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@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@
whichever way you like best; the idea is that the software
should work the way you want, rather than making you work the
way the it does.
+ <tip id="view-headers">
+ <title>Take a look at the headers</title>
+ <para>
+ To look at the entire source of your email message, including
+ all the header information, select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Source</guimenu></menuchoice>
+ </para>
+ </tip>
</para>
<sect3 id="usage-mail-listorder">
@@ -1004,9 +1012,9 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- Then, press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.
- <application>Evolution</application> will show your search
- results in the message list.
+ When you've entered your search phrase, press
+ <keycap>Enter</keycap>. <application>Evolution</application>
+ will show your search results in the message list.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -1029,14 +1037,13 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
Most often, you'll want to have
<application>Evolution</application> put mail into different
folders, but you can have it do almost 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
+ People who get lots of mail, or who often need to refer to old
+ messages, find filters especially helpful, 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>
+ <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Mail Filters</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
@@ -1055,8 +1062,8 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
list of your current filters, sorted by the order in which
they are used. From the drop-down box at the top of the
window, choose <guilabel>Incoming</guilabel> to display
- filters for incoming mail, and <guilabel>On Demand</guilabel>
- for those which sort your mail only when you want.
+ filters for incoming mail, and <guilabel>Outgoing</guilabel>
+ for those which sort only outgoing mail.
</para>
<para>
The <interface>filter assistant</interface> also has a set of
@@ -1086,15 +1093,15 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
</itemizedlist>
If you don't have any filters set up, the only one of those
- buttons 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.
+ buttons you can click is <guibutton>Add</guibutton>, which
+ will open a dialog to let you add a filter rule. If you do
+ have filters, you can either add a new filter rule, or select
+ one from your list and click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.
</para>
<para>
- That window, shown in <xref
+ The filter rule editor, shown in <xref
linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">, is where you'll
- actually create your filtering rule.
+ actually create your filtering rule.
<figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
<title>Creating a new Filter</title>
@@ -1107,8 +1114,9 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
</para>
<para>
Enter a name for your filter in the <guilabel>Rule
- Name</guilabel> field, and then begin choosing criteria.
- Choose how many criteria you'd like by pressing <guibutton>Add
+ Name</guilabel> field, and then begin choosing the criteria
+ you'd like to use as you sort your mail. Choose how many
+ criteria you'd like by pressing <guibutton>Add
Criterion</guibutton> and <guibutton>Remove
Criterion</guibutton>. If you have multiple criteria, you
should then decide whether to have the filter do its job only
@@ -1143,45 +1151,46 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Specific Header</guilabel></term>
- <listitem><para> The filter can look at any header you
- want, even obscure or custom ones like X-Bonus or
- X-Archive. Enter the header name, and what text you'd like to find
- inside it. </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The filter can look at any header you
+ want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name
+ in the first text box, and put your search text in the
+ second one.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Message Body</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>
- The actual text of the message.
+ Search in the actual text of the message.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Expression</guilabel></term>
- <listitem><para> Enter a <glossterm
- linkend="regular-expression">regular
- expression</glossterm>, and
- <application>Evolution</application> will search the
- entire message, headers and all, to match it for you.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enter a <glossterm linkend="regular-expression">regular
+ expression</glossterm>, and
+ <application>Evolution</application> will search the
+ entire message, including headers, to match it for you.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel></term>
- <listitem><para>
- You can filter messages by when they were sent: First,
- choose how you'd like to match the time&mdash;
- <guilabel>before</guilabel>,
- <guilabel>after</guilabel> and so forth. Then, choose
- the time. The filter compare the message's time-stamp
- to the system clock when the filter is run, or to a
- specific time and date you choose from a calendar.
