Re: [Evolution] Various Details

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 08:43 -0400, Wise, Jeremey wrote:
> I have continued my quest to work with Evolution to make it fully
> functional for my needs. Here are a few issues that I would like to
> resolve to assist this process.
>
> 1) My calendar pop-ups do not contain any details about what the subject
> is about. I know their was a bit of conversation about this earlier but
> I did not find any resolution. I am going to migrate to a new laptop in
> a few weeks, will going to 1.5 be the fix for this?
>
> 2) I have poked around and tried to figure out how to set Evolution to
> us US Letter paper as the default but have not made any progress. This
> is the only application that defaults to it.
gnome-print issue apparently (or a more corrective view might be that your country should get into the 20th century at last, not a typo :-).  Oddly, my ui correctly choose A4, but then it prints to US letter on the printer anyway.  Something is way f'kd up.
> 3) In viewing folders and mailboxes is their a way to have all threads
> display "collapsed" by default. For the user groups I participate in it
> makes parsing the head subject or reviewing historical emails much
> easier.
no.
> 4) I know this is a likely off topic but I am still looking for a way to
> integrate Mozilla seamlessly into Evolution. I am trying to get it to
> open up a new session using the 'default' session and initiate a new
> tab.
as in opening web pages?  need to setup the gnome url handlers appropriately, i presume.
> 5) Back when I had to use MS Lookout my signature would aways apply and
> would apply right after my typed message (actually my signature was put
> in prior to my typing; the curser would always be started above it). I
> have gotten some complaints back from people that my header info (aka
> contact info) is missing. Personally I think they can get over it but my
> manager has told me to see if I can fix it. It is "corporate policy" to
> have my signature always attached so If I could force all emails to have
> it by default that would save me the effort of having to remember to
> apply it.
Umm, works for me (as below).  Exactly as you describe lookout doing it.

Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com> Ximian Evolution and Free Software Developer

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