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<sect1 id="importing-mail-and-settings">
<title>Importing Your Old Email and Settings</title>
<para>
- <application>Evolution</application> allows you to import old email and data so that you don't need to worry about losing your old information.
+ <application>Evolution</application> allows you to import old
+ email and data so that you don't need to worry about losing your
+ old information.
</para>
<sect2 id="importing-mail">
<title>Importing Email</title>
<para>
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> can import the following types of
- files:
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application> can import the
+ following types of files:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>VCard (.vcf, gcrd):</term>
@@ -37,7 +39,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
A format for storing calendar files. iCalendar is used by
- PalmOS based handhelds, Ximian <application>Evolution</application>, and Microsoft <application>Outlook</application>.
+ PalmOS based handhelds, Ximian
+ <application>Evolution</application>, and Microsoft
+ <application>Outlook</application>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -98,7 +102,10 @@
<sect2 id="importing-preferences">
<title>Importing Preferences</title>
<para>
- <application>Evolution</application> can import all your old mail, contacts, and other information from other applications, making your transition to <application>Evolution</application> even easier.
+ <application>Evolution</application> can import all your old
+ mail, contacts, and other information from other applications,
+ making your transition to <application>Evolution</application>
+ easy.
</para>
<para>
To import your old information:
@@ -120,7 +127,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The left-most column shows the application which your information will be imported from. You then select checkboxes on each component to import different properties of each application.
+ The left-most column shows the application which your
+ information will be imported from. You then select
+ checkboxes on each component to import different
+ properties of each application.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -136,68 +146,68 @@
</orderedlist>
</para>
-<para>
- <note>
- <title>Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Users</title>
<para>
- Microsoft Outlook, and versions of Outlook Express after
- version 4, use proprietary formats that <application>Ximian
- Evolution</application> cannot read or import. For contacts,
- you may have to email them to yourself and import them that
- way. For email, there is a simpler workaround:
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- While using Windows, import the files into Mozilla Mail (or
- another mailer, such as Netscape or Eudora, that uses the
- standard mbox format).
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <note>
+ <title>Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Users</title>
+ <para>
+ Microsoft Outlook, and versions of Outlook Express after
+ version 4, use proprietary formats that <application>Ximian
+ Evolution</application> cannot read or import. For contacts,
+ you may have to email them to yourself and import them that
+ way. For email, there is a simpler workaround:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ While using Windows, import the files into Mozilla Mail (or
+ another mailer, such as Netscape or Eudora, that uses the
+ standard mbox format).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Copy the files to the system or partition you use for
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use the <application>Ximian Evolution</application> import
+ tool to import the files. There's more information about
+ why this works, and how, at the Ximian support website.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
+ <note>
+ <title>Netscape Users</title>
+ <para>
+ Before importing mail from Netscape, make sure you select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compact All
+ Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. If you don't,
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application> will import and undelete
+ the messages in your Trash folders.
+ </para>
+ </note>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Copy the files to the system or partition you use for
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Use the <application>Ximian Evolution</application> import
- tool to import the files. There's more information about
- why this works, and how, at the Ximian support website.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </note>
-
- <note>
- <title>Netscape Users</title>
- <para>
- Before importing mail from Netscape, make sure you select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compact All
- Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. If you don't,
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> will import and undelete
- the messages in your Trash folders.
</para>
- </note>
-
- </para>
-
+
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-columns">
- <title>Sorting Mail with Column Headers</title>
- <para>
- By default, the message list has columns with the following
- headings: an envelope icon indicating whether you have read
- or replied to a message, an exclamation point indicating priority, and the
- <guilabel>From</guilabel>, <guilabel>Subject</guilabel>, and
- <guilabel>Date</guilabel> fields. You can change their order
- and remove them by dragging and dropping them.
-
+ <title>Sorting Mail with Column Headers</title>
+ <para>
+ By default, the message list has columns with the following
+ headings: an envelope icon indicating whether you have read
+ or replied to a message, an exclamation point indicating priority, and the
+ <guilabel>From</guilabel>, <guilabel>Subject</guilabel>, and
+ <guilabel>Date</guilabel> fields. You can change their order
+ and remove them by dragging and dropping them.
+
To add columns:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
@@ -246,13 +256,17 @@
</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>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
@@ -273,7 +287,7 @@
<para>
<application>Ximian Evolution</application> keeps mail, as well as
address cards and calendars, in folders. You start out with a
- few, like <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>,
+ few mail folders, such as <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel>,
but you can create as many as you like. Create new folders by
selecting <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> and then
@@ -298,78 +312,78 @@
</sect1>
<sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-search">
- <title>Searching for Messages</title>
- <para>
- Most mail clients can search through your messages for you,
- but <application>Ximian Evolution</application> does it faster. You
- can search through just the message subjects, just the message
- body, or both body and subject.
- </para>
- <para>
- To start searching, enter a word or phrase in the text area
- right below the toolbar, and choose a search type:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Body or subject contains</guilabel>:</term>
+ <title>Searching for Messages</title>
+ <para>
+ Most mail clients can search through your messages for you,
+ but <application>Ximian Evolution</application> does it faster. You
+ can search through just the message subjects, just the message
+ body, or both body and subject.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To start searching, enter a word or phrase in the text area
+ right below the toolbar, and choose a search type:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Body or subject contains</guilabel>:</term>
<listitem>
- <para>
- This will search message subjects and the messages
- themselves for the word or phrase you've entered in
- the search field.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term> <guilabel>Body contains</guilabel>:</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This will search only in message text, not the subject
- lines.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Subject contains:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This will show you messages where the search text is
- in the subject line. It will not search in the
- message body.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Body does not contain:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This finds every email message that does not have the
- search text in the message body. It will still show
- messages that have the search text in the subject
- line, if it is not also in the body.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Subject does not contain:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This finds every mail whose subject does not contain
- the search text.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- When you've entered your search phrase, press
- <keycap>Enter</keycap>. <application>Ximian Evolution</application>
- will show your search results in the message list.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- If you think you'll want to return to a search again, you can
- save it as a virtual folder by selecting <guilabel>Store
- Search as vFolder</guilabel>.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ This will search message subjects and the messages
+ themselves for the word or phrase you've entered in
+ the search field.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term> <guilabel>Body contains</guilabel>:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This will search only in message text, not the subject
+ lines.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Subject contains:</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This will show you messages where the search text is
+ in the subject line. It will not search in the
+ message body.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Body does not contain:</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This finds every email message that does not have the
+ search text in the message body. It will still show
+ messages that have the search text in the subject
+ line, if it is not also in the body.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Subject does not contain:</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This finds every mail whose subject does not contain
+ the search text.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ When you've entered your search phrase, press
+ <keycap>Enter</keycap>. <application>Ximian Evolution</application>
+ will show your search results in the message list.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you think you'll want to return to a search again, you can
+ save it as a virtual folder by selecting <guilabel>Store
+ Search as vFolder</guilabel>.
+ </para>
<para>
When you're done with the search, go back to seeing all your