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authorAaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>2002-02-13 04:52:59 +0800
committerAaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org>2002-02-13 04:52:59 +0800
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fix what danw said was wrong.
2002-02-12 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * usage-mainwindow.sgml: fix what danw said was wrong. * usage-exchange.sgml: fix what danw said was wrong. svn path=/trunk/; revision=15690
Diffstat (limited to 'help')
-rw-r--r--help/C/.cvsignore7
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-exchange.sgml53
-rw-r--r--help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml49
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 69 deletions
diff --git a/help/C/.cvsignore b/help/C/.cvsignore
index d124a07e3e..282522db03 100644
--- a/help/C/.cvsignore
+++ b/help/C/.cvsignore
@@ -1,9 +1,2 @@
Makefile
Makefile.in
-*.log
-*.ps
-*.dvi
-*.tex
-evolution
-index.html
-omf_timestamp
diff --git a/help/C/usage-exchange.sgml b/help/C/usage-exchange.sgml
index 2a46d6adc5..b87aee9cdc 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-exchange.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-exchange.sgml
@@ -353,10 +353,9 @@ There are, however, some features which are not available:
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Enter the name of your Exchange email
- server, and the username with which you log in
- (normally, this is the part of your email address
- before the @).
+ Enter the name of your Exchange email server, and
+ the user name you would use to log in to a
+ Windows workstation in your organization.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -364,22 +363,13 @@ There are, however, some features which are not available:
If you wish, select the box labelled
<guilabel>Use secure connection
(SSL)</guilabel>, to take advantage of a more
- secure connection method. If your server
- supports it, it is generally recommended to use
- SSL.
+ secure connection method. This may allow you to
+ connect to the server from outside your
+ firewall.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Some servers support multiple authentication
- methods. If your system administrator has asked
- that you use one in particular, select it now.
- Otherwise, just use
- <guilabel>Password</guilabel>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
If you would like
<application>Evolution</application> to
remember your password, check the box labelled
@@ -405,33 +395,22 @@ There are, however, some features which are not available:
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Exchange Server: If your exchange server stores
- your folders under a different name from your
- login username, select the checkbox and enter
- the name your server uses for your mail storage.
+ Exchange Server: If your Exchange mailbox name
+ is different from your Windows name, enter your
+ mailbox name here.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Active Directory: If you would like to use the
- Global Address List (GAL) maintained on
- your Exchange server, check the box
+ Global Address List (GAL), check the box
labelled <guilabel>Create a Global Address
- List folder</guilabel>. The GAL is
- maintained by your system administrator and
- you cannot add, change, or remove items
- from it using Ximian Evolution. However,
- you can use it to invite people to meetings
- and to look up addresses and other
- information. In many organizations, the GAL
- is stored on a different server from email.
- If this is the case, you should also
- specify the directory server name here. To
- avoid strain on the server, the maximum
- number of responses to any Active Directory
- query has been set to 500. If you would
- like to change that, you may do so here as
- well.
+ List folder</guilabel> and enter the name
+ of the directory server. To avoid strain
+ on the server, the maximum number of
+ responses to any Active Directory query has
+ been set to 500. If you would like to
+ change that, you may do so here as well.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
diff --git a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
index 55b6aaa4b3..9be52d8115 100644
--- a/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
+++ b/help/C/usage-mainwindow.sgml
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>Whether you want to use a secure (SSL)
- connection. If your server supports it, it's
- best to enable this security option.
+ connection. This may allow you to access the
+ server from outside a firewall.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@
</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>Exchange Server: If your Echange mailbox name is is
+ different from your Windows user name, check this box and
+ enter your mailbox name here.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -327,10 +327,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Active Directory Server Name: In most organizations, the
- Active Directory server will be different from the
- Exchange mail server. Enter the Active Directory server
- name here.
+ Active Directory Server Name: Enter the Active Directory
+ server name here.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -471,16 +469,18 @@
Authentication Type: Chances are you are using
<guilabel>Password</guilabel>. If you're not sure, ask
your system administrator or ISP, or have
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> check for you by
- clicking <guibutton>Check for supported
- types</guibutton>.
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application> check for
+ you by clicking <guibutton>Check for supported
+ types</guibutton>. For exchange servers, Password is the
+ only type supported.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Username: The account name you use when you login
- to check your email. Normally, this is the part of your
- email address before the '@' character.
+ Username: The account name you use when you login to
+ check mail. For Exchange servers, enter the user name
+ you use to login to a Windows workstation in your
+ network.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -619,12 +619,12 @@ the workaround described in the note below.
<sect2 id="mutt">
<title>Importing Mail from mutt</title>
<para>
- <application>mutt</application> is a full-featured mail client
- which is shipped with most Linux and Unix distributions.
- <application>mutt</application> uses the standard mbox,
- maildir, and MH file formats, which makes importing your mail into
- <application>Evolution</application> easy. By default,
- <application>mutt</application> uses the mbox file format.
+ <application>mutt</application> is a text-based mail client
+ shipped with most Linux and Unix distributions.
+ <application>mutt</application> can use several different
+ formats, including mbox, maildir, and MH file formats, all of
+ which import cleanly into
+ <application>Evolution</application>. Here's how:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -678,10 +678,9 @@ the workaround described in the note below.
<sect2 id="kmail">
<title>Importing Mail from KMail</title>
<para>
- KMail is a full-featured mail client which is shipped with the
- KDE desktop environment. KMail uses the standard mbox file
- format, which means that importing your mail into
- <application>Evolution</application> is easy.
+ KMail is the mail client is shipped with the KDE desktop
+ environment. KMail uses the standard UNIX mbox file format to
+ store its messages. Here's how to import nessages from KMail:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>