From 0432ec4d0ff907163693849b1c3ddb08ba3b33d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 23:24:58 +0000 Subject: improved filter instructions, vFolder instructions. still need work * C/usage-mail.sgml: improved filter instructions, vFolder instructions. still need work though. * C/usage-contact.sgml: added screenshot. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: added screenshot. * C/config-prefs.sgml: added screenshots, and now describes the actual prefs dialogs. * C/fig/config-camel.png: new (screenshot) file * C/fig/filter-druid.png: same * C/fig/vfolder-druid.png: same * C/fig/calendar.png: same * C/fig/contact.png: same * C/fig/vfolder-createrule-fig.png: same * C/fig/filter-new-fig.png: same * C/fig/config-camel-fig.png: same svn path=/trunk/; revision=3344 --- help/C/config-prefs.sgml | 148 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- help/C/fig/calendar.png | Bin 0 -> 30522 bytes help/C/fig/config-camel.png | Bin 0 -> 5344 bytes help/C/fig/contact.png | Bin 0 -> 27473 bytes help/C/fig/filter-new-fig.png | Bin 0 -> 7393 bytes help/C/fig/mainwindow-pic.png | Bin 145792 -> 261494 bytes help/C/fig/vfolder-createrule-fig.png | Bin 0 -> 7324 bytes help/C/usage-calendar.sgml | 2 +- help/C/usage-contact.sgml | 17 +++- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 88 +++++++++++++++++++- 10 files changed, 219 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) create mode 100644 help/C/fig/calendar.png create mode 100644 help/C/fig/config-camel.png create mode 100644 help/C/fig/contact.png create mode 100644 help/C/fig/filter-new-fig.png create mode 100644 help/C/fig/vfolder-createrule-fig.png (limited to 'help') diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml index 8ca4dbbc7d..d0ccf2c454 100644 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml +++ b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ - Advanced Configuration with the Preferences Window + Advanced Configuration To change your configuration settings, select - Preferences from the - Settings menu. This will open the + Configure Camel Providers from the + Tools menu. This will open the preferences window, illustrated in . Preferences are seperated into several categories: @@ -18,8 +18,22 @@ - Mail, which allows you to specify - your email server and protocols, as well as attachment + Sources, which allows you to specify + your mail receiving server and protocols. + + + + + + Transports, which allows you to + specify how you will send mail. + + + + + @@ -62,7 +76,7 @@ Preferences Dialog Preferences dialog - + @@ -74,30 +88,54 @@ If you have only one email address, or use automatic forwarding to funnel multiple addresses into one, then you - will only need to configure one identity. To create a single - user with a single identity, enter the following information: - (INSERT detailed DESCRIPTION HERE) + will only need to configure one identity. You may, however, + want more thatn one. To alter an identity, click on it in + the Identity tab of the + Preferences window, and then click + Edit. To add a new identity, simply + click Add. - If you have one email accout for your personal life, and one - for work, you'll want to create multiple identities. You - can do this by: (INSERT DESCRIPTION HERE) - + In either case, you'll be presented with a dialog box with + four fields: + + + + Full Name: by default, this is the + same name as the full name described in your user + account on your computer. + + + + + Email address: Enter your email + address in this space. + + + + + Organization: If you send email as + a representative of a company or other organization, + enter its name here. + + + + + Signature file: You may choose a + small text file to be appended to every message that you + send. Typically, signature files include address or + other contact information, or a favorite quotation. + They should not be more than three lines long. + + + - - Multiple Identities and Network Settings - - If you use multiple network connections—if, for - example, you dial up an ISP for your personal mail, and use - a LAN for your work-related tasks— you will also have - to set seperate network settings for each identity. - - + - Setting up the Network + Network Settings In order to do much of anything with Evolution, you need to connect to @@ -107,14 +145,64 @@ you'll be using. If you're switching from another groupware or email progam, you can almost certainly use the same settings as you did with that program. Select the - Network tab in the - Preferences window to get started. + Sources tab in the + Preferences window to tell + Evolution where you want to get + your mail, and click Transports to + determine how you want to send your mail. - - Advanced Network Configuration + + Mail Sources - INSERT a little introduction paragraph here. + The Mail Sources tab allows you to + edit, add, or delete methods of retreiving mail from + servers. Clicking on Add or + Edit will bring up a dialog box to + offer you the following options: + + + + + Mail source type:At this