Added orderedlists.
2001-07-05 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net> * C/usage-mail-org.sgml: Added orderedlists. svn path=/trunk/; revision=10818
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<para>
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By default, the message list has columns with the following
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headings: an envelope icon indicating whether you have read
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or replied to a message (closed for unread, open for read,
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and open with an arrow on it to indicate you've sent a
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reply), an exclamation point indicating priority, and the
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or replied to a message, an exclamation point indicating priority, and the
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<guilabel>From</guilabel>, <guilabel>Subject</guilabel>, and
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<guilabel>Date</guilabel> fields. You can change their order
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and remove them by dragging and dropping them. You can add
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new ones with the <guimenuitem>Field Chooser</guimenuitem>
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item in the right click menu for the column headings.
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and remove them by dragging and dropping them.
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To add columns to sort by:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Right click on the bar
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click <guimenuitem>Add a Column</guimenuitem>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click and drag a column you want into the toolbar. A red arrow will
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show you where the column will be placed.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Right-click on one of the column headers to get a list of
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options:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>Sort Ascending</guimenuitem></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Sorts the messages top to bottom.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>Sort Ascending</guimenuitem></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Sorts the messages top to bottom.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>Sort Descending</guimenuitem></term>
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right below the toolbar, and choose a search type:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Body or subject contains:</guilabel></term>
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<term><guilabel>Body or subject contains</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This will search message subjects and the messages
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term> <guilabel>Body contains:</guilabel> </term>
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<term> <guilabel>Body contains</guilabel> </term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This will search only in message text, not the subject
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Subject contains:</guilabel></term>
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<term><guilabel>Subject contains</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This will show you messages where the search text is
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Body does not contain:</guilabel></term>
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<term><guilabel>Body does not contain</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This finds every email message that does not have the
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Subject does not contain:</guilabel></term>
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<term><guilabel>Subject does not contain</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This finds every mail whose subject does not contain
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@ -214,354 +230,289 @@
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to say, it's faster and more flexible than an actual person
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with a pile of envelopes.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="usage-mail-org-filters-new">
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<title>Making New Filters</title>
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<para>
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Most often, you'll want to have
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<application>Evolution</application> put mail into different
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folders, but you can have it do almost anything you like.
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People who get lots of mail, or who often need to refer to old
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messages, find filters especially helpful, but they can greatly benefit
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anybody who gets more than a few messages a day. To
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create a filter, open the <interface>filter
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assistant</interface> by selecting
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Mail Filters</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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</para>
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<figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-assist">
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<title>The Filter Assistant</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Filter Assistant</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="fig/filter-assist-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
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</graphic>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<para>
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The <interface>filter assistant</interface> window contains a
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list of your current filters, sorted by the order in which
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they are used. From the drop-down box at the top of the
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window, choose <guilabel>Incoming</guilabel> to display
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filters for incoming mail, and <guilabel>Outgoing</guilabel>
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for those which sort only outgoing mail.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <interface>filter assistant</interface> also has a set of
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buttons:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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<guibutton>Add</guibutton> — Create a new filter.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> — Edit an existing filter.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> — Delete the selected filter.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para> <guibutton>Up</guibutton> — Move the
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selected filter up in the list so it gets applied first.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<guibutton>Down</guibutton> — Move the selected filter down
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in the list, so it comes into play later.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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If you don't have any filters set up, the only one of those
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buttons you can click is <guibutton>Add</guibutton>, which
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will open a dialog to let you add a filter rule. If you do
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have filters, you can either add a new filter rule, or select
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one from your list and click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.
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</para>
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<para>
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The filter rule editor, shown in <xref
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linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">, is where you'll
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actually create your filtering rule.
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<figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
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<title>Creating a new Filter</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Creating a new Filter</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="fig/filter-new-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
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</graphic>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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</para>
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<para>
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Enter a name for your filter in the <guilabel>Rule
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Name</guilabel> field, and then begin choosing the criteria
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you'd like to use as you sort your mail. Choose how many
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criteria you'd like by pressing <guibutton>Add
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Criterion</guibutton> and <guibutton>Remove
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Criterion</guibutton>. If you have multiple criteria, you
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should then decide whether to have the filter do its job only
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<guilabel>if all criteria are met</guilabel>, or <guilabel>if
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any criteria are met</guilabel>.
