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diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 994e8cbae8..7fabfed099 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -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— - <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— <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> |