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+<!--
+<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
+-->
+<chapter id="usage-mail">
+ <title>Using Evolution for Email</title>
+ <abstract>
+ <title> A Guide to the Evolution Mailer</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> email is like other email
+ programs in all the ways that matter:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It can sort and organize your mail in a wide variety of ways with
+ folders, searches, and filters.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It can send and receive mail in HTML or as plain text, and
+ makes it easy to send and recieve multiple file attachments.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It supports multiple mail sources, including <glossterm
+ linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>, <glossterm
+ linkend="pop">POP3</glossterm>, local
+ <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem> and
+ <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem> files, and
+ even NNTP messages (newsgroups), which aren't technically
+ email.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Lets you enhance your security with encryption.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ However, <application>Evolution</application> has some important
+ differences. First, it's built to handle very large amounts of
+ mail without slowing down or crashing. Both the <link
+ linkend="usage-mail-organize-filters">filtering</link> and <link
+ linkend="usage-mail-organize-search">searching</link> functions
+ were built for speed and efficiency on gargantuan volumes of
+ mail. There's also the <application>Evolution</application>
+ <link linkend="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">Virtual
+ Folder</link>, an advanced organizational feature not found in
+ mainstream mail clients. If you get a lot of mail, or if you keep
+ every message you get in case you need to refer to it later,
+ you'll find this feature especially useful.
+ </para>
+ </abstract>
+
+ <sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-read">
+ <title>Reading Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ You can start reading email by clicking
+ <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> in the shortcut bar. The first
+ time you use <application>Evolution</application>, it will
+ start with the <interface>Inbox</interface> open and show you a
+ message from Ximian welcoming you to the application.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Your <application>Evolution</application>
+ <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> will look something like the one in
+ <xref linkend="usage-mail-intro-fig">.
+ If you find the <interface>view pane</interface> too small, you can resize
+ the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click on the
+ message in the <interface>message list</interface> to have it
+ open in a new window. To change the sizes of a pane, just click
+ and hold on the divider between the two panes. Then you can drag
+ up and down to select the size of the panes. Just like with
+ folders, you can right-click on messages in the message list and
+ get a menu of possible actions.
+ </para>
+
+ <!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
+
+ <figure id="usage-mail-intro-fig">
+ <title>Evolution Mail</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Inbox</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="figures/mail-inbox" format="png" srccredit="Kevin Breit">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-1" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Email Viewer</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is where your email is displayed.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <inlinegraphic fileref="figures/full-2" format="png"></inlinegraphic>
+ <guilabel>Email List</guilabel>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <guilabel>Email List</guilabel> displays all the emails that you
+ have. This includes all your read, unread, and email that is flagged
+ to be deleted.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are
+ listed in the <guimenu>Message</guimenu> menu in the menu bar.
+ The most frequently used ones, like
+ <guimenuitem>Reply</guimenuitem> and
+ <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem>, also appear as buttons in
+ the toolbar. Almost all of them are also located in the
+ right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts, which tend to be
+ faster once you get the hang of them. You can choose 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.
+
+ <tip id="view-headers">
+ <title>Email Headers</title>
+ <para>
+ To look at the complete headers for email messages, select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
+ Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Full
+ Headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To see absolutely every
+ bit, choose
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
+ Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Email Source
+ </guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-listorder">
+ <title>Sorting the message list</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> helps you work by letting you sort
+ your email. To sort by sender, subject, or date, click
+ on the bars with those labels at the top of the message
+ list. The direction of the arrow next to the label indicates
+ the direction of the sort, and if you click again, you'll
+ sort them in reverse order. For example, click once on
+ <guilabel>Date</guilabel> to sort messages by date from
+ oldest to newest. Click again, and
+ <application>Evolution</application> sorts the list from
+ newest to oldest. You can also right-click on the message
+ header bars to get a set of sorting options, and add or
+ remove columns from the message list. You can find detailed
+ instructions on how to customize your message display
+ columns in <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-columns">.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can also choose a threaded message view. Select
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Threaded</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ to turn the threaded view on or off. When you select this option,
+ <application>Evolution</application> groups the replies to a
+ message with the original, so you can follow the thread of a
+ conversation from one message to the next.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-delete">
+ <title>Deleting Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ Once you've read your mail, you may want to get rid of
+ it.
