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+ <chapter id="config-prefs">
+ <title>Advanced Configuration with the Preferences Window</title>
+ <para>
+ If you prefer not to use the setup assistant, select
+ <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> from the
+ <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu, and work your way through
+ the page tabs it offers you. They are:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Identity</guilabel>, which allows you to set
+ your name, email address, and other information. The
+ default values are the ones found on your system account.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Network</guilabel>, which allows you to
+ specify your network settings. There are no default
+ values for this information.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Mail</guilabel>, which allows you to specify
+ attachment and HTML handling, forwarding behavior,
+ filters, and other <application>Evolution</application>
+ behaviors specific to email. The default behaviors are
+ those approved by Jamie Zawinski.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel>, which allows you to
+ specify behavior that is specific to your contact
+ manager.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>, which allows you to set
+ the way that your calendar will behave and appear. The
+ default view is by week and the default calendar is
+ Western. Date format is determined by the system clock
+ and localization, and cannot be set here.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>General</guilabel>, which covers everything
+ else, including the <application>Evolution</application>
+ startup screen.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ The <interface>Preferences Dialog</interface> is shown in
+ <xref linkend="config-prefs-fig">.
+ </para>
+
+ <!-- ==============Figure===================== -->
+ <figure id="config-prefs-fig">
+ <title>Preferences Dialog</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Preferences dialog</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="evolution_config_pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ </graphic>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+ <!-- ==============End of Figure================-->
+
+
+ <sect1 id="config-prefs-identity">
+ <title>Identity Settings</title>
+ <para>
+ If you have only one email address, or use automatic
+ forwarding to funnel multiple addresses into one, then you
+ will only need to configure one identity. To create a single
+ user with a single identity, enter the following information:
+ (INSERT detailed DESCRIPTION HERE)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you have one email accout for your personal life, and one
+ for work, you'll want to create multiple identities. You
+ can do this by: (INSERT DESCRIPTION HERE)
+ </para>
+
+ <note id="config-prefs-identity-note">
+ <title>Multiple Identities and Network Settings</title>
+ <para>
+ If you use multiple network connections&mdash;if, for
+ example, you dial up an ISP for your personal mail, and use
+ a LAN for your work-related tasks&mdash; you will also have
+ to set seperate network settings for each identity.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="config-prefs-network">
+ <title>Setting up the Network</title>
+ <para>
+ In order to do much of anything with
+ <application>Evolution</application>, you need to connect to
+ your network. To do that, you'll need to know your user name
+ and password, what sort of mail sending and receiving
+ protocols your network uses, and the names of the servers
+ you'll be using. If you're switching from another groupware
+ or email progam, you can almost certainly use the same
+ settings as you did with that program. Select the
+ <guibutton>Network</guibutton> tab in the
+ <interface>Preferences</interface> window to get started.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2 id="config-prefs-network-advanced">
+ <title>Advanced Network Configuration</title>
+ <para>
+ INSERT a little introduction paragraph here.
+ </para>
+ <sect3 id="config-prefs-network-advanced-multiconnect">
+ <title>Multiple Network Connections</title>
+ <para>
+ People with who use multiple ISP's or networks, or who
+ have multiple email accounts, will need to do a little
+ more work, but not much.
+ </para>
+ <example>
+ <title>Multiple Identities and Networks</title>
+ <para>
+ Nate's laptop goes everywhere with him, and he needs
+ to be able to use <application>Evolution</application>
+ from anywhere&mdash a hotel room, an airplane, a
+ client's office, his office, anywhere at all. (INSERT
+ HOW EVOLUTION HELPS HIM DO THIS).
+ </para>
+ </example>
+
+ <para>
+ (INSERT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THESE THINGS ARE AND HOW TO
+ USE THEM) (I'M THINKING IN TERMS OF THE APPLE LOCATION
+ MANAGER) (Kill this section if Evolution doesn't support
+ this for 1.0).
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="config-prefs-network-advanced-other">
+ <title>Other Advanced Network Settings</title>
+ <para>
+ I can't think of any at the moment but i'm sure they're
+ out there. They belong here.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1 id="config-prefs-mail">
+ <title>Modifying the Mail</title>
+ <para>
+ This section discusses mail-specific preferences. Click on
+ the <guibutton>Mail</guibutton> tab in the
+ <interface>Preferences</interface> window to access these
+ settings.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list here-->
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
+ <title>Managing the Contact Manager</title>
+ <para>
+ To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the
+ <guibutton>Contact Manager</guibutton> tab in the
+ <interface>Preferences</interface> window.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list
+ here-->
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
+ <title>Configuring the Calendar</title>
+ <para>
+ This section discusses calendar-specific preferences. Click
+ on the <guibutton>Calendar</guibutton> tab in the
+ <interface>Preferences</interface> window to access these
+ settings.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list
+ here-->
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+
+ <sect1 id="config-prefs-general">
+ <title>General Preferences</title>
+ <para>
+ Overall Evolution prefs-- whatever else doesn't fit.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+ </chapter>
+ \ No newline at end of file