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<!--
<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN">
-->

<chapter id="usage-mail">
  <title>Using Evolution for Email</title>
  <para>
    This chapter, and <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize">, 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 <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail">.
  </para>
  
  <note>
    <title>If you use IMAP Mail</title>
    <para>
      If you chose IMAP mail during the setup process, you must subscribe to
      your mail folders before you can read mail in them. Read <xref
                                     linkend="usage-mail-subscriptions"> to find out how.
    </para>
  </note>
  
  
  <sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-read">
    <title>Reading Mail</title>    
    <para>
      Start the mail client by clicking on the
      <guibutton>Inbox</guibutton> 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
      <keycombo action="simul">
    <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
    <keycap>O</keycap>
      </keycombo>.
    </para>

      <tip id="spaceandbs">
    <title>Reading Mail with the Keyboard</title>
    <para>
      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.
    </para>
      </tip>

    <sect2 id="usage-mail-listorder">
      <title>Sorting the message list</title>
      <para>
    <application>Evolution</application> helps you work by letting you sort
    your email.  To sort by sender, subject, or date, click
    on the bars with those labels at the top of the message
    list. The direction of the arrow next to the label indicates
    the direction of the sort, and if you click again, you'll
    sort them in reverse order. For example, click once on
    <guilabel>Date</guilabel> to sort messages by date from
    oldest to newest.  Click again, and
    <application>Evolution</application> sorts the list from
    newest to oldest. You can also right-click on the message
    header bars to get a set of sorting options, and add or
    remove columns from the message list.  You can find detailed
    instructions on how to customize your message display
    columns in <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-columns">.
      </para>

      <tip id="view-headers">
    <title>Email Headers</title>
    <para>
      To look at the complete headers for email messages, select
      <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
      Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Full
      Headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To see absolutely every
      bit, choose
      <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message
      Display</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Email Source
      </guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
       </para>
      </tip>

      <para>
    You can also choose a threaded message view. Select
    <menuchoice> 
      <guimenu>View</guimenu>
          <guimenuitem>Threaded</guimenuitem> 
    </menuchoice> 
    to turn the threaded view on or off.  When you select this option,
    <application>Evolution</application> groups the replies to a
    message with the original, so you can follow the thread of a
    conversation from one message to the next.
      </para>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-delete">
        <title>Deleting Mail</title>
        <para>
          Once you've read your mail, you may want to get rid of
          it. 
    To delete a message:
    <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Click the message to select it
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Press delete button or right click on the message and
          choose <guilabel>Delete</guilabel>.
        </para>
        <note>
          <title>Deleted but still here?</title>
          <para>
        When you do this, your message is marked to be
        deleted.  Your email is not gone until you have
        expunged it. When you "Expunge" a folder, you remove
        all the mail that you have marked for deletion.
          </para>
        </note>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Click
          <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
        <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice>
          or press
          <keycombo action="simul">
        <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
        <keycap>E</keycap>
          </keycombo>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
      <note>
    <title>Trash is Actually a vFolder?</title>
    <para>
      Your trash folder is actually a vFolder that displays all
          messages you have marked for later deletion.  For more
          information about vFolders, see <xref
          linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">.  If you choose
          <menuchoice> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Empty
          Trash</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> you will expunge
          <emphasis>all</emphasis> your folders.
    </para>
      </note>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-undelete">
      <title>Undeleting Messages</title>
      <para>
    To undelete a message:
    <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Select a message you have marked for deletion.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Press <keycombo
          action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>U</keycap>
          </keycombo>
          or choose
          <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
        <guimenuitem>Undelete</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice>

        </para>
        <note>
          <title>What does Undelete actually do?</title>
          <para>
                If you have marked a message for deletion, undeleting
        it will unmark it, and the message will be removed
        from the Trash folder. However, it can't bring back
        messages that have been expunged.
          </para>
        </note>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get">
    <title>Checking Mail</title>
    <para>
      Now that you've had a look around the
      <interface>Inbox</interface>, it's time to check for new mail.
      Click <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> in the toolbar to check
      your mail.  If you haven't entered any mail settings yet, the
      <interface>setup assistant</interface> will ask you for the
      information it needs to check your email.
    </para>
    <para>
      The assistant will give you several dialog boxes where you configure:
      <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        your personal information
      </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        your outgoing email server information
      </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        your mail account identity name
      </para>
    </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </para>
    <para>
      To check your email, press the <guibutton>Check Mail</guibutton>
      button.  If this is your first time checking mail, or you
      haven't asked <application>Evolution</application> to store your
      password, you'll be prompted for the password.  Enter your
      password and your email will be downloaded.
    </para>
    <note id="badmailsettings">
      <title>Can't Check Mail?</title>
      <para>
    If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need to check
    your network settings.  To learn how to do that,
     have a look at <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-network">, or
     ask your system administrator.
       </para>
     </note>

