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<preface id="introduction">
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<title>About this Book</title>
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<sect1 id="organization">
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<title>Organization</title>
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<para>
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This book is divided into two parts, with several
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appendices. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
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tour</link>, which will explain how to use
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<application>Evolution</application>. If you are new to
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<application>Evolution</application> or to groupware in
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general, this section is for you. The second section, covering
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<link linkend="config">configuration</link>, is targeted at
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more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way
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<application>Evolution</application> looks or acts can benefit
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from reading it.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="typography">
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<title>Typographical conventions</title>
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<para>
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In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
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<simplelist>
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<member><application>Applications</application></member>
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<member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command line</member>
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<member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface</member>
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<member> Menu selections look like this:
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</member>
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<member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
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click</member> <member><userinput>Anything you type
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in</userinput></member> <member><computeroutput>Text
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output from a computer</computeroutput></member>
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<member><glossterm linkend="apx-gloss">Words</glossterm>
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that are defined in the <xref linkend="apx-gloss">.</member>
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</simplelist>
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</para>
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<para>
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We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well.
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<tip id="example-tip">
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<title>Tip</title>
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<para>
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Tips and bits of extra information will look like
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this.
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</para>
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</tip>
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</para>
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<para>
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Examples are also set off from the rest of the text. They look like this:
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<example>
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<title>Example Example</title>
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<para>
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This is what an example looks like. We'll provide
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examples for some of the more complicated tasks you
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might be performing.
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</para>
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</example>
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</para>
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<para>
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Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
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<warning id="example-warning">
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<title>Example Warning</title>
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<para>
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This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
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you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
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</para>
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</warning>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="whats-new-in-one-two">
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<title>What's New in Evolution 1.2</title>
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<para>
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If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new
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version has a lot to add. Here are some of the new and
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changed features:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Configuration Interface</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The preferences dialogs have been completely
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overhauled. There is now a single configuration dialog
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window for all components of the program, and you can
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access it from anywhere. To change your preferences,
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select
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>
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Tools
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</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>
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Configure
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</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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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>Performance Improvements</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Startup time has decreased, POP server interactions
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are more efficient, and indexing of locally cached
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mail is now faster.
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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>Keyboard Navigation Overhaul</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Pressing an unmodified letter key in the Folder Bar
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now takes you to the next folder that starts with that
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letter; if there are several, you can press the key
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again and it will go to the next folder that starts
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with that letter. Similarly, you can press a letter
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key in the message list and the message selection will
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move to the next message whose sender or subject
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begins with that letter, depending on which column you
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sort by.
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</para>
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<para>
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That means that unmodified letter shortcuts from
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Evolution 1.0 won't work any more. The displaced
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shortcuts are:
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<simplelist>
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<member>
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<keycap>,</keycap> (comma) and <keycap>.</keycap>
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(period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next
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and Previous unread messages. You can also use the
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square brackets <keycap>]</keycap> and
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<keycap>[</keycap>.
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</member>
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<member>
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<keycap>`</keycap> (backtick) toggles
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the message preview pane.
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</member>
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</simplelist>
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Shortcuts that used the <keycap>Control</keycap> key
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are not affected.
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</para>
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<para>
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The shortcuts
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<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>l</keycap></keycombo>
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<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>c</keycap></keycombo>
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<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>u</keycap></keycombo> will
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change the selection or current word to lowercase,
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title case, or uppercase, respectively.
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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>Added Functionality for the "New" Button</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <guibutton>New</guibutton> now has a menu next to
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it. As in Evolution 1.0, you can click the button once
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to get a new item for the Evolution tool you're
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using. However, if you click the small arrow menu to
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the right of the button, you will find a menu that
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allows you to create new items for the rest of
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Evolution: All day appointments, regular appointments,
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tasks and meetings for the calendar; mail messages for
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the mail tool; and contacts and contact lists for the
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address book.
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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>Import Tool Now Imports Netscape Filters</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You can now import your filters, as well as your email
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messages, from the Netscape mail client.
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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>Folder Naming Internationalization</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You can now use Unicode (UTF-8) characters in the
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names for IMAP folders.
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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>Executive Summary now Reads IMAP</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The Executive Summary tool in Evolution now displays
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email messages in IMAP as well as local mail folders.
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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>Filters and vFolders Notice Moved or Missing Folders</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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vFolders and filters now notice if you move or delete
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a folder that they use, and update themselves
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accordingly.
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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>vFolder "Original Location" Feature</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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vFolders can now display the actual folder location
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for each message they contain. To do so, right click
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on the column headers in the message list of any
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vFolder, select <guimenuitem>Add a
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Column</guimenuitem>, and drag the <guibutton>Original
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Location</guibutton> item into position.
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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>Signature Editor</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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There is now a signature editor, and it supports the
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full range of Gtkhtml functionality.
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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>New Criteria and Actions</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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There are many new filter criteria and actions,
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including additional message flags such as Flag for
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Followup.
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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>Folder Selection for Offline Mode</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You may now select which network folders which will be
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cached locally when you go into Offline mode.
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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>Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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To redirect a message with all its headers instead of
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merely forwarding it, select the message and choose
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>
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Actions
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</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>
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Forward
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</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>
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Redirect
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</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>.
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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>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Messages that contain multiple forwarded messages are
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now displayed as a digest rather than inline or as a
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series of attachments.
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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>New Mail Notification</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution
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beep or play a sound file that you specify.
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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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</sect1>
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</preface>
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