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# 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.

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