Nine tips for filtering messages in Novell Evolution
Wednesday, March 16 2005 @ 09:11 PM EST Contributed by: glosser
Linux.com presents this tutorial on using Ximian/Novell Evolution.
Novell Evolution (nee Ximian Evolution) has become a world-class email client. It's sleek, beautiful, and very powerful. Because it can do so many things, it can be a bit intimidating for first-time users. We put together this guide to help new Evolution users do one thing: filter the mail. Here is a brief overview of filtering and nine tips to help you take advantage of Evolution's sophisticated filtering capabilities.
Mail filters typically examine incoming mail, parsing each message against predefined rules, and taking action based on what they find. Even if you send and receive mail from only one person, you can use filters to separate the good mail from your known correspondent from the daily flood of spam. That's a simple case. At the other end of the spectrum are exotic actions based on a sophisticated set of rules. In Evolution, for example, filters can be used to do all sorts of things: sort the mail into folders, identify spam, flag important mail, sound a beep, execute a program, delete mail, and more.