- You can even have it look for messages within a range
- of time relative to the filter. For example, you could have
- the filter catch all messages sent less
- than a week before the filter is run.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para> Filter messages by when they were sent:
+ First, choose the conditions you want a message to
+ meet&mdash; <guilabel>before</guilabel> a given time,
+ <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth. Then, choose
+ the time. The filter will compare the message's time-stamp
+ to the system clock when the filter is run, or to a
+ specific time and date you choose from a calendar. You
+ can even have it look for messages within a range of time
+ relative to the filter&mdash perhaps you're looking for
+ messages less than two days old. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1208,27 +1217,30 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<listitem>
<para>
If you know your way around a <glossterm
- linkend="regular-expression">regex </glossterm>, or
- regular expression, put your knowledge to use
- here.
- </para>
+ linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or
+ regular expression, put your knowledge to use here.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Source</guilabel></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Filter messages according the server you got them from. You can enter a URL or
- choose one from the drop-down list. This criterion is only relevant if you
- use more than one mail source.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Filter messages according the server you got them from.
+ You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down
+ list. This ability is only relevant if you use more
+ than one mail source.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
- Now, tell it what to do with those messages. If you want multiple
- actions, click <guibutton>Add Action</guibutton>; if you want fewer,
- click <guibutton>Remove Action</guibutton>. And choose again:
+ Now, tell it what to do with those messages. If you want more
+ actions, click <guibutton>Add Action</guibutton>; if you want
+ fewer, click <guibutton>Remove Action</guibutton>. And choose
+ again:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1372,7 +1384,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<para>
As messages that meet the virtual folder criteria arrive or are
deleted, <application>Evolution</application> will
- automatically place them in and and remove them from the
+ automatically place them in and remove them from the
virtual folder contents list. When you delete a message, it gets
erased from the folder in which it actually exists, as well as
any virtual folders which display it.
@@ -1384,7 +1396,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
changing groups of faculty, staff, administrators and
students. The more mail you need to organize, the less you
can afford the sort of confusion that stems from an
- organizational system that's not flexible enough. virtual folders
+ organizational system that's not flexible enough. Virtual folders
make for better organization because they can accept
overlapping groups in a way that regular folders and filing
systems can't.
@@ -1393,17 +1405,17 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<example id="usage-mail-organize-vFolders-ex">
<title>Using Folders, Searches, and Virtual Folders</title>
<para>
- To organize my mail box, I set up a virtual folder for emails from
- my friend and co-worker Anna. I have another one for
- messages from anybody at work that have "Evolution" in the
- subject line, so I can keep a record of what people from
- work send me about <application>Evolution</application>.
- If Anna sends a message about a picnic on Saturday, it only
- shows up in the "Anna" folder. When Anna sends me mail
- about the user interface for
- <application>Evolution</application>, I can see that
- message both in the "Anna" virtual folder and in the "Internal
- Evolution Discussion" virtual folder.
+ To organize my mail box, I set up a virtual folder for
+ emails from my friend and co-worker Anna. I have another
+ one for messages that have "ximian.com" in the address and
+ "Evolution" in the subject line, so I can keep a record of
+ what people from work send me about
+ <application>Evolution</application>. If Anna sends me a
+ message about anything other than Evolution, it only shows
+ up in the "Anna" folder. When Anna sends me mail about the
+ user interface for <application>Evolution</application>, I
+ can see that message both in the "Anna" virtual folder and
+ in the "Internal Evolution Discussion" virtual folder.
</para>
</example>
@@ -1411,7 +1423,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
<para>
To create a virtual folder, select <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Virtual Folder
+ <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Virtual Folder
Editor</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. This will bring up a
dialog box that looks suspiciously like the filter window
(for more information on filters, see <xref
@@ -1421,7 +1433,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
here, and you can select, edit or remove them if you wish.
If you have not created any, there will be only one available
option: click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a new
- vFolder.
+ Virtual Folder.
</para>
<para>
You can enter a name for your virtual folder in the
@@ -1437,7 +1449,7 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
</para>
<para>
The second part, however, is slightly different. In the
- section of the window labelled <guilabel>vFolder Sources
+ section of the window labelled <guilabel>Virtual Folder Sources
</guilabel> is a list of folders in which
<application>Evolution</application> will search for the
contents of your vFolder. Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>