+ To delete a message:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the message to select it
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press delete button or right click on the message and
+ choose <guilabel>Delete</guilabel>.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>Deleted but still here?</title>
+ <para>
+ When you do this, your message is marked to be
+ deleted. Your email is not gone until you have
+ expunged it. When you "Expunge" a folder, you remove
+ all the mail that you have marked for deletion.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ or press
+ <keycombo action="simul">
+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
+ <keycap>E</keycap>
+ </keycombo>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>Trash is Actually a Virtual Folder?</title>
+ <para>
+ Your trash bin is actually a Virtual Folder that displays
+ all messages you have marked for later deletion. For more
+ information about Virtual Folders, see <xref
+ linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">. If you choose
+ <menuchoice> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Empty
+ Trash</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> you will expunge
+ <emphasis>all</emphasis> your folders.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-undelete">
+ <title>Undeleting Messages</title>
+ <para>
+ To undelete a message:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select a message you have marked for deletion.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <keycombo
+ action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>U</keycap>
+ </keycombo>
+ or choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Undelete</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>What does Undelete actually do?</title>
+ <para>
+ If you have marked a message for deletion, undeleting
+ it will unmark it, and the message will be removed
+ from the Trash folder. However, it can't bring back
+ messages that have been expunged.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get">
+ <title>Checking Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ Now that you've had a look around the
+ <interface>Inbox</interface>, it's time to check for new mail.
+ Click <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> in the toolbar to check
+ your mail. If you haven't entered any mail settings yet, the
+ <interface>setup assistant</interface> will ask you for the
+ information it needs to check your email.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The assistant will give you several dialog boxes where you configure:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ your personal information
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ your outgoing email server information
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ your mail account identity name
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To check your email, press the <guibutton>Check Mail</guibutton>
+ button. If this is your first time checking mail, or you
+ haven't asked <application>Evolution</application> to store your
+ password, you'll be prompted for the password. Enter your
+ password and your email will be downloaded.
+ </para>
+ <note id="badmailsettings">
+ <title>Can't Check Mail?</title>
+ <para>
+ If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need to check
+ your network settings. To learn how to do that,
+ have a look at <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-network">, or
+ ask your system administrator.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-news">
+ <title>Using Evolution for News </title>
+ <para>
+ Newsgroups are so similar to email that 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 <xref
+ linkend="config-prefs-network-news">). The news server will
+ appear as a remote server, and will look quite similar to an
+ IMAP folder. When you click <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton>,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will also check for news
+ messages.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-attach">
+ <title>Attachments and HTML Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ If someone sends you an <glossterm>attachment</glossterm>,
+ a file attached to an email,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will display the file
+ at the bottom of the message to which it's attached. Text,
+ including HTML formatting, will appear as part of the
+ message. To minimize download time, and to foil spammers
+ who use server information to track their messages, images
+ linked from an HTML message <emphasis>not</emphasis>
+ display unless you select the
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
+ Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Load Images
+ </guimenuitem></menuchoice> option. For other files,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will show an icon at
+ the end of the message.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To Save an Attachment to Disk:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open up the desired email
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click on the down arrow at the bottom of the email for the desired
+ attachment.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select <guibutton>Save to Disk</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose the directory and filename you wish.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ <tip id="spaceandbs">
+ <title>Reading email with keyboard</title>
+ <para>
+ You can click the spacebar to page down while you're reading an email,
+ and press backspace to page up in an email. This may help to make
+ reading your email faster.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ <para>
+ To Open an Attachment in a Program:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open the mail message with the attachment you want to read.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the aarrow next the the attachment icon.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the program you'd like to use. It will start up
+ and open the document.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> can also display
+ HTML-formatted mail, complete with graphics. Graphics
+ don't load automatically by default, because they can be
+ large and take a long time to download. They can also be
+ used by spammers to help track who reads their email. So
+ having them not load automatically helps protect your
+ privacy.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send">
+ <title>Writing and Sending Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ You can start writing a new email message by selecting
+ <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+ <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>
+ Mail Message</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or by pressing the
+ <guibutton>Compose</guibutton> button in the Inbox toolbar.