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</para>
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<para>
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For each filter criterion, you must first select
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which of the following parts of the message you want the filter to
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examine:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Sender</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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The sender's address.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Recipients</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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The recipients of the message.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Subject</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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The subject line of the message.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Specific Header</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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The filter can look at any header you
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want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name
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in the first text box, and put your search text in the
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second one.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Message Body</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Search in the actual text of the message.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Expression</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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For programmers only: match a message according to an
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expression you write in the Scheme language, used to
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define filters in Evolution.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> Filter messages according to the date on
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which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you
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want a message to meet — <guilabel>before</guilabel>
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a given time, <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth.
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Then, choose the time. The filter will compare the
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message's time-stamp to the system clock when the filter
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is run, or to a specific time and date you choose from a
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calendar. You can even have it look for messages within a
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range of time relative to the filter &mdash perhaps you're
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looking for messages less than two days old.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Date Recieved</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel>
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option, except that it compares the time you got the message
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with the dates you specify.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Priority</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
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important) to 3 (most important). You can have filters set the
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priority of messages you recieve, and then have other filters
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applied only to those messages which have a certain priority.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Regex Match</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If you know your way around a <glossterm
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linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or
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regular expression, put your knowledge to use here.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Source</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Filter messages according the server you got them from.
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You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down
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list. This ability is only relevant if you use more
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than one mail source.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Now, tell it what to do with those messages. If you want more
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actions, click <guibutton>Add Action</guibutton>; if you want
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fewer, click <guibutton>Remove Action</guibutton>. And choose
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again:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Copy to Folder</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
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will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
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<guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button
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to select a folder.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Move to Folder</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
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will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
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<guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button
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to select a folder.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Forward to Address</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Select this, enter an address, and the addressee will
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get a copy of the message.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Delete</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Marks the message for deletion. You can still get the message
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back, at least until you <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem> your
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mail yourself.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Stop Processing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Select this if you want to tell all other filters to ignore
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this message, because whatever you've done with it so far
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is plenty.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Assign Color</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Select this item, and <application>Evolution</application>
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will mark the message with whatever color you please.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Assign Score</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para> If you know that all mail with
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"important" somewhere in the message body line is
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important, you can give it a high priority score. In a subsequent filter you can
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then arrange your messages by their priority score.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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<para>
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You're done. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to use this
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filter, or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to close the window
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without saving any changes.
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</para>
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<!-- FIXME: This needs to be in there. But the feature is temporarily
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disabled and I don't know how it will be reimplemented.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>When mail arrives:</guilabel> Select
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this option to have messages filtered as they
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arrive.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>When mail is sent:</guilabel> Select
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this option to filter your outgoing mail. You
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can use this feature to keep your
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<interface>Outbox</interface> as organized as
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your <interface>Inbox</interface>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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-->
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<note>
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<title>Notable Filter Features</title>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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Incoming email that your filters don't move goes into the Inbox;
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outgoing mail that they don't move ends up in the Sent folder.
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To create a new filter:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Filters</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Press the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Name your filter in the <guilabel>Rule name</guilabel> field.
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For each filter criterion, you must first select
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which of the following parts of the message you want the filter to
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examine:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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Sender - The sender's address.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Recipients - The recipients of the message.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Subject - The subject line of the message.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Specific Header - The filter can look at any header you
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want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name
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in the first text box, and put your search text in the
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second one.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Message Body - Search in the actual text of the message.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Expression - For programmers only: match a message according to an
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expression you write in the Scheme language, used to
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define filters in Evolution.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para> Date sent - Filter messages according to the date on
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which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you
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want a message to meet — <guilabel>before</guilabel>
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a given time, <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth.
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Then, choose the time. The filter will compare the
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message's time-stamp to the system clock when the filter
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is run, or to a specific time and date you choose from a
|
||||
calendar. You can even have it look for messages within a
|
||||
range of time relative to the filter &mdash perhaps you're
|
||||
looking for messages less than two days old.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Date Recieved - This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel>
|
||||
option, except that it compares the time you got the message
|
||||
with the dates you specify.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
|
||||
important) to 3 (most important). You can have filters set the
|
||||
priority of messages you recieve, and then have other filters
|
||||
applied only to those messages which have a certain priority.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Size (kb) - Sorts based on the size of the message in kilobytes.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Status - Filters according to the status of a message, such as
|
||||
'New'.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Attachments - Create a filter whether or not you have an
|
||||
attachment in the email.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing List - Filter based on the mailing list it came from.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Regex Match - If you know your way around a <glossterm
|
||||
linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or
|
||||
regular expression, put your knowledge to use here.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Source Account - Filter messages according the server you got them from.
|
||||
You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down
|
||||
list. This ability is only relevant if you use more
|
||||
than one mail source.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the criterion for the condition.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
If you want multiple criterion for this filter, press <guibutton>Add
|
||||
criterion</guibutton> and repeat the previous step.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the actions for the filter in the <guilabel>Then</guilabel>
|
||||
section. You can select any of the following options.
