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1 files changed, 75 insertions, 58 deletions
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 59c9210ced..70bc78bd1d 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ them. Read <xref linkend="usage-mail-subscriptions"> to find out
how.
</para>
- </note>
-
+ </note>
<sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-read">
<title>Reading Mail</title>
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ <screenshot>
<screeninfo>Threaded Mail View</screeninfo>
<mediaobject><imageobject>
- <imagedata format="PNG" fileref="figures/mail-threaded" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ <imagedata format="png" fileref="figures/mail-threaded" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
</imageobject></mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
@@ -120,9 +119,10 @@ When you press <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> or click
the trash button, your mail isn't actually deleted,
but is marked for deletion. Your email is not gone
- until you have <glossterm linkend="expunge">expunged</glossterm> it. When you "Expunge" a
- folder, you remove all the mail that you have marked
- for deletion.
+ until you have <glossterm
+ linkend="expunge">expunged</glossterm> it. When you
+ expunge a folder, you remove all the mail that you
+ have marked for deletion.
</para>
<para>
If you don't like this behavior, select
@@ -152,13 +152,15 @@ <note>
<title>Trash is Actually a vFolder?</title>
<para>
- Your trash folder is actually a vFolder that displays all
- messages you have marked for later deletion. For more
- information about vFolders, see <xref
- linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">. If you choose
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Empty
- Trash</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> you will expunge
- <emphasis>all</emphasis> your folders.
+ Both local and IMAP Trash folders are actually vFolders that
+ display all messages you have marked for later deletion.
+ For more information about vFolders, see <xref
+ linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">. Since emptying
+ your trash expunges the messages in your Trash folder,
+ choosing <menuchoice> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Empty Trash</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> is the
+ same as expunging deleted mail from <emphasis>all</emphasis>
+ your folders.
</para>
</note>
</sect2>
@@ -214,17 +216,17 @@ <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Your personal information
+ Your personal information.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Your outgoing email server information
+ Your outgoing email server information.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Your mail account identity name
+ Your mail account identity name.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -513,9 +515,8 @@ <menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem> Mail Message</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- , or by pressing the
+ <guimenuitem>Mail Message</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>, or by pressing the
<guibutton>Compose</guibutton> button in the Inbox toolbar.
When you do so, the <interface>New Message</interface> window
will open, as shown in <xref
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ <title>New Message Window</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
- <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/newmsg" format="PNG" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/newmsg" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
</imageobject></mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ charges: you can remain offline until you need to send
mail, then connect and send all your mail at once. Mail in
the outbox is sent when you click
- <guibutton>Send/Recieve</guibutton> in the main window.
+ <guibutton>Send/Receive</guibutton> in the main window.
</para>
<para>
To learn more about how you can specify message queue and
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ <title>Reply Message Window</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
- <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/replymsg" format="PNG" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/replymsg" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
</imageobject></mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
@@ -1605,7 +1606,7 @@ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="fancy-mail">
- <title>Making Your Email Fancier</title>
+ <title>Improving Email Appearance with HTML</title>
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> can do a lot with email
by utilizing the HTML features. Making an email functional
@@ -1624,41 +1625,48 @@ <title>Indented Text with Headlines</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo></screeninfo>
- <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/outline"
+ <graphic format="png" fileref="figures/outline"
srccredit="Kevin Breit">
</screenshot>
</figure>
</para>
<para>
- Notice how professional the email looks, but it gets the
- content across well. Each section is broken up in its own
- subsection. The title is bolded, while the text which
- follows is indented one time.
+ This message is not only more attractive, but more
+ informative. Each section is broken down into subsctions.
+ The title for each section is in bold text, with the
+ following content indented.
</para>
<para>
Making your headlines a larger size instead of bold can help
as well. Header size 4 is often the best alternative for
bold. You can change your text to size 4 by selecting it and
- pressing Ctrl+4. You can set your text to regular size later
- by hitting Ctrl+0.
+ pressing <keycombo
+ action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>4</keycap></keycombo>,
+ and change it back to normal size with <keycombo
+ action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>0</keycap></keycombo>.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="bulleted-lists">
<title>Bulleted Lists</title>
<para>
- Often times, people use asterisks instead of real bullets.
- Not only do asterisks look nicer, but
- <application>Evolution</application> will word wrap for you,
- which makes your text looks nicer.