<!-- NOT FOR 1.0
       <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-news">
      <title>Using Evolution for News </title>
    <para>
      Newsgroups are so similar to email that there's no reason not
      to read them side by side.  If you want to do that, add a
      news source to your configuration (see <xref
      linkend="config-prefs-network-news">). The news server will
      appear as a remote server, and will look quite similar to an
      IMAP folder.  When you click <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton>,
      <application>Evolution</application> will also check for news
      messages.
    </para>
    </sect2>
-->
       <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-get-attach">
     <title>Working with Attachments and HTML Mail</title>
     <para>
       If someone sends you an <glossterm>attachment</glossterm>,
       a file attached to an email,
       <application>Evolution</application> will display the file
       at the bottom of the message to which it's attached.  Text,
       including HTML formatting and embedded images, will appear
       as part of the message, rather than at the end of the
       message as an attachment.
     </para>
     <para>
       To Save an Attachment to Disk:
       <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
     <listitem>
       <para>
         Open up the desired email
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
         Click on the down arrow at the bottom of the email for the desired
         attachment.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
         Select <guibutton>Save to Disk</guibutton>.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
         Choose the directory and filename you wish.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
         Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
       </para>
     </listitem>
       </orderedlist>
      </para>
      <para>
         When someone sends you HTML mail, and includes an image in
         the actual mail (that is, they use the <menuchoice>
         <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem>
         </menuchoice> tool, not the <guibutton>Attach</guibutton>
         tool), <application>Evolution</application> will display the
         image inside the message.
      </para>
      <para>
         If an HTML mail uses a link to an image, and asks
         <application>Evolution</application> to download the image
         from the Internet, <application>Evolution</application> will
         not 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 who reads their email.  Having
         images not load automatically helps protect your privacy.
      </para>
      <para>
     If you want the images to load, select 
     <menuchoice>
       <guimenu>View</guimenu>
       <guisubmenu>Message Display</guisubmenu>
       <guimenuitem>Load Images</guimenuitem>
         </menuchoice>.  
         You can also set image loading behavior in the
         <guilabel>Display</guilabel> tab of the        
         <menuchoice>
       <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
       <guimenuitem>Mail Settings</guimenuitem>
         </menuchoice> dialog.
      </para>
      <note id="http-proxy">
    <title>Loading Images from the Net through an HTTP Proxy</title>
        <para>
           If you use an HTTP proxy,
           <application>Evolution</application> must be able to find
           it through the <systemitem>gnome-vfs</systemitem> subsystem
           before it can load iamges from the net.
            <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Configure it with Nautilus</term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
                 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
            <listitem>
              <para>
            Open a Nautilus window
                   </para>
            </listitem>
                <listitem>
              <para>
                     Select <menuchoice>
              <guimenu>Preferences</guimenu>
              <guimenuitem>Edit Preferences</guimenuitem>
            </menuchoice>.
                   </para>
            </listitem>
                <listitem>
              <para>
            Go to the <guilabel>Navigation</guilabel> tab.
                   </para>
            </listitem>
                <listitem>
              <para>
            Click the <guilabel>Use HTTP Proxy</guilabel>
            checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP
            proxy in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field.
                   </para>
            </listitem>
          </orderedlist>
                </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Configure it with the gconftool command</term>
          <listitem>
          <para>
                 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
            <listitem>
              <para>
                        Open a terminal.
                      </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                        Enter the command 
                        <command>
                        gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE"
                        </command>
                      </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                        Enter the command 
                        <command>
                        --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url"
                        </command>
                      </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
                        Enter the command 
                        <command>
                        $ gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080"
                        </command>                  
                      </para>
            </listitem>
          </orderedlist>
                </para>
        <para>
                  For more information about the gconftool command,
                  read the gconftool man page.
                </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
         </para>
      </note>

      <para>
    To Open an Attachment in a Program:
    <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Open the mail message with the attachment you want to read.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Click the arrow next the attachment icon.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Select the program you'd like to use. It will start up
          and open the document.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

    <sect1 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send">
      <title>Writing and Sending Mail</title>
      <para>
         You can start writing a new email message by selecting
         <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
         <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>
         Mail Message</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or by pressing the
         <guibutton>Compose</guibutton> button in the Inbox toolbar.
         When you do so, the <interface>New Message</interface> window
         will open, as shown in <xref
         linkend="usage-mail-newmsg-fig">.
      </para>

<!--   ==============Figure=================================== -->
      <figure id="usage-mail-newmsg-fig">
        <title>New Message Window</title>
        <screenshot>
          <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
          <graphic fileref="figures/newmsg" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
        </graphic>
        </screenshot>
      </figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->

      <para>
      Enter an address in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> field.  If you wish
      enter a  subject in the <guilabel>Subject:</guilabel> and a message in
      the big empty box at the bottom of the window.  Once you have revised
      your message, press <guibutton>Send</guibutton>.
    </para>

