From 53f0a00b1bac193cde8eaa340ff84fb59615c654 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:30:45 +0000 Subject: minor edits. Added about bug 7428. 2001-08-16 Aaron Weber * C/usage-mail.sgml: minor edits. Added about bug 7428. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12133 --- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 167 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- help/ChangeLog | 4 ++ 2 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) (limited to 'help') diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index b5c6ae61d4..e32cdc912d 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ - + Using Evolution for Email @@ -65,6 +64,15 @@ message from Ximian welcoming you to the application. + + Reading Mail with the Keyboard + + You can click the spacebar to page down while you're reading + an email, and press backspace to page up in an email. This + may help to make reading your email faster. + + + Your Evolution Inbox will look something like the one in @@ -331,16 +339,9 @@ a file attached to an email, Evolution will display the file at the bottom of the message to which it's attached. Text, - including HTML formatting, will appear as part of the - message. To minimize download time, and to foil spammers - who use server information to track their messages, images - linked from an HTML message not - display unless you select the - ViewMessage - DisplayLoad Images - option. For other files, - Evolution will show an icon at - the end of the message. + including HTML formatting and embedded images, will appear + as part of the message, rather than at the end of the + message as an attachment. To Save an Attachment to Disk: @@ -373,15 +374,124 @@ + + When someone sends you HTML mail, and includes an image in + the actual mail (that is, they use the + Insert Image + tool, not the Attach + tool), Evolution will display the + image inside the message. + + + If an HTML mail with images does not include an image, but + asks Evolution to go download the + image from a website, Evolution + won't display the image unless you ask it to. This is because + remotely hosted images can slow down your system, and can be + used by spammers to track reads their email. So having them + not load automatically helps protect your privacy. + + + If you want the images to load, select + + View + Message Display + Load Images + . + You can also set image loading behavior in the + Display tab of the + + Tools + Mail Settings + dialog. + + + Loading Images from the Net through an HTTP Proxy + + If you use an HTTP proxy, + Evolution must be able to find + it through the gnome-vfs subsystem + before it can load iamges from the net. + + + Configure it with Nautilus + + + + + + Open a Nautilus window + + + + + Select + Preferences + Edit Preferences + . + + + + + Go to the Navigation tab. + + + + + Click the Use HTTP Proxy + checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP + proxy in the Location field. + + + + + + + + Configure it with the gconftool command + + + + + + Open a terminal. + + + + + Enter the command + + gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE" + + + + + + Enter the command + + --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url" + + + + + + Enter the command + + $ gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080" + + + + + + + For more information about the gconftool command, + read the gconftool man page. + + + + + - - Reading email with keyboard - - You can click the spacebar to page down while you're reading an email, - and press backspace to page up in an email. This may help to make - reading your email faster. - - To Open an Attachment in a Program: @@ -404,14 +514,6 @@ - - Evolution can also display - HTML-formatted mail, complete with graphics. Graphics - don't load automatically by default, because they can be - large and take a long time to download. They can also be - used by spammers to help track who reads their email. So - having them not load automatically helps protect your - privacy. @@ -543,14 +645,7 @@ will go with it. Be aware that big attachments can take a long time to download. - - When receiving a message that has an attached image, - Evolution gives you the choice - whether to view it or not. You can choose to have it - always shown, load images only if the sender is in your - addressbook, or never load images. - - + Types of Recipients diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog index 7a915a75f5..ccf9b08789 100644 --- a/help/ChangeLog +++ b/help/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-08-16 Aaron Weber + + * C/usage-mail.sgml: minor edits. Added about bug 7428. + 2001-08-16 Kjartan Maraas * C/evolution-C.omf: Place it under -- cgit v1.2.3