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Move to Folder - If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
|
||||
<guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button
|
||||
to select a folder.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Copy to Folder - If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
|
||||
<guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button
|
||||
to select a folder.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Forward to Address - Select this, enter an address, and the addressee will
|
||||
get a copy of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Delete - Marks the message for deletion. You can still get the message
|
||||
back, at least until you <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem> your
|
||||
mail yourself.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Stop Processing - Select this if you want to tell all other filters to ignore
|
||||
this message, because whatever you've done with it so far
|
||||
is plenty.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Assign Color - Select this item, and <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will mark the message with whatever color you please.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Assign Score - If you know that all mail with
|
||||
"important" somewhere in the message body line is
|
||||
important, you can give it a high priority score. In a subsequent filter you can
|
||||
then arrange your messages by their priority score.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Set Status - If you want to add multiple actions for this filter, press
|
||||
<guibutton>Add filter</guibutton> and repeat the previous step.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</note>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-filters-mailing-lists">
|
||||
<title>Filtering by Mailing List</title>
|
||||
<sect2 id="filters-edit">
|
||||
<title>Editing Filters</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
You can tell <application>Evolution</application> to filter by
|
||||
mailing list. This means that <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will look at the mailing list address, and find out automatically
|
||||
what list this is. If you are subscribed to mailing lists, you
|
||||
should use the <guibutton>Filter by List</guibutton> instead of by
|
||||
sender.
|
||||
<example>
|
||||
<title>Filter by List</title>
|
||||
To edit a filter:
|
||||
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select
|
||||
<menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
||||
<guimenu>Filters</guimenu>
|
||||
</menuchoice>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the filter in the <guilabel>Filter Rules</guilabel> section
|
||||
and press <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Change the desired settings.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="filters-deleting">
|
||||
<title>Deleting Filters</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To delete a filter:
|
||||
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select
|
||||
<menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
||||
<guimenu>Filters</guimenu>
|
||||
</menuchoice>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the filter and press <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<note>
|
||||
<title>Notable Filter Features</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Kevin subscribes to bananas@ximian.com. However, there is also
|
||||
a bananas@ximian.org address. If he used a regular
|
||||
<guibutton>Filter by Sender</guibutton>, he would need to specify
|
||||
one for each address. However, <guibutton>Filter by
|
||||
List</guibutton> will recognize that both of them are the same
|
||||
list.
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Incoming email that your filters don't move goes into the Inbox;
|
||||
outgoing mail that they don't move ends up in the Sent folder.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</example>
|
||||
</note>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">
|
||||
<title>Getting Really Organized with Virtual Folders</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
@ -623,58 +574,193 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<!-- (INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE: virtual folders in action) -->
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="vfolder-create">
|
||||
<title>Creating Virtual Folders</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To create a virtual folder, select <menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Virtual Folder
|
||||
Editor</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. This will bring up a
|
||||
dialog box that looks suspiciously like the filter window
|
||||
(for more information on filters, see <xref
|
||||
linkend="usage-mail-organize-filters">), and which
|
||||
presents you with a list of virtual folders you have previously
|
||||
created. If you have created any virtual folders, they are listed
|
||||
here, and you can select, edit or remove them if you wish.
|
||||
If you have not created any, there will be only one available
|
||||
option: click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a new
|
||||
Virtual Folder.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
You can enter a name for your virtual folder in the
|
||||
<guilabel>Name</guilabel>. Then, tell
|
||||
<application>Evolution</application> what messages to look
|
||||
for. This process is exactly like filter creation: decide
|
||||
between <guilabel>Match all parts</guilabel> and
|
||||
<guilabel>Match any part</guilabel>, then choose what part of
|
||||
the message to look in, what sort of matching to perform, and
|
||||
specify exactly what it is that you want to find, be it a
|
||||
line of text, a score, a regular expression, or a particular date or
|
||||
range of dates.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The second part, however, is slightly different. In the
|
||||
section of the window labelled <guilabel>Virtual Folder Sources
|
||||
</guilabel> is a list of folders in which
|
||||
<application>Evolution</application> will search for the
|
||||
contents of your vFolder. Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
|
||||
to add a folder, or <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> to remove
|
||||
one. That way, you can have your vFolder search in
|
||||
newsgroups, or just in one of your mailboxes, or just in a
|
||||
select few folders you've already screened with filters.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The vFolder creation window is shown in <xref
|
||||
linkend="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
|
||||
To create a virtual folder:
|
||||
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
||||
<guimenuitem>Virtual Folder Editor</guimenuitem>
|
||||
</menuchoice>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Name your filter in the <guilabel>Rule name</guilabel> field.
