From 81bab650bb4ca76d93578064794d78190d0e9527 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 04:05:59 +0000 Subject: added Kevin Breit to author and copyright. * C/evolution-guide.sgml: added Kevin Breit to author and copyright. * C/apx-authors.sgml: Put app authors in a simplelist. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Removed USAGE-SETUP insertion, added xref to send users to config-setupassist chapter. This and the following changes take setup druid coverage out of usage section and put it in config section. * C/config-setupassist.sgml: Added mail druid coverage from usage-setup.sgml. * C/usage-setup.sgml: Removed file. contents in config-setupassist.sgml. * C/evolution-guide.sgml: Removed USAGE-SETUP entity (and file usage-setup.sgml.) svn path=/trunk/; revision=3236 --- doc/C/usage-mail.sgml | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/C/usage-mail.sgml') diff --git a/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml b/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml index 88e92756fe..2dd289e4c3 100644 --- a/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ You can start reading email by clicking Inbox in the shortcut bar. By default, the Inbox is open when you - start Evolution. + start Evolution, and the first + time you see your inbox, there's a message in it from Helix + Code welcoming you to the application. @@ -92,29 +94,34 @@ - + - &USAGE-SETUP; + Getting Mail To check your email, just click Send and - Receive in the toolbar. - Evolution will download your - mail for you and send any mail you've marked ready to - send. New mail will appear in your + Receive in the toolbar. If this is the first + time you've done so, the mail druid + will ask you for the information it needs to check your + mail (see for more + information). Then, Evolution + will download your mail for you and send any mail you've + marked ready to send. New mail will appear in your Inbox and also in the Today View. - If you get an error message, you probably need to change - your network preferences. To learn how to do that, have a - look at , or ask your - system administrator. + If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably + need to change your network preferences. To learn how to + do that, have a look at , or ask your system + administrator. @@ -125,7 +132,8 @@ want to put it. Once you've downloaded a file, you can open, move, copy, or execute it just like any other, using Nautilus or your - favorite shell or file manager. + favorite shell or file manager. (This text will change + to fit app behavior, once features are implemented.) @@ -541,20 +549,24 @@ Getting Organized with Folders - You can create new folders by selecting - ITEM from the - MENU, or by pressing + Mail, as well as address cards and calendars, is kept in + folders. If you like, you can create new folders by + selecting New and then + Folder from the + File menu, or by pressing COMBO. (Will there be a dialog box to determine name and location? Must wait for feature to - describe) The new folders will appear in the + describe.) The new folders will appear in the tree view, and you can drag them wherever you want to relocate them. You can move messages - into them by dragging, or by selecting them and choosing - ITEM from the - MENU. An email message can be in only - one folder at a time, just like real mail in real folders. - This is also the case for folders of address cards and calendar - information. + into the folders by dragging and dropping, or by selecting + them and choosing ITEM from the + MENU. If you create filters with the + filter druid, you can have mail + moved to a folder automatically. An email message can be in + only one folder at a time, just like real mail in real + folders. This is also the case for folders of address + cards and calendar information. @@ -718,17 +730,18 @@ - When mail arrives: new mail - arrives in the Inbox, and you can filter it from - here. + When mail arrives: Select + this option to have messages filtered as they + arrive. - When mail is sent: When you - send mail, you can perform additional actions on - it— perhaps you keep your Outbox sorted into - subfolders. + When mail is sent: Select + this option to filter your outgoing mail. You + can use this feature to keep your + Outbox as organized as + your Inbox. -- cgit v1.2.3