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- Evolution Mail - - Inbox - - - -
- - - - - Email Viewer - - - - This is where your email is displayed. - - - - - Email List - - - - The Email List displays all the emails that you - have. This includes all your read, unread, and email that is flagged - to be deleted. - - - - Most of the mail-related actions you'll want to perform are - listed in the Message menu in the menu bar. - The most frequently used ones, like - Reply and - Forward, also appear as buttons in - the toolbar. Almost all of them are also located in the - right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts, which tend to be - faster once you get the hang of them. You can choose 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. - - - Email Headers - - To look at the complete headers for email messages, select - ViewMessage - DisplayShow Full - Headers. To see absolutely every - bit, choose - ViewMessage - DisplayShow Email Source - . - - - - - - - Sorting the message list - - Evolution helps you work by letting you sort - your email. To sort by sender, subject, or date, click - on the bars with those labels at the top of the message - list. The direction of the arrow next to the label indicates - the direction of the sort, and if you click again, you'll - sort them in reverse order. For example, click once on - Date to sort messages by date from - oldest to newest. Click again, and - Evolution sorts the list from - newest to oldest. You can also right-click on the message - header bars to get a set of sorting options, and add or - remove columns from the message list. You can find detailed - instructions on how to customize your message display - columns in . - - - You can also choose a threaded message view. Select - - View - Threaded - - to turn the threaded view on or off. When you select this option, - Evolution groups the replies to a - message with the original, so you can follow the thread of a - conversation from one message to the next. - - - - - Deleting Mail - - Once you've read your mail, you may want to get rid of - it. - To delete a message: - - - - Click the message to select it - - - - - Press delete button or right click on the message and - choose Delete. - - - Deleted but still here? - - When you do this, your message is marked to be - deleted. Your email is not gone until you have - expunged it. When you "Expunge" a folder, you remove - all the mail that you have marked for deletion. - - - - - - Click - - Actions - Expunge - - or press - - Ctrl - E - - - - - - - Trash is Actually a Virtual Folder? - - Your trash bin is actually a Virtual Folder that displays - all messages you have marked for later deletion. For more - information about Virtual Folders, see . If you choose - Actions Empty - Trash you will expunge - all your folders. - - - - - Undeleting Messages - - To undelete a message: - - - - Select a message you have marked for deletion. - - - - - Press CtrlU - - or choose - - Actions - Undelete - - - - - What does Undelete actually do? - - If you have marked a message for deletion, undeleting - it will unmark it, and the message will be removed - from the Trash folder. However, it can't bring back - messages that have been expunged. - - - - - - - - - - Checking Mail - - Now that you've had a look around the - Inbox, it's time to check for new mail. - Click Get Mail in the toolbar to check - your mail. If you haven't entered any mail settings yet, the - setup assistant will ask you for the - information it needs to check your email. - - - The assistant will give you several dialog boxes where you configure: - - - - your personal information - - - - - your outgoing email server information - - - - - your mail account identity name - - - - - - To check your email, press the Check Mail - button. If this is your first time checking mail, or you - haven't asked Evolution to store your - password, you'll be prompted for the password. Enter your - password and your email will be downloaded. - - - Can't Check Mail? - - If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need to check - your network settings. To learn how to do that, - have a look at , or - ask your system administrator. - - - - - Using Evolution for News - - Newsgroups are so similar to email that there's no reason not - to read them side by side. If you want to do that, add a - news source to your configuration (see ). The news server will - appear as a remote server, and will look quite similar to an - IMAP folder. When you click Get Mail, - Evolution will also check for news - messages. - - - - - Attachments and HTML Mail - - If someone sends you an attachment, - a file attached to an email, - Evolution will display the file - at the bottom of the message to which it's attached. Text, - including HTML formatting, will appear as part of the - message. To minimize download time, and to foil spammers - who use server information to track their messages, images - linked from an HTML message not - display unless you select the - ViewMessage - DisplayLoad Images - option. For other files, - Evolution will show an icon at - the end of the message. - - - To Save an Attachment to Disk: - - - - Open up the desired email - - - - - Click on the down arrow at the bottom of the email for the desired - attachment. - - - - - Select Save to Disk. - - - - - Choose the directory and filename you wish. - - - - - Click OK - - - - - - - Reading email with keyboard - - You can click the spacebar to page down while you're reading an email, - and press backspace to page up in an email. This may help to make - reading your email faster. - - - - To Open an Attachment in a Program: - - - - Open the mail message with the attachment you want to read. - - - - - Click the aarrow next the the attachment icon. - - - - - Select the program you'd like to use. It will start up - and open the document. - - - - - - - Evolution can also display - HTML-formatted mail, complete with graphics. Graphics - don't load automatically by default, because they can be - large and take a long time to download. They can also be - used by spammers to help track who reads their email. So - having them not load automatically helps protect your - privacy. - - - - - - Writing and Sending Mail - - You can start writing a new email message by selecting - File - New - Mail Message, or by pressing the - Compose button in the Inbox toolbar. - When you do so, the New Message window - will open, as shown in . - - - -