point, you + can only select from POP or Unix-style mbox files, but + additional types will be supported in the future. + + + + + + Server:Enter the name of your mail + server in this field, eg: mail.mycompany.com + + + + + Username:Enter your user name here. + Eva Lucy Ann Tester's user name is eltester. + + + + + Authentication: Your system + administrator will know which type of authentication + your system requires. + Evolution can also detect + what sorts of authentication are available once it knows + where to find the server. + + + + + Test these values before continuing + If this box is checked, + Evolution will attempt to + make sure that all the other entries in the dialog box + are correct. + + + + Multiple Network Connections diff --git a/help/C/fig/calendar.png b/help/C/fig/calendar.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..91f485aa5f Binary files /dev/null and b/help/C/fig/calendar.png differ diff --git a/help/C/fig/config-camel.png b/help/C/fig/config-camel.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e9e5debc78 Binary files /dev/null and b/help/C/fig/config-camel.png differ diff --git a/help/C/fig/contact.png b/help/C/fig/contact.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ed41ab0e3d Binary files /dev/null and b/help/C/fig/contact.png differ diff --git a/help/C/fig/filter-new-fig.png b/help/C/fig/filter-new-fig.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..84db72462c Binary files /dev/null and b/help/C/fig/filter-new-fig.png differ diff --git a/help/C/fig/mainwindow-pic.png b/help/C/fig/mainwindow-pic.png index b7c6067449..29af304147 100644 Binary files a/help/C/fig/mainwindow-pic.png and b/help/C/fig/mainwindow-pic.png differ diff --git a/help/C/fig/vfolder-createrule-fig.png b/help/C/fig/vfolder-createrule-fig.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6be67ad5eb Binary files /dev/null and b/help/C/fig/vfolder-createrule-fig.png differ diff --git a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml index 83e03c80c0..631a5b711b 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-calendar.sgml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Evolution Calendar View Evolution Contact Manager Window - + diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index c50d0ea10b..86cf73fd34 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -37,8 +37,21 @@ To open up your address book, click on - Contacts in the shortcut bar. + Contacts in the shortcut bar. The + contact manager is illustrated in + + +
+ Evolution Contact Manager + + Evolution Contact Manager Window + + + +
+ The contact manager interface is broken into two main parts. The first part is the contact display section. This can be @@ -56,7 +69,7 @@ You can create a new card by pressing the New Card button, or by pressing - KEYSYM. The + KEYSYM. The New Card window will appear. It has the following fields: diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 2dd289e4c3..35fa51fa38 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -704,6 +704,75 @@ + + To create a vFolder, select VFolder + Druid from the Tools + menu in the main window. This + will bring up a dialog box that looks suspiciously like + the Filter Druid (for more information on filters, see + ), and which + presents you with a list of vFolders you have previously + created. If you have already created vFolders, you can + click on them in the frame labelled Select Rule + Type, and edit or remove them. If you have + not created any, there will be only one available option: + click Add to add a new vFolder. + + + You'll be prompted to create a filtering rule. To do so, + select one of the base rules, and click + Next to customize it. Your options are: + + + + For matching messages: you may select one or more + search criteria; the vFolder you create will + contain messages that match all of + them. + + + + + Messages from a certain person: you enter an email + address, and the vFolder will contain any messages + from that address. + + + + + Messages to a certain address: any messages sent + directly to this address will be in the vFolder you create. + + + + + Messages with a given subject: enter a subject, + and the vFolder will contain messages with that + subject. + + + + as is shown in + +
+ Selecting a vFolder Rule + + Selecting a vFolder Rule + + + +
+ + + + Once you click Next, you'll + customize the vFolder rule. This process is somewhat + complicated, but promises to get much more simple in + future versions of Evolution. + As it stands now, try clicking different things to have + the sentence in the bottom frame make sense. + + @@ -717,9 +786,21 @@ To create a filter, go to your Inbox. Then select Filter Druid from the - Tools menu. This will start the a - druid, which will allow you to - create filters. + Tools menu. This will bring up a + druid, or assistant, which will + allow you to create filters. The filter + druid is shown in + + +
+ Creating a new Filter + + Creating a new Filter + + + +
+ The filter druid window @@ -774,3 +855,4 @@ + -- cgit v1.2.3