FAQ updated Sect 3, Q13

Manual updated: managing e-mails, future features. Some editting in section on joining mailing lists.

2 files changed, 47 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/manual/en/syl_001.sgml b/manual/en/syl_001.sgml
index cd9fe4f..c4c8104 100644
--- a/manual/en/syl_001.sgml
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@@ -68,14 +68,42 @@ Currently implemented features are:
 This list is not complete, but this will at least show you the most common features in Sylpheed.
 </sect1>
 
-<sect1>Methods for managing messages
-<p>
-This section has not been written yet.
+<sect1>Methods for managing messages<p>
+<!-- added 2001/09/06 -->
+There are several ways to manage messages. The best known is <tt>not at all.</tt><p>
+Too many people receive lots of e-mails and just let them end up in the INBOX folder. Which after a while becomes unmanageable. Try to locate that one mail about an important event you got 5 days ago, in a mailbox that has over 5000 messages in it. Even when sorted on date, it might take you a tremendous time to locate it.<p>
+For this there are <tt>mailfolders and mailboxes.</tt><p>
+When you read on in this manual, you will learn about creating mailboxes and also folders that can contain more mailboxes. What are these good for?<p>
+Overview. Simple as that. In different mailboxes you can store different kinds of mails. Suppose you are a member of a kiting club. And you get at least 30 e-mails per day from that club. The smart thing to do now is to create a separate mailbox for these mails. So when an e-mail comes in from the kiting club, you can move it to the kiting club mailbox. That way you know that you have all your kiting e-mails in one place.<p>
+Tedious, you say? To move 30 mails a day to that box, when they come in at random moments? You bet that is a tedious job. You can be certain that you will miss that very important one about transport to the kiting ground where you will have the contest of biggest and most beautiful kite!<p>
+Well, also for this there is a solution. Those are called <tt>filters</tt>.<p>
+Filters can automate the process of moving e-mails to new locations. Further on in this manual you will also learn about setting up filters, so you do not have to move these kiting e-mails to the kiting club mailbox.<p>
+<sect2>Okay, so what is the difference between a mailbox and a mailfolder?<p>
+This is actually the exact same thing as you do on your harddisk. You create directories in which you can put files and more directories.<p>
+In the case of Sylpheed, you can create a mailbox in which you can put more mailboxes that somehow belong together. For example, you could create a mailbox (folder) that contains the mailboxes for all the mailing lists you belong to.<p>
+A word of clarification is perhaps in need here. In Sylpheed, a maillbox is nothing more than a directory. And in a directory you can create a new directory. But also files. And Sylpheed stores each e-mail in a separate file on disk.
+An example of how a mailbox tree could look is<p>
+Inbox<p>
+Outbox<p>
+Draft<p>
+Queue<p>
+Trash<p>
+Kite club<p>
+Mailing lists<p>
+|---Linux mails<p>
+|---Sylpheed<p>
+|------|---Sylpheed claws<p>
+|------|---Sylpheed docs<p>
+|------|---Sylpheed mail<p>
+|---Vi mailing list<p>
+|---XFree mails<p>
+As you can see, there is no real limit to the way you can set up your mailboxes. As long as you have diskspace available, you can create mailboxes and mailboxes within mailboxes.<p>
+Of course, you should observe some common sense when you start creating mailboxes. To keep all mail in one place is not a good idea, but to create a maze of mailboxes is not a good idea either!
+</sect2>
 </sect1>
 
-<sect1>Features for the future
-<p>
-This section has not been written yet.
+<sect1>Features for the future<p>
+This is a special chapter. As with all open source programs, many features can be requested by you, the user of Sylpheed. The best way to join in on the talks is to join one of the mailing lists on Sylpheed. For this, you can turn to the Information section of this manual and read up on how to join a mailing list.
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 </sect>
diff --git a/manual/en/syl_017.sgml b/manual/en/syl_017.sgml
index 780ff74..b7fd85a 100644
--- a/manual/en/syl_017.sgml
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@@ -24,27 +24,33 @@ http://www.aic.uniovi.es/mones/sylpheed/faq-es.ps, the Spanish FAQ as a Postscri
 <sect1>Mailing Lists<p>
 If you want to stay up to date on Sylpheed, and want to talk about the program with other users, you can join the mailing list.<p>
 Send a mail to sylpheed-ctl@good-day.net that says<p>
-subscribe Your Name<p>
+<tt>subscribe Your Name</tt><p>
 in the body.<p>
 The server returns the mail once for the first registration request that asks the confirmation: "May I put you on this mailing list?" that includes the following phrase (this number is merely an example).<p>
-confirm 84682771 Anne Shirley<p>
+<tt>confirm 84682771 Anne Shirley</tt><p>
 This is a precaution for mischief like subscribing you to the list against your wish.<p>
 If you received the entry confirmation mail, send a mail that includes the phrase:<p>
-confirm Password(a number) Your Name<p>
+<tt>confirm Password(a number) Your Name</tt><p>
 to the address for registration: sylpheed-ctl@good-day.net again. Then, it is considered that you have confirmed the registration and you are registered to the server.<p>
 The address for posting to the list is sylpheed@good-day.net.<p>
 Notice: If you lost the mail that says<p>
 confirm Password(a number) Your Name<p>
-or you became confused and want to do from the first, do them over from `the first', in other words, send<p>
-subscribe Anne Shirley<p>
-How to unsubscribe.<p>
+or you became confused and want to do from start, do them over from the start, in other words, send<p>
+<tt>subscribe Anne Shirley</tt><p>
+to sylpheed-ctl@good-day.net again.<p>
+<sect2>How to unsubscribe.<p>
 Send a mail to sylpheed-ctl@good-day.net that says<p>
-unsubscribe<p>
+<tt>unsubscribe</tt><p>
 in the body.<p>
+</sect2>
 <!-- added aug. 13, 2001 -->
 </sect1>
 <sect1>Anonymous CVS<p>
 This section has not been written yet.
 </sect1>
 
+<!-- added 2001/09/05 -->
+<sect1>How to tell another program to use Sylpheed as e-mail program<p>
+If you wish to use Sylpheed from within for example Netscape or Opera, then you need to go to the `preferences` section, then choose `applications` and in the email client part, you need to enter <tt>sylpheed --compose</tt>.
+</sect1>
 </sect>