- New Message Window - - Evolution Main Window - - - -
- - - - - Enter an address in the To: field. If you wish - enter a subject in the Subject: and a message in - the big empty box at the bottom of the window. Once you have revised - your message, press Send. - - - - Saving Messages for Later - - Evolution will send mail immediately unless you tell it to - do otherwise by selecting - File Send - Later. This will add your - messages to the Outbox queue. Then, - when you press Send in another - message, or Get Mail in the main - mail window, all your unsent messages will go out at once. - You might want to use "Send Later" becuase it gives - you a chance to change your mind about a message before you send it. - - - To learn more about how you can specify message queue and - filter behavior, see . - - - - You can also choose to save messages as drafts or as text - files. Your options are: - - - Choose - - File - Save Draft - - to store your messages in the drafts folder for later - revision. - - - - If you'd like to have the message sent later, you - can choose Send Later. That way, - the message will be added to the queue, and you can send a - batch of messages all at once. - - - - If you prefer to save your message as a text file, - choose Save As and then choose a - file name. - - - - - - - - Advanced Mail Composition - - In the next few sections, you'll see how - Evolution handles advanced email - features, including large recipient lists, attachments, and - forwarding. - - - Attachments - - To attach a file to your email: - - - - Push the attach button in the composer toolbar - - - - - Select the file you want to attach - - - - - Press OK - - - - - - You can drag a file from your desktop into the composer window to - attach it as well. - - - To hide the display of files you've attached to the - message, select - View Hide - Attachments ; to show them - again, choose Show Attachments. - - - When you send the message, a copy of the attached file - will go with it. Be aware that big attachments can take a - long time to download. - - - When receiving a message that has an attached image, - Evolution gives you the choice - whether to view it or not. You can choose to have it - always shown, load images only if the sender is in your - addressbook, or never load images. - - - - - Types of Recipients - - Evolution, like most email - programs, recognizes three types of addressee: primary - recipients, secondary recipients, and hidden ("blind") - recipients. - - - The simplest way to direct a message is to put the email - address or addresses in the To: - field, which denotes primary recipients. To send mail to - more than one or two people, you can use the the - Cc: field. - - - Hearkening back to the dark ages when people used - typewriters and there were no copy machines, "Cc" stands - for "Carbon Copy." Use it whenever you want to share a - message you've written to someone else. - - - Bcc: is a little more complex. You - use it like Cc:, but people on the - Bcc: list are hidden from the other - recipients of the message. Use it to send mail to large - groups of people, especially if they don't know each other - or if privacy is a concern. - - - - Using the Cc: field - - When Susan sends an email to a client, she puts her - co-worker, Tim, in the in the - Cc: field, so that he know - what's going on. The client can see that Tim also - received the message, and knows that he can talk to - Tim about the message as well. - - - - - - - Using the Bcc: field - - Tim is sending an email announcement to all of his - company's clients, some of whom are in competition - with each other, and all of whom value their - privacy. He needs to use the - Bcc: field here. If he puts - every address from his address book's "Clients" - category into the To: or - Cc: fields, he'll make the - company's entire client list - public. But putting his "Clients" addressbook - into the Bcc: section, that will cause them to be hidden - from the competition. It seems insignificant, but it can - make a huge difference in some situations. - - - - - - - Choosing Recipients Quickly - - If you have created address cards in the contact manager, - you can also enter nicknames or other portions of address - data, and Evolution will offer a - drop down list of possible address completions from your - address book. If you enter a name or nickname that can go - with more than one card, Evolution will open a dialog box to - ask you which person you meant. Also, - Evolution will add a domain to - any unqualified addresses. By default, this is your domain, - but you can choose which one mail preferences dialog. - - - Alternately, you can click on the - To:, Cc:, or - Bcc: buttons to get a list — - potentially a very long one — of the email addresses - in your contact manager. Select addresses and click on - the arrows to move them into the appropriate address - columns. - - - For more information about using email together with the - contact manager and the calendar, see and . - - - - - - Replying to Messages - - To reply to a message, press the - Reply: button while it is selected, - or choose Reply to Sender: from - the message's right-click menu. That will open the - message composer. The - To: and Subject: - fields will already be filled, although you can alter them - if you wish. In addition, the full text of the old message - is inserted into the new message, either grey (for - HTML display) or with the > character before each line - (in plain text mode), to indicate that it's part of the - previous message. People often intersperse their message - with the quoted material as shown in . - - - - -