+ When you do so, the <interface>New Message</interface> window
+ will open, as shown in <xref
+ linkend="usage-mail-newmsg-fig">.
+ </para>
+
+<!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
+ <figure id="usage-mail-newmsg-fig">
+ <title>New Message Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="figures/newmsg" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
+
+ <para>
+ Enter an address in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field. If you wish
+ enter a subject in the <guilabel>Subject:</guilabel> and a message in
+ the big empty box at the bottom of the window. Once you have revised
+ your message, press <guibutton>Send</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-delay">
+ <title>Saving Messages for Later</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> will send mail immediately unless you tell it to
+ do otherwise by selecting <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Send
+ Later</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This will add your
+ messages to the <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> queue. Then,
+ when you press <guibutton>Send</guibutton> in another
+ message, or <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> in the main
+ mail window, all your unsent messages will go out at once.
+ You might want to use "Send Later" becuase it gives
+ you a chance to change your mind about a message before you send it.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To learn more about how you can specify message queue and
+ filter behavior, see <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail">.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You can also choose to save messages as drafts or as text
+ files. Your options are:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Save Draft</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ to store your messages in the drafts folder for later
+ revision.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ If you'd like to have the message sent later, you
+ can choose <guimenuitem>Send Later</guimenuitem>. That way,
+ the message will be added to the queue, and you can send a
+ batch of messages all at once.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ If you prefer to save your message as a text file,
+ choose <guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem> and then choose a
+ file name.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-compose">
+ <title>Advanced Mail Composition</title>
+ <para>
+ In the next few sections, you'll see how
+ <application>Evolution</application> handles advanced email
+ features, including large recipient lists, attachments, and
+ forwarding.
+ </para>
+ <sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-attach">
+ <title>Attachments</title>
+ <para>
+ To attach a file to your email:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Push the attach button in the composer toolbar
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the file you want to attach
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can drag a file from your desktop into the composer window to
+ attach it as well.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To hide the display of files you've attached to the
+ message, select <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Hide
+ Attachments</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>; to show them
+ again, choose <guimenuitem>Show Attachments</guimenuitem>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When you send the message, a copy of the attached file
+ will go with it. Be aware that big attachments can take a
+ long time to download.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When receiving a message that has an attached image,
+ <application>Evolution</application> gives you the choice
+ whether to view it or not. You can choose to have it
+ always shown, load images only if the sender is in your
+ addressbook, or never load images.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to-types">
+ <title>Types of Recipients</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application>, like most email
+ programs, recognizes three types of addressee: primary
+ recipients, secondary recipients, and hidden ("blind")
+ recipients.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The simplest way to direct a message is to put the email
+ address or addresses in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel>
+ field, which denotes primary recipients. To send mail to
+ more than one or two people, you can use the the
+ <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> field.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Hearkening back to the dark ages when people used
+ typewriters and there were no copy machines, "Cc" stands
+ for "Carbon Copy." Use it whenever you want to share a
+ message you've written to someone else.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Bcc:</guilabel> is a little more complex. You
+ use it like <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel>, but people on the
+ <guilabel>Bcc:</guilabel> list are hidden from the other
+ recipients of the message. Use it to send mail to large
+ groups of people, especially if they don't know each other
+ or if privacy is a concern.
