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</warning>
</para>
</sect1>
+
+
<sect1 id="whats-new-in-one-two">
<title>What's New in Evolution 1.2</title>
<para>
- If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, you may
- want to know what has changed in this release. Aside from
- performance benefits like faster POP server interaction, there
- are new features and options, including some that may surprise
- or confuse you. Here is a list of new and changed features:
- <variablelist>
-
+ If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new
+ version has a lot to add. Here are some of the new and
+ changed features:
+ <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Configuration Interface</term>
<listitem>
@@ -107,65 +106,21 @@ Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Folder Preferences for Autocompletion and Offline Mode</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You may now select which network folders which will be
- cached locally when you go into Offline mode. Offline
- mode now works better in general.
- </para>
- <para>
- You may also select which contact folders will be used
- to autocomplete addresses in the mail composer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
+ <term>Performance Improvements</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- To redirect a message with all its headers instead of
- merely forwarding it, select the message and choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>
- Actions
- </guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>
- Forward
- </guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>
- Redirect
- </guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Messages that have been forwarded to you as
- attachments are now displayed in "Digest Mode" rather
- than inline.
- </para>
+ Startup time has decreased, POP server interactions
+ are more efficient, and indexing of locally cached
+ mail is now faster.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>New Mail Notification</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution
- beep or play a sound file that you specify.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Letter Keyboard Shortcuts</term>
+ <term>Keyboard Navigation Overhaul</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Pressing an unmodified letter key in the Folder Bar
@@ -216,6 +171,142 @@ Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Import Tool Now Imports Netscape Filters</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You can now import your filters, as well as your email
+ messages, from the Netscape mail client.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Folder Naming Limits Removed</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You can now have IMAP folders with names including the
+ ampersand (&amp;) and dash (-) characters, and even
+ UTF-8 (unicode) characters.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Executive Summary now Reads IMAP</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The Executive Summary tool in Evolution now displays
+ email messages in IMAP as well as local mail folders.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Additional Message Status Options</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You can now mark messages by color (Right click on a
+ menu and select "Labels), or flag them for a follow-up
+ action. Filters can now be based on these criteria.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Filters and vFolders Notice Moved or Missing Folders</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ vFolders and filters now notice if you move or delete
+ a folder that they use, and update themselves
+ accordingly.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Signature Editor</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ There is now a signature editor, and it supports the
+ full range of Gtkhtml functionality.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New Filter Criteria and Actions</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You can now filter based on score, flag-for-followup
+ or message coloration status, or the existence of
+ attachments. New actions include beeping, playing
+ sounds, running shell commands, and piping messages
+ to external processes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Folder Preferences for Autocompletion and Offline Mode</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You may now select which network folders which will be
+ cached locally when you go into Offline mode. Offline
+ mode now works better in general.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You may also select which contact folders will be used
+ to autocomplete addresses in the mail composer.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To redirect a message with all its headers instead of
+ merely forwarding it, select the message and choose
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>
+ Actions
+ </guimenu>
+ <guisubmenu>
+ Forward
+ </guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>
+ Redirect
+ </guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Messages that have been forwarded to you as
+ attachments are now displayed in "Digest Mode" rather
+ than inline.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>New Mail Notification</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution
+ beep or play a sound file that you specify.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect1>