|
||||
For each filter criterion, you must first select
|
||||
which of the following parts of the message you want the filter to
|
||||
examine:
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Sender - The sender's address.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Recipients - The recipients of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Subject - The subject line of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Specific Header - The filter can look at any header you
|
||||
want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name
|
||||
in the first text box, and put your search text in the
|
||||
second one.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Message Body - Search in the actual text of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Expression - For programmers only: match a message according to an
|
||||
expression you write in the Scheme language, used to
|
||||
define filters in Evolution.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para> Date sent - Filter messages according to the date on
|
||||
which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you
|
||||
want a message to meet — <guilabel>before</guilabel>
|
||||
a given time, <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth.
|
||||
Then, choose the time. The filter will compare the
|
||||
message's time-stamp to the system clock when the filter
|
||||
is run, or to a specific time and date you choose from a
|
||||
calendar. You can even have it look for messages within a
|
||||
range of time relative to the filter &mdash perhaps you're
|
||||
looking for messages less than two days old.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Date Recieved - This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel>
|
||||
option, except that it compares the time you got the message
|
||||
with the dates you specify.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
|
||||
important) to 3 (most important). You can have filters set the
|
||||
priority of messages you recieve, and then have other filters
|
||||
applied only to those messages which have a certain priority.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Size (kb) - Sorts based on the size of the message in kilobytes.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Status - Filters according to the status of a message, such as
|
||||
'New'.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Attachments - Create a filter whether or not you have an
|
||||
attachment in the email.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing List - Filter based on the mailing list it came from.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Regex Match - If you know your way around a <glossterm
|
||||
linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or
|
||||
regular expression, put your knowledge to use here.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Source Account - Filter messages according the server you got them from.
|
||||
You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down
|
||||
list. This ability is only relevant if you use more
|
||||
than one mail source.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
|
||||
<title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title>
|
||||
<screenshot>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the criterion for the condition.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the folder sources. You can select:
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
specific folders only
|
||||
<note>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
If you select specific folders only, you need to specify the
|
||||
source folders in the box below.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</note>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
all local folders
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
with all active remote folders
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
with all local and active folders
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
If you want multiple criterion for this filter, press <guibutton>Add
|
||||
criterion</guibutton> and repeat the previous step.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
|
||||
<title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title>
|
||||
<screenshot>
|
||||
<screeninfo>Creating a vFolder Rule</screeninfo>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="fig/vfolder-createrule-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
|
||||
</graphic>
|
||||
</graphic>
|
||||
</screenshot>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
<!--
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
<!--
|
||||
<sect1 id="usage-mail-subscriptions">
|
||||
<title>Subscription Management</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
|
||||
2001-07-05 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
|
||||
|
||||
* C/usage-mail-org.sgml: Added orderedlists.
|
||||
|
||||
2001-07-03 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
|
||||
|
||||
* C/usage-mail.sgml: Put in lots of orderedlists...more SGML, less
|
||||
|
||||
@ -14,26 +14,42 @@
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
By default, the message list has columns with the following
|
||||
headings: an envelope icon indicating whether you have read
|
||||
or replied to a message (closed for unread, open for read,
|
||||
and open with an arrow on it to indicate you've sent a
|
||||
reply), an exclamation point indicating priority, and the
|
||||
or replied to a message, an exclamation point indicating priority, and the
|
||||
<guilabel>From</guilabel>, <guilabel>Subject</guilabel>, and
|
||||
<guilabel>Date</guilabel> fields. You can change their order
|
||||
and remove them by dragging and dropping them. You can add
|
||||
new ones with the <guimenuitem>Field Chooser</guimenuitem>
|
||||
item in the right click menu for the column headings.
|
||||
and remove them by dragging and dropping them.
