[geary/wip/243-manual-updates: 2/4] help: Update overview.page
- From: Michael Gratton <mjog src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [geary/wip/243-manual-updates: 2/4] help: Update overview.page
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 06:13:07 +0000 (UTC)
commit 37c9177e3dc7643f5dd77b308958a80dac8d7dbc
Author: Michael Gratton <mike vee net>
Date: Sat Mar 23 16:17:35 2019 +1100
help: Update overview.page
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It works with mail servers that
support the IMAP protocol, including popular services such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Outlook.com.</p>
- <p>Geary groups mail messages into <em>conversations</em>. A conversation contains all
- messages in a single thread of discussion.</p>
+ <p>Geary groups email messages into <em>conversations</em>. A
+ conversation contains all messages in a single thread of
+ discussion.</p>
- <p>The main Geary window is divided into several areas:</p>
-
- <section id="folder-list">
+ <p>The main Geary window is divided into several areas:</p>
+
+ <section id="folder-list">
<title>Folder list</title>
- <p>The <em>folder list</em> at the left displays all <em>folders</em> and
- <em>labels</em> in your mail account. Geary uses the term <em>label</em> for any folder
- that you have created to help organize your messages. (The Gmail web interface
+
+ <p>The <em>folder list</em> at the left displays all
+ <em>folders</em> and <em>labels</em> in your mail account. Geary
+ uses the term <em>label</em> for any folder that you have created
+ to help organize your email messages. (The Gmail web interface
also uses this term; most other mail services do not.)</p>
- </section>
-
- <section id="conversation-list">
- <title>Conversation list</title>
- <p>The <em>conversation list</em> displays a list of conversations in the
- selected folder. Newer conversations appear at the top.</p>
- <p>Each sender's name appears bold if there are unread messages from that sender.
- If a conversation has more than one message, Geary displays a count of messages
- in the conversation.</p>
- <p>Geary does not automatically download all messages in all of your mail folders. When you first visit
your Inbox or any other folder, Geary downloads the 50 most recent messages in that folder. To see more
messages, simply scroll down the conversation list and Geary will fetch more messages automatically.</p>
-
- <p>Some commands in Geary can
- act on a group of conversations. To select multiple conversations, hold down the
- <key>Ctrl</key> key and click each conversation in turn in the conversation list.
- Alternatively, click the first
- conversation in a range, then hold down <key>Shift</key> and click the last conversation.</p>
- </section>
-
- <section id="message-area">
- <title>Message area</title>
- <p>The <em>message area</em> displays all messages in the selected conversation,
- with the oldest message at the top.</p>
- <p>At the upper right of each message, Geary displays a dropdown arrow that
- lets you open the <em>message menu</em> with commands that operate on the message.</p>
- <p>When you view a conversation, Geary collapses messages that you've already read. Click collapsed
messages to expand them. Click an expanded message's header to collapse it.</p>
- <p>Any attachments in a message appear at the bottom of the message. You can click
- an attachment to open it or right-click to save it.</p>
- <p>Geary uses <link href="https://secure.gravatar.com/">Gravatar</link> to display an avatar for each
- message's sender in its header.</p>
-
- </section>
-
-</page>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="conversations-list">
+ <title>Conversations list</title>
+
+ <p>The <em>conversations list</em> displays a list of
+ conversations in the selected folder. Newer conversations appear
+ at the top.</p>
+
+ <p>Each sender's name appears bold if there are unread messages
+ from that sender. If a conversation has more than one message,
+ Geary displays a count of messages in the conversation.</p>
+
+ <p>Geary does not automatically download all messages in all of
+ your mail folders. When you first visit your Inbox or any other
+ folder, Geary downloads the most recent messages in that
+ folder. To see more messages, simply scroll down the conversations
+ list and Geary will fetch more messages automatically.</p>
+
+ <p>Some commands in Geary can act on a group of conversations. To
+ select multiple conversations, hold down the <key>Ctrl</key> key
+ and click each conversation in turn in the conversations list.
+ Alternatively, click the first conversation in a range, then hold
+ down <key>Shift</key> and click the last conversation.</p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="conversation-viewer">
+ <title>Conversation viewer</title>
+
+ <p>The <em>conversation viewer</em> displays all email messages in
+ the selected conversation, with the oldest message at the top.</p>
+
+ <p>When you view a conversation, Geary collapses messages that
+ you've already read. Click collapsed messages to expand
+ them. Click an expanded message's header to collapse it.</p>
+
+ <p>Geary will display additional information about the senders and
+ recipients of each email by clicking on their name or email
+ address. You can start a new conversation, copy the email address,
+ search for related conversations from the pop-up menu. If the
+ email address is present in your desktop address book, it will
+ show the contact's photo, preferred name, and whether they are a
+ favourite contact. You can also open the contact in the address
+ book. If not, you can choose to add them to the address book, and
+ update the remote image loading preference for that address.</p>
+
+ <p>At the upper end of each message, Geary displays a menu button
+ that lets you open the <em>message menu</em>, with commands that
+ operate on that specific message.</p>
+
+ <p>Any attachments in a message appear at the bottom of the
+ message. You can click an attachment to open it or right-click to
+ save it.</p>
+ </section>
+
+</page>
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