      <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-delay">
        <title>Saving Messages for Later</title>
        <para>
           <application>Evolution</application> will send mail immediately unless you tell it to
           do otherwise by selecting <menuchoice>
           <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Send
           Later</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.  This will add your
           messages to the <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> queue.  Then,
           when you press <guibutton>Send</guibutton> in another
           message, or <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> in the main
           mail window, all your unsent messages will go out at once.
           You might want to use "Send Later" becuase it gives
           you a chance to change your mind about a message before you send it.
        </para>
        <para>
           To learn more about how you can specify message queue and
           filter behavior, see <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail">.
        </para>

      <para>
    You can also choose to save messages as drafts or as text
    files. Your options are:
       <itemizedlist>
        <listitem><para>
          Choose
      <menuchoice>
       <guimenu>File</guimenu>
        <guimenuitem>Save Draft</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice>
          to store your messages in the drafts folder for later
          revision.
       </para></listitem>

       <listitem><para>
         If you'd like to have the message sent later, you
         can choose <guimenuitem>Send Later</guimenuitem>. That way,
         the message will be added to the queue, and you can send a 
         batch of messages all at once.
        </para></listitem>
        
        <listitem><para> 
         If you prefer to save your message as a text file,
         choose <guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem> and then choose a
         file name.
           </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-compose">
      <title>Advanced Mail Composition</title>
      <para>
        In the next few sections, you'll see how
    <application>Evolution</application> handles advanced email
    features, including large recipient lists, attachments, and
    forwarding.
      </para>
      <sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-attach">
        <title>Attachments</title>
        <para>
      To attach a file to your email:
      <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Push the attach button in the composer toolbar
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Select the file you want to attach
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </para>
    <para>
      You can drag a file from your desktop into the composer window to
      attach it as well.
        </para>
        <para>
            To hide the display of files you've attached to the
            message, select <menuchoice>
            <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Hide
            Attachments</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>; to show them
            again, choose <guimenuitem>Show Attachments</guimenuitem>.
        </para>
        <para>
            When you send the message, a copy of the attached file
            will go with it.  Be aware that big attachments can take a
            long time to download.
        </para>
       </sect3>

      <sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to-types">
    <title>Types of Recipients</title>
        <para>
      <application>Evolution</application>, like most email
       programs, recognizes three types of addressee: primary
       recipients, secondary recipients, and hidden ("blind")
       recipients.
         </para>
         <para>
            The simplest way to direct a message is to put the email
            address or addresses in the <guilabel>To:</guilabel>
            field, which denotes primary recipients.  To send mail to
            more than one or two people, you can use the
            <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> field.
          </para>
          <para>
            Hearkening back to the dark ages when people used
            typewriters and there were no copy machines, "Cc" stands
            for "Carbon Copy."  Use it whenever you want to share a
            message you've written to someone else.
          </para>
          <para>
            <guilabel>Bcc:</guilabel> is a little more complex.  You
            use it like <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel>, but people on the
            <guilabel>Bcc:</guilabel> list are hidden from the other
            recipients of the message. Use it to send mail to large
            groups of people, especially if they don't know each other
            or if privacy is a concern.
          </para>

            <example id="ex-mail-cc">
              <title>Using the Cc: field</title>
              <para>
                 When Susan sends an email to a client, she puts her
                 co-worker, Tim, in the in the
                 <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> field, so that he know
                 what's going on.  The client can see that Tim also
                 received the message, and knows that he can talk to
                 Tim about the message as well.
              </para>
            </example>

          <para>

            <example id="ex-mail-bcc">
              <title>Using the Bcc: field</title>
              <para>
                 Tim is sending an email announcement to all of his
                 company's clients, some of whom are in competition
                 with each other, and all of whom value their
                 privacy. He needs to use the
                 <guilabel>Bcc:</guilabel> field here.  If he puts
                 every address from his address book's "Clients"
                 category into the <guilabel>To:</guilabel> or
                 <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> fields, he'll make the
                 company's <emphasis>entire</emphasis> client list
                 public. But putting his "Clients" addressbook
                 into the Bcc: section, that will cause them to be hidden
                 from the competition.  It seems insignificant, but it can
                 make a huge difference in some situations.
             </para>
            </example>
          </para>
        </sect3>