|
||||
|
||||
To add columns to sort by:
|
||||
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Right click on the bar
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Click <guimenuitem>Add a Column</guimenuitem>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Click and drag a column you want into the toolbar. A red arrow will
|
||||
show you where the column will be placed.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Right-click on one of the column headers to get a list of
|
||||
options:
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guimenuitem>Sort Ascending</guimenuitem></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Sorts the messages top to bottom.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guimenuitem>Sort Ascending</guimenuitem></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Sorts the messages top to bottom.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guimenuitem>Sort Descending</guimenuitem></term>
|
||||
@ -111,7 +127,7 @@
|
||||
right below the toolbar, and choose a search type:
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Body or subject contains:</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Body or subject contains</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This will search message subjects and the messages
|
||||
@ -121,7 +137,7 @@
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term> <guilabel>Body contains:</guilabel> </term>
|
||||
<term> <guilabel>Body contains</guilabel> </term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This will search only in message text, not the subject
|
||||
@ -130,7 +146,7 @@
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Subject contains:</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Subject contains</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This will show you messages where the search text is
|
||||
@ -140,7 +156,7 @@
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Body does not contain:</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Body does not contain</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This finds every email message that does not have the
|
||||
@ -151,7 +167,7 @@
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Subject does not contain:</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Subject does not contain</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This finds every mail whose subject does not contain
|
||||
@ -214,354 +230,289 @@
|
||||
to say, it's faster and more flexible than an actual person
|
||||
with a pile of envelopes.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="usage-mail-org-filters-new">
|
||||
<title>Making New Filters</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Most often, you'll want to have
|
||||
<application>Evolution</application> put mail into different
|
||||
folders, but you can have it do almost anything you like.
|
||||
People who get lots of mail, or who often need to refer to old
|
||||
messages, find filters especially helpful, but they can greatly benefit
|
||||
anybody who gets more than a few messages a day. To
|
||||
create a filter, open the <interface>filter
|
||||
assistant</interface> by selecting
|
||||
<menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
||||
<guimenuitem>Mail Filters</guimenuitem>
|
||||
</menuchoice>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-assist">
|
||||
<title>The Filter Assistant</title>
|
||||
<screenshot>
|
||||
<screeninfo>The Filter Assistant</screeninfo>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="fig/filter-assist-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
|
||||
</graphic>
|
||||
</screenshot>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The <interface>filter assistant</interface> window contains a
|
||||
list of your current filters, sorted by the order in which
|
||||
they are used. From the drop-down box at the top of the
|
||||
window, choose <guilabel>Incoming</guilabel> to display
|
||||
filters for incoming mail, and <guilabel>Outgoing</guilabel>
|
||||
for those which sort only outgoing mail.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The <interface>filter assistant</interface> also has a set of
|
||||
buttons:
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
<guibutton>Add</guibutton> — Create a new filter.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> — Edit an existing filter.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> — Delete the selected filter.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para> <guibutton>Up</guibutton> — Move the
|
||||
selected filter up in the list so it gets applied first.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
<guibutton>Down</guibutton> — Move the selected filter down
|
||||
in the list, so it comes into play later.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
If you don't have any filters set up, the only one of those
|
||||
buttons you can click is <guibutton>Add</guibutton>, which
|
||||
will open a dialog to let you add a filter rule. If you do
|
||||
have filters, you can either add a new filter rule, or select
|
||||
one from your list and click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The filter rule editor, shown in <xref
|
||||
linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">, is where you'll
|
||||
actually create your filtering rule.
|
||||
|
||||
<figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-new">
|
||||
<title>Creating a new Filter</title>
|
||||
<screenshot>
|
||||
<screeninfo>Creating a new Filter</screeninfo>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="fig/filter-new-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
|
||||
</graphic>
|
||||
</screenshot>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Enter a name for your filter in the <guilabel>Rule
|
||||
Name</guilabel> field, and then begin choosing the criteria
|
||||
you'd like to use as you sort your mail. Choose how many
|
||||
criteria you'd like by pressing <guibutton>Add
|
||||
Criterion</guibutton> and <guibutton>Remove
|
||||
Criterion</guibutton>. If you have multiple criteria, you
|
||||
should then decide whether to have the filter do its job only
|
||||
<guilabel>if all criteria are met</guilabel>, or <guilabel>if
|
||||
any criteria are met</guilabel>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
For each filter criterion, you must first select
|
||||
which of the following parts of the message you want the filter to
|
||||
examine:
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Sender</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
The sender's address.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Recipients</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
The recipients of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Subject</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
The subject line of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Specific Header</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
The filter can look at any header you
|
||||
want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name
|
||||
in the first text box, and put your search text in the
|
||||
second one.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Message Body</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Search in the actual text of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Expression</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
For programmers only: match a message according to an
|
||||
expression you write in the Scheme language, used to
|
||||
define filters in Evolution.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para> Filter messages according to the date on
|
||||
which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you
|
||||
want a message to meet — <guilabel>before</guilabel>
|
||||
a given time, <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth.
