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-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-mail-org.xml8
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-mail.xml69
3 files changed, 49 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.xml b/help/C/config-prefs.xml
index 35457b05b9..8b1fd615cd 100644
--- a/help/C/config-prefs.xml
+++ b/help/C/config-prefs.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
will tell you how to do just that.
</para>
<para>
- Evolution 1.2 brings with it a redesigned comprehensive
- settings window that you can open by choosing <menuchoice>
+ You can reach the Evolution settings window
+ by choosing <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, no matter
where you are in Evolution. On the left half of the settings
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail-org.xml b/help/C/usage-mail-org.xml
index bb9b3c207c..bea80ce056 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mail-org.xml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mail-org.xml
@@ -627,10 +627,10 @@
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
- important) to 3 (most important). You can have filters set the
- priority of messages you receive, and then have other filters
- applied only to those messages which have a certain priority.
+ Score - Set the message score to any whole number greater than
+ 0. To use filters with scoring, use one filter to score a
+ message, and then apply other filters only to messages with
+ the scores you seek.
</para></listitem>
<listitem>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.xml b/help/C/usage-mail.xml
index 0facfd8fd7..107bc6895e 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mail.xml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mail.xml
@@ -286,10 +286,14 @@
<tip>
<title>Sharing Mailboxes with Other Mail Programs</title>
<para>
- If you want to use <application>Evolution</application>
- and another email client, such as
- <application>Mutt</application>, at the same time,
- here's how:
+ You can use <application>Evolution</application>
+ alongside another email client, such as
+ <application>Mutt</application>, or use transport agents
+ like <application>fetchmail</application> instead of the
+ mail transport mechanism included in
+ <application>Evolution.</application>.
+ To do so, you will set Evolution to read messages from
+ the other application's directories:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -299,32 +303,45 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- In <application>Evolution</application>, select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>
- Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, go to the
- Mail Accounts configuration tool, and pick the account
- you'd like to use to share mail. You may want to
- create a new account just for this source of
- mail.
+ In <application>Evolution</application>, select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>
+ Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select the
+ Mail Accounts configuration tool.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select an existing account and click
+ <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>, or click
+ <guibutton>New</guibutton> to create a new account.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Under the <guilabel>Receiving Mail</guilabel>
- tab, select the type of mail file that your
- other mail application uses, and then enter the
- full path to that location. A typical choice
- would be mbox files, with the path /home/username/Mail/.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
+ If editing an existing account, click the
+ <guilabel>Receiving Mail</guilabel> tab. If you
+ have created a new account, fill out the
+ requested information until you reach the
+ <guilabel>Receiving Mail</guilabel> step.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- Click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.
+ For your mail source, select the type of mail
+ file that your other mail application uses, and
+ then enter the full path to that location. A
+ typical choice would be mbox files, with the path
+ /home/username/Mail/.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </tip>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </tip>
<!-- NOT FOR 1.0
@@ -1796,7 +1813,7 @@ wwwkeys.pgp.net 32j38dk2</command>. Substitute your key ID for
</para>
<para>
If someone sends you their public key directly, save it as a
- plain text file and enter the command <command>gpg
+ plain text file and enter the command <command>gpg --import
filename</command>. This will add it to your keyring.
</para>
</sect2>