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authorAaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org>2003-01-31 07:15:07 +0800
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30 January 2003, Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>
* config-prefs.xml, menuref.xml, usage-calendar.xml, usage-contact.xml, usage-exec-summary.xml, usage-mail-org.xml, usage-mail.xml, usage-mainwindow.xml: Fixes submitted by Baris Cicek. Mad props and a shoutout to Baris for the help. svn path=/trunk/; revision=19691
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diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail-org.xml b/help/C/usage-mail-org.xml
index 4177688017..7841239c1d 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mail-org.xml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mail-org.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
+<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
<title>Organizing and Managing your Email</title>
<para>
Even if you only get a few email messages a day, you probably
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
old information.
</para>
<sect2 id="importing-mail">
- <title>Importing Email</title>
+ <title>Importing Email and Other Data</title>
<para>
<application>Ximian Evolution</application> can import the
following types of files:
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term>LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF):</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A standard data format for address book cards.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term>MBox (mbox):</term>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -247,15 +256,6 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Group By this Field</guimenuitem>:</term>
- <listitem><para>
- Groups messages instead of sorting them. This makes each contact
- with identical properties in the specified field to be placed in
- its own group and physically separated from others.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Remove this
Column</guimenuitem>:</term>
@@ -269,14 +269,12 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Field
- Chooser</guimenuitem>:</term> <listitem><para>
- When you choose this item, a list
- of column headers will appear; just drag and drop them into
- place between two existing headers. A red arrow will
- appear to show you where you're about to put the
- column.
- </para></listitem>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Customize Current
+ View</guimenuitem>:</term> <listitem><para> Choose this
+ item to pick a more complex sort order for messages, or
+ to choose which columns of information about your
+ messages you wish to display
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
@@ -395,17 +393,19 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
<para>
If you think you'll want to return to a search again, you can
- save it as a virtual folder by selecting <guilabel>Store
- Search as vFolder</guilabel>.
+ save it and execute it later. Just click <guilabel> Save
+ Search</guilabel> from the <guimenu>Search</guimenu> menu. Then,
+ you can run that search on any folder by selecting it from the
+ <guimenu>Search</guimenu> menu. You may also want to create a
+ vFolder instead; see <xref
+ linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders" /> for more detail.
</para>
<para>
When you're done with the search, go back to seeing all your
messages by choosing <guimenuitem>Show All</guimenuitem> from
- the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> drop-down box. If you're
- sneaky, just enter a blank search: since every message has at
- least one space in it, you'll see every message in the
- folder.
+ the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> drop-down box, or enter a
+ blank search.
</para>
<para>
@@ -609,11 +609,18 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
<listitem>
<para>
- Regex Match - If you know your way around a
+ Expression - If you know your way around a
<glossterm
linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or
regular expression, put your knowledge to use
- here.
+ here. This allows you to search for complex
+ patterns of letters, so that you can find, for
+ example, all words that start with a and ends with
+ m, and are between six and fifteen letters long,
+ or all messages that declare a particular header
+ twice. For information about how to use regular
+ expressions, check the manual page for the
+ <command>grep</command> command.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1048,7 +1055,7 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
<para>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>vFolder Editor</guimenuitem>
+ <guimenuitem>Virtual Folder Editor</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1120,6 +1127,13 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
+ Label - This works the same way as the <guilabel>Score</guilabel>
+ option, although it allows you to select from various labels applied to the message,
+ such as <guilabel>Important, Personal, To Do,
+ Work</guilabel> or <guilabel>Later</guilabel>.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
important) to 3 (most important). You can have vFolders set the
priority of messages you receive, and then have other
@@ -1181,7 +1195,7 @@ x<chapter id="usage-mail-organize">
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- All local folders
+ With all local folders
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>