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diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.xml b/help/C/config-prefs.xml deleted file mode 100644 index fdae14dac9..0000000000 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,935 +0,0 @@ -<!-- -<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> ---> -<chapter id="config-prefs"> - - <title>Advanced Configuration</title> - <para> - Perhaps your mail server has changed names. Perhaps you've - grown tired of a certain layout for your appointments. - Whatever the reason, you want to change your - <application>Evolution</application> settings. This chapter - will tell you how to do just that. - </para> - <para> - Evolution 1.2 brings with it a redesigned comprehensive - settings window that you can open by choosing <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Configure</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, no matter - where you are in Evolution. On the left half of the settings - window is a column, similar to the Evolution shortcut bar, - which lets you choose which portion of Evolution to - customize. The right half of the window is where you'll make - your actual changes. - </para> - - - <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> - <figure id="config-prefs-mail-fig"> - <title>Changing Mail Settings</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Changing Mail Settings</screeninfo> - <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-mail" format="PNG" srccredit="Aaron Weber"/> - </imageobject></mediaobject> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> - - <para> - There are eight items you can customize. From top to bottom, they - are: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Mail Accounts</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, add or change information about your email - accounts: the servers to which you connect, the way you - download mail, your password authentication mode, and so - forth. This is the most complex item in the list, and is - covered in <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-identity"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Folder Settings</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, you can choose the default folders for various - components of Evolution, the folders that will be cached - locally when you go to offline mode, and the folders that - Evolution will use when it is searching for - autocompletion information as you address a mail. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Mail Preferences</term> - <listitem> - <para> - These are overall mail reading preferences: display - settings, notification options, security, and so - forth. These are covered in <xref - linkend="config-prefs-mail-display"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Composer Preferences</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Settings for the way that you use the mail composer: - shortcuts, signatures, spelling, and so forth. One fun - feature here is the ability to substitute graphical - smiley-faces for "emoticons" such as :) that many people - use in email. This tool is covered in <xref - linkend="config-prefs-mail-composer"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Calendar and Tasks</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, you can set the way the calendar behaves, including - your time zone and the length of your work-week. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Directory Servers</term> - <listitem> - <para> - If you want to use a shared directory server (LDAP - server), this is the place to set it up. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Font Preferences</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Choose the fonts that Evolution will use to edit and display email - here. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Summary Preferences</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Set the mail folders, news feeds, schedule summary - length, and weather locations to be displayed here. For - news feeds, enter the web address of any RDF file. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </para> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-mail"> - <title>Mail Settings</title> - <para> - The first few tools, with the exception of the folder tool, - cover mail tasks: - </para> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-identity"> - <title>Working with Mail Accounts</title> - <para> - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> allows you to - maintain multiple accounts, or identities. This is useful - want to keep personal and professional email separate, or if - you wear several hats at work. When you are writing an email - message, you can which account to use by selecting from the - drop-down list next to the <guilabel>From</guilabel> entry in - the message composer. - </para> - - <para> - Clicking <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> will refresh any - IMAP, <filename>mh</filename>, or - <filename>mbox</filename> listings - and check and download mail from all POP servers. In other - words, <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> gets your mail, no - matter how many sources you have, or what types they are. If - you don't want to check mail for a given account, select it - in the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab and click the - <guibutton>Disable</guibutton> button. - </para> - - <para> - To add a new account, simply click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> - to open the mail configuration assistant. To alter an - existing identity, select it in the - <interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click - <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> to open the account editor - dialog. - </para> - - <para> - The account editor dialog has six sections: - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Identity:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, enter the name, - email address, and other identifying information for the - account. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Receiving Mail</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, select the way you will be getting mail: you may - download mail from a server (<glossterm - 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> -<para> -Your system administrator may ask you to connect to a specific port on -a mail server. To specify which port you use, just type a colon and -the port number after the server name. For example, to connect to port -143 on the server smtp.omniport.com, you would enter -as -<userinput> -smtp.omniport.com:143 -</userinput> as the server name. -</para> -</note> - - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Receiving Options</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail - automatically and how often, as well as other message - retrieval options. - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>If you chose POP:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - <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> - - - <listitem> - <para>Store Store status headers in - Elm/Pine/Mutt format: If you would like to - use the X-Status header format used by the - mail clients Elm, Pine, and Mutt, select - this option. This option is useful if you - plan to check your mail with those clients - from time to time. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>If you chose Microsoft Exchange:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - - <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 separate 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>If you chose IMAP:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - - <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> - - <listitem> - <para>Store Store status headers in Elm/Pine/Mutt format: - If you would like to use the X-Status header format used - by the mail clients Elm, Pine, and Mutt, select this - option. This option is useful if you plan to check your - mail with those clients from time to time. - </para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Sending