- Reply Message Window - - Evolution Main Window - - - -
- - - - If you're reading a message with several recipients, you may - wish to use Reply to All instead of - Reply. If there are large numbers - of people in the Cc: or - To: fields, this can save substantial - amounts of time. - - Using the Reply to All feature - - Susan sends an email to a client and sends copies to Tim - and to an internal company mailing list of co-workers. - If Tim wants to make a comment for all of them to read, - he uses Reply to All, but if he - just wants to tell Susan that he agrees with her, he - uses Reply. Note that his reply - will not reach anyone that Susan put on her - Bcc list, since that list is not - shared with anyone. - - - - - If you're subscribed to a mailing list, and want your reply - to go just to the list, rather than to the sender, choose - Reply to List instead of - Reply or Reply to - All. - - What is a Mailing List? - - Mailing Lists are one of the most popular tools for - group collaboration on the Internet. Here's how they work: - - - Someone sends a message to a single address, like - evolution@ximian.com. - - - That address belongs to a program that distributes - the message to a list of recipients. - - - The mail management program lets individuals subscribe - to or unsubscribe from the list at will, without - requiring the message writers to remember the addresses - of every recipient. - - - Mailing list servers can also let network administrators - control mail flow, list membership, and even moderate - the content of mailing lists. - - - - - - - Searching and Replacing with the Composer - - You are probably familiar with search and replace features - in any sort of text-editing software, and if you come from - a Linux or Unix background, you may know what - Find Regex does. If you aren't - among the lucky who already know, here's a quick rundown of - the automated text searching features that the message - composer makes available to you. - - - - - Find - Enter a word or phrase, and - Evolution will find it - in your message. - - - - - Find Regex - - - Find a regex, also called a - regular - expression, in your composer window. - - - - - - Find Again - - Select this item to repeat the last search you performed. - - - - - Replace - - Find a word or phrase, and replace it with - something else. - - - - - - - - For all of these menu items, you can choose whether or not - to Search Backwards in the document - from the point where your cursor is. For all but the - regular expression search (which doesn't need it), you are - offered a check box to determine whether the search is to - be Case Sensitive when it determines - a match. - - - - - Embellish your email with HTML - - Normally, you can't set text styles or insert pictures in - emails, which is why you've probably seen people use far - too many exclamation points for emphasis, or use - emoticons to - convey their feelings. However, most newer email programs - can display images and text styles as well as basic - alignment and paragraph formatting. They do this with - HTML, just like web - pages do. - - - HTML Mail is not a Default Setting - - Some people do not have HTML-capable mail clients, or - prefer not to receive HTML-enhanced mail because it is - slower to download and display. Some - people refer to HTML mail as "the root of all evil" and - get very angry if you send them HTML mail, which is why - Evolution sends plain text - unless you explicitly ask for HTML. To send HTML mail, - you will need to select - Format - HTML. Alternately, you can set - your default mail format preferences in the mail - configuration dialog. See for more information. - - - - HTML formatting tools are located in the toolbar just above - the space where you'll actually compose the message, and - they also appear in the Insert and - Format menus. - - - The icons in the toolbar are explained in tool-tips, which appear when - you hold your mouse over the buttons. The buttons fall - into four categories: - - - Headers and lists - - - At the left edge of the toolbar, you can choose - Normal for a default text style - or Header 1 through - Header 6 for varying sizes of - header from large (1) to tiny (6). Other styles - include preformat, to use the HTML - tag for preformatted blocks of text, and three types - of List Item for the highly - organized. - - - - - Text style - - - Use these buttons to determine the way your letters - look. If you have text selected, the style will - apply to the selected text. If you do not have text - selected, the style will apply to whatever you type - next. The buttons are: - - Push B for bold text - Push I for italics - Push U to underline - Push S for a strikethrough. - - - - - - Alignment - - - Located next to the text style buttons, these three - paragraph icons should be familiar to users of most - word processing software. The leftmost button will - make your text aligned to the left, the center - button, centered, and the right hand button, - aligned on the right side. - - - - - - Indentation rules - - - The button with the arrow pointing left will reduce - a paragraph's indentation, and the right arrow will - increase its indentation. - - - - - - Color Selection - - - At the far right is the color section tool. The - colored box displays the current text color; to - choose a new one, click the arrow button just to the - right. If you have text selected, the color will - apply to the selected text. If you do not have text - selected, the color will apply to whatever you type - next. - - - - - - - - - The Insert gives you three opinions which let you - spruce up your email to make it more interesting: - - - Insert Link - - - Lets you link some text to a website. Use this tool to put hyperlinks in your HTML - messages. If you don't want special link text, you can just enter the address - directly, and Evolution - will recognize it as a link. - - - - - Insert Image - - - Lets you put an image alongside text. - - - - - Insert Rule - - - Inserts a horizontal line into the text to help divide two - sections. - - - - - To add a hyperlink to your HTML message: - - - - Select the text you want to link from - - - - - Right click on text and select - Link - - - - - Enter the address you wish to link to in the - URL field. - - - - - Press OK. - - - - - - To add an image to your HTML message: - - - - Click - - Insert - Image - - - - - - Click Browse - - - - - Select the image you want - - - - - Press OK - - - - - Press Insert - - - - - - - A Technical note on HTML Tags - - The composer is a WYSIWYG - (What You See Is What You Get) - editor for HTML. That means that if you enter HTML - directly into the composer— say, - <B>Bold Text</B>, the - the composer will assume you meant exactly that string - of characters, and not "make this text bold," as an HTML - composition tool or text editor would. - - - - - - Forwarding Mail - - The post office forwards your mail for you when you change - addresses, and you can forward a letter if it comes to you by mistake. - The email Forward button - works in much the same way. It's particularly useful if you - have received a message and you think someone else would - like to see it. You can forward a message as an attachment - to a new message (this is the default) or - you can send it inline as a quoted - portion of the message you are sending. Attachment - forwarding is best if you want to send the full, unaltered - message on to someone else. Inline forwarding is best if - you want to send portions of a message, or if you have a - large number of comments on different sections of the - message you are forwarding. Remember to note from whom the - message came, and where, if at all, you have removed or - altered content. - - - To forward a message you are reading, press - Forward on the toolbar, or select - Message - Forward . If you - prefer to forward the message inline - instead of attached, select - Message Forward - Inline from the menu. Choose an - addressee as you would when sending a new message; the - subject will already be entered, but you can alter it. - Enter your comments on the message in the - composition frame, and press - Send. - - - - - Seven Tips for Email Courtesy - - - - - - - Don't send spam or forward chain mail. If you must, - watch out for hoaxes and urban legends, and make sure - the message doesn't have multiple layers of - greater-than signs, (>) indicating multiple layers - of careless in-line forwarding. - - - - - - Always begin and close with a salutation. Say "please" - and "thank you," just like you do in real life. You - can keep your pleasantries short, but be pleasant! - - - - - - WRITING IN CAPITAL LETTERS MEANS YOU'RE SHOUTING! - Don't write a whole message in capital letters. It - hurts people's ears. - - - - - - Check your spelling and use complete sentences. - - - - - - Don't send nasty emails (flames). If you get one, - don't write back. - - - - - - When you reply or forward, include just enough of - the previous message to provide context: not too - much, not too little. - - - - - - Don't send spam. - - - - - Happy mailing! - - - - - Subscription Management - - Evolution lets you handle your - IMAP and newsgroup subscriptions with the same tool: the - subscriptions manager. - - - - - In the Store section, click on the - folder to which you wish to subscribe. - - - - - Click Subscribe to add it to the - subscribed list. - - - - - Close the window. - - - - - - - - Encryption - - What is Encryption? - - Encryption is an ancient method of keeping information safe - from prying eyes. Evolution can - help you keep your private messages secret. To do that, it - makes use of the external application - gpg, an implementation of strong - Public Key - Encryption . - - - - Public Key? Private Key? Whats the difference? - - GPG uses two keys: public and private. You can give your - public key to anyone from whom you want to recieve - encrypted messages, or put it on a public key server so - that people can look it up before contacting you. - Never give your private key to anyone, - ever. Your private key lets you decrypt any - message encrypted with your public key. - - - - - Using encryption takes a bit of forethought. When you send a - message that is encrypted, you must encrypt it using your - intended recipient's public key. To get - an encrypted message, you must make sure that the sender has - your public key in advance. - - - - You can use encryption in two different ways: - - - Encrypt the entire