+ </para>
+
+ <example id="ex-mail-cc">
+ <title>Using the Cc: field</title>
+ <para>
+ When Susan sends an email to a client, she puts her
+ co-worker, Tim, in the in the
+ <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> field, so that he know
+ what's going on. The client can see that Tim also
+ received the message, and knows that he can talk to
+ Tim about the message as well.
+ </para>
+ </example>
+
+ <para>
+
+ <example id="ex-mail-bcc">
+ <title>Using the Bcc: field</title>
+ <para>
+ Tim is sending an email announcement to all of his
+ company's clients, some of whom are in competition
+ with each other, and all of whom value their
+ privacy. He needs to use the
+ <guilabel>Bcc:</guilabel> field here. If he puts
+ every address from his address book's "Clients"
+ category into the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> or
+ <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> fields, he'll make the
+ company's <emphasis>entire</emphasis> client list
+ public. But putting his "Clients" addressbook
+ into the Bcc: section, that will cause them to be hidden
+ from the competition. It seems insignificant, but it can
+ make a huge difference in some situations.
+ </para>
+ </example>
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to">
+ <title>Choosing Recipients Quickly</title>
+ <para>
+ If you have created address cards in the contact manager,
+ you can also enter nicknames or other portions of address
+ data, and <application>Evolution</application> will offer a
+ drop down list of possible address completions from your
+ address book. If you enter a name or nickname that can go
+ with more than one card, Evolution will open a dialog box to
+ ask you which person you meant. Also,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will add a domain to
+ any unqualified addresses. By default, this is your domain,
+ but you can choose which one mail preferences dialog.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Alternately, you can click on the
+ <guibutton>To:</guibutton>, <guibutton>Cc:</guibutton>, or
+ <guibutton>Bcc:</guibutton> buttons to get a list &mdash;
+ potentially a very long one &mdash; of the email addresses
+ in your contact manager. Select addresses and click on
+ the arrows to move them into the appropriate address
+ columns.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For more information about using email together with the
+ contact manager and the calendar, see <xref
+ linkend="usage-contact-automate"> and <xref
+ linkend="usage-calendar-apts">.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-reply">
+ <title>Replying to Messages</title>
+ <para>
+ To reply to a message, press the
+ <guibutton>Reply:</guibutton> button while it is selected,
+ or choose <guimenuitem>Reply to Sender:</guimenuitem> from
+ the message's right-click menu. That will open the
+ <interface>message composer</interface>. The
+ <guilabel>To:</guilabel> and <guilabel>Subject:</guilabel>
+ fields will already be filled, although you can alter them
+ if you wish. In addition, the full text of the old message
+ is inserted into the new message, either grey (for
+ HTML display) or with the &gt; character before each line
+ (in plain text mode), to indicate that it's part of the
+ previous message. People often intersperse their message
+ with the quoted material as shown in <xref
+ linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-reply-fig">.
+
+<!-- note that this figure should have a reply message ready to send,
+with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
+<!-- I want to wait for the formatting bugs to be fixed first -->
+ <!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
+ <figure id="usage-mail-getnsend-reply-fig">
+ <title>Reply Message Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="figures/replymsg" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you're reading a message with several recipients, you may
+ wish to use <guibutton>Reply to All</guibutton> instead of
+ <guibutton>Reply</guibutton>. If there are large numbers
+ of people in the <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> or
+ <guilabel>To:</guilabel> fields, this can save substantial
+ amounts of time.
+ <example>
+ <title>Using the Reply to All feature</title>
+ <para>
+ Susan sends an email to a client and sends copies to Tim
+ and to an internal company mailing list of co-workers.
+ If Tim wants to make a comment for all of them to read,
+ he uses <guibutton>Reply to All</guibutton>, but if he
+ just wants to tell Susan that he agrees with her, he
+ uses <guibutton>Reply</guibutton>. Note that his reply
+ will not reach anyone that Susan put on her
+ <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> list, since that list is not
+ shared with anyone.
