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| -rw-r--r-- | help/ChangeLog | 4 |
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diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index b5c6ae61d4..e32cdc912d 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ -<!-- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> ---> + <chapter id="usage-mail"> <title>Using Evolution for Email</title> <abstract> @@ -65,6 +64,15 @@ message from Ximian welcoming you to the application. </para> + <tip id="spaceandbs"> + <title>Reading Mail with the Keyboard</title> + <para> + You can click the spacebar to page down while you're reading + an email, and press backspace to page up in an email. This + may help to make reading your email faster. + </para> + </tip> + <para> Your <application>Evolution</application> <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> will look something like the one in @@ -331,16 +339,9 @@ a file attached to an email, <application>Evolution</application> will display the file at the bottom of the message to which it's attached. Text, - including HTML formatting, will appear as part of the - message. To minimize download time, and to foil spammers - who use server information to track their messages, images - linked from an HTML message <emphasis>not</emphasis> - display unless you select the - <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message - Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Load Images - </guimenuitem></menuchoice> option. For other files, - <application>Evolution</application> will show an icon at - the end of the message. + including HTML formatting and embedded images, will appear + as part of the message, rather than at the end of the + message as an attachment. </para> <para> To Save an Attachment to Disk: @@ -373,15 +374,124 @@ </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> + <para> + When someone sends you HTML mail, and includes an image in + the actual mail (that is, they use the <menuchoice> + <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice> tool, not the <guibutton>Attach</guibutton> + tool), <application>Evolution</application> will display the + image inside the message. + </para> + <para> + If an HTML mail with images does not include an image, but + asks <application>Evolution</application> to go download the + image from a website, <application>Evolution</application> + won't display the image unless you ask it to. This is because + remotely hosted images can slow down your system, and can be + used by spammers to track reads their email. So having them + not load automatically helps protect your privacy. + </para> + <para> + If you want the images to load, select + <menuchoice> + <guimenu>View</guimenu> + <guisubmenu>Message Display</guisubmenu> + <guimenuitem>Load Images</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice>. + You can also set image loading behavior in the + <guilabel>Display</guilabel> tab of the + <menuchoice> + <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> + <guimenuitem>Mail Settings</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice> dialog. + </para> + <note id="http-proxy"> + <title>Loading Images from the Net through an HTTP Proxy</title> + <para> + If you use an HTTP proxy, + <application>Evolution</application> must be able to find + it through the <systemitem>gnome-vfs</systemitem> subsystem + before it can load iamges from the net. + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>Configure it with Nautilus</term> + <listitem> + <para> + <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> + <listitem> + <para> + Open a Nautilus window + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Select <menuchoice> + <guimenu>Preferences</guimenu> + <guimenuitem>Edit Preferences</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Go to the <guilabel>Navigation</guilabel> tab. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Click the <guilabel>Use HTTP Proxy</guilabel> + checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP + proxy in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Configure it with the gconftool command</term> + <listitem> + <para> + <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> + <listitem> + <para> + Open a terminal. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Enter the command + <command> + gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE" + </command> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Enter the command + <command> + --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url" + </command> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Enter the command + <command> + $ gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080" + </command> + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </para> + <para> + For more information about the gconftool command, + read the gconftool man page. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </para> + </note> - <tip id="spaceandbs"> - <title>Reading email with keyboard</title> - <para> - You can click the spacebar to page down while you're reading an email, - and press backspace to page up in an email. This may help to make - reading your email faster. - </para> - </tip> <para> To Open an Attachment in a Program: <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> @@ -404,14 +514,6 @@ </orderedlist> </para> - <para> - <application>Evolution</application> can also display - HTML-formatted mail, complete with graphics. Graphics - don't load automatically by default, because they can be - large and take a long time to download. They can also be - used by spammers to help track who reads their email. So - having them not load automatically helps protect your - privacy. </para> </sect2> </sect1> @@ -543,14 +645,7 @@ will go with it. Be aware that big attachments can take a long time to download. </para> - <para> - When receiving a message that has an attached image, - <application>Evolution</application> gives you the choice - whether to view it or not. You can choose to have it - always shown, load images only if the sender is in your - addressbook, or never load images. - </para> - </sect3> + </sect3> <sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to-types"> <title>Types of Recipients</title> diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog index 7a915a75f5..ccf9b08789 100644 --- a/help/ChangeLog +++ b/help/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-08-16 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> + + * C/usage-mail.sgml: minor edits. Added <tip> about bug 7428. + 2001-08-16 Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas@gnome.org> * C/evolution-C.omf: Place it under <category="GNOME|Applications"/> |