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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<chapter id="usage-mail">
- <title>Evolution Mail: Witty Phrase to Come Later</title>
+ <title>Evolution Mail</title>
<abstract>
<title> An Overview of the Evolution Mailer</title>
<para>
@@ -8,7 +8,24 @@
<application>Evolution</application> mail is here to help
you keep track of it. <application>Evolution</application>
email is like other email programs in all the ways you would
- hope: (INSERT GOOD SIMILARITIES).
+ hope:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Item: Description
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Item: Description
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Item: Description
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>.
</para>
<para>
However, <application>Evolution</application> has some
@@ -28,7 +45,9 @@
<para>
You can start reading email by clicking
- <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> in the shortcut bar.
+ <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> in the shortcut bar. By
+ default, the <interface>Inbox</interface> is open when you
+ start <application>Evolution</application>.
</para>
</abstract>
@@ -42,7 +61,7 @@
<guilabel>Inbox</guilabel>, you will see a window like the
one in <xref linkend="usage-mail-intro-fig">, with a
message from Helix Code in the<interface> message
- list</interface>. A preview of the message is displayed
+ list</interface>. The message is displayed
below that, in the <interface>view pane</interface>. If
you find the<interface> view pane</interface> too small,
you can double-click on the message in the
@@ -69,14 +88,16 @@
<title>Evolution Mail</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Evolution Mail</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="mail-intro-pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ <graphic fileref="fig/mainwindow-pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
</para>
</sect2>
-
+
+ &USAGE-SETUP;
+
<sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get">
<title>Getting Mail</title>
<para>
@@ -88,12 +109,12 @@
<interface>Inbox</interface> and also in the
<interface>Today View</interface>.
</para>
+
<para>
- If you get an error message, you probably need to
- change your network preferences. To do that, you can run
- the setup assistant again, have a look at <xref
- linkend="config-prefs-network">, or ask your system
- administrator.
+ If you get an error message, you probably need to change
+ your network preferences. To learn how to do that, have a
+ look at <xref linkend="config-prefs-network">, or ask your
+ system administrator.
</para>
<sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-attach">
@@ -101,22 +122,24 @@
<para>
If you receive a file attached to an email,
<application>Evolution</application> will ask where you
- want to put it. Once you've downloaded it, you can
- open, move, copy, or execute those files just like any
- others, using <application>Nautilus</application> or
- your favorite shell or file manager.
+ want to put it. Once you've downloaded a file, you can
+ open, move, copy, or execute it just like any other,
+ using <application>Nautilus</application> or your
+ favorite shell or file manager.
</para>
+
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> can also display
HTML-formatted mail, complete with graphics. HTML
formatting will display automatically, although you can
turn it off if you prefer.
</para>
+
<para>
It can also display <glossterm>live
documents</glossterm>, which have scripted or
executable contents&mdash; for example, a working
- spreadsheet page or a chess game.
+ spreadsheet page or a chess game.
</para>
<tip id="badidea-attachment">
<title>Bad Idea</title>
@@ -181,8 +204,9 @@
</para>
<para>
- There is more to sending mail, though. In the
- next few sections, we'll go over additional features,
+ There is quite a bit more to sending mail, though. In the
+ next few sections, you'll see how
+ <application>Evolution</application> handles additional features,
including mailing lists, attachments, and forwarding.
</para>
@@ -237,15 +261,27 @@
to send mail to several people without sharing the
recipient list, you should use
<guilabel>BCc:</guilabel>. "BCc" stands for "Blind
- Carbon Copy", and means that addresses in the
- <guilabel>BCc:</guilabel> field will receive copies of
- the message, but they will not receive the list of the
- other recipients' addresses, nor will other recipients
- know that they have recieved the message. When I send a
- generic message to all my friends and I want them to
- think I've written a personalized email to every one of
- them, I put them all in the <guilabel>BCc:</guilabel>
- list.
+ Carbon Copy", and means that people listed in the
+ <guilabel>BCc:</guilabel> are excluded from the
+ recipient list, although they will receive the message
+ and the list of addresses from the
+ <guilabel>To:</guilabel> and <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel>
+ fields.
+
+ <example id="ex-mail-bcc">
+ <title>Using the BCc: field</title>
+ <para>
+ Let's say Tim sends an email to a client, and wants
+ his supervisor to know what he wrote. He doesn't,
+ however, want the client to start writing his
+ supervisor about the project&mdash; it's Tim's job
+ to deal with the client. So Tim puts his
+ supervisor's email address in the
+ <guilabel>BCc:</guilabel> field. That way, the
+ client has one contact, and the boss stays in the
+ loop.
+ </para>
+ </example>
</para>
</sect3>
@@ -289,21 +325,24 @@
<guimenu>MENU</guimenu> menu. This will allow you to
choose one or several of the other message recipients in
addition to the person who originally sent you the
- message.
+ message. If there are large numbers of people in the
+ <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> or <guilabel>To:</guilabel>
+ fields, this can save substantial amounts of time. In
+ addition, Reply-To makes it very easy to keep off-topic
+ conversation away from mailing lists and newsgroups.
<example>
<title>Using the Reply-To feature</title>
<para>
- Returning to the previous example, the client can
- decide whether to reply just to Susan, just to Tim,
- or to both of them by selecting a menu item, rather
- than by cutting and pasting the email addresses. If
- there are large numbers of people in the Cc: fields,
- this can save substantial amounts of time.
+ Returning again to the email Susan sent to Tim and
+ their client, you'll note that the Reply-To feature
+ allows the client to decide whether to reply just to
+ Susan, or to both Tim and Susan by selecting
+ a menu item, rather than by cutting and pasting the
+ email addresses.