        <sect3 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-to">
        <title>Choosing Recipients Quickly</title>
        <para>
      If you have created address cards in the contact manager,
          you can also enter nicknames or other portions of address
          data, and <application>Evolution</application> will offer a
          drop down list of possible address completions from your
          address book.  If you enter a name or nickname that can go
          with more than one card, Evolution will open a dialog box to
          ask you which person you meant. Also,
          <application>Evolution</application> will add a domain to
          any unqualified addresses.  By default, this is your domain,
          but you can choose which one mail preferences dialog.
          </para>
          <para>
            Alternately, you can click on the
            <guibutton>To:</guibutton>, <guibutton>Cc:</guibutton>, or
            <guibutton>Bcc:</guibutton> buttons to get a list &mdash;
            potentially a very long one &mdash; of the email addresses
            in your contact manager.  Select addresses and click on
            the arrows to move them into the appropriate address
            columns.
          </para>
          <para>
            For more information about using email together with the
            contact manager and the calendar, see <xref
            linkend="contact-automation-basic"> and <xref
            linkend="usage-calendar-apts">.
          </para>
        </sect3>
      </sect2>

      <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-reply">
        <title>Replying to Messages</title>
        <para>
           To reply to a message, press the
           <guibutton>Reply:</guibutton> button while it is selected,
           or choose <guimenuitem>Reply to Sender:</guimenuitem> from
           the message's right-click menu.  That will open the
           <interface>message composer</interface>.  The
           <guilabel>To:</guilabel> and <guilabel>Subject:</guilabel>
           fields will already be filled, although you can alter them
           if you wish.  In addition, the full text of the old message
           is inserted into the new message, either grey (for
           HTML display) or with the &gt; character before each line
           (in plain text mode), to indicate that it's part of the
           previous message.  People often intersperse their message
           with the quoted material as shown in <xref
           linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-reply-fig">.

<!-- note that this figure should have a reply message ready to send,
with quoted materials and the relevant replies interspersed-->
<!-- I want to wait for the formatting bugs to be fixed first -->
 <!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
       <figure id="usage-mail-getnsend-reply-fig">
         <title>Reply Message Window</title>
         <screenshot>
          <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
          <graphic fileref="figures/replymsg" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
        </graphic>
        </screenshot>
      </figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
        </para>
        <para>
          If you're reading a message with several recipients, you may
           wish to use <guibutton>Reply to All</guibutton> instead of
           <guibutton>Reply</guibutton>.  If there are large numbers
           of people in the <guilabel>Cc:</guilabel> or
           <guilabel>To:</guilabel> fields, this can save substantial
           amounts of time.
          <example>
            <title>Using the Reply to All feature</title>
            <para>
              Susan sends an email to a client and sends copies to Tim
              and to an internal company mailing list of co-workers.
              If Tim wants to make a comment for all of them to read,
              he uses <guibutton>Reply to All</guibutton>, but if he
              just wants to tell Susan that he agrees with her, he
              uses <guibutton>Reply</guibutton>.  Note that his reply
              will not reach anyone that Susan put on her
              <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> list, since that list is not
              shared with anyone.
            </para>
          </example>
        </para>
        <para>
          If you're subscribed to a mailing list, and want your reply
          to go just to the list, rather than to the sender, choose
          <guibutton>Reply to List</guibutton> instead of
          <guibutton>Reply</guibutton> or <guibutton>Reply to
          All</guibutton>.
          <note>
            <title>What is a Mailing List?</title>
            <para>
              Mailing Lists are one of the most popular tools for
              group collaboration on the Internet. Here's how they work: 
              <simplelist>
                <member>
                  Someone sends a message to a single address, like
                  <email>evolution@ximian.com</email>.
                </member>
                <member>
                  That address belongs to a program that distributes
                  the message to a list of recipients.
                </member>
             </simplelist>
               The mail management program lets individuals subscribe
               to or unsubscribe from the list at will, without
               requiring the message writers to remember the addresses
               of every recipient.
            </para>
            <para>
              Mailing list servers can also let network administrators
              control mail flow, list membership, and even moderate
              the content of mailing lists.
            </para>
          </note>
        </para>
      </sect2>

      <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-find">
        <title>Searching and Replacing with the Composer</title>
        <para>
           You are probably familiar with search and replace features
           in any sort of text-editing software, and if you come from
           a Linux or Unix background, you may know what
           <guimenuitem>Find Regex</guimenuitem> does.  If you aren't
           among the lucky who already know, here's a quick rundown of
           the automated text searching features that the message
           composer makes available to you.
        </para>
        <para>
           <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term><guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem></term>
              <listitem><para> Enter a word or phrase, and
              <application>Evolution</application> will find it
              in your message.
              </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
              <term><guimenuitem>Find Regex</guimenuitem></term>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  Find a regex, also called a
                  <glossterm linkend="regular-expression">regular
                  expression</glossterm>, in your composer window.
               </para>
             </listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
              <term><guimenuitem>Find Again</guimenuitem></term>
              <listitem><para>
                   Select this item to repeat the last search you performed.
              </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
               <term><guimenuitem>Replace</guimenuitem></term>
               <listitem><para>
                 Find a word or phrase, and replace it with
                 something else.
               </para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>

