Re: [Evolution] Some ideas about evolution

[Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandrakesoft com>]

On 21 Aug 2001 18:23:09 +0200, Gérard Milmeister wrote:
> For a few weeks I now use Evolution instead of Balsa, and I am
> quite satisfied with. Here are some comments:
>
> 1. It is possible to let Evolution check for new mail in certain time
> intervals. As I have it not constantly running, it would be nice if it
> could check for mail on startup.

Check in Tools/Mail settings/Edit (your mail account) / Receiving
option..

> 2. Balsa supports a command line option 'balsa -m mail-address', so that
> I can install it as my default handler for the mailto: URL (for sending
> mail from with Galeon for example). Evolution should have something like
> this too.
Just call :
evolution mailto:foo bar com

in gnomecc URL handler, add : evolution "%s" as mailto handler

> 3. I don't understand the concept of trash in Evolution. If I delete a
> message, it is still visible in the folder, although as strike over. If
> I want them to go away, I do an expunge, but then they are completely
> lost. Isn't the idea of trash to get rid of message (i.e. not seeing
> them anymore, but still available if I happen to think I deleted
> wrongly).
In View, select "Hide Deleted messages" 

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Frédéric Crozat
MandrakeSoft