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diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml index 051b1d21da..e7d8a587f7 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml @@ -894,11 +894,9 @@ <note id="unmatched-vfolder"> <title>The "Unmatched" vFolder</title> <para> - Obviously, not all messages will fit into all your Virtual - Folders. That's why <application>Ximian - Evolution</application> includes an Unmatched vFolder. The - Unmatched vFolder displays messages that are not matched by - other rules. + The Unmatched vFolder is the mirror of all your other + vFolders: it displays whatever messages are not matched by + other vFolders. </para> <para> If you use remote email storage like IMAP or Microsoft diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 52f997224a..784c7c23ca 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -564,19 +564,6 @@ To learn more about how you can specify message queue and
filter behavior, see <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail">.
</para>
- <note>
- <title>Working Offline</title>
- <para>
- Select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Work
- Offline</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to have
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> disconnect
- from the Internet while you work. When you want to
- reconnect, choose
- <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Work
- Online</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternativly, you can click the connection button at the bottom left side of the window.
- </para>
- </note>
<para>
You can also choose to save messages as drafts or as text
@@ -609,6 +596,52 @@ </para>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-offline">
+ <title>Working Offline</title>
+ <para>
+ Offline mode is a tool designed for use with a dialup
+ connection or for laptop users who do not have a network
+ connection at all times. It allows you to cache messages
+ for reference while you are not connected to the
+ network, and to compose messages and leave them in your
+ Outbox to be sent the next time you connect to the network.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Work
+ Offline</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to have
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application> disconnect
+ from the Internet while you work. When you want to
+ reconnect, choose
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Work
+ Online</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternativly, you
+ can click the connection button at the bottom left side
+ of the window.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you use POP mail, all your messages will be
+ available to you, because they are stored locally. If
+ you use IMAP or Exchange mail, messages are stored
+ remotely, so availability is a little different.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Messages that you have read are cached and stored
+ locally; all read messages will be available to you
+ even if you are offline. Unread messages will be
+ downloaded and saved for offline use if they are in a
+ folder that you have marked as an Offline Folder. To
+ mark a folder for offline use, select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and
+ then click the <guilabel>Folders</guilabel> icon. In
+ the <guilabel>Offline Folders</guilabel> tab, click the
+ check-box next to the folders that you would like to
+ use while you are offline. Then, when you select
+ <guimenuitem>Go Offline</guimenuitem>, Evolution will
+ fetch their contents and store them for later
+ reference.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
<sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-compose">
<title>More About Mail Composition</title>
<para>
@@ -949,7 +982,7 @@ <para>
To send all your mail as HTML by default, set your mail
format preferences in the mail configuration dialog. See
- <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-other"> for more
+ <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-composer"> for more
information.
</para>
<para>
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