+ Select the <guimenuitem>Bulleted List</guimenuitem> option
+ from the text style drop-down box to begin making a bulleted
+ list. <application>Evolution</application> will handle the
+ word wrap and indentation for you. If you prefer to send
+ the message in plain text, you can still write it up in
+ HTML, and <application>Evolution</application> will convert
+ to a well-formed plain-text bulleted list, using asterisks
+ instead of HTML bullets.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="inline-images">
<title>Images In Your Email</title>
<para>
- Images can help people to understand your point. You should
- also consider using the HTML Picture Frame Template in
- <application>Evolution</application>, as it looks good and
- has captions below it.
+ Another way to improve the appearance of messages is to add
+ images to them. Especially if you want to discuss a
+ particular image in the message, the the HTML picture frame
+ template in <application>Evolution</application>, as it
+ looks good and has captions below it.
</para>
<para>
If you do choose to use images, try to keep them narrow. If
@@ -1671,7 +1679,7 @@ <title>Images in an email</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo></screeninfo>
- <graphic format="PNG" fileref="small_desktop" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
+ <graphic format="png" fileref="small_desktop" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
</screenshot>
</figure>
</para>
@@ -1679,9 +1687,10 @@ <sect3 id="color-suggestions">
<title>Coloring Your Text</title>
<para>
- Colors can help bring words or sentences out for emphasis. You
- should choose your colors carefully though, as the wrong color
- can be distracting. Some good colors to use would be:
+ Colors can help bring words or sentences out for emphasis.
+ You should choose your colors carefully though, because the
+ wrong color can be distracting. Some good colors to use
+ are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -1699,21 +1708,28 @@ </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <!-- Include a screenshot -->
- Notice how these colors are similar saturation
+ <!-- Include a screenshot -->
+
+ All of these colors are of a similar level of saturation and are
+ easy to read on a white background.
+
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="signature-howto">
<title>HTML Signatures in Your Email</title>
<para>
- A lot of people use signatures to sign their emails to
- provide personal information about themselves.
- <application>Evolution</application> gives you the option of
- easily designing your signatures in HTML. This can give
- your signatures a more professional or fun look.
+ The last few lines of an email message are often devoted to
+ a signature block, typically a few lines of text appended
+ automatically to every email by the mail program itself. You
+ can use the signature to add your address and any other
+ contact information you think is important, or simply to
+ provide an amusing or interesting closing line for your
+ message. <application>Evolution</application> gives you the
+ option of designing your signatures in HTML or in plain
+ text.
</para>
<para>
- To setup your HTML signature, read the following steps:
+ To set up an HTML signature:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -1756,9 +1772,9 @@ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The HTML signature editor uses mostly the same
- interface as the composer. You can create your
- signature in this window.
+ The HTML signature editor uses the same interface as
+ the composer. You can create your signature in this
+ window.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -1925,7 +1941,7 @@ <title>Public Key? Private Key? What is the difference?</title>
<para>
GPG uses two keys: public and private. You can give your
- public key to anyone you want to recieve
+ public key to anyone you want to receive
encrypted messages, or put it on a public key server so
that people can look it up before contacting you.
<emphasis>Never give your private key to anyone,
@@ -2028,7 +2044,8 @@ <listitem>
<para>
Choose a key length. The default, 1024 bits, should be
- long enough. Some say that 2048 should be used.
+ long enough, and 2048 bits is considered very strong
+ indeed.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -2158,7 +2175,7 @@ wwwkeys.pgp.net 32j38dk2</command>. Substitute your key ID for <guimenuitem>Mail Settings</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
Once there, select the account with which you'd like to send
- and recieve encrypted mail, and click the
+ and receive encrypted mail, and click the
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button. In the
<guilabel>Security</guilabel> tab is a section labeled
<guilabel>Pretty Good Privacy</guilabel>. Enter your key ID
@@ -2210,7 +2227,7 @@ wwwkeys.pgp.net 32j38dk2</command>. Substitute your key ID for </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="unencrypting">
- <title>Unencrypting a Recieved Message</title>
+ <title>Unencrypting a Received Message</title>
<para>
If you get an encrypted message, you will need to decrypt it
before you read it. Remember, the sender has to have your
@@ -2224,4 +2241,4 @@ wwwkeys.pgp.net 32j38dk2</command>. Substitute your key ID for </para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
-</chapter>
+</chapter>
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