute mail to the - various folders. In addition, you can have multiple filters - performing multiple actions that may effect the same message - in several ways. For example, your filters could put copies - of one message into multiple folders, or keep a copy and send - one to another person as well, and it can do that quickly. Of - course, it's also faster and more flexible than an actual - person with a pile of envelopes. - </para> - - <sect2 id="usage-mail-org-filters-new"> - <title>Making New Filters</title> - <para> - To create a new filter: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Click - <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Filters</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Press the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Name your filter in the <guilabel>Rule name</guilabel> field. - For each filter criterion, you must first select - which of the following parts of the message you want the filter to - examine: - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para> - Sender - The sender's address. - </para></listitem> - - - <listitem><para> - Recipients - The recipients of the message. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Subject - The subject line of the message. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Specific Header - The filter can look at any header you - want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name - in the first text box, and put your search text in the - second one. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Message Body - Search in the actual text of the message. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Expression - For programmers only: match a message according to an - expression you write in the Scheme language, used to - define filters in <application>Ximian Evolution</application>. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem><para> Date sent - Filter messages according to the date on - which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you - want a message to meet — <guilabel>before</guilabel> - a given time, <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth. - Then, choose the time. The filter will compare the - message's time-stamp to the system clock when the filter - is run, or to a specific time and date you choose from a - calendar. You can even have it look for messages within a - range of time relative to the filter — perhaps you're - looking for messages less than two days old. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Date Recieved - This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel> - option, except that it compares the time you got the message - with the dates you specify. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least - important) to 3 (most important). You can have filters set the - priority of messages you recieve, and then have other filters - applied only to those messages which have a certain priority. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Size (kb) - Sorts based on the size of the message in kilobytes. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Status - Filters according to the status of a message, such as - 'New'. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Attachments - Create a filter based on whether or not you - have an attachment in the email. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Mailing List - Filter based on the mailing list it came from. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Regex Match - If you know your way around a <glossterm - linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or - regular expression, put your knowledge to use here. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Source Account - Filter messages according the server you got them from. - You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down - list. This ability is only relevant if you use more - than one mail source. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select the criterion for the condition. If you want multiple - criteria for this filter, press <guibutton>Add - criterion</guibutton> and repeat the previous step. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select the actions for the filter in the <guilabel>Then</guilabel> - section. You can select any of the following options. - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para> - Move to Folder - If you select this item, <application>Ximian Evolution</application> - will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the - <guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button - to select a folder. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Copy to Folder - If you select this item, <application>Ximian Evolution</application> - will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the - <guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button - to select a folder. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Forward to Address - Select this, enter an address, and the addressee will - get a copy of the message. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Delete - Marks the message for deletion. You can still get the message - back, at least until you <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem> your - mail yourself. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Stop Processing - Select this if you want to tell all other filters to ignore - this message, because whatever you've done with it so far - is plenty. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Assign Color - Select this item, and <application>Ximian Evolution</application> - will mark the message with whatever color you please. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Assign Score - If you know that all mail with - "important" somewhere in the message body line is - important, you can give it a high priority score. In a subsequent filter you can - then arrange your messages by their priority score. - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Set Status - If you want to add multiple actions for this filter, press - <guibutton>Add filter</guibutton> and repeat the previous step. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - <example id="filter-example"> - <title>Using a Filter to Avoid Spam</title> - <para> - A good deal of bulk mail is eventually tagged with the - <computeroutput>Precedence: Bulk</computeroutput> header at - one point or another. Not all of it is, of course, and - there are "good" messages (mailing lists you subscribe to, - for example) that are also considered "Bulk" mail. - However, if you filter out all the mail with that header, - you'll catch a lot of the mail you don't want to get. - </para> - <para> - To catch them and automatically mark them for deletion, do - the following: - <orderedlist> - - <listitem><para> - Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filters</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Click <guibutton>New</guibutton>. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Set the first part of your search critera to look in a <guilabel>Specific header</guilabel>. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Enter <userinput>Precedence</userinput> as the name of the header. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Choose <guilabel>contains</guilabel> at the second drop-down box. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Enter <userinput>Bulk</userinput> as the content to search for. - You're now working with all email that has the word "Bulk" in the - "Precedence" header. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - For actions, select "Move to Folder" and choose the - folder where you'd like to place bulk mail. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> If you like, add another action and - choose <guilabel>Delete</guilabel>. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Click OK. You're done. - </para></listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - </example> - </sect2> - - - - <sect2 id="filters-edit"> - <title>Editing Filters</title> - <para> - To edit a filter: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Select - <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenu>Filters</guimenu> - </menuchoice> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select the filter in the <guilabel>Filter Rules</guilabel> section - and press <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Change the desired settings. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> in the filter editor window. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> in the filter manager window. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="filters-deleting"> - <title>Deleting Filters</title> - <para> - To delete a filter: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Select - <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenu>Filters</guimenu> - </menuchoice> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select the filter and press <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - <para> - <note> - <title>Changing Folder Names and Filters</title> - <para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Incoming email that your filters don't move goes into the Inbox; - outgoing mail that they don't move ends up in the Sent - folder. So be sure to change the filters that go with it. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </note> - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-vfolders"> - <title>Getting Really Organized with vFolders</title> - <para> - If filters aren't flexible enough for you, or you find - yourself performing the same search again and again, consider - a vFolder. vFolders, or virtual folders, are an advanced way - of viewing your email messages within - <application>Ximian Evolution</application>. If you get a lot of - mail or often forget where you put messages, vFolders - can help you stay on top of things. - </para> - <para> - A vFolder is really a hybrid of all the other organizational - tools: it looks like a folder, it acts like a search, and you - set it up like a filter. In other words, while a conventional - folder actually contains messages, a vFolder is a view of - messages that may be in several different folders. The - messages it contains are determined on the fly using a set of - criteria you choose in advance. - </para> - - <para> - As messages that meet the vFolder criteria arrive or are - deleted, <application>Ximian Evolution</application> will - automatically place them in and remove them from the - vFolder contents list. When you delete a message, it gets - erased from the folder in which it actually exists, as well as - any vFolders which display it. - </para> - - <para> - Imagine a business trying to keep track of mail from hundreds - of vendors and clients, or a university with overlapping and - changing groups of faculty, staff, administrators and - students. The more mail you need to organize, the less you - can afford the sort of confusion that stems from an - organizational system that's not flexible enough. vFolders - make for better organization because they can accept - overlapping groups in a way that regular folders and filing - systems can't. - </para> - - - <note id="unmatched-vfolder"> - <title>The Unmatched vFolder</title> - <para> - Obviously, not all messages will fit into all your Virtual - Folders. That's why <application>Ximian Evolution</application> - includes an UNMATCHED vFolder. The UNMATCHED - vFolder displays messages that are not matched by other rules. - </para> - </note> - - - <example id="usage-mail-organize-vFolders-ex"> - <title>Using Folders, Searches, and vFolders</title> - <para> - To organize his mailbox, Jim sets up a virtual volder for emails from - his friend and co-worker Anna. He has another one for messages that - have ximian.com in the address and <application>Ximian Evolution</application> in the subject line, so he - can keep a record of what people from work send him about - <application>evolution</application>. If Anna sends him a message about - anything other than <application>Ximian Evolution</application>, it only shows up in the "Anna" folder. - When Anna sends him mail about the user interface for - <application>evolution</application>, he can see that message both in - the "Anna" vFolder and in the "Internal Evolution Discussion" - vFolder. - </para> - </example> - - <!-- (INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE: vFolders in action) --> - - <sect2 id="vfolder-create"> - <title>Creating vFolders</title> - <para> - To create a vFolder: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>vFolder Editor</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Name your vFolder in the <guilabel>Rule name</guilabel> field. - - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select your search criteria. For each criterion, you - must first select which of the following parts of the - message you want the search to examine: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para> - Sender - The sender's address. - </para></listitem> - - - <listitem><para> - Recipients - The recipients of the message. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Subject - The subject line of the message. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Specific Header - The vFolder can look at any header you - want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name - in the first text box, and put your search text in the - second one. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Message Body - Search in the actual text of the message. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Expression - For programmers only: match a message according to an - expression you write in the Scheme language, used to - define vFolders in <application>Ximian Evolution</application>. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem><para> Date sent - Search messages according to the date on - which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you - want a message to meet — <guilabel>before</guilabel> - a given time, <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth. - Then, choose the time. The vFolder will compare the - message's time-stamp to the system clock when the filter - is run, or to a specific time and date you choose from a - calendar. You can even have it look for messages within a - range of time relative to the filter — perhaps you're - looking for messages less than two days old. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Date Recieved - This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel> - option, except that it compares the time you got the message - with the dates you specify. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least - important) to 3 (most important). You can have vFolders set the - priority of messages you recieve, and then have other - vFolders - applied only to those messages which have a certain priority. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Size (kb) - Sorts based on the size of the message in kilobytes. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Status - Searches according to the status of a message, such as - 'New'. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Attachments - Create a vFolder based on whether or not you have an - attachment in the email. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Mailing List - Search based on the mailing list it came from. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Source Account - Search messages according the server you got them from. - You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down - list. This ability is only relevant if you use more - than one mail source. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select the folder sources. You can select: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Specific folders only - <note> - <para> - If you select specific folders only, you need to specify the - source folders in the box below. - </para> - </note> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - All local folders - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - With all active remote folders - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - With all local and active folders - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> -</para> -<para> -Remote folders are considered active if you are connected to the -server; you must be connected to your mail server for the vFolder to -include any messages from that source. -</para> -<para> - <figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule"> - <title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Creating a vFolder Rule</screeninfo> - <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata - fileref="figures/vfolder-createrule-fig" format="png" - srccredit="Aaron Weber"> - </imageobject></mediaobject> - </screenshot> - </figure> - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - <!-- - <sect1 id="usage-mail-subscriptions"> - <title>Subscription Management</title> - <para> - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> lets you handle your - IMAP and newsgroup subscriptions with the same tool: the - subscriptions manager. To start using it, choose - <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Manage - Subscriptions</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. - </para> - <para> - If you have configured any IMAP (mail) or NNTP (news) - servers, you will see them listed in the left half of the - subscription management window. Click on a server to select - it, and you will see the folders or newsgroups available to - you. You can then select individual folders and subscribe to - them, or remove yourself from the subscription list. - </para> - <para> - Once you have subscribed to a folder or newsgroup, your system - will check for new messages whenever you press the - <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> button. - </para> - </sect1> ---> -</chapter> |