|
||||
Then, choose the time. The filter will compare the
|
||||
message's time-stamp to the system clock when the filter
|
||||
is run, or to a specific time and date you choose from a
|
||||
calendar. You can even have it look for messages within a
|
||||
range of time relative to the filter &mdash perhaps you're
|
||||
looking for messages less than two days old.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Date Recieved</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel>
|
||||
option, except that it compares the time you got the message
|
||||
with the dates you specify.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Priority</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
|
||||
important) to 3 (most important). You can have filters set the
|
||||
priority of messages you recieve, and then have other filters
|
||||
applied only to those messages which have a certain priority.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Regex Match</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
If you know your way around a <glossterm
|
||||
linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or
|
||||
regular expression, put your knowledge to use here.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Source</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Filter messages according the server you got them from.
|
||||
You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down
|
||||
list. This ability is only relevant if you use more
|
||||
than one mail source.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Now, tell it what to do with those messages. If you want more
|
||||
actions, click <guibutton>Add Action</guibutton>; if you want
|
||||
fewer, click <guibutton>Remove Action</guibutton>. And choose
|
||||
again:
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Copy to Folder</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
|
||||
<guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button
|
||||
to select a folder.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Move to Folder</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
|
||||
<guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button
|
||||
to select a folder.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Forward to Address</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Select this, enter an address, and the addressee will
|
||||
get a copy of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Delete</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Marks the message for deletion. You can still get the message
|
||||
back, at least until you <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem> your
|
||||
mail yourself.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Stop Processing</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Select this if you want to tell all other filters to ignore
|
||||
this message, because whatever you've done with it so far
|
||||
is plenty.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Assign Color</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Select this item, and <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will mark the message with whatever color you please.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><guilabel>Assign Score</guilabel></term>
|
||||
<listitem><para> If you know that all mail with
|
||||
"important" somewhere in the message body line is
|
||||
important, you can give it a high priority score. In a subsequent filter you can
|
||||
then arrange your messages by their priority score.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
You're done. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to use this
|
||||
filter, or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to close the window
|
||||
without saving any changes.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!-- FIXME: This needs to be in there. But the feature is temporarily
|
||||
disabled and I don't know how it will be reimplemented.
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<guilabel>When mail arrives:</guilabel> Select
|
||||
this option to have messages filtered as they
|
||||
arrive.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<guilabel>When mail is sent:</guilabel> Select
|
||||
this option to filter your outgoing mail. You
|
||||
can use this feature to keep your
|
||||
<interface>Outbox</interface> as organized as
|
||||
your <interface>Inbox</interface>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
-->
|
||||
|
||||
<note>
|
||||
<title>Notable Filter Features</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Incoming email that your filters don't move goes into the Inbox;
|
||||
outgoing mail that they don't move ends up in the Sent folder.
|
||||
To create a new filter:
|
||||
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Click
|
||||
<menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
||||
<guimenuitem>Filters</guimenuitem>
|
||||
</menuchoice>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Press the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Name your filter in the <guilabel>Rule name</guilabel> field.
|
||||
For each filter criterion, you must first select
|
||||
which of the following parts of the message you want the filter to
|
||||
examine:
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Sender - The sender's address.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Recipients - The recipients of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Subject - The subject line of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Specific Header - The filter can look at any header you
|
||||
want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name
|
||||
in the first text box, and put your search text in the
|
||||
second one.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Message Body - Search in the actual text of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Expression - For programmers only: match a message according to an
|
||||
expression you write in the Scheme language, used to
|
||||
define filters in Evolution.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para> Date sent - Filter messages according to the date on
|
||||
which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you
|
||||
want a message to meet — <guilabel>before</guilabel>
|
||||
a given time, <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth.
