From e6e201806285fe43cfd7d87825a46d5cca18c218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:46:44 +0000 Subject: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file. 2001-08-20 Aaron Weber * C/usage-exec-summary.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file. Rewrote intro. * C/usage-contact.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Moved introductory/basic content to the usage-mainwindow.sgml file.Rewrote intro. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Put summary-type info into this file from other chapters. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12328 --- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 178 +++++++++++-------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 139 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/usage-mail.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 53f01af0da..54922ecac4 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -1,69 +1,29 @@ + Using Evolution for Email - - A Guide to the Evolution Mailer - - Evolution email is like other email - programs in all the ways that matter: - - - - It can sort and organize your mail in a wide variety of ways with - folders, searches, and filters. - - - - - It can send and receive mail in HTML or as plain text, and - makes it easy to send and recieve multiple file attachments. - - - - - It supports multiple mail sources, including IMAP, POP3, local - mbox and - mh files, and - even NNTP messages (newsgroups), which aren't technically - email. - - - - - Lets you enhance your security with encryption. - - - - - - However, Evolution has some important - differences. First, it's built to handle very large amounts of - mail. Both the filtering and searching functions - were built for speed and efficiency on large volumes of - mail. There's also the Evolution - vFolder, an - advanced organizational feature not found in mainstream mail - clients. If you get a lot of mail, or if you keep every message - you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll find this - feature especially useful. - - + + This chapter, and , will + provide you with an in-depth guide to the capabilities of + Evolution as a mail client. For information about how to set up + your mail account, see . + - Reading Mail - - You can start reading email by clicking - Inbox in the shortcut bar. The first - time you use Evolution, it will - start with the Inbox open and show you a - message from Ximian welcoming you to the application. - + Reading Mail + + Start the mail client by clicking on the + Inbox icon in the shortcut bar, or by + selecting a mail folder in the folder bar. To read a message, + select it in the message list; if you'd like to see it in its + own window, double-click on it or press + + Ctrl + O + . + Reading Mail with the Keyboard @@ -74,80 +34,6 @@ - - Your Evolution - Inbox will look something like the one in - . - If you find the view pane too small, you can resize - the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click on the - message in the message list to have it - open in a new window. To change the sizes of a pane, just click - and hold on the divider between the two panes. Then you can drag - up and down to select the size of the panes. Just like with - folders, you can right-click on messages in the message list and - get a menu of possible actions. - - - - -
- 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 @@ -166,6 +52,21 @@ instructions on how to customize your message display columns in . + + + 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 + . + + + You can also choose a threaded message view. Select @@ -912,16 +813,15 @@ with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed--> 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 don't like HTML mail and - get very angry if you send them HTML mail, which is why + slower to download and display. Because some people may + prefer not to get HTML mail, 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 . To send all your mail as + HTML, you can set your default mail format preferences in + the mail configuration dialog. See for more information. -- cgit v1.2.3