+ </para>
+ </example>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you're subscribed to a mailing list, and want your reply
+ to go just to the list, rather than to the sender, choose
+ <guibutton>Reply to List</guibutton> instead of
+ <guibutton>Reply</guibutton> or <guibutton>Reply to
+ All</guibutton>.
+ <note>
+ <title>What is a Mailing List?</title>
+ <para>
+ Mailing Lists are one of the most popular tools for
+ group collaboration on the Internet. Here's how they work:
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ Someone sends a message to a single address, like
+ <email>evolution@ximian.com</email>.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ That address belongs to a program that distributes
+ the message to a list of recipients.
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ The mail management program lets individuals subscribe
+ to or unsubscribe from the list at will, without
+ requiring the message writers to remember the addresses
+ of every recipient.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Mailing list servers can also let network administrators
+ control mail flow, list membership, and even moderate
+ the content of mailing lists.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-find">
+ <title>Searching and Replacing with the Composer</title>
+ <para>
+ You are probably familiar with search and replace features
+ in any sort of text-editing software, and if you come from
+ a Linux or Unix background, you may know what
+ <guimenuitem>Find Regex</guimenuitem> does. If you aren't
+ among the lucky who already know, here's a quick rundown of
+ the automated text searching features that the message
+ composer makes available to you.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para> Enter a word or phrase, and
+ <application>Evolution</application> will find it
+ in your message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Find Regex</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Find a regex, also called a
+ <glossterm linkend="regular-expression">regular
+ expression</glossterm>, in your composer window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Find Again</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Select this item to repeat the last search you performed.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Replace</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Find a word or phrase, and replace it with
+ something else.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For all of these menu items, you can choose whether or not
+ to <guilabel>Search Backwards</guilabel> in the document
+ from the point where your cursor is. For all but the
+ regular expression search (which doesn't need it), you are
+ offered a check box to determine whether the search is to
+ be <guilabel>Case Sensitive</guilabel> when it determines
+ a match.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-html">
+ <title>Embellish your email with HTML</title>
+ <para>
+ Normally, you can't set text styles or insert pictures in
+ emails, which is why you've probably seen people use far
+ too many exclamation points for emphasis, or use
+ <glossterm linkend="emoticon">emoticons</glossterm> to
+ convey their feelings. However, most newer email programs
+ can display images and text styles as well as basic
+ alignment and paragraph formatting. They do this with
+ <glossterm linkend="html">HTML</glossterm>, just like web
+ pages do.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>HTML Mail is not a Default Setting</title>
+ <para>
+ Some people do not have HTML-capable mail clients, or
+ prefer not to receive HTML-enhanced mail because it is
+ slower to download and display. <emphasis>Some</emphasis>
+ people refer to HTML mail as "the root of all evil" and
+ get very angry if you send them HTML mail, which is why
+ <application>Evolution</application> sends plain text
+ unless you explicitly ask for HTML. To send HTML mail,
+ you will need to select <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Format</guimenu> <guimenuitem>
+ HTML</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternately, you can set
+ your default mail format preferences in the mail
+ configuration dialog. See <xref
+ linkend="config-prefs-mail-other"> for more information.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ <para>
+ HTML formatting tools are located in the toolbar just above
+ the space where you'll actually compose the message, and
+ they also appear in the <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> and
+ <guimenu>Format</guimenu> menus.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The icons in the toolbar are explained in <glossterm
+ linkend="tooltip">tool-tips</glossterm>, which appear when
+ you hold your mouse over the buttons. The buttons fall
+ into four categories:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Headers and lists</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ At the left edge of the toolbar, you can choose
+ <guilabel>Normal</guilabel> for a default text style
+ or <guilabel>Header 1</guilabel> through
+ <guilabel>Header 6</guilabel> for varying sizes of
+ header from large (1) to tiny (6). Other styles
+ include <guilabel>preformat</guilabel>, to use the HTML
+ tag for preformatted blocks of text, and three types
+ of <guilabel>List Item</guilabel> for the highly
+ organized.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Text style</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use these buttons to determine the way your letters
+ look. If you have text selected, the style will
+ apply to the selected text. If you do not have text
+ selected, the style will apply to whatever you type
+ next. The buttons are:
+ <itemizedlist mark="none">