          </variablelist>
        </para>

        <para>
            For all of these menu items, you can choose whether or not
            to <guilabel>Search Backwards</guilabel> in the document
            from the point where your cursor is.  For all but the
            regular expression search (which doesn't need it), you are
            offered a check box to determine whether the search is to
            be <guilabel>Case Sensitive</guilabel> when it determines
            a match.
        </para>
      </sect2>

      <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-send-html">
        <title>Enhance your email with HTML</title>
        <para>
            Normally, you can't set text styles or insert pictures in
            emails, which is why you've probably seen people use far
            too many exclamation points for emphasis, or use
            text drawn facial expressions to
            convey their feelings.  However, most newer email programs
            can display images and text styles as well as basic
            alignment and paragraph formatting. They do this with
            <glossterm linkend="html">HTML</glossterm>, just like web
            pages do.
        </para>
        <note>
          <title>HTML Mail is not a Default Setting</title>
          <para>
            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. Because some people may
            prefer not to get HTML mail,
            <application>Evolution</application> sends plain text
            unless you explicitly ask for HTML.  To send HTML mail,
            you will need to select <menuchoice>
            <guimenu>Format</guimenu> <guimenuitem>
            HTML</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.  To send all your mail as
            HTML, you can set your default mail format preferences in
            the mail configuration dialog.  See <xref
            linkend="config-prefs-mail-other"> for more information.
          </para>
        </note>
        <para>
           HTML formatting tools are located in the toolbar just above
           the space where you'll actually compose the message, and
           they also appear in the <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> and
           <guimenu>Format</guimenu> menus.
          </para>
          <para>
            The icons in the toolbar are explained in <glossterm
            linkend="tooltip">tool-tips</glossterm>, which appear when
            you hold your mouse over the buttons.  The buttons fall
            into four categories:
            <variablelist>
             <varlistentry>
             <term>Headers and lists</term>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  At the left edge of the toolbar, you can choose
                  <guilabel>Normal</guilabel> for a default text style
                  or <guilabel>Header 1</guilabel> through
                  <guilabel>Header 6</guilabel> for varying sizes of
                  header from large (1) to tiny (6). Other styles
                  include <guilabel>preformat</guilabel>, to use the HTML
                  tag for preformatted blocks of text, and three types
                  of bullet points for the highly
                  organized.
                </para>
              </listitem>
           </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>Text style</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Use these buttons to determine the way your letters
        look.  If you have text selected, the style will
        apply to the selected text.  If you do not have text
        selected, the style will apply to whatever you type
        next.  The buttons are:
        <itemizedlist mark="none">
          <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>B</guibutton> for bold text</para></listitem>
          <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>I</guibutton> for italics</para></listitem>
          <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>U</guibutton> to underline</para></listitem>
          <listitem><para>Push <guibutton>S</guibutton> for a strikethrough.</para></listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
              <term>Alignment</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Located next to the text style buttons, these three
        paragraph icons should be familiar to users of most
        word processing software.  The leftmost button will
        make your text aligned to the left, the center
        button, centered, and the right hand button,
        aligned on the right side.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
              <term>Indentation rules</term>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  The button with the arrow pointing left will reduce
                  a paragraph's indentation, and the right arrow will
                  increase its indentation.
               </para>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>
              <term>Color Selection</term>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  At the far right is the color section tool.  The
                  colored box displays the current text color; to
                  choose a new one, click the arrow button just to the
                  right. If you have text selected, the color will
                  apply to the selected text.  If you do not have text
                  selected, the color will apply to whatever you type
                  next.
               </para>
            </listitem>
          </varlistentry>


          </variablelist>
        </para>
        <para>
    The <guimenu>Insert</guimenu> gives you three opinions which let you
           spruce up your email to make it more interesting:
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guimenuitem>Insert Link</guimenuitem></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Lets you link some text to a website.  Use this tool to put hyperlinks in your HTML
                  messages.  If you don't want special link text, you can just enter the address
                  directly, and <application>Evolution</application>
                  will recognize it as a link.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guimenuitem>Insert Image</guimenuitem></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Lets you put an image alongside text.
          </para>
          <para>
        To insert an image into your email:
        <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Open a new email by clicking <guibutton>New Message</guibutton>
            </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Make the email HTML mail by clicking
              <menuchoice>
            <guimenu>Format</guimenu>
            <guimenuitem>HTML</guimenuitem>
              </menuchoice>
            </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Click the <guibutton>Image</guibutton> button in the <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel>.
              </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Choose your image by clicking the <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button.
            </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Press <guibutton>Insert</guibutton> to insert the image.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </orderedlist>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guimenuitem>Insert Rule</guimenuitem></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Inserts a horizontal line into the text to help divide two
        sections.
          </para>
          <para>
        To insert a rule:
        <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Open a new email by clicking <guibutton>New Message</guibutton>
            </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Make the email HTML mail by clicking
              <menuchoice>
            <guimenu>Format</guimenu>
            <guimenuitem>HTML</guimenuitem>
              </menuchoice>
            </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Click the <guibutton>Rule</guibutton> button in the <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Select the template to use for the rule.
            </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Click <guibutton>Insert</guibutton> to insert the rule.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </orderedlist>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    To add a hyperlink to your HTML message:
    <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Select the text you want to link from
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Right click on text and select
          <guimenuitem>Link</guimenuitem>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Enter the address you wish to link to in the
          <guilabel>URL</guilabel> field.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
      <para>
    To add an image to your HTML message:
    <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Click
          <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
        <guimenuitem>Image</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Click <guibutton>Browse</guibutton>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Select the image you want to include in your email.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Press <guibutton>Insert</guibutton>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>

