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<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-filters">
<title>Staying organized: Mail Filters in Evolution</title>
<para>
- Filters sort your email for you as it arrives. Most often,
- you'll want to have <application>Evolution</application> put
- mail into different folders, but you can have it do anything
- you like. People who subscribe to multiple mailing lists, or
- who often need to refer to messages they have sent, find
- filters especially helpful to separate personal from
- list-related mail, but they're good for anybody who gets more
- than a few messages a day. To create a filter, select
+ Filters sort your email for you as you send or recieve
+ it. Most often, you'll want to have
+ <application>Evolution</application> put mail into different
+ folders, but you can have it do anything you like. People who
+ subscribe to multiple mailing lists, or who often need to
+ refer to messages they have sent, find filters especially
+ helpful to separate personal from list-related mail, but
+ they're good for anybody who gets more than a few messages a
+ day. To create a filter, open the <interface>filter
+ assistant</interface> by selecting
<menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Filter
- Assistant</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. This will bring up a
- window which will guide you through filter creation. The
- <interface>filter assistant</interface> is shown in <xref
- linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
+ <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Mail Filters</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-assist">
+ <title>The Filter Assistant</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>The Filter Assistant</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="fig/filter-assist-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>
+ The <interface>filter assistant</interface> window contains a
+ list of your current filters, sorted by the order in which
+ they will be performed. From the drop-down box at the top of
+ the window, choose whether to display all your filters, only
+ those filters which are performed on incoming mail, or only
+ filters for outgoing mail.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <interface>filter assistant</interface> also has a set of
+ buttons:
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guibutton>Add</guibutton> &mdash; Create a new filter.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> &mdash; Edit an existing filter.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> &mdash; Delete the selected filter.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guibutton>Up</guibutton> &mdash; Move the selected filter up in the list.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guibutton>Down</guibutton> &mdash; Move the selected filter down
+ in the list.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ If you don't have any filters set up, the only one you can
+ click is <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. When you do that, (or
+ when you click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> with a filter
+ selected), the <interface>Add Rule</interface> window appears.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ That window, shown in <xref
+ linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">, is where you'll
+ actually create your filtering rule.
<figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
<title>Creating a new Filter</title>
@@ -1052,14 +1107,151 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Enter a name for your filter in the <guilabel>Name</guilabel>
+ field, and then begin choosing criteria. You can use multiple
+ criteria by pressing <guibutton>More</guibutton>, and remove
+ the last one by pressing <guibutton>Fewer</guibutton>. you can
+ choose from five types of criteria, and you can have as many
+ as you like. If you have multiple criteria, you should also
+ decide between <guilabel>Match all parts</guilabel>, which
+ will make the filter affect only those messages which meet all
+ the criteria you're about to describe, and <guilabel>Match any
+ part</guilabel>, which will make the filter affect any message
+ that meets even one of the criteria.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For each of your filter criteria, you must first select what
+ part of the message you want the filter to look at:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Sender</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The author of the message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Recipients</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The recipients of the message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Subject</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The subject line of the message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Message Body</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The message body.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Expression</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Enter a regular expression (see <xref linkend="apx-gloss">
+ for more information), and <application>Evolution</application>
+ will match it for you.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Then choose a rule for matching:
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Contains</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ If the part of the message examined contains the text you enter,
+ the filter will perform its selected action.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Does not contain</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ If the part of the message examined does not contain
+ the text you enter,
+ the filter will perform its selected action.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Then, enter the text you want the filter to find, and you're
+ done telling <application>Evolution</application> what sort of
+ messages you want it to filter.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Now, tell it what to do with those messages. If you want multiple
+ actions, click <guibutton>More</guibutton>; if you want fewer,
+ click <guibutton>Fewer</guibutton>. And choose again:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Move to Folder</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
+ will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
+ <guibutton>&lt;click here to select a folder&gt;</guibutton> button
+ to select a folder.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Forward to Address</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Select this, enter an address, and the addressee will
+ get a copy of the message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Delete</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Marks the message for deletion. You can still get the message
+ back, at least until you <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem> your
+ mail yourself.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Stop Processing</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Select this if you want to tell all other filters to ignore
+ this message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Assign Color</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Select this item, and <application>Evolution</application>
+ will mark the message with whatever color you please.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You're done. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to use this
+ filter, or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to close the window
+ without saving any changes.
</para>
- <para> The <interface>filter assistant</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:
+
+
+ <!-- FIXME: This needs to be in there. But the feature is temporarily
+ disabled and I don't know how it will be reimplemented.
+
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
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</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
-
- <para>
- Then, the filter assistant will ask you which emails it should
- act upon. You can set criteria based on message size, the
- sender, primary addressee or Cc: list, words in the subject or
- body of the message, or any combination of criteria. Check the
- boxes next to each criterion you would like to use.
- </para>
- <para>
- Once you've decided which messages to filter, the assistant
- will ask you the sort of action you wish to take. You can
- file, delete, or forward the message, and you can also have it
- be exempted from other filters which would otherwise have
- acted upon it.
- </para>
+
+ -->
<note>
<title>Two Notable Filter Features</title>
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</example>
<para>
To create a vFolder, select <guimenuitem>VFolder
- Assistant</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ Editor</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
menu in the <interface>main window</interface>. This
will bring up a dialog box that looks suspiciously like
the Filter Assistant (for more information on filters, see
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click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a new vFolder.
</para>
<para>
- You'll be prompted to create a filtering rule. You can build
- your own from the ground up, or select one of several base
- rules to customize. Your options are:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>For matching messages:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose this to create your own set of rules for the
- vFolder. You may select one or more search criteria;
- the vFolder you create will contain messages that
- match all of them.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Messages from a certain person:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The remaining three rules are simpler. Select this
- one to create a vFolder that will contain only
- messages from an address you enter.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Messages to a certain address:</guilabel</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Any messages sent directly to this address will be in
- the vFolder you create. This vFolder is an absolute
- must for people with multiple email addresses.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Messages with a given subject:</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Enter a subject, and the vFolder will contain messages
- with that subject.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- The selection window is shown in <xref
+ You can enter a name for your vFolder in the
+ <guilabel>Name</guilabel>. Then, tell
+ <application>Evolution</application> what messages to look
+ for. This process is exactly like filter creation: decide
+ between <guilabel>Match all parts</guilabel> and
+ <guilabel>Match any part</guilabel>, then choose what part of
+ the message to look in, what sort of matching to perform, and
+ specify exactly what text it is that you want to find.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The second part, however, is slightly different. In the
+ section of the window labelled <guilabel>vFolder Sources
+ </guilabel> is a list of folders in which
+ <application>Evolution</application> will search for the contents
+ of your vFolder. Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a folder,
+ or <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> to remove one.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The vFolder creation window is shown in <xref
linkend="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
<figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
<title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title>
<screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Selecting a vFolder Rule</screeninfo>
+ <screeninfo>Creating a vFolder Rule</screeninfo>
<graphic fileref="fig/vfolder-createrule-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
</para>
- <para>
-
- Once you click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>, you'll customize
- the vFolder rule. The rules for the vFolder you're creating
- will appear as phrases in the bottom pane of the window. You
- can click on the blue underlined text in the phrase to alter
- it to your liking. For example, when I create a vFolder to
- contain all messages from <email>rupert@helixcode.com</email>
- that have the word "evolution" in the message body, the bottom
- frame says: <computeroutput>The From address matches
- rupert@helixcode.com and the body contains
- "evolution".</computeroutput>.
- </para>
</sect2>
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