+ <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>B</guibutton> for bold text</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>I</guibutton> for italics</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>U</guibutton> to underline</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>S</guibutton> for a strikethrough.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Alignment</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Located next to the text style buttons, these three
+ paragraph icons should be familiar to users of most
+ word processing software. The leftmost button will
+ make your text aligned to the left, the center
+ button, centered, and the right hand button,
+ aligned on the right side.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Indentation rules</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The button with the arrow pointing left will reduce
+ a paragraph's indentation, and the right arrow will
+ increase its indentation.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Color Selection</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ At the far right is the color section tool. The
+ colored box displays the current text color; to
+ choose a new one, click the arrow button just to the
+ right. If you have text selected, the color will
+ apply to the selected text. If you do not have text
+ selected, the color will apply to whatever you type
+ next.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> gives you three opinions which let you
+ spruce up your email to make it more interesting:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Insert Link</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Lets you link some text to a website. Use this tool to put hyperlinks in your HTML
+ messages. If you don't want special link text, you can just enter the address
+ directly, and <application>Evolution</application>
+ will recognize it as a link.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Insert Image</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Lets you put an image alongside text.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Insert Rule</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Inserts a horizontal line into the text to help divide two
+ sections.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ To add a hyperlink to your HTML message:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the text you want to link from
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Right click on text and select
+ <guimenuitem>Link</guimenuitem>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the address you wish to link to in the
+ <guilabel>URL</guilabel> field.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To add an image to your HTML message:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Browse</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the image you want
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Press <guibutton>Insert</guibutton>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <title>A Technical note on HTML Tags</title>
+ <para>
+ The composer is a <acronym>WYSIWYG</acronym>
+ (What You See Is What You Get)
+ editor for HTML. That means that if you enter HTML
+ directly into the composer&mdash; say,
+ <markup role="html">&lt;B&gt;Bold Text&lt;/B&gt</markup>, the
+ the composer will assume you meant exactly that string
+ of characters, and not "make this text bold," as an HTML
+ composition tool or text editor would.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-fwd">
+ <title>Forwarding Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ The post office forwards your mail for you when you change
+ addresses, and you can forward a letter if it comes to you by mistake.
+ The email <guilabel>Forward</guilabel> button
+ works in much the same way. It's particularly useful if you
+ have received a message and you think someone else would
+ like to see it. You can forward a message as an attachment
+ to a new message (this is the default) or
+ you can send it <glossterm linkend="inline">inline</glossterm> as a quoted
+ portion of the message you are sending. Attachment
+ forwarding is best if you want to send the full, unaltered
+ message on to someone else. Inline forwarding is best if
+ you want to send portions of a message, or if you have a
+ large number of comments on different sections of the
+ message you are forwarding. Remember to note from whom the
+ message came, and where, if at all, you have removed or
+ altered content.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To forward a message you are reading, press
+ <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> on the toolbar, or select
+ <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. If you
+ prefer to forward the message <glossterm linkend="inline">inline</glossterm>
+ instead of attached, select <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Forward
+ Inline</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> from the menu. Choose an
+ addressee as you would when sending a new message; the
+ subject will already be entered, but you can alter it.
+ Enter your comments on the message in the
+ <interface>composition frame</interface>, and press
+ <guibutton>Send</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-ettiquette">
+ <title>Seven Tips for Email Courtesy</title>
+ <para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Don't send spam or forward chain mail. If you must,
+ watch out for hoaxes and urban legends, and make sure
+ the message doesn't have multiple layers of
+ greater-than signs, (&gt;) indicating multiple layers
+ of careless in-line forwarding.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Always begin and close with a salutation. Say "please"
+ and "thank you," just like you do in real life. You
+ can keep your pleasantries short, but be pleasant!
