Ximian Evolution 1.4 Sun Microsystems Edition User Guide

Displaying Your Messages

You can save and print your messages. You can also change how your messages are displayed.

To Open a Message

To open a message, double-click on the message in the message list.

Alternatively, select the message that you want to open in the message list, then choose File -> Open Message.

To Save a Message

To save a message as a file, open the message, then choose File -> Save As. Enter a name for the file in the Save Message As dialog, then click OK.

To Print a Message

To print a message, open the message, then choose File -> Print. Select the options that you require from the Print Message dialog, then click Print.

To preview how the message looks when printed, choose File -> Print Preview.

To View an Attachment in a Message

An attachment is a file that is included in a message. If you want to send a file to someone, you can attach the file to the message. If a message contains attachments, a button for each attachment appears at the bottom of the message. If your system recognizes the file type of the attachment, the icon for that file type is displayed in the button.

You can perform the following actions on an attachment:

Action	Instructions
View the attachment in the message	Click on the right arrow icon at the left side of the button. Alternatively, click on the down arrow at the right side of the button, then choose View Inline from the popup menu. If the attachment is already displayed in the message, click on the down arrow icon at the left side of the button to the hide the attachment. Alternatively, click on the down arrow at the right side of the button, then choose Hide from the popup menu.
Save the attachment	Click on the down arrow at the right side of the button, then choose Save Attachment from the popup menu. A Save Attachment dialog is displayed. Use the Save Attachment dialog to save the attachment.
Open the attachment in an application	If your system recognizes the file type of the attachment, you can open the attachment in an application. To open the attachment, click on the down arrow at the right side of the button, then choose Open in `application-name` from the popup menu.

Action

Instructions

View the attachment in the message

Click on the right arrow icon at the left side of the button. Alternatively, click on the down arrow at the right side of the button, then choose View Inline from the popup menu.

If the attachment is already displayed in the message, click on the down arrow icon at the left side of the button to the hide the attachment. Alternatively, click on the down arrow at the right side of the button, then choose Hide from the popup menu.

Save the attachment

Click on the down arrow at the right side of the button, then choose Save Attachment from the popup menu. A Save Attachment dialog is displayed. Use the Save Attachment dialog to save the attachment.

Open the attachment in an application

If your system recognizes the file type of the attachment, you can open the attachment in an application. To open the attachment, click on the down arrow at the right side of the button, then choose Open in application-name from the popup menu.

To View Images in Messages

You might receive messages that contain images in the body of the message. You might also receive messages that contain links to images on the Internet. Linked images might be slow to load, and in some cases might provide information to senders of spam email. By default, Evolution does not display linked images in messages.

To display a linked image in a message, open the message, then choose View -> Message Display -> Load Images.

To Change the Size of Text in Messages

You can change the size in which text is displayed in messages. You can change the size of text in a message window or in the preview pane.

To reduce the size of the text, choose View -> Text Size -> Smaller. To increase the size of the text, choose View -> Text Size -> Larger.

To return the size of the text to the default size, choose View -> Text Size -> Original Size.

To Change the Display of Messages

You can change the way in which your messages are displayed. You can change the message display in a message window, or in the preview pane.

To display full header information for your messages, choose View -> Message Display -> Show Full Headers. The header information contains technical details of the message, such as the server that delivered the message, the format of the message, and so on.

To display the full source for the message, choose View -> Message Display -> Show Email Source. The full source for the message is the source code for the message.

To return to normal display, choose View -> Message Display -> Normal Display.