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</para>
</example>
+ <para>
+ To create a vFolder, select <guimenuitem>VFolder
+ Druid</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ menu in the <interface>main window</interface>. This
+ will bring up a dialog box that looks suspiciously like
+ the Filter Druid (for more information on filters, see
+ <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-filters">), and which
+ presents you with a list of vFolders you have previously
+ created. If you have already created vFolders, you can
+ click on them in the frame labelled <guilabel>Select Rule
+ Type</guilabel>, and edit or remove them. If you have
+ not created any, there will be only one available option:
+ click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a new vFolder.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You'll be prompted to create a filtering rule. To do so,
+ select one of the base rules, and click
+ <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to customize it. Your options are:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ For matching messages: you may select one or more
+ search criteria; the vFolder you create will
+ contain messages that match all of
+ them.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Messages from a certain person: you enter an email
+ address, and the vFolder will contain any messages
+ from that address.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Messages to a certain address: any messages sent
+ directly to this address will be in the vFolder you create.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Messages with a given subject: enter a subject,
+ and the vFolder will contain messages with that
+ subject.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ as is shown in <xref linkend="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
+
+ <figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
+ <title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Selecting a vFolder Rule</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="fig/vfolder-createrule-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+
+ Once you click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>, you'll
+ customize the vFolder rule. This process is somewhat
+ complicated, but promises to get much more simple in
+ future versions of <application>Evolution</application>.
+ As it stands now, try clicking different things to have
+ the sentence in the bottom frame make sense.
+
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-filters">
@@ -717,9 +786,21 @@
To create a filter, go to your
<interface>Inbox</interface>. Then select
<guimenuitem>Filter Druid</guimenuitem> from the
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. This will start the a
- <glossterm> druid</glossterm>, which will allow you to
- create filters.
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. This will bring up a
+ <glossterm>druid</glossterm>, or assistant, which will
+ allow you to create filters. The <interface>filter
+ druid</interface> is shown in <xref linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
+
+
+ <figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
+ <title>Creating a new Filter</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Creating a new Filter</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="fig/filter-new-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
</para>
<para> The <interface>filter druid</interface> window
@@ -774,3 +855,4 @@
</sect1>
</chapter>
<!-- ================ END OF MAILER CHAPTER ============= -->
+