From 2ca1db97c9db0d22865b668bf0f3a1d03f77cdb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 20:44:25 +0000 Subject: Minor Changes. 2001-02-08 Aaron Weber * C/usage-contact.sgml: Minor Changes. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Minor Changes. 2001-02-07 Aaron Weber * C/menuref.sgml: Added section, but left blank til UI stabilizes. * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: A little functionality described. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Added tasks and Exec-summary. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Describe semi-autonomy of task pad. svn path=/trunk/; revision=8114 --- doc/C/usage-mail.sgml | 156 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/C/usage-mail.sgml') diff --git a/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml b/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml index 994e8cbae8..7fabfed099 100644 --- a/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ whichever way you like best; the idea is that the software should work the way you want, rather than making you work the way the it does. + + Take a look at the headers + + To look at the entire source of your email message, including + all the header information, select + ViewSource + + @@ -1004,9 +1012,9 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> - Then, press Enter. - Evolution will show your search - results in the message list. + When you've entered your search phrase, press + Enter. Evolution + will show your search results in the message list. @@ -1029,14 +1037,13 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> Most often, you'll want to have Evolution put mail into different folders, but you can have it do almost anything you like. - People who subscribe to multiple mailing lists, or who often - need to refer to messages they have sent, find filters - especially helpful to separate personal from list-related - mail, but they're good for anybody who gets more than a few - messages a day. To create a filter, open the - filter assistant by selecting + People who get lots of mail, or who often need to refer to old + messages, find filters especially helpful, but they're good + for anybody who gets more than a few messages a day. To + create a filter, open the filter + assistant by selecting - Tools + Settings Mail Filters . @@ -1055,8 +1062,8 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> list of your current filters, sorted by the order in which they are used. From the drop-down box at the top of the window, choose Incoming to display - filters for incoming mail, and On Demand - for those which sort your mail only when you want. + filters for incoming mail, and Outgoing + for those which sort only outgoing mail. The filter assistant also has a set of @@ -1086,15 +1093,15 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> If you don't have any filters set up, the only one of those - buttons you can click is Add. When you - do that, (or when you click Edit with a - filter selected), the Add Rule window - appears. + buttons you can click is Add, which + will open a dialog to let you add a filter rule. If you do + have filters, you can either add a new filter rule, or select + one from your list and click Edit. - That window, shown in , is where you'll - actually create your filtering rule. + actually create your filtering rule.
Creating a new Filter @@ -1107,8 +1114,9 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> Enter a name for your filter in the Rule - Name field, and then begin choosing criteria. - Choose how many criteria you'd like by pressing Add + Name field, and then begin choosing the criteria + you'd like to use as you sort your mail. Choose how many + criteria you'd like by pressing Add Criterion and Remove Criterion. If you have multiple criteria, you should then decide whether to have the filter do its job only @@ -1143,45 +1151,46 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> Specific Header - 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 text you'd like to find - inside it. + + 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. + Message Body - The actual text of the message. + Search in the actual text of the message. Expression - Enter a regular - expression, and - Evolution will search the - entire message, headers and all, to match it for you. - + + + Enter a regular + expression, and + Evolution will search the + entire message, including headers, to match it for you. + + Date Sent - - You can filter messages by when they were sent: First, - choose how you'd like to match the time— - before, - after and so forth. Then, choose - the time. The filter 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. For example, you could have - the filter catch all messages sent less - than a week before the filter is run. - + Filter messages by when they were sent: + First, choose the conditions you want a message to + meet— before a given time, + after 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&mdash perhaps you're looking for + messages less than two days old. @@ -1208,27 +1217,30 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> If you know your way around a regex , or - regular expression, put your knowledge to use - here. - + linkend="regular-expression">regex, or + regular expression, put your knowledge to use here. + Source - - Filter messages according the server you got them from. You can enter a URL or - choose one from the drop-down list. This criterion is only relevant if you - use more than one mail source. - + + + 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. + + - Now, tell it what to do with those messages. If you want multiple - actions, click Add Action; if you want fewer, - click Remove Action. And choose again: + Now, tell it what to do with those messages. If you want more + actions, click Add Action; if you want + fewer, click Remove Action. And choose + again: @@ -1372,7 +1384,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> As messages that meet the virtual folder criteria arrive or are deleted, Evolution will - automatically place them in and and remove them from the + automatically place them in and remove them from the virtual folder contents list. When you delete a message, it gets erased from the folder in which it actually exists, as well as any virtual folders which display it. @@ -1384,7 +1396,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> 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. virtual folders + organizational system that's not flexible enough. Virtual folders make for better organization because they can accept overlapping groups in a way that regular folders and filing systems can't. @@ -1393,17 +1405,17 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> Using Folders, Searches, and Virtual Folders - To organize my mail box, I set up a virtual folder for emails from - my friend and co-worker Anna. I have another one for - messages from anybody at work that have "Evolution" in the - subject line, so I can keep a record of what people from - work send me about Evolution. - If Anna sends a message about a picnic on Saturday, it only - shows up in the "Anna" folder. When Anna sends me mail - about the user interface for - Evolution, I can see that - message both in the "Anna" virtual folder and in the "Internal - Evolution Discussion" virtual folder. + To organize my mail box, I set up a virtual folder for + emails from my friend and co-worker Anna. I have another + one for messages that have "ximian.com" in the address and + "Evolution" in the subject line, so I can keep a record of + what people from work send me about + Evolution. If Anna sends me a + message about anything other than Evolution, it only shows + up in the "Anna" folder. When Anna sends me mail about the + user interface for Evolution, I + can see that message both in the "Anna" virtual folder and + in the "Internal Evolution Discussion" virtual folder. @@ -1411,7 +1423,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> To create a virtual folder, select - Tools Virtual Folder + Settings Virtual Folder Editor . This will bring up a dialog box that looks suspiciously like the filter window (for more information on filters, see here, and you can select, edit or remove them if you wish. If you have not created any, there will be only one available option: click Add to add a new - vFolder. + Virtual Folder. You can enter a name for your virtual folder in the @@ -1437,7 +1449,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. --> The second part, however, is slightly different. In the - section of the window labelled vFolder Sources + section of the window labelled Virtual Folder Sources is a list of folders in which Evolution will search for the contents of your vFolder. Click Add -- cgit