From acfe848315c12b21544e0273fe2d99c9e23c188d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:18:02 +0000 Subject: Added coverage of news, clarified POP/IMAP distinction (there's a theme to 2000-09-01 Aaron Weber * C/config-prefs.sgml: Added coverage of news, clarified POP/IMAP distinction (there's a theme to these four log entries here). * C/usage-mail.sgml: Added coverage of news. * C/config-setupassist.sgml: Revised mail sources content for IMAP/POP stuff. * C/apx-gloss.sgml: Added IMAP and POP. svn path=/trunk/; revision=5166 --- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/usage-mail.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index ad7419f330..5dfa03d8c1 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ It supports multiple mail sources, including IMAP, POP3, - and local mbox files. + local mbox files, and even NNTP data + (newsgroups), which isn't technically email. @@ -150,40 +151,68 @@ message to message. + + Deleting Mail + + To delete a message, select it in the the message + list by clicking on it once. Then click on the + Delete button in the tool bar. The + message now has a line through it, because you've marked it + for deletion. + + + If you really want to get rid of it, choose + Expunge from the + Actions menu. That will delete it + permanently. If you want to keep it, click + Delete again, and it will no longer + be marked as deleted. At some point in the future, this + feature will change to something a little less + counter-intuitive. + + Checking Mail - Now that you've had a look around the - Inbox, select the welcome message in - the message list by clicking on it - once. Then click on the Delete button - in the tool bar. The message now has a line through it, - because you've marked it for deletion. If you really want to - get rid of it, choose Expunge from - the Actions menu. That will delete it - permanently. If you want to keep it, click - Delete again, and it will no longer be - marked as deleted. At some point in the future, this feature - will change to something a little less counter-intuitive. + Inbox, it's time to check for new mail. + Before you get it, though, you should decide where you want to + keep it. Your options will vary a little depending on your + network setup, but they come down to storing the mail on your + hard disk (using POP), or storing it on + the network (using IMAP). If you store + your mail on your local hard disk, you can read it whether + you're online or not, but you can only read it from one + computer. If you store it on the network, you can only read + it when you're online, but you can access it from almost any + computer with a network connection, even if it doesn't have + Evolution. + + + If you choose POP, you'll be putting mail in the + Inbox in the Local + folder. If you choose IMAP, it's the + Inbox of a folder with the same name as + your mail server. That's so you can maintain several distinct + IMAP servers if you want. See for more information about mail + servers. - - - To check your email, just click Get - mail in the toolbar. If this is the first time - you've done so, the mail setup + Regardless of where you keep your mail, you can click + Get mail in the toolbar to check your + mail. The first time you do that, the mail setup assistant will ask you for the information it needs to check your mail (see for more information). If you're checking mail over a network (instead of from local mbox files), you'll need to enter your - email password. Type it in, click OK and - Evolution will download your mail. - New mail will appear in your Inbox. - + email password. Type it in, click OK + and Evolution will download your + mail. New mail will appear in your + Inbox. Once you've entered your password, @@ -206,6 +235,22 @@ linkend="config-prefs-mail-network">, or ask your system administrator. + + + Using Evolution for News + + Newsgroups are so similar to email there's no reason not to + read them side by side. If you want to do that, add a news + source to your configuration (see ). The news server will + appear as a remote server, and will look exactly like an IMAP + folder, except that you can't delete messages from it. When + you click Get Mail, + Evolution will also check for news + messages. If you prefer to use a different program, there's + always Pan. + + Attachments, HTML Mail, and Live Documents @@ -284,9 +329,9 @@ Evolution will send mail immediately unless you tell it to do otherwise by selecting File Send - Later. That will add messages to the - Outbox queue. Then, when you press - Send in another message, or + Later. That will add messages + to the Outbox queue. Then, when you + press Send in another message, or Get Mail in the main mail window, all your unsent messages will go out at once. I like to use "Send Later" because it gives me a chance to change my -- cgit