message, so that nobody but the recipient can read it. - - - Attach an encrypted signature to a plain text message, so - that the recipient can read the message without decrypting it, and - only needs decryption to verify the sender's identity. - - - - - - Sending an Encrypted Messagee - - Kevin wants to send an encrypted message to his friend - Rachel. He looks up her public key on a general key - server, and then tells - Evolution to encrypt the - message. The message now reads "@#$23ui7yr87#@!48970fsd." - When the information gets to Rachel, she decrypts it using - her private key, and it appears as plain text for her to - read. - - - - - - Making Encryption Keys - - Before you can get or send encrypted mail, you need to - generate your public and private keys with GPG. Here's how: - - - GPG Versions - - This manual covers version 1.0.6 of GPG. If your version is - different, this may not be entirely accurate. You may find - out your version number by typing in: gpg - --version. - - - - - - - Open a terminal and type gpg --gen-key. - - - - - - Choose the default algorythm, "DSA and ElGamal." - - - - - - Choose a key length. The default, 1024 bits, should be - long enough. - - - - - - Decide if you want your key to expire automatically, and if so, when. - - - - - - - Enter your name, email address, and any additional - personal information you think is appropriate. Do not - falsify this information, because it will be needed to - verify your identity later on. - - - - - - Next, enter your passphrase. It does not have to be the - same as your email password or your login password. In - fact, it probably shouldn't. Don't forget it. If you lose - it, your keys will be useless and you will be unable to - decrypt messages sent to you with those keys. - - - - - - Now, GPG will generate your keys. This may take awhile, - so feel free to do something else while it's - happening. In fact, using your computer for something - else actually helps to generate better keys, because it - increases the randomness in the key generation seeds. - - - - - - Once the keys are generated, you can view your key information - by typing gpg --list-keys. You should see - something similar to this: - - /home/you/.gnupg/pubring.gpg - ---------------------------- - pub 1024D/32j38dk2 2001-06-20 you <you@your-address.com> - sub 1024g/289sklj3 2001-06-20 [expires: 2002-11-14] - - - - GPG will create one list, or keyring, for your public keys - and one for your private keys. All the public keys you know - are stored in the file - ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg. If you want to - give other people your key, send them that file. - - - If you wish, you can upload your keys to a keyserver. Here's - how: - - - - Check your public key ID with gpg ---list-keys. It will be the string after 1024D on the line -beginning with "pub." In this example, it's 32j38dk2. - - - - - Enter the command gpg --send-keys --keyserver -wwwkeys.pgp.net 32j38dk2. Substitute your key ID for -32j38dk2. You will need your password to do this. - - - - - - Why Use a Keyserver? - - Keyservers store your public keys for you so that your - friends can decrypt your messages. If you choose not to - use a keyserver, you can manually send your people public - key, include it in your signature file, or put it on your - own web page. However, it's easier to publish them once, - and then let people download them from the keyserver when - they want. - - - - - - - - Getting and Using Public Keys - - To encrypt a message to your someone else you'll need to use - their public key in combination with your private key. - Evolution does that for you, but - you still need to get their key and add it to your keyring. - - - To get public keys from a public key server, enter the - command: - - gpg --recv-keys --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net keyid - , substituting "keyid" for your recipient's ID. You - will need to type in your password, and then their ID will - automatically be added to your keyring. When you send mail to - them, Evolution will allow you to - encrypt your messages. - - - If someone sends you their public key directly, save it as a - plain text file and enter the command gpg - filename. This will add it to your keyring. - - - - - Setting up Evolution's Encryption - - You'll need to open - - Tools - Mail Settings - - Once there, select the account with which you'd like to send - and recieve encrypted mail, and click the - Edit button. In the - Security tab is a section labeled - Pretty Good Privacy. Enter your key ID - and click OK. Your key is now - integrated into your identity in - Evolution. - - - - - Sending Encrypted Messages - - As you know, you can use encryption to hide the entire - message, or just to verify your signature. Once you've - generated your public and private keys, and have the public - keys of the people to whom you want to send mail, here's what - to do: - - - - - Signing a Message - - To sign a message, choose: - - Security - PGP Sign - - . You will be prompted for your PGP password. Once you enter it, - click OK and your message will be signed. - - - - - Encrypting a Message - - Encrypting a message is very similar to signing a message. - Just choose the menu item - - Security - PGP Encrypt - - - - - Unencrypting a Recieved Message - - If you get an encrypted message, you will need to decrypt it - before you read it. Remember, the sender has to have your - public key before they can send you an encrypted message. - - - When you view the message, - Evolution will ask you for your - PGP password. Enter it, and the message will be displayed - properly. - - - - -- cgit v1.2.3