Mail Menus

Evolution Mail has more specialized menus, and more specialized menu items, than any other part of the application.

The Edit Menu

This menu is currently empty.

The Mail View Menu

This menu lets you control the way Evolution displays your information for you.

Show Shortcut Bar

Toggle the shortcut bar on and off with this item.

Show Folder Bar

Toggle the folder bar on and off with this item. See the section called The Folder Bar in the chapter called The Main Window: Evolution Basics for more information about the folder bar.

Threaded Message List

This item controls whether your message list is displayed by thread or by other criteria. The default order is by date; see the section called Sorting the message list in the chapter called Evolution Mail for information about the order of the message list.

The Mail Settings Menu

Mail Filters

Edit your mail filters here. See the section called Staying organized: Mail Filters in Evolution in the chapter called Evolution Mail for more information about mail filtering.

Virtual Folder Editor

Create, edit, and delete Virtual Folders (vFolders) with this tool. To learn about using vFolders with mail, see the section called Getting Really Organized with Virtual Folders in the chapter called Evolution Mail.

Mail Configuration

This is a poorly named tool. You can set your identity, and everything else related to your mail account, here.

Forget Passwords

This item will cause Evolution to forget what your password is.

The Mail Folder Menu

The items in this menu relate to Evolution mail folders.

You can:

Mark all as Read

Evolution keeps track of which messages you've seen; to mark everything in a folder as read, choose this item. You can mark a single message as read by right-clicking it in the message bar.

Delete All

This is a favorite item of everyone with too much junk-mail: one click, and it deletes every message in the current folder.

Expunge

Empties the trash folder, erasing messages permanently. Once you've done this, they're gone for good.

Configure Folder

Use this item to set the file format in which Evolution stores mail. You can choose from standard UNIX-style mbox files, or the mh format. Converting large mailboxes may take a long time, and it's a good idea to have a backup copy beforehand.

The Mail Message Menu

The items in this menu relate to Evolution mail messages. Most of them require you to have a message selected, and are also available by right-clicking on a message in the message list.

Open in New Window

Displays the selected message in a new window.

Edit Message

Open the selected message in the message composer. You can only edit a message you have written: drafts and messages in the Sent box.

Print Message

Displays the Print Preview window, ready for printing.

Reply to Sender

Opens a message composition window addressed to the author of the message. Covered in detail in the section called Replying to Messages in the chapter called Evolution Mail.

Reply to All

Opens a message composition window addressed to the author of the message and all known recipients. Covered in detail in the section called Replying to Messages in the chapter called Evolution Mail.

Forward

Appends the body of the selected message to a new message. Covered in detail in the section called Forwarding Mail in the chapter called Evolution Mail.

Delete Message

Marks a message for deletion.

Move Message

Choose a folder in which to place this message.

Copy Message

Copy the selected message to another folder.

VFolder on Subject

This item, and the three that follow it, will create vFolders which you may customize further or save as-is. This one will create a vFolder which will display all messages that contain the subject line of the selected message.

VFolder on Sender

Creates a vFolder to hold all messages from the sender of the selected message.

VFolder on Recipients

Creates a VFolder to hold all messages addressed to the recipient of the selected message.

Filter on Subject

This item, and the three that follow it, will create Filters for which you must select actions. You may keep the criteria as they are, or alter them as you wish. This one will create a filter which will affect all messages that contain the subject line of the selected message.

Filter on Sender

Creates a filter which affects all messages from the sender of the selected message.

Filter on Recipients

Creates a filter which will affect all messages addressed to the recipient of the selected message.