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authorAaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>2001-12-04 04:31:35 +0800
committerAaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org>2001-12-04 04:31:35 +0800
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Touched. Minor changes to IMAP section, to make sure links worked, etc.
2001-11-27 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-mail.sgml: Touched. Minor changes to IMAP section, to make sure links worked, etc. * C/config-prefs.sgml: Expanded IMAP options. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Added note about more options available. 2001-11-26 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-exchange.sgml: removed FIXMES, made valid within larger <book> context. 2001-11-19 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-mail-org.sgml: changed Unmatched vfolder description. Removed note about how it behaves when you have no vFolders. 2001-11-15 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/apx-authors.sgml: Removed authorlist, point people to "About" box, since there's no point in having so many lists in so many places. 2001-11-02 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Connector. * C/config-prefs.sgml: Connector. * C/usage-exchange.sgml: Connector. 2001-10-31 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-exchange.sgml: More working on this file today. Nearly done. * C/topic.dat: Added Connector info. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Added mention of Connector to configuration options. * C/config-prefs.sgml: Added mention of Connector to configuration options. 2001-10-30 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/evolution.sgml: Cleaned up comments. Added Exchange entity. * C/Makefile.am: added exchange.sgml file svn path=/trunk/; revision=14851
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diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml
index 77ebe4e807..a67b3aede9 100644
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@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
<term><guilabel>Accounts</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This allows you to create and alter one or more identities for your
- email.
+ This allows you to create and alter one or more
+ identities for your email.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -125,13 +125,14 @@
<para>
Here, select the way you will be getting mail: you may
download mail from a server (<glossterm
- linkend="pop">POP</glossterm> or <glossterm
- linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>) or access it from files
- on your local system. If you use a server, it may permit
- or require you to use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
- connection. To turn SSL connections on, just click the
- <guibutton>Use Secure Connection (SSL)</guibutton>
- button.
+ linkend="pop">POP</glossterm>), read and keep it on the
+ server (Microsoft Exchange or <glossterm
+ linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>), or read it from files
+ that already exist on your desktop computer. If you use
+ a server, it may permit or require you to use a Secure
+ Socket Layer (SSL) connection. To turn SSL connections
+ on, just click the <guibutton>Use Secure Connection
+ (SSL)</guibutton> button.
<note id="config-arbitrary-port">
<title>Specifying Port Numbers</title>
@@ -155,10 +156,71 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<listitem>
<para>
Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail
- automatically, and set other options related to the
- behavior of your server. If you use POP mail, you can
- decide whether to leave mail on the server, and if you
- use IMAP, you can set folder subscription options here.
+ 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:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Check for new messages in all folders</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If you turn this feature on, then at startup
+ and when you click Send/Recieve,
+ <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>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Show only subscribed folders</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.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on
+ this server</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If you want to use filters on the mail you
+ store in your IMAP folders, check this box.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -168,7 +230,9 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<para>
In this section, you will choose and configure a method
for sending mail. You may choose <glossterm
- linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm> or <glossterm
+ linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm>, Microsoft Exchange (if
+ you have purchased the Ximian Connector for Microsoft
+ Exchange) or <glossterm
linkend="sendmail">sendmail</glossterm>.
</para>
</listitem>