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authorAaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>2002-01-16 06:18:28 +0800
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Redo the whole options/account-creation thing.
2002-01-15 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/config-prefs.sgml: Redo the whole options/account-creation thing. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Redo the whole options/account-creation thing. svn path=/trunk/; revision=15331
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<listitem>
<para>
Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail
- automatically and how often. You can also set other
- options related to the behavior of your server. If you
- use POP mail, you can choose to leave mail on the server
- if you wish. For IMAP, there are more extensife options:
+ automatically and how often.
+
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Check for new messages in all folders</term>
+ <term>If you chose POP:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- If you turn this feature on, then at startup
- and when you click Send/Receive,
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application>
- will check all folders on your IMAP server to
- see if they have new messages in them. If you
- leave it turned off, it will only check the
- INBOX folder. Checking only one folder is
- faster than checking them all at once.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Checking for new mail: If you would
+ like <application>Evolution</application>
+ to check for new mail automatically,
+ check the box and select a frequency in
+ minutes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Message Storage: If you'd like to store
+ copies of your mail on the server, check
+ this option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Show only subscribed folders</term>
+ <term>If you chose Microsoft Exchange:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Some IMAP servers provide you with a very large
- number of folders above and beyond your mail
- folders, and expect you to indicate which ones
- you want to work with. If you turn this off,
- Evolution will show all of your folders. To
- subscribe to folders, select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Subscribe to
- Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You can
- learn about subscriptions in <xref
- linkend="usage-mail-subscriptions">.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Override server-supplied namespace</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This is not needed for most IMAP servers. If
- you see system files or other non-email files
- appearing in the folder tree after configuring
- your IMAP server, check this box and specify
- the name of the directory that contains your
- mail folders.
+ <itemizedlist> <listitem>
+ <para>Checking for new mail: If you would like
+ <application>Evolution</application> to check for new mail
+ automatically, check the box and select a frequency in
+ minutes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Exchange Server: If your active directory user name
+ is different from your Exchange mail user name, check this
+ box and enter your mail username here.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Create a Global Address List folder: If you would
+ like to have a seperate folder for the Active Directory's
+ Global Address List, leave this box checked. </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Active Directory Server Name: In most organizations,
+ the Active Directory server will be different from
+ the Exchange mail server. If so, check the box and
+ enter the Active Directory server name here.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Limit number of Responses: Select a maximum number
+ of results for an address search. A maximum number of
+ results limits the load on your system and on your network.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on
- this server</term>
+ <term>If you chose IMAP:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- If you want to use filters on the mail you
- store in your IMAP folders, check this box.
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Checking for new mail: If you would like
+ <application>Evolution</application> to check for new mail
+ automatically, check the box and select a frequency in
+ minutes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>If you want <application>Evolution</application>
+ to check for new messages in <emphasis>all</emphasis> your
+ IMAP folders, make sure the <guilabel>Check for new
+ messages in all folders</guilabel> box is selected.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Show only subscribed folders: Check this box if you
+ have more folders in your IMAP view than you want to
+ read.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Override server-supplied namespace: If you like, enter a
+ specific directory where your server stores mail for
+ you. Typical values are "mail" and "Mail." For more
+ information about how to use IMAP mail, see <xref
+ linkend="usage-mail-subscriptions">.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this
+ server: If you'd like your filters to work on this account
+ as well as on locally downloaded mail, check this box.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>
- </para>
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>