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@@ -89,54 +89,6 @@
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->
-<!--
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-1.png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guimenu>Menu Bar</guimenu>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The menu items give you access to most of the functions available to you
- including writing new email, editing your filters, and changing how
- Evolution looks.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-2.png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel> gives you access to the most used
- functions in <application>Evolution</application>. You can control
- whether the toolbar has icons, text, or both.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-3.png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Shortcut Bar</guilabel> gives you quick and easy access to
- the many components of <application>Evolution</application>. You can
- also set it up as a 'Favorites' bar, and have it store all your favorite
- folders, so you can access them quickly.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-4.png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Status Bar</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Periodically, <application>Evolution</application> will need to quietly
- display a message, or tell you the progress of something. This most
- often happens when you're checking or sending email. These progress
- queues are shown here, in the <guilabel>Status Bar</guilabel>.
- </para>
- -->
-
<para>
<inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-1.png"></inlinegraphic>
@@ -158,17 +110,6 @@
be deleted.
</para>
- <!--
- <para>
- <inlinegraphic fileref="fig/full-7.png"></inlinegraphic>
- <guilabel>Search Bar</guilabel>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Search Bar</guilabel> lets you search through your email
- with precision so you can easily find what you're looking for.
- </para>
- -->
<para>
Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are
listed in the <guimenu>Message</guimenu> menu in the menu
@@ -350,7 +291,9 @@
<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
<!-- Check the alignment of the following paragraph in the PS and
- HTML output: it's indented for no good reason -->
+ HTML output: it's indented for no good reason
+ Kevin Breit: I dont see a problem with it.
+-->
<para>
Enter an address in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field, a
subject in the <guilabel>Subject:</guilabel> and a message in
@@ -546,6 +489,7 @@
<!-- 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>
@@ -580,7 +524,24 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
</para>
</example>
</para>
+ <para>
+ You may want to reply to a whole mailing list. For this, you would
+ use the <guibutton>Reply to List</guibutton> instead of the standard
+ <guibutton>Reply</guibutton> or <guibutton>Reply to All</guibutton>.
+ <note>
+ <title>Whats a Mailing List?</title>
+ <para>
+ Mailing Lists are one of the most popular ways in which group
+ collaboration on the internet works. They allow people to send one
+ message to one server. The server then knows who is subscribed to the
+ mailing list, and sends a copy of your email to all the people on the
+ list. As a matter of fact, mailing lists are one of the main ways in
+ which <application>Evolution</application> was developed.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </para>
</sect3>
+
<sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-find">
<title>Searching and Replacing with the Composer</title>
<para>
@@ -819,8 +780,7 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
</sect3>
-<!-- Function not implemented,
-possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
+<!-- Function not implemented, possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<!--
<sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-live">
<title>Live Documents</title>
@@ -928,7 +888,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
When you reply or forward, include just enough of
the previous message to provide context: not too
much, not too little.
- </para>
+ </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@@ -962,48 +922,48 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
item in the right click menu for the column headings.
</para>
<para>
- Right-click on one of the column headers to get a list of
- options:
- <variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Sort Ascending</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Sorts the messages top to bottom.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Sort Descending</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Sorts the messages bottom to top.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Group By this Field</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Groups messages instead of sorting them. (FIXME: Explain further)
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Remove this
- Column</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para> Remove
- this column from the display. You can also remove
- columns by dragging the header off the list and
- letting it drop. </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Field
- Chooser</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para> A list
- of column headers; 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>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ Right-click on one of the column headers to get a list of
+ options:
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Sort Ascending</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sorts the messages top to bottom.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Sort Descending</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sorts the messages bottom to top.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Group By this Field</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Groups messages instead of sorting them. (FIXME: Explain further)
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Remove this
+ Column</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para> Remove
+ this column from the display. You can also remove
+ columns by dragging the header off the list and
+ letting it drop. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Field
+ Chooser</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para> A list
+ of column headers; 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>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -1242,6 +1202,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<guilabel>if all criteria are met</guilabel>, or <guilabel>if
any criteria are met</guilabel>.
</para>
+
<para>
For each filter criterion, you must first select
which of the following parts of the message you want the filter to
@@ -1356,13 +1317,14 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
- <para>
+
+ <para>
Now, tell it what to do with those messages. If you want more
actions, click <guibutton>Add Action</guibutton>; if you want
fewer, click <guibutton>Remove Action</guibutton>. And choose
again:
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Copy to Folder</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>
@@ -1462,24 +1424,45 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
-->
<note>
- <title>Two Notable Filter Features</title>
+ <title>Notable Filter Features</title>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- Incoming email that your filters don't move goes into the Inbox;
- outgoing mail that they don't move ends up in the Sent folder.
- </para>
+ Incoming email that your filters don't move goes into the Inbox;
+ outgoing mail that they don't move ends up in the Sent folder.
+ </para>
</listitem>
-
- <listitem><para>If you move a folder, your filters
- will follow it. </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</note>
- </sect2>
+ <sect3 id="usage-mail-organize-filters-mailing-lists">
+ <title>Filtering by Mailing List</title>
+ <para>
+ You can tell <application>Evolution</application> to filter by
+ mailing list. This means that <application>Evolution</application>
+ will look at the mailing list address, and find out automatically
+ what list this is. If you are subscribed to mailing lists, you
+ should use the <guibutton>Filter by List</guibutton> instead of by
+ sender.
+ <example>
+ <title>Filter by List</title>
+ <para>
+ Kevin subscribes to bananas@ximian.com. However, there is also
+ a bananas@ximian.org address. If he used a regular
+ <guibutton>Filter by Sender</guibutton>, he would need to specify
+ one for each address. However, <guibutton>Filter by
+ List</guibutton> will recognize that both of them are the same
+ list.
+ </para>
+ </example>
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
+
+
<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">
<title>Getting Really Organized with Virtual Folders</title>
<para>
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 79a7b12437..f066a50732 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2001-06-25 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
+ * C/usage-mail.sgml: Added info about mailing lists
+
* C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Fixed a few typos
* C/preface.sgml: Added section for importing files