Re: [Evolution] Comments and questions on the Evolution mailer

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 07:44 +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been using Evolution (both 1.x and 2.0) as mailer for a while now
> and the current version is 2.03. I have some usability questions and
> comments on this mailer:
I'll presume you mean 2.0.3, there is no such version as 2.03.
> 1. Is it possible to remove attachments, to save disk space?
no
> 2. Changing time format in the message list area to 24 hour format,
> without changing the LOCALE. I have not not found out how to do this yet
> and it is _very_ annoying to use the AM/PM format.
no, you will need to change the locale/lang or at least LC_TIME variable (i presume).
> 2. Colors, the default enhancement color for e.g. the mail folder is
> dark blue over black text. This is almost unreadable. In the message
> list area the colors are dark blue over white text, this is Ok.
thats 2 point 2's.  Hmm, this depends on your theme.  The default looks clealry readable to me, perhaps you have some monitor setting issues.  Try a different theme perhaps, the folder list is the gtk default, the other is an evolution customisation.
> 3. Sort and find unread mails. Moving to next unread mail seems to be
> possible with . and ], but I have not found an meny entry. Furthermore,
Tried looking in the view->goto menu?
> how to sort mails so that the unread mails are last or first in the
> message list area. Sorting in cronological order is made impossible with
> the default way of showing the date/time of messages. At least it does
> not result in the correct sorting order...
Try clicking on the message status icon column.  Or doing a complex sort via a custom view.
> 4. Replying without including the message text (except to remove all
> text manually)
File a feature request I guess.  That isn't a reply anyway, since reply implies you have content to reply to.
> 5. Replying and being able to select to include/not to include
> attachements. 
Not possible.
> 6. Possibility to use e.g. Emacs keyboard commands for editing text. I
> have been using Emacs VM for a long time and VM still has many
> advantages compared to the more modern Evolution.
This is a gnome setting, try your user settings
> 7. FAQ: When clicking on the FAQ
> http://ximian.com/products/evolution/faq.html you are forwarded to
> http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/evolution.html which is
> _not_ an FAQ, only a brief feature description of Evolution...
Oh well.   The whole ximian site is deprecated, it sounds like you're starting from the wrong spot.  Try forge.novell.com and looking for the evolution project.