      </para>
      <note>
    <title>A Technical note on HTML Tags</title>
    <para>
      The composer is a <acronym>WYSIWYG</acronym>
      (What You See Is What You Get)
      editor for HTML. That means that if you enter HTML
      directly into the composer&mdash; say, 
      <markup role="html">&lt;B&gt;Bold Text&lt;/B&gt</markup>, the
      the composer will assume you meant exactly that string
      of characters, and not "make this text bold," as an HTML
      composition tool or text editor would.
    </para>
      </note>
      <sect3 id="html-templates">
    <title>HTML Templates</title>
    <para>
          <application>Evolution</application> not only allows you to 
      decorate your email with HTML text and graphics, but 
      provides you with prebuilt templates for you to use when making 
      these improvements.
        </para>
    <para>
      To include a template into your HTML based email:
      <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Create a new email by clicking <guibutton>New Message</guibutton>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Enable HTML in your email by clicking
        <menuchoice>
          <guimenu>
            Format
          </guimenu>
          <guimenuitem>
            HTML
          </guimenuitem>
        </menuchoice>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Click the <guibutton>HTML Template</guibutton> button in the 
        <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Select the template in the <guilabel>Template</guilabel> 
        selection box.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Click <guibutton>Insert</guibutton> to insert it where the 
        cursor is.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Click in the template to edit the specific object you clicked 
        on.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </para>
      </sect3>
      <sect3 id="composer-tables">
    <title>Tables in Email</title>
    <para>
      <application>Evolution</application> allows you to put tables in your HTML email to help organize your thoughts.  These tables are a simplified version of what you might find in a spreadsheet program such as <application>Gnumeric</application>.
    </para>
    <para>
      To include a table in your email:
      <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Create a new email by clicking <guibutton>New Message</guibutton>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Enable HTML in your email by clicking
        <menuchoice>
          <guimenu>
            Format
          </guimenu>
          <guimenuitem>
            HTML
          </guimenuitem>
        </menuchoice>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Select the template to use for the table.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Set up how many rows and columns you want.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Click the <guibutton>Insert</guibutton> button.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Click in a cell and type to insert text into the table.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </para>
      </sect3>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-fwd">
        <title>Forwarding Mail</title>
        <para>
          The post office forwards your mail for you when you change
          addresses, and you can forward a letter if it comes to you by mistake.
          The email <guilabel>Forward</guilabel> button
          works in much the same way.  It's particularly useful if you
          have received a message and you think someone else would
          like to see it.  You can forward a message as an attachment
          to a new message (this is the default) or
          you can send it <glossterm linkend="inline">inline</glossterm> as a quoted
          portion of the message you are sending.  Attachment
          forwarding is best if you want to send the full, unaltered
          message on to someone else.  Inline forwarding is best if
          you want to send portions of a message, or if you have a
          large number of comments on different sections of the
          message you are forwarding.  Remember to note from whom the
          message came, and where, if at all, you have removed or
          altered content.
        </para>
        <para>
          To forward a message you are reading, press
          <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> on the toolbar, or select
          <menuchoice> <guimenu>Message</guimenu>
          <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.  If you
          prefer to forward the message <glossterm linkend="inline">inline</glossterm>
          instead of attached, select <menuchoice>
          <guimenu>Message</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Forward
          Inline</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> from the menu.  Choose an
          addressee as you would when sending a new message; the
          subject will already be entered, but you can alter it.
          Enter your comments on the message in the
          <interface>composition frame</interface>, and press
          <guibutton>Send</guibutton>.
        </para>
      </sect2>

      <sect2 id="usage-mail-getnsend-ettiquette">
        <title>Seven Tips for Email Courtesy</title>
        <para>