</para>
</example>
</para>
</sect3>
-
<sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-fancy">
<title>Embellishing that email</title>
@@ -315,7 +354,6 @@
spreadhseets or chess games. This section will tell
you how.
</para>
-
<sect4 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-html">
<title>Colors, pictures, and fonts with HTML Mail</title>
@@ -340,7 +378,7 @@
role="html">&lt;BR&gt;Bold Text&lt;/BR&gt</markup>,
the the composer will assume you meant exactly that,
and not "make this text bold," as a HTML composition
- tool would. For the technically inclined, that
+ tool would. For the very technically inclined, that
means that when the text <markup
role="html">&lt;BR&gt</markup> is sent as HTML, it
will be converted to the string
@@ -349,16 +387,18 @@
</note>
<para>
Some people do not have HTML-capable mail clients, or
- prefer not to receive HTML-enhanced mail because it
- is slower to download and display. Some people refer
- to HTML mail as "the root of all evil" and get very
- angry if you send them HTML mail, which is why the
- default in <application>Evolution</application> is
- plain text. If you have an address book entry for
- someone who does not wish to receive HTML-enhanced
- mail, you can note that preference in their address
- card. The mailer will automatically strip the HTML
- tags from any messages you send to that address.
+ prefer not to receive HTML-enhanced mail because it is
+ slower to download and display.
+ <emphasis>Some</emphasis> people refer to HTML mail as
+ "the root of all evil" and get very angry if you send
+ them HTML mail, which is why the default in
+ <application>Evolution</application> is plain text.
+ If you choose to send HTML mail, but have an address
+ book entry for someone who does not wish to receive
+ HTML-enhanced mail, you can note that preference in
+ their address card. The mailer will automatically
+ strip the HTML tags from any messages you send to that
+ address.
</para>
</sect4>
@@ -369,15 +409,15 @@
you can do so by <!--describe process here-->. If
your recipients can read HTML mail, you can put an
image inside the mail by dragging the file into the
- composer window, or by selecting (INSERT DESCRIPTION
- HERE) (IS THIS CORRECT?). Still, unless you know what
- email client the recipient is using, it's best to send
- a message or attachment in the simplest manner
- possible.
+ composer window, or by selecting <guimenuitem>Menu
+ Item</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
+ menu. Still, unless you know what email client the
+ recipient is using, it's best to send a message or
+ attachment in the simplest manner possible.
</para>
</sect4>
<sect4 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-live">
- <title></title>
+ <title>Live Documents</title>
<para>
Later versions of <application>Evolution</application>
will allow you to enliven your email with almost any
@@ -529,7 +569,53 @@
of what those terms mean)
</para>
<para>
- (INSERT the way one creates a search and so forth)
+ To create a search, enter the word or phrase you're
+ looking for in the form field below the toolbar, and
+ choose a search type:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Body or subject contains:</guilabel> This
+ will search message subjects and the messages
+ themselves for the word or phrase you've entered in
+ the search field.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Body contains:</guilabel> This will search
+ only in message text, not the subject lines.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Subject contains:</guilabel> This will
+ show you messages where the search text is in the
+ subject line. It will not search in the message body.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Body does not contain:</guilabel> 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>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Subject does not contain:</guilabel>This
+ finds every mail whose subject does not
+ contain the search text.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -611,26 +697,59 @@
<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-filters">
<title>Staying organized: Mail Filters in Evolution</title>
<para>
- Filters sort your email for you as it arrives in your
- Inbox, so you don't have to sort them all yourself.
- People who subscribe to multiple mailing lists find
- filters especially helpful to sort personal from
- list-related mail. To create a filter, go to your
- <interface>Inbox</interface>. Then select BLAH BLAH BLAH.
- This will open the <interface>filters</interface> window.
+ Filters sort your email for you. People who subscribe to
+ multiple mailing lists, or who often need to refer to
+ messages they have sent, find filters especially helpful
+ to seperate personal from list-related mail, but they're
+ good for anybody who gets more than a few messages a day.
+ To create a filter, go to your
+ <interface>Inbox</interface>. Then select
+ <guimenuitem>Filter Druid</guimenuitem> from the
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. This will start the a
+ <glossterm> druid</glossterm>, which will allow you to
+ create filters.
</para>
- <para>
- The <interface>filters</interface> window contains the
- following items: <!--DESCRIBE INTERFACE-->
+ <para> The <interface>filter druid</interface> window
+ contains a window listing rules, and an option to create a
+ new rule. To start filtering your mail, click
+ <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a filtering rule.
+ You'll decide when it should take place:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>When mail arrives:</guilabel> new mail
+ arrives in the Inbox, and you can filter it from
+ here.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel> When mail is sent:</guilabel> When you
+ send mail, you can perform additional actions on
+ it&mdash; perhaps you keep your Outbox sorted into
+ subfolders.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
-
+
+ <para>
+ Then, the filter druid will ask you which emails it should
+ act upon. You can set criteria to include words or phrases
+ in the subject, To:, Cc: or body of the message. Once
+ you've decided which messages to filter, the druid will ask
+ you the sort of action you wish to take. More details and
+ screenshots should follow here.
+ </para>
+
+
<note>
<title>Two Notable Filter Features</title>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>Any email that does not meet filter
- action criteria remains in the Inbox. </para>
+ <listitem><para>Any incoming email that does not meet
+ filter action criteria remains in the Inbox. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>If you move a folder, your filters