From 305d9c4b21d083525233b6f1f61d48288f1766b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 21:06:08 +0000
Subject: One more FIXME...done

2001-10-26  Kevin Breit  <mrproper@ximian.com>

	* C/usage-contact.sgml: One more FIXME...done

	* C/config-prefs.sgml: Fixed a definition, one less FIXME to deal with.

	* C/usage-mail-org.sgml: Moved importing information here.

	* C/usage-mail.sgml: Moved importing information to -org.sgml

	* C/usage-mail-org.sgml: Added a note

svn path=/trunk/; revision=14171
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 help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 119 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml')

diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml
index 80822f5fb1..3d9745fa8c 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml
@@ -9,9 +9,125 @@
       to help you do it.
     </para>
 
-<!-- Kevin, i'd suggest putting an "IMporting old mail" section here." -->
-
-    <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-columns">
+  <sect1 id="importing-mail-and-settings">
+    <title>Importing Your Old Email and Settings</title>
+    <para>
+      <application>Evolution</application> allows you to import old email and data so that you don't need to worry about losing your old information.
+    </para>
+    <sect2 id="importing-mail">
+      <title>Importing Email</title>
+      <para>
+        <application>Ximian Evolution</application> can import the following types of
+        files:
+        <variablelist>
+          <varlistentry>
+            <term>VCard (.vcf, gcrd)</term>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>
+                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>Microsoft Outlook Express 4 (.mbx)</term>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>
+                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>
+
+          <varlistentry>
+            <term>MBox (mbox)</term>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>
+                The email box format used by Mozilla, Netscape,
+                Ximian Evolution, Eudora, and many other email clients.
+              </para>
+            </listitem>
+          </varlistentry>
+        </variablelist>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        To import your old email:
+        <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> after reading the Welcome screen.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Select <guibutton>Import a single file</guibutton>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Find the file that you wish to import into <application>Evolution</application>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton>
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </orderedlist>
+      </para>
+    </sect2>
+    <sect2 id="importing-preferences">
+      <title>Importing Preferences</title>
+      <para>
+        <application>Evolution</application> can import all your old mail, contacts, and other information from other applications, making your transition to <application>Evolution</application> even easier.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        To import your old information:
+        <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Click <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> after reading the Welcome screen.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Select <guibutton>Import data and settings from older programs</guibutton>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              The left-most column shows the application which your information will be imported from.  You then select checkboxes on each component to import different properties of each application.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Click <guibutton>Import</guibutton>
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </orderedlist>
+      </para>
+    </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-columns">
       <title>Sorting Mail with Column Headers</title>
       <para>
          By default, the message list has columns with the following
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