          <itemizedlist>

            <listitem>
              <para>
                 Don't send spam or forward chain mail.  If you must,
                 watch out for hoaxes and urban legends, and make sure
                 the message doesn't have multiple layers of
                 greater-than signs, (&gt;) indicating multiple layers
                 of careless in-line forwarding.
              </para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para>
                Always begin and close with a salutation. Say "please"
                and "thank you," just like you do in real life. You
                can keep your pleasantries short, but be pleasant!
              </para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para>
                WRITING IN CAPITAL LETTERS MEANS YOU'RE SHOUTING!
                Don't write a whole message in capital letters.  It
                hurts people's ears.
              </para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para>
               Check your spelling and use complete sentences.
              </para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
              <para>
                Don't send nasty emails (flames).  If you get one,
                don't write back.
              </para>
            </listitem>
      
      <listitem>
        <para>
          When you reply or forward, include just enough of
          the previous message to provide context: not too
          much, not too little.
        </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
          Don't send spam.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
      </para>
      <para> Happy mailing! </para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

    <sect1 id="usage-mail-subscriptions">
      <title>Subscription Management</title>
      <para>
         Since IMAP folders exist on the server, and opening them or
         checking them takes time, you need fine-grained control over
         the way that you use IMAP folders.  That's why
         <application>Evolution</application> has an IMAP
         subscriptions manager.
     </para>
     <para>
       To use it:
      <orderedlist numeration="arabic">

    <listitem>
      <para>
       Select
       <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Subscribe
       to Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
      </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>
        If you have accounts on multiple IMAP servers, select the
        server where you'd like to manage your
        subscriptions. <application>Evolution</application> will
        display a list of available files and folders.
      </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>
            Select a file or folder by clicking on it.  You will want
            to select at least the <guilabel>INBOX</guilabel>
            folder. Depending upon the way your IMAP server is
            configured, the list of available files may include
            non-mail folders. If it does, you can ignore them.
      </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>
        Click the <guibutton>Subscribe</guibutton> to add it to
        the subscribed list.
      </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        When you have subscribed to the folders you want, close
        the window.
      </para>
    </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </para>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="encryption">
    <title>Encryption</title>
    <sect2 id="encryption-whatis">
      <title>What is Encryption?</title>
      <para>
    Encryption is an ancient method of keeping information safe
    from prying eyes. <application>Evolution</application> helps
    you you protect your privacy by using
    <application>gpg</application>, an implementation of strong
    <glossterm linkend="public-key-encryption">Public Key
    Encryption.</glossterm>
      </para>

    <note id="pub-priv">
      <title>Public Key?  Private Key?  Whats the difference?</title>
      <para>
        GPG uses two keys: public and private.  You can give your
        public key to anyone from whom you want to recieve
        encrypted messages, or put it on a public key server so
        that people can look it up before contacting you.
        <emphasis>Never give your private key to anyone,
        ever</emphasis>.  Your private key lets you decrypt any
        message encrypted with your public key.
      </para>
    </note>

      <para>
        Using encryption takes a bit of forethought.  When you send a
        message that is encrypted, you must encrypt it using your
        intended recipient's public key.  To <emphasis>get</emphasis>
        an encrypted message, you must make sure that the sender has
        your public key in advance.
      </para>

      <para>
    You can use encryption in two different ways:
        <simplelist>
          <member>
             Encrypt the entire message, so that nobody but the recipient can read it.
          </member>
          <member>
            Attach an encrypted signature to a plain text message, so
            that the recipient can read the message without decrypting it, and 
            only needs decryption to verify the sender's identity.
           </member>
         </simplelist>
      </para>

    <example> 
         <title>Sending an Encrypted Messagee</title>
      <para>
        Kevin wants to send an encrypted message to his friend
        Rachel.  He looks up her public key on a general key
        server, and then tells
        <application>Evolution</application> to encrypt the
        message.  The message now reads "@#$23ui7yr87#@!48970fsd."
        When the information gets to Rachel, she decrypts it using
        her private key, and it appears as plain text for her to
        read.
      </para>
    </example>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="encryption-keygen">
      <title>Making Encryption Keys</title>
      <para>
        Before you can get or send encrypted mail, you need to
    generate your public and private keys with GPG. Here's how:
      </para>
      <tip>
    <title>GPG Versions</title>
    <para>
      This manual covers version 1.0.6 of GPG.  If your version is
      different, this may not be entirely accurate.  You may find
      out your version number by typing in: <command>gpg
      --version</command>.
    </para>
      </tip>
      <para>
        <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
      <listitem>
           <para>
            Open a terminal and type <command>gpg --gen-key</command>.
      </para>
         </listitem>

      <listitem>
           <para> 
             Choose the default algorythm, "DSA and ElGamal."
      </para>
         </listitem>

      <listitem>
           <para>
            Choose a key length. The default, 1024 bits, should be
            long enough.
      </para>
         </listitem>

      <listitem>
           <para>
             Decide if you want your key to expire automatically, and if so, when.
      </para>
         </listitem>


      <listitem>
           <para>
            Enter your name, email address, and any additional
            personal information you think is appropriate. Do not
            falsify this information, because it will be needed to
            verify your identity later on.
      </para>
         </listitem>