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ WRITING IN CAPITAL LETTERS MEANS YOU'RE SHOUTING!
+ Don't write a whole message in capital letters. It
+ hurts people's ears.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Check your spelling and use complete sentences.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Don't send nasty emails (flames). If you get one,
+ don't write back.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When you reply or forward, include just enough of
+ the previous message to provide context: not too
+ much, not too little.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Don't send <glossterm linkend="spam">spam</glossterm>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para> Happy mailing! </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="usage-mail-subscriptions">
+ <title>Subscription Management</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> lets you handle your
+ IMAP and newsgroup subscriptions with the same tool: the
+ subscriptions manager.
+
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ In the <guilabel>Store</guilabel> section, click on the
+ folder to which you wish to subscribe.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Subscribe</guibutton> to add it to the
+ subscribed list.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Close the window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="encryption">
+ <title>Encryption</title>
+ <sect2 id="encryption-whatis">
+ <title>What is Encryption?</title>
+ <para>
+ Encryption is an ancient method of keeping information safe
+ from prying eyes. <application>Evolution</application> can
+ help you keep your private messages secret. To do that, it
+ makes use of the external application
+ <application>gpg</application>, an implementation of strong
+ <!-- <glossterm linkend="public-key-encryption"> --> Public Key
+ Encryption <!-- </glossterm> -->.
+ </para>
+
+ <note id="pub-priv">
+ <title>Public Key? Private Key? Whats the difference?</title>
+ <para>
+ GPG uses two keys: public and private. You can give your
+ public key to anyone from whom you want to recieve
+ encrypted messages, or put it on a public key server so
+ that people can look it up before contacting you.
+ <emphasis>Never give your private key to anyone,
+ ever</emphasis>. Your private key lets you decrypt any
+ message encrypted with your public key.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>
+ Using encryption takes a bit of forethought. When you send a
+ message that is encrypted, you must encrypt it using your
+ intended recipient's public key. To <emphasis>get</emphasis>
+ an encrypted message, you must make sure that the sender has
+ your public key in advance.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You can use encryption in two different ways:
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ Encrypt the entire message, so that nobody but the recipient can read it.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ Attach an encrypted signature to a plain text message, so
+ that the recipient can read the message without decrypting it, and
+ only needs decryption to verify the sender's identity.
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </para>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Sending an Encrypted Messagee</title>
+ <para>
+ Kevin wants to send an encrypted message to his friend
+ Rachel. He looks up her public key on a general key
+ server, and then tells
+ <application>Evolution</application> to encrypt the
+ message. The message now reads "@#$23ui7yr87#@!48970fsd."
+ When the information gets to Rachel, she decrypts it using
+ her private key, and it appears as plain text for her to
+ read.
+ </para>
+ </example>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="encryption-keygen">
+ <title>Making Encryption Keys</title>
+ <para>
+ Before you can get or send encrypted mail, you need to
+ generate your public and private keys with GPG. Here's how:
+ </para>
+ <tip>
+ <title>GPG Versions</title>
+ <para>
+ This manual covers version 1.0.6 of GPG. If your version is
+ different, this may not be entirely accurate. You may find
+ out your version number by typing in: <command>gpg
+ --version</command>.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ <para>
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Open a terminal and type <command>gpg --gen-key</command>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose the default algorythm, "DSA and ElGamal."
