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394 CHAPTER 27 IN DEPTH: EVOLUTION Creating Search Folders Evolution s search folder feature is a more powerful alternative to message filters. Using search folders, you can filter mail based on a similar set of criteria, but you can choose to include messages in the results that might be associated with the filtered messages. For example, if you choose to filter by a specific individual s e-mail address, you can select to have any replies you sent to that person included in the results, rather than simply messages received from her. In addition, you can apply search folders to specific e-mail folders on an ongoing basis, rather than all incoming e-mail. You can create a new search folder by clicking Edit . Search Folders. As with creating message filters, clicking the drop-down box beneath the Add button will let you select a criteria by which you can filter. The choices are broadly similar to those for message filters, in that you can filter by e-mail address, size of e-mail, message body, and so on. In the Include Threads drop-down box, you can select what kind of results you would like the search filter to return: None simply returns e-mail messages matching the criteria. All Related returns every single message that is associated with the criteria. Replies returns results that include replies to the messages returned via the filter. Replies with Parents returns results that include replies and also any initial message that you or others might have sent that inspired the message included in the filter results. Search folder results are listed under the relevant folders on the left side of the Mail mode window. The search folder feature is very powerful and worth spending some time investigating. Contacts Evolution includes a powerful contacts manager component that can catalog information about individuals. At its most basic, the contact manager stores e-mail addresses for use within the e-mail component of Evolution, but you can enter significant additional data about each individual, including addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and even a photograph for easy identification. This should allow Evolution to become your sole personal information manager. To switch to the Contacts mode, click the button at the bottom-left side of the program window. Once in the Contacts mode, you can view information in several ways. Click View . Current View to choose from the following views: Address Cards: This is the default view and shows the contacts as virtual index cards arranged alongside each other at the top of the program window. Click the scroll bar beneath the cards to move through them. Phone List: This shows the contact information as a simple list, arranged vertically, with various elements of the contact s personal information listed alongside, such as phone numbers and e-mail addresses. By Company: This organizes the data in a similar way to Phone List view but sorted by the company the contacts work for (if such data has been entered into the contact entries).