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@@ -291,10 +291,13 @@
<sect2 id="fourth-step">
<title>Importing Mail (Optional)</title>
<para>
- If <application>Ximian Evolution</application> finds mail or address
- files from another application, it will offer to import them.
- If you're not sure which file format your mail program uses,
- ask your system administrator.
+ If <application>Ximian Evolution</application> finds mail or
+ address files from another application, it will offer to
+ import them. If you're not sure which file format your mail
+ program uses, ask your system administrator. If you want, you
+ can skip this step and return to it at a later time by
+ selecting
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<para>
<application>Ximian Evolution</application> can import the following types of
@@ -304,16 +307,21 @@
<term>VCard (.vcf, gcrd)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The most common addressbook format.
+ The addressbook format used by the GNOME, KDE, and
+ many other contact management applications. You
+ should be able to export to VCard format from any
+ address book application.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Outlook Express 4 (.mbx)</term>
+ <term>Microsoft Outlook Express 4 (.mbx)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Email file format used by Outlook Express 4.
+ Email file format used by Microsoft Outlook Express
+4. For other versions of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, see
+the workaround described in the note below.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -331,11 +339,13 @@
</para>
<para>
<note>
- <title>Outlook 2000 Users</title>
+ <title>Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Users</title>
<para>
- Outlook 2000 uses a proprietary format that
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> cannot import directly.
- To import files from Outlook 2000, do the following:
+ Microsoft Outlook, and versions of Outlook Express after
+ version 4, use proprietary formats that <application>Ximian
+ Evolution</application> cannot read or import. For contacts,
+ you may have to email them to yourself and import them that
+ way. For email, there is a simpler workaround:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
@@ -356,8 +366,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Use the <application>Ximian Evolution</application> import
- tool to import the files. Read the FAQ at the Ximian
- website for more information.
+ tool to import the files. There's more information about
+ why this works, and how, at the Ximian support website.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
@@ -533,8 +543,8 @@
<term><guibutton>Contacts</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The Contact Manager holds your addresses, phone numbers,
- and contact information. Like calendar information,
+ The Addressbook holds contacts, with address, phone, and
+ other personal information. Like calendar information,
contact data can be synchronized with hand-held devices
and shared over a network.
</para>
@@ -883,8 +893,8 @@
It supports multiple mail sources, including <glossterm
linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>, <glossterm
linkend="pop">POP3</glossterm>, local
- <filename>mbox</filename> and
- <filename>mh</filename> files.
+ <filename>mbox</filename> and <filename>mh</filename>
+ spools and files created by other mail programs.
<!-- NOT FOR 1.0, but maybe later
and even NNTP messages (newsgroups), which aren't
@@ -940,11 +950,11 @@
<para>
<inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/full-2"
- format="png"></imageobject></inlinemediaobject> <guilabel>Email List</guilabel>
+ format="png"></imageobject></inlinemediaobject> <guilabel>Message List</guilabel>
</para>
<para>
- The <guilabel>Email List</guilabel> displays all the emails
+ The <guilabel>Message List</guilabel> displays all the emails
that you have. This includes all your read, unread, and email
that is flagged to be deleted.
</para>
@@ -955,9 +965,13 @@
message in the <interface>message list</interface> to have it
open in a new window. To change the sizes of a pane, just click
and hold on the divider between the two panes. Then you can drag
- up and down to select the size of the panes. Just like with
- folders, you can right-click on messages in the message list and
- get a menu of possible actions.
+ up and down to select the size of the panes.
+
+</para>
+<para> Just like with folders, you can right-click on messages in the
+ message list and get a menu of possible actions: you can move,
+ delete, or undelete them, and create filters or vFolders based
+ on them.
</para>
<para>
Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are
@@ -1048,16 +1062,14 @@
<sect2 id="basics-contacts">
<title>Introducing the Address Book</title>
<para>
- The <application>Ximian Evolution</application> address book can
- handle all of the functions of an address book, phone book, or
- Rolodex. Of course, it's a lot easier to update
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> than it is to change an
- actual paper book. <application>Ximian Evolution</application> also
- allows easy synchronization with hand-held devices. Since
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> supports the <glossterm
- linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> directory protocol, you can
- use it with almost any type of existing directory server on
- your network.
+ The <application>Ximian Evolution</application> address book
+ can handle all of the functions of an address book, phone
+ book, or Rolodex. Of course, it's a lot easier to update
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application> than it is to
+ change an actual paper book. <application>Ximian
+ Evolution</application> also allows easy synchronization with
+ hand-held devices and functions with <glossterm
+ linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> directories on a network.
</para>
<para>
Another advantage of the <application>Ximian Evolution</application>