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@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
You can start reading email by clicking
<guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> in the shortcut bar. By
default, the <interface>Inbox</interface> is open when you
- start <application>Evolution</application>.
+ start <application>Evolution</application>, and the first
+ time you see your inbox, there's a message in it from Helix
+ Code welcoming you to the application.
</para>
</abstract>
@@ -92,29 +94,34 @@
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
- <!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
+ <!-- ==============End of Figure===================================
+ -->
</para>
</sect2>
- &USAGE-SETUP;
+
<sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get">
<title>Getting Mail</title>
<para>
To check your email, just click <guibutton>Send and
- Receive</guibutton> in the toolbar.
- <application>Evolution</application> will download your
- mail for you and send any mail you've marked ready to
- send. New mail will appear in your
+ Receive</guibutton> in the toolbar. If this is the first
+ time you've done so, the <interface>mail druid</interface>
+ will ask you for the information it needs to check your
+ mail (see <xref linkend="config-setupassist"> for more
+ information). Then, <application>Evolution</application>
+ will download your mail for you and send any mail you've
+ marked ready to send. New mail will appear in your
<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 learn how to do that, have a
- look at <xref linkend="config-prefs-network">, or ask your
- system administrator.
+ If you get an error message instead of mail, 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">
@@ -125,7 +132,8 @@
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.
+ favorite shell or file manager. (This text will change
+ to fit app behavior, once features are implemented.)
</para>
<para>
@@ -541,20 +549,24 @@
<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-folders">
<title>Getting Organized with Folders</title>
<para>
- You can create new folders by selecting
- <guimenuitem>ITEM</guimenuitem> from the
- <guimenu>MENU</guimenu>, or by pressing
+ Mail, as well as address cards and calendars, is kept in
+ folders. If you like, you can create new folders by
+ selecting <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> and then
+ <guimenuitem>Folder</guimenuitem> from the
+ <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu, or by pressing
<keysym>COMBO</keysym>. (Will there be a dialog box to
determine name and location? Must wait for feature to
- describe) The new folders will appear in the
+ describe.) The new folders will appear in the
<interface>tree view</interface>, and you can drag them
wherever you want to relocate them. You can move messages
- into them by dragging, or by selecting them and choosing
- <guimenuitem>ITEM</guimenuitem> from the
- <guimenu>MENU</guimenu>. An email message can be in only
- one folder at a time, just like real mail in real folders.
- This is also the case for folders of address cards and calendar
- information.
+ into the folders by dragging and dropping, or by selecting
+ them and choosing <guimenuitem>ITEM</guimenuitem> from the
+ <guimenu>MENU</guimenu>. If you create filters with the
+ <interface>filter druid</interface>, you can have mail
+ moved to a folder automatically. An email message can be in
+ only one folder at a time, just like real mail in real
+ folders. This is also the case for folders of address
+ cards and calendar information.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -718,17 +730,18 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>When mail arrives:</guilabel> new mail
- arrives in the Inbox, and you can filter it from
- here.
+ <guilabel>When mail arrives:</guilabel> Select
+ this option to have messages filtered as they
+ arrive.
</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.
+ <guilabel>When mail is sent:</guilabel> Select
+ this option to filter your outgoing mail. You
+ can use this feature to keep your
+ <interface>Outbox</interface> as organized as
+ your <interface>Inbox</interface>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>