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diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml index 5b0210ff20..051b1d21da 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ <sect1 id="importing-mail-and-settings"> <title>Importing Your Old Email and Settings</title> <para> - - <application>Evolution</application> allows you to import your old + <application>Evolution</application> allows you to import old email and data so that you don't need to worry about losing your old information. </para> @@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ <term>VCard (.vcf, gcrd):</term> <listitem> <para> - The addressbook format used by GNOME, KDE, and + The addressbook format used by the GNOME, KDE, and many other contact management applications. You should be able to export to VCard format from any address book application. @@ -74,16 +73,12 @@ <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> - Click <menuchoice> - <guimenu>File</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice>. + Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> after reading the - Welcome screen. + Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> after reading the Welcome screen. </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -93,8 +88,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Find the file that you wish to import into - <application>Evolution</application>. + Find the file that you wish to import into <application>Evolution</application>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -118,11 +112,7 @@ <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> - Click - <menuchoice> - <guimenu>File</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice>. + Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -137,38 +127,34 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - The left-most column shows the application from which - your information will be imported from. Then, select + The left-most column shows the application which your + information will be imported from. You then select checkboxes on each component to import different properties of each application. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>. + Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton>. + Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton> </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> + <para> <note> <title>Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Users</title> <para> Microsoft Outlook, and versions of Outlook Express after - version 4, use proprietary formats that - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> cannot read or - import. For contacts, you may wish to consider using - OutPort, a third-party conversion tool. Ximian does not - support OutPort but you can find more information about it - at <ulink - url="http://www.cyberus.ca/~phoenix/outport/">the Outport - homepage.</ulink> For email, there is a more simple - workaround: + version 4, use proprietary formats that <application>Ximian + Evolution</application> cannot read or import. For contacts, + you may have to email them to yourself and import them that + way. For email, there is a simpler workaround: <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> @@ -190,7 +176,7 @@ <para> Use the <application>Ximian Evolution</application> import tool to import the files. There's more information about - why this works, and how, at the <ulink url="http://support.ximian.com">Ximian support website</ulink>. + why this works, and how, at the Ximian support website. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> @@ -207,6 +193,7 @@ the messages in your Trash folders. </para> </note> + </para> </sect2> @@ -454,6 +441,18 @@ person with a pile of envelopes. </para> + + <tip id="easy-filter"> + <title>Quick Filter Creation</title> + <para> + There is an easy shortcut for fast filter or vFolder + creation. Right-click on the message in the message + list, and select one of the items under the + <guimenuitem>Create Rule from Message</guimenuitem> + submenu. + </para> + </tip> + <sect2 id="usage-mail-org-filters-new"> <title>Making New Filters</title> <para> @@ -511,8 +510,25 @@ expression you write in the Scheme language, used to define filters in <application>Ximian Evolution</application>. </para> + +<para> + + <note id="lots-of-filters"> + <title>What if Multiple Filters Match One Message?</title> + <para> + If you have several filters that match a single message, + they will all be applied to the message, in order, unless + one of the filters has the action <guibutton>Stop + Processing</guibutton>. If you use that action in a + filter, the messages that it affects will not be touched + by other filters. + </para> + </note> +</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> @@ -525,11 +541,11 @@ looking for messages less than two days old. </para></listitem> - <listitem><para> Date Received - 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> + Date Received - 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 @@ -655,17 +671,8 @@ <listitem> <para> Set Status - If you want to add multiple actions for this filter, press - <guibutton>Add filter</guibutton> and repeat the previous step. + <guibutton>Add action</guibutton> and repeat the previous step. </para> - <note> - <para> - If you wish to set status while moving an email to a - different folder at the same time, you will need to - tell <application>Ximian Evolution</application> to - set status before you move the message to another - folder. - </para> - </note> </listitem> <listitem> <para> @@ -674,6 +681,7 @@ </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> + <note id="when-filters-go-wrong"> <title>When Are Filters Applied?</title> <para> @@ -682,11 +690,19 @@ time you check for mail. </para> <para> - If you use an IMAP or Microsoft Exchange server and keep - your mail on the server, filters are applied to the INBOX - when you open it. In some cases, you will see a number of - unread messages in the INBOX, click the INBOX, and then - have the messages move elsewhere as they are filtered out. + If you store your mail on the mail server and check your + mail with IMAP, filters are applied to the INBOX when you + open it. In some cases, you will see a number of unread + messages in the INBOX, click the INBOX, and then have the + messages move elsewhere as they are filtered out. + </para> + <para> + If you use Ximian Connector to store your mail on an + Exchange server, filters are not applied until you open + your INBOX folder and select + <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>Apply + Filters</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or press + <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Y</keycap></keycombo> </para> </note> <example id="filter-example"> @@ -700,6 +716,8 @@ 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: |