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<title>Searching for Messages</title>
<para>
Most mail clients can search through your messages for you,
- but <application>Evolution</application> does it faster. You
+ but <application>Evolution</application> does it faster. You
can search through just the message subjects, just the message
body, or both body and subject.
</para>
@@ -1015,8 +1015,40 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
When you've entered your search phrase, press
<keycap>Enter</keycap>. <application>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 Virtual Folder</guilabel>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When you're done with the search, go back to seeing all your
+ messages by choosing <guimenuitem>Show All</guimenuitem> from
+ the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> drop-down box. If you're
+ sneaky, just enter a blank search: since every message has at
+ least one space in it, you'll see every message in the
+ folder.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you'd like to perform a more complex search, open the
+ advanced search dialog by selecting
+ <guilabel>Advanced...</guilabel> from the
+ <guilabel>Search</guilabel> drop-down menu. Then, create your
+ search criteria (each with the same options you saw in the
+ regular search bar), and decide whether you want to find
+ messages that match all of them, or messages that match even
+ one. Then, click <guibutton>Search</guibutton> to go and find
+ those messages.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You'll see a similar approach to sorting messages when you
+ create filters and virtual folders in the next few sections.
+ </para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-filters">
@@ -1030,8 +1062,9 @@ possibly never will be due to security evil. -->
actions that may effect the same message in several ways. For
example, your filters could put copies of one message into
multiple folders, or keep a copy and send one to another
- person as well. Which is to say, it's quite a bit more
- flexible than an actual person with a pile of envelopes.
+ person as well, and it can do that in under a second. Which is
+ to say, it's faster and more flexible than an actual person
+ with a pile of envelopes.
</para>
<para>
Most often, you'll want to have