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authorKevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com>2001-10-27 05:06:08 +0800
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One more FIXME...done
2001-10-26 Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com> * C/usage-contact.sgml: One more FIXME...done * C/config-prefs.sgml: Fixed a definition, one less FIXME to deal with. * C/usage-mail-org.sgml: Moved importing information here. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Moved importing information to -org.sgml * C/usage-mail-org.sgml: Added a note svn path=/trunk/; revision=14171
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to help you do it.
</para>
-<!-- Kevin, i'd suggest putting an "IMporting old mail" section here." -->
-
- <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-columns">
+ <sect1 id="importing-mail-and-settings">
+ <title>Importing Your Old Email and Settings</title>
+ <para>
+ <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>
+ <sect2 id="importing-mail">
+ <title>Importing Email</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application> can import the following types of
+ files:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>VCard (.vcf, gcrd)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Microsoft Outlook Express 4 (.mbx)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Email file format used by Microsoft Outlook Express
+ 4. For other versions of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, see
+ the workaround described in the note below.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>MBox (mbox)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The email box format used by Mozilla, Netscape,
+ Ximian Evolution, Eudora, and many other email clients.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To import your old email:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> after reading the Welcome screen.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select <guibutton>Import a single file</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Find the file that you wish to import into <application>Evolution</application>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="importing-preferences">
+ <title>Importing Preferences</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> can import all your old mail, contacts, and other information from other applications, making your transition to <application>Evolution</application> even easier.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To import your old information:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> after reading the Welcome screen.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select <guibutton>Import data and settings from older programs</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-columns">
<title>Sorting Mail with Column Headers</title>
<para>
By default, the message list has columns with the following