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose a key length. The default, 1024 bits, should be
+ long enough.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Decide if you want your key to expire automatically, and if so, when.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter your name, email address, and any additional
+ personal information you think is appropriate. Do not
+ falsify this information, because it will be needed to
+ verify your identity later on.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Next, enter your passphrase. It does not have to be the
+ same as your email password or your login password. In
+ fact, it probably shouldn't. Don't forget it. If you lose
+ it, your keys will be useless and you will be unable to
+ decrypt messages sent to you with those keys.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Now, GPG will generate your keys. This may take awhile,
+ so feel free to do something else while it's
+ happening. In fact, using your computer for something
+ else actually helps to generate better keys, because it
+ increases the randomness in the key generation seeds.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Once the keys are generated, you can view your key information
+ by typing <command>gpg --list-keys</command>. You should see
+ something similar to this:
+ <programlisting>
+ /home/you/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
+ ----------------------------
+ pub 1024D/32j38dk2 2001-06-20 you &lt;you@your-address.com&gt;
+ sub 1024g/289sklj3 2001-06-20 [expires: 2002-11-14]
+ </programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ GPG will create one list, or keyring, for your public keys
+ and one for your private keys. All the public keys you know
+ are stored in the file
+ <filename>~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg</filename>. If you want to
+ give other people your key, send them that file.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you wish, you can upload your keys to a keyserver. Here's
+ how:
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Check your public key ID with <command>gpg
+--list-keys</command>. It will be the string after 1024D on the line
+beginning with "pub." In this example, it's 32j38dk2.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter the command <command>gpg --send-keys --keyserver
+wwwkeys.pgp.net 32j38dk2</command>. Substitute your key ID for
+32j38dk2. You will need your password to do this.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ <note id="why-keyserver">
+ <title>Why Use a Keyserver?</title>
+ <para>
+ Keyservers store your public keys for you so that your
+ friends can decrypt your messages. If you choose not to
+ use a keyserver, you can manually send your people public
+ key, include it in your signature file, or put it on your
+ own web page. However, it's easier to publish them once,
+ and then let people download them from the keyserver when
+ they want.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="encrypt-getting-key">
+ <title>Getting and Using Public Keys</title>
+ <para>
+ To encrypt a message to your someone else you'll need to use
+ their public key in combination with your private key.
+ <application>Evolution</application> does that for you, but
+ you still need to get their key and add it to your keyring.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To get public keys from a public key server, enter the
+ command:
+ <command>
+ gpg --recv-keys --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net keyid
+ </command>, substituting "keyid" for your recipient's ID. You
+ will need to type in your password, and then their ID will
+ automatically be added to your keyring. When you send mail to
+ them, <application>Evolution</application> will allow you to
+ encrypt your messages.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If someone sends you their public key directly, save it as a
+ plain text file and enter the command <command>gpg
+ filename</command>. This will add it to your keyring.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="encrypt-evo-integ">
+ <title>Setting up Evolution's Encryption</title>
+ <para>
+ You'll need to open
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Mail Settings</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ Once there, select the account with which you'd like to send
+ and recieve encrypted mail, and click the
+ <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button. In the
+ <guilabel>Security</guilabel> tab is a section labeled
+ <guilabel>Pretty Good Privacy</guilabel>. Enter your key ID
+ and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. Your key is now
+ integrated into your identity in
+ <application>Evolution</application>.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="encrypt-sending">
+ <title>Sending Encrypted Messages</title>
+ <para>
+ As you know, you can use encryption to hide the entire
+ message, or just to verify your signature. Once you've
+ generated your public and private keys, and have the public
+ keys of the people to whom you want to send mail, here's what
+ to do:
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="sign-msg">
+ <title>Signing a Message</title>
+ <para>
+ To sign a message, choose:
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Security</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>PGP Sign</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ . You will be prompted for your PGP password. Once you enter it,
+ click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and your message will be signed.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="encrypt-msg">
+ <title>Encrypting a Message</title>
+ <para>
+ Encrypting a message is very similar to signing a message.
+ Just choose the menu item
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Security</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>PGP Encrypt</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="unencrypting">
+ <title>Unencrypting a Recieved Message</title>
+ <para>
+ If you get an encrypted message, you will need to decrypt it
+ before you read it. Remember, the sender has to have your
+ public key before they can send you an encrypted message.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When you view the message,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will ask you for your
+ PGP password. Enter it, and the message will be displayed
+ properly.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+</chapter>