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authorAaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>2002-09-20 03:44:08 +0800
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add item about permissions.
2002-09-19 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/config-sync.sgml: add item about permissions. * C/usage-mail-org.sgml: add note about filter applications, tip for easy filtering. * C/usage-mail.sgml: encryption update svn path=/trunk/; revision=18125
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@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
<sect1 id="importing-mail-and-settings">
<title>Importing Your Old Email and Settings</title>
<para>
-
- <application>Evolution</application> allows you to import your old
+ <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>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
<term>VCard (.vcf, gcrd):</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The addressbook format used by GNOME, KDE, and
+ 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.
@@ -74,16 +73,12 @@
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
- Click <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>File</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>.
+ Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> after reading the
- Welcome screen.
+ Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> after reading the Welcome screen.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -93,8 +88,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Find the file that you wish to import into
- <application>Evolution</application>.
+ Find the file that you wish to import into <application>Evolution</application>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -118,11 +112,7 @@
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
- Click
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>File</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>.
+ Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -137,38 +127,34 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The left-most column shows the application from which
- your information will be imported from. Then, select
+ 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>.
+ Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton>.
+ Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton>
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
+
<para>
<note>
<title>Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Users</title>
<para>
Microsoft Outlook, and versions of Outlook Express after
- version 4, use proprietary formats that
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> cannot read or
- import. For contacts, you may wish to consider using
- OutPort, a third-party conversion tool. Ximian does not
- support OutPort but you can find more information about it
- at <ulink
- url="http://www.cyberus.ca/~phoenix/outport/">the Outport
- homepage.</ulink> For email, there is a more simple
- workaround:
+ version 4, use proprietary formats that <application>Ximian
+ Evolution</application> cannot read or import. For contacts,
+ you may have to email them to yourself and import them that
+ way. For email, there is a simpler workaround:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
@@ -190,7 +176,7 @@
<para>
Use the <application>Ximian Evolution</application> import
tool to import the files. There's more information about
- why this works, and how, at the <ulink url="http://support.ximian.com">Ximian support website</ulink>.
+ why this works, and how, at the Ximian support website.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
@@ -207,6 +193,7 @@
the messages in your Trash folders.
</para>
</note>
+
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -454,6 +441,18 @@
person with a pile of envelopes.
</para>
+
+ <tip id="easy-filter">
+ <title>Quick Filter Creation</title>
+ <para>
+ There is an easy shortcut for fast filter or vFolder
+ creation. Right-click on the message in the message
+ list, and select one of the items under the
+ <guimenuitem>Create Rule from Message</guimenuitem>
+ submenu.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+
<sect2 id="usage-mail-org-filters-new">
<title>Making New Filters</title>
<para>
@@ -511,8 +510,25 @@
expression you write in the Scheme language, used to
define filters in <application>Ximian Evolution</application>.
</para>
+
+<para>
+
+ <note id="lots-of-filters">
+ <title>What if Multiple Filters Match One Message?</title>
+ <para>
+ If you have several filters that match a single message,
+ they will all be applied to the message, in order, unless
+ one of the filters has the action <guibutton>Stop
+ Processing</guibutton>. If you use that action in a
+ filter, the messages that it affects will not be touched
+ by other filters.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+</para>
</listitem>
-
+
+
+
<listitem><para> Date sent - Filter messages according to the date on
which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you
want a message to meet &mdash; <guilabel>before</guilabel>
@@ -525,11 +541,11 @@
looking for messages less than two days old.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para> Date Received - This works the same
- way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel> option,
- except that it compares the time you got the
- message with the dates you specify.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Date Received - This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel>
+ option, except that it compares the time you got the message
+ with the dates you specify.
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
@@ -655,17 +671,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Set Status - If you want to add multiple actions for this filter, press
- <guibutton>Add filter</guibutton> and repeat the previous step.
+ <guibutton>Add action</guibutton> and repeat the previous step.
</para>
- <note>
- <para>
- If you wish to set status while moving an email to a
- different folder at the same time, you will need to
- tell <application>Ximian Evolution</application> to
- set status before you move the message to another
- folder.
- </para>
- </note>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -674,6 +681,7 @@
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
+
<note id="when-filters-go-wrong">
<title>When Are Filters Applied?</title>
<para>
@@ -682,11 +690,19 @@
time you check for mail.
</para>
<para>
- If you use an IMAP or Microsoft Exchange server and keep
- your mail on the server, filters are applied to the INBOX
- when you open it. In some cases, you will see a number of
- unread messages in the INBOX, click the INBOX, and then
- have the messages move elsewhere as they are filtered out.
+ If you store your mail on the mail server and check your
+ mail with IMAP, filters are applied to the INBOX when you
+ open it. In some cases, you will see a number of unread
+ messages in the INBOX, click the INBOX, and then have the
+ messages move elsewhere as they are filtered out.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you use Ximian Connector to store your mail on an
+ Exchange server, filters are not applied until you open
+ your INBOX folder and select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>Apply
+ Filters</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or press
+ <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Y</keycap></keycombo>
</para>
</note>
<example id="filter-example">
@@ -700,6 +716,8 @@
However, if you filter out all the mail with that header,
you'll catch a lot of the mail you don't want to get.
</para>
+
+
<para>
To catch them and automatically mark them for deletion, do
the following: