Re: [Evolution] threading help

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

IMHO, this goes back to something I've mentioned before: the Evo help
system doesn't have a useful search function, and it should have. It's
simply not reasonable to require Joe Sixpack (no relection on Duncan
intended :-) to grope around in the documentation source.

poc

On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 19:31 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 10:54 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote: 
> > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 17:35 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 10:00 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote: 
> > > > Hi there, I don't know who this is for but I just wanted to mention that
> > > > the word 'thread' or 'threading' can't be found in the help files.
> > > > Because evolution has this option in a different place from Kmail and
> > > > thunderbird it took me a while to find.
> > > view->threaded message list, couldn't be much more obvious?
> > > > Also, how can i teach evolution to ignore certain threads, and notify me
> > > > of new mails in threads i have collapsed?
> > > you can hide messages, like 'selected' ones, but that is all. 
> > > > great program by-the-way
> > > >
> > > > Duncan
> >
> > I agree that it's in a good place, but it's different from other
> > programmes and NOT mentioned in the help files. It's also an inherently
> > impossible string to search the net for.
>
> Are you sure?
>
> This is from the documentation source, in the 'getting and sending
> email' chapter:
>
>    <section id="usage-mail-listorder">
>     <title>Sorting the Message List</title>
>     <para>Evolution helps you work by letting you sort your e-mail. To
> sort by sender, subject, or date, click on the bars with those labels
> at the top of the message list. The direction of the arrow next to the
> label indicates the direction of the sort. Click again, to sort them
> in reverse order. For example, click Date to sort messages by date
> from oldest to newest. Click again, and Evolution sorts the list from
> newest to oldest. You can also right-click the message header bars to
> get a set of sorting options, and to add or remove columns from the
> message list. You can find detailed instructions on how to customize
> your message display columns in <link
> linkend="usage-mail-organize-columns">Sorting Mail with Column
> Headers</link>.</para>
>     <para>To look at the complete headers for a message, click View
> &gt; Message Display &gt; Show Full Headers. To see all message data,
> click View &gt; Message Display &gt; Show E-Mail Source. </para>
>     <para>You can also choose a threaded message view. Click View &gt;
> Threaded Message List to turn the threaded view on or off. When you
> select this option, Evolution groups the replies to a message with the
> original, so you can follow the thread of a conversation from one
> message to the next.</para>
>     <informalfigure id="bs4aw7h">
>      <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata format="PNG"
> fileref="figures/mail-threaded.png"/></imageobject></mediaobject>
>      
>     </informalfigure>
>    </section>
>
>
>
> > Who do I contact for documentation issues?
> >
> > Please don't CC me, I'm on the list.
>
> Please don't answer off list. 
> > Duncan