Keyboard shortcuts that can save you some time when reading mail.
Andre Klapper
ak-47@gmx.net
Novell, Inc

# Using shortcut keys to read mail

# Viewing an email

In the Mail window you read a message by selecting it in the message list. If you would like to see the message in its own window, either double-click it, press Enter, or press Ctrl O.

# Marking a message as read or unread

To mark the currently selected message as read, press Ctrl K.

To mark the currently selected message as unread, press Ctrl Shift K.

# Navigating in a message

To read mail with the keyboard, you can press the Spacebar to page down and press Backspace to page up while reading an email. Ensure that you use the keys when the message list is focused.

# Navigating in a folder in the message list

Navigate in the message list by using the arrow keys on the keyboard.

# Navigating in a folder's unread mail in the message list

To go to the next or previous unread messages, press the period (.) or comma (,) keys. On some keyboards, these keys are also marked with the > and < symbols, which is a convenient way to remember that they move you forward and backward in your message list. You can also use the right square bracket (]) for the next unread message, and the left square bracket ([) for the previous unread message.

# Navigating in unread mail across folders

You can easily read the unread messages in all the mail folders by using the Spacebar.

When you are in the Mail window, the Spacebar has the following behavior:

当您第一次按下空格键时，会跳至下一封未读邮件。

If the message is more than one screen long, the Spacebar works as Page Down.

如果您在到达页面底部时，按下空格键能跳至下一封未读邮件。

如果邮箱中没有未读邮件，按下空格键跳至下一个文件夹中的未读邮件。

如果新邮件到达若干个文件夹，按下空格键能在不同文件夹之间跳转。这样您可以直接跳至其他文件夹中的未读邮件而无须用鼠标点击文件夹。

# Changing keyboard shortcuts

Advanced users can customize keyboard shortcuts by editing $HOME/.config/evolution/accels.

See this blog post for more information.