      <listitem>
           <para>
             Next, enter your passphrase. It does not have to be the
             same as your email password or your login password. In
             fact, it probably shouldn't. Don't forget it. If you lose
             it, your keys will be useless and you will be unable to
             decrypt messages sent to you with those keys.
      </para>
         </listitem>

      <listitem>
           <para>
             Now, GPG will generate your keys.  This may take awhile,
             so feel free to do something else while it's
             happening. In fact, using your computer for something
             else actually helps to generate better keys, because it
             increases the randomness in the key generation seeds.
      </para>
         </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
      <para>
    Once the keys are generated, you can view your key information
        by typing <command>gpg --list-keys</command>.  You should see
        something similar to this:
        <programlisting>
        /home/you/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
        ----------------------------
        pub 1024D/32j38dk2 2001-06-20 you &lt;you@your-address.com&gt;
        sub 1024g/289sklj3 2001-06-20 [expires: 2002-11-14]
    </programlisting>
      </para>
      <para>
         GPG will create one list, or keyring, for your public keys
         and one for your private keys. All the public keys you know
         are stored in the file
         <filename>~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg</filename>. If you want to
         give other people your key, send them that file.
      </para>
      <para>
          If you wish, you can upload your keys to a keyserver. Here's
          how:
        <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
              Check your public key ID with <command>gpg
--list-keys</command>. It will be the string after 1024D on the line
beginning with "pub." In this example, it's 32j38dk2.
            </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
         Enter the command <command>gpg --send-keys --keyserver
wwwkeys.pgp.net 32j38dk2</command>.  Substitute your key ID for
32j38dk2. You will need your password to do this.
             </para>
           </listitem>
    </orderedlist>

    <note id="why-keyserver">
      <title>Why Use a Keyserver?</title>
      <para>
        Keyservers store your public keys for you so that your
        friends can decrypt your messages.  If you choose not to
        use a keyserver, you can manually send your people public
        key, include it in your signature file, or put it on your
        own web page. However, it's easier to publish them once,
        and then let people download them from the keyserver when
        they want.
      </para>
    </note>

      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="encrypt-getting-key">
      <title>Getting and Using Public Keys</title>
      <para>
    To encrypt a message to your someone else you'll need to use
    their public key in combination with your private key.
    <application>Evolution</application> does that for you, but
    you still need to get their key and add it to your keyring.
     </para>
     <para>
        To get public keys from a public key server, enter the
        command:
    <command>
      gpg --recv-keys --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net keyid
    </command>, substituting "keyid" for your recipient's ID.  You
    will need to type in your password, and then their ID will
    automatically be added to your keyring. When you send mail to
    them, <application>Evolution</application> will allow you to
    encrypt your messages.
      </para>
      <para>
        If someone sends you their public key directly, save it as a
        plain text file and enter the command <command>gpg
        filename</command>. This will add it to your keyring.
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="encrypt-evo-integ">
      <title>Setting up Evolution's Encryption</title>
      <para>
    You'll need to open
    <menuchoice>
      <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
      <guimenuitem>Mail Settings</guimenuitem>
    </menuchoice>
    Once there, select the account with which you'd like to send
    and recieve encrypted mail, and click the
    <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button.  In the
    <guilabel>Security</guilabel> tab is a section labeled
    <guilabel>Pretty Good Privacy</guilabel>.  Enter your key ID
    and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.  Your key is now
    integrated into your identity in
    <application>Evolution</application>.
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="encrypt-sending">
      <title>Sending Encrypted Messages</title>
      <para>
    As you know, you can use encryption to hide the entire
    message, or just to verify your signature. Once you've
    generated your public and private keys, and have the public
    keys of the people to whom you want to send mail, here's what
    to do:
      </para>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="sign-msg">
      <title>Signing a Message</title>
      <para>
    To sign a message, choose:
    <menuchoice>
      <guimenu>Security</guimenu>
      <guimenuitem>PGP Sign</guimenuitem>
    </menuchoice>
    .  You will be prompted for your PGP password.  Once you enter it,
    click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and your message will be signed.
      </para>
    </sect2>
      
      <sect2 id="encrypt-msg">
    <title>Encrypting a Message</title>
    <para>
      Encrypting a message is very similar to signing a message.
      Just choose the menu item
      <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Security</guimenu>
        <guimenuitem>PGP Encrypt</guimenuitem>
      </menuchoice>
    </para>
      </sect2>
      <sect2 id="unencrypting">
    <title>Unencrypting a Recieved Message</title>
    <para>
      If you get an encrypted message, you will need to decrypt it
      before you read it. Remember, the sender has to have your
      public key before they can send you an encrypted message.
    </para>
    <para>
      When you view the message,
      <application>Evolution</application> will ask you for your
      PGP password.  Enter it, and the message will be displayed
      properly.  
       </para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
</chapter>