|
||||
Then, choose the time. The filter will compare the
|
||||
message's time-stamp to the system clock when the filter
|
||||
is run, or to a specific time and date you choose from a
|
||||
calendar. You can even have it look for messages within a
|
||||
range of time relative to the filter &mdash perhaps you're
|
||||
looking for messages less than two days old.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Date Recieved - This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel>
|
||||
option, except that it compares the time you got the message
|
||||
with the dates you specify.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
|
||||
important) to 3 (most important). You can have filters set the
|
||||
priority of messages you recieve, and then have other filters
|
||||
applied only to those messages which have a certain priority.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Size (kb) - Sorts based on the size of the message in kilobytes.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Status - Filters according to the status of a message, such as
|
||||
'New'.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Attachments - Create a filter whether or not you have an
|
||||
attachment in the email.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing List - Filter based on the mailing list it came from.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Regex Match - If you know your way around a <glossterm
|
||||
linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or
|
||||
regular expression, put your knowledge to use here.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Source Account - Filter messages according the server you got them from.
|
||||
You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down
|
||||
list. This ability is only relevant if you use more
|
||||
than one mail source.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the criterion for the condition.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
If you want multiple criterion for this filter, press <guibutton>Add
|
||||
criterion</guibutton> and repeat the previous step.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the actions for the filter in the <guilabel>Then</guilabel>
|
||||
section. You can select any of the following options.
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Move to Folder - If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
|
||||
<guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button
|
||||
to select a folder.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Copy to Folder - If you select this item, <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will put the messages into a folder you specify. Click the
|
||||
<guibutton><click here to select a folder></guibutton> button
|
||||
to select a folder.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Forward to Address - Select this, enter an address, and the addressee will
|
||||
get a copy of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Delete - Marks the message for deletion. You can still get the message
|
||||
back, at least until you <guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem> your
|
||||
mail yourself.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Stop Processing - Select this if you want to tell all other filters to ignore
|
||||
this message, because whatever you've done with it so far
|
||||
is plenty.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Assign Color - Select this item, and <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will mark the message with whatever color you please.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Assign Score - If you know that all mail with
|
||||
"important" somewhere in the message body line is
|
||||
important, you can give it a high priority score. In a subsequent filter you can
|
||||
then arrange your messages by their priority score.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Set Status - If you want to add multiple actions for this filter, press
|
||||
<guibutton>Add filter</guibutton> and repeat the previous step.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</note>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-filters-mailing-lists">
|
||||
<title>Filtering by Mailing List</title>
|
||||
<sect2 id="filters-edit">
|
||||
<title>Editing Filters</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
You can tell <application>Evolution</application> to filter by
|
||||
mailing list. This means that <application>Evolution</application>
|
||||
will look at the mailing list address, and find out automatically
|
||||
what list this is. If you are subscribed to mailing lists, you
|
||||
should use the <guibutton>Filter by List</guibutton> instead of by
|
||||
sender.
|
||||
<example>
|
||||
<title>Filter by List</title>
|
||||
To edit a filter:
|
||||
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select
|
||||
<menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
||||
<guimenu>Filters</guimenu>
|
||||
</menuchoice>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the filter in the <guilabel>Filter Rules</guilabel> section
|
||||
and press <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Change the desired settings.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="filters-deleting">
|
||||
<title>Deleting Filters</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To delete a filter:
|
||||
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select
|
||||
<menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
||||
<guimenu>Filters</guimenu>
|
||||
</menuchoice>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the filter and press <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<note>
|
||||
<title>Notable Filter Features</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Kevin subscribes to bananas@ximian.com. However, there is also
|
||||
a bananas@ximian.org address. If he used a regular
|
||||
<guibutton>Filter by Sender</guibutton>, he would need to specify
|
||||
one for each address. However, <guibutton>Filter by
|
||||
List</guibutton> will recognize that both of them are the same
|
||||
list.
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Incoming email that your filters don't move goes into the Inbox;
|
||||
outgoing mail that they don't move ends up in the Sent folder.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</example>
|
||||
</note>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">
|
||||
<title>Getting Really Organized with Virtual Folders</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
@ -623,58 +574,193 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<!-- (INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE: virtual folders in action) -->
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="vfolder-create">
|
||||
<title>Creating Virtual Folders</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To create a virtual folder, select <menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Virtual Folder
|
||||
Editor</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. This will bring up a
|
||||
dialog box that looks suspiciously like the filter window
|
||||
(for more information on filters, see <xref
|
||||
linkend="usage-mail-organize-filters">), and which
|
||||
presents you with a list of virtual folders you have previously
|
||||
created. If you have created any virtual folders, they are listed
|
||||
here, and you can select, edit or remove them if you wish.
|
||||
If you have not created any, there will be only one available
|
||||
option: click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a new
|
||||
Virtual Folder.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
You can enter a name for your virtual folder in the
|
||||
<guilabel>Name</guilabel>. Then, tell
|
||||
<application>Evolution</application> what messages to look
|
||||
for. This process is exactly like filter creation: decide
|
||||
between <guilabel>Match all parts</guilabel> and
|
||||
<guilabel>Match any part</guilabel>, then choose what part of
|
||||
the message to look in, what sort of matching to perform, and
|
||||
specify exactly what it is that you want to find, be it a
|
||||
line of text, a score, a regular expression, or a particular date or
|
||||
range of dates.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The second part, however, is slightly different. In the
|
||||
section of the window labelled <guilabel>Virtual Folder Sources
|
||||
</guilabel> is a list of folders in which
|
||||
<application>Evolution</application> will search for the
|
||||
contents of your vFolder. Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
|
||||
to add a folder, or <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> to remove
|
||||
one. That way, you can have your vFolder search in
|
||||
newsgroups, or just in one of your mailboxes, or just in a
|
||||
select few folders you've already screened with filters.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The vFolder creation window is shown in <xref
|
||||
linkend="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
|
||||
To create a virtual folder:
|
||||
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<menuchoice>
|
||||
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
||||
<guimenuitem>Virtual Folder Editor</guimenuitem>
|
||||
</menuchoice>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Name your filter in the <guilabel>Rule name</guilabel> field.
|
||||
For each filter criterion, you must first select
|
||||
which of the following parts of the message you want the filter to
|
||||
examine:
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Sender - The sender's address.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Recipients - The recipients of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Subject - The subject line of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Specific Header - The filter can look at any header you
|
||||
want, even obscure or custom ones. Enter the header name
|
||||
in the first text box, and put your search text in the
|
||||
second one.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Message Body - Search in the actual text of the message.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Expression - For programmers only: match a message according to an
|
||||
expression you write in the Scheme language, used to
|
||||
define filters in Evolution.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para> Date sent - Filter messages according to the date on
|
||||
which they were sent: First, choose the conditions you
|
||||
want a message to meet — <guilabel>before</guilabel>
|
||||
a given time, <guilabel>after</guilabel> it, and so forth.
|
||||
Then, choose the time. The filter will compare the
|
||||
message's time-stamp to the system clock when the filter
|
||||
is run, or to a specific time and date you choose from a
|
||||
calendar. You can even have it look for messages within a
|
||||
range of time relative to the filter &mdash perhaps you're
|
||||
looking for messages less than two days old.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Date Recieved - This works the same way as the <guilabel>Date Sent</guilabel>
|
||||
option, except that it compares the time you got the message
|
||||
with the dates you specify.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Score - Emails have a standard priority range from -3 (least
|
||||
important) to 3 (most important). You can have filters set the
|
||||
priority of messages you recieve, and then have other filters
|
||||
applied only to those messages which have a certain priority.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Size (kb) - Sorts based on the size of the message in kilobytes.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Status - Filters according to the status of a message, such as
|
||||
'New'.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Attachments - Create a filter whether or not you have an
|
||||
attachment in the email.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Mailing List - Filter based on the mailing list it came from.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Regex Match - If you know your way around a <glossterm
|
||||
linkend="regular-expression">regex</glossterm>, or
|
||||
regular expression, put your knowledge to use here.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Source Account - Filter messages according the server you got them from.
|
||||
You can enter a URL or choose one from the drop-down
|
||||
list. This ability is only relevant if you use more
|
||||
than one mail source.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
|
||||
<title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title>
|
||||
<screenshot>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the criterion for the condition.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Select the folder sources. You can select:
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
specific folders only
|
||||
<note>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
If you select specific folders only, you need to specify the
|
||||
source folders in the box below.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</note>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
all local folders
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
with all active remote folders
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
with all local and active folders
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
If you want multiple criterion for this filter, press <guibutton>Add
|
||||
criterion</guibutton> and repeat the previous step.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule">
|
||||
<title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title>
|
||||
<screenshot>
|
||||
<screeninfo>Creating a vFolder Rule</screeninfo>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="fig/vfolder-createrule-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
|
||||
</graphic>
|
||||
</graphic>
|
||||
</screenshot>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
<!--
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
<!--
|
||||
<sect1 id="usage-mail-subscriptions">
|
||||
<title>Subscription Management</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
|
||||
2001-07-05 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
|
||||
|
||||
* C/usage-mail-org.sgml: Added orderedlists.
|
||||
|
||||
2001-07-03 Kevin Breit <battery841@mediaone.net>
|
||||
|
||||
* C/usage-mail.sgml: Put in lots of orderedlists...more SGML, less
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user