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diff --git a/help/C/deleting-emails.page b/help/C/deleting-emails.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e6a686526b --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/deleting-emails.page @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" + type="topic" id="deleting-emails"> + + <info> + <desc>Deleting emails or attachments to reduce the size of the mailbox.</desc> + + <link type="guide" xref="deleting-to-free-disk-space" /> + <link type="seealso" xref="mail-moving-emails" /> + + <revision pkgversion="3.0.2" version="0.2" date="2011-08-01" status="final"/> + <credit type="author"> + <name>April Gonzales</name> + <email>loonycookie@gmail.com</email> + </credit> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Andre Klapper</name> + <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email> + </credit> + <license> + <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> + </license> + + </info> + +<title>Deleting emails or attachments permanently</title> + +<section id="emails"> +<title>Emails</title> +<p>Evolution deletes emails on IMAP servers by <em>marking</em> the messages for deletion; space is not freed until you <em>expunge</em> the marked emails. </p> + +<p>To Expunge a specific folder, go to <guiseq><gui>Folder</gui><gui>Expunge</gui></guiseq> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>E</key></keyseq>. To Expunge all folders, go to <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Empty Trash</gui></guiseq>. This applies to other types of accounts as well.</p> +</section> + +<section id="attachments"> +<title>Attachments</title> +<p>To delete the attachments of an email, select the message and click <guiseq><gui>Message</gui><gui>Remove Attachments</gui></guiseq>.</p> +</section> +</page> + |