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Deleting Mail
After you read your mail, you might want to delete it. To delete a message, select it and press the
Delete key, click the Trash button, press Ctrl+D, or right-click the message, then click Delete.
When you press Delete or click the Trash button, your mail isn't actually deleted, but is marked
for deletion. Your e-mail is recoverable until you have expunged your mail. When you expunge a
folder, you remove all the mail that you have marked for deletion.
To show deleted messages, click View > Hide Deleted Messages. You can also find deleted
messages in the your Trash folder.
To permanently erase all the deleted messages in a folder, click Folder > Expunge or press Ctrl+E.
Both local and IMAP Trash folders are actually search folders that display all messages you have
marked for later deletion. For more information about search folders, see
on page
Trash is the same as expunging deleted mail from all your folders.
However, this is not true for the Trash folder on Exchange servers, which behaves just the same as
it does in Outlook. It is a normal folder with actual messages in it.
Undeleting Messages
You can undelete a message that has been deleted but not expunged. To undelete a message, select
the message, then press Ctrl+U, or click Edit > Undelete.
If you have marked a message for deletion, undeleting it unmarks it, and the message is removed
from the Trash folder. You cannot undelete messages that have been expunged.
Checking for New Mail
To check your mail, click Send/Receive in the toolbar. If you haven't created any mail accounts
yet, the setup assistant asks you for the information it needs to check your e-mail. For information
on creating mail accounts, see
If this is your first time checking mail, or you haven't asked Evolution to store your password, you
are prompted for the password. Enter your password to download your e-mail.
If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need to check your network settings. To
learn how to do that, see
Sharing Mailboxes with Other Mail Programs
If you want to use Evolution and another e-mail client, such as Mutt, at the same time, use the
following procedure:
1
Download your mail in the other application as you would normally.
2
In Evolution, click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Accounts. Select the account you want
to use to share mail and click Edit. Instead of Edit, you might want to create a new account
just for this source of mail by clicking New.
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55. Because emptying your trash expunges the messages in your Trash folder, emptying
"Starting Evolution for the First Time" on page
"Mail Preferences" on page
Manual (ENU) 21 December 2004
"Using Search Folders"
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104, or ask your system administrator.
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