From 3161974bc1558112f19114f2884a0ace1fb77475 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 19:44:08 +0000 Subject: add item about permissions. 2002-09-19 Aaron Weber * C/config-sync.sgml: add item about permissions. * C/usage-mail-org.sgml: add note about filter applications, tip for easy filtering. * C/usage-mail.sgml: encryption update svn path=/trunk/; revision=18125 --- help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 51 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 5b0210ff20..051b1d21da 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ Importing Your Old Email and Settings - - Evolution allows you to import your old + Evolution allows you to import old email and data so that you don't need to worry about losing your old information. @@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ VCard (.vcf, gcrd): - The addressbook format used by GNOME, KDE, and + 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. @@ -74,16 +73,12 @@ - Click - File - Import - . + Click FileImport. - Click Next after reading the - Welcome screen. + Click Next after reading the Welcome screen. @@ -93,8 +88,7 @@ - Find the file that you wish to import into - Evolution. + Find the file that you wish to import into Evolution. @@ -118,11 +112,7 @@ - Click - - File - Import - . + Click FileImport. @@ -137,38 +127,34 @@ - The left-most column shows the application from which - your information will be imported from. Then, select + 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. - Click Next. + Click Next - Click Import. + Click Import + Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Users Microsoft Outlook, and versions of Outlook Express after - version 4, use proprietary formats that - Ximian Evolution cannot read or - import. For contacts, you may wish to consider using - OutPort, a third-party conversion tool. Ximian does not - support OutPort but you can find more information about it - at the Outport - homepage. For email, there is a more simple - workaround: + version 4, use proprietary formats that Ximian + Evolution cannot read or import. For contacts, + you may have to email them to yourself and import them that + way. For email, there is a simpler workaround: @@ -190,7 +176,7 @@ Use the Ximian Evolution import tool to import the files. There's more information about - why this works, and how, at the Ximian support website. + why this works, and how, at the Ximian support website. @@ -207,6 +193,7 @@ the messages in your Trash folders. + @@ -454,6 +441,18 @@ person with a pile of envelopes. + + + Quick Filter Creation + + There is an easy shortcut for fast filter or vFolder + creation. Right-click on the message in the message + list, and select one of the items under the + Create Rule from Message + submenu. + + + Making New Filters @@ -511,8 +510,25 @@ expression you write in the Scheme language, used to define filters in Ximian Evolution. + + + + + What if Multiple Filters Match One Message? + + If you have several filters that match a single message, + they will all be applied to the message, in order, unless + one of the filters has the action Stop + Processing. If you use that action in a + filter, the messages that it affects will not be touched + by other filters. + + + - + + + Date sent - Filter messages according to the date on which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you want a message to meet — before @@ -525,11 +541,11 @@ looking for messages less than two days old. - Date Received - This works the same - way as the Date Sent option, - except that it compares the time you got the - message with the dates you specify. - + + Date Received - This works the same way as the Date Sent + option, except that it compares the time you got the message + with the dates you specify. + Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least @@ -655,17 +671,8 @@ Set Status - If you want to add multiple actions for this filter, press - Add filter and repeat the previous step. + Add action and repeat the previous step. - - - If you wish to set status while moving an email to a - different folder at the same time, you will need to - tell Ximian Evolution to - set status before you move the message to another - folder. - - @@ -674,6 +681,7 @@ + When Are Filters Applied? @@ -682,11 +690,19 @@ time you check for mail. - If you use an IMAP or Microsoft Exchange server and keep - your mail on the server, filters are applied to the INBOX - when you open it. In some cases, you will see a number of - unread messages in the INBOX, click the INBOX, and then - have the messages move elsewhere as they are filtered out. + If you store your mail on the mail server and check your + mail with IMAP, filters are applied to the INBOX when you + open it. In some cases, you will see a number of unread + messages in the INBOX, click the INBOX, and then have the + messages move elsewhere as they are filtered out. + + + If you use Ximian Connector to store your mail on an + Exchange server, filters are not applied until you open + your INBOX folder and select + ActionsApply + Filters or press + CtrlY @@ -700,6 +716,8 @@ However, if you filter out all the mail with that header, you'll catch a lot of the mail you don't want to get. + + To catch them and automatically mark them for deletion, do the following: -- cgit v1.2.3