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diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml index 4299a2dfbe..79d9629388 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ to help you do it. </para> +<!-- Kevin, i'd suggest putting an "IMporting old mail" section here." --> + <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-columns"> <title>Sorting Mail with Column Headers</title> <para> @@ -436,16 +438,27 @@ <example id="filter-example"> <title>Using a Filter to Avoid Spam</title> <para> - The majority of bulk mail is tagged with the + A good deal of bulk mail is eventually tagged with the <computeroutput>Precedence: Bulk</computeroutput> header at - one point or another. Some of these messages, of course, - could be in mailing lists you've subscribed to, but many of - them are unsolicited commercial email. + one point or another. Not all of it is, of course, and + there are "good" messages (mailing lists you subscribe to, + for example) that are also considered "Bulk" mail. + However, if you filter out all the mail with that header, + you'll catch a lot of the mail you don't want to get. </para> <para> - To catch them and put them all in one place, create a - new filter for incoming mail. Then: + To catch them and automatically mark them for deletion, do + the following: <orderedlist> + + <listitem><para> + Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filters</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> + Click <guibutton>New</guibutton>. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> Set the first part of your search critera to look in a <guilabel>Specific header</guilabel>. </para></listitem> @@ -469,11 +482,9 @@ folder where you'd like to place bulk mail. </para></listitem> - <listitem><para> - If you like, add an action and choose <guilabel>Stop - Processing</guilabel> if you'd like this message to be - ignored by all other filters. - </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> If you like, add another action and + choose <guilabel>Delete</guilabel>. + </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Click OK. You're done. @@ -792,16 +803,15 @@ </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> - - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - If you want multiple criteria for this filter, press <guibutton>Add - criterion</guibutton> and repeat the previous step. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> + + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> +<para> +Remote folders are considered active if you are connected to the +server; you must be connected to your mail server for the vFolder to +include any messages from that source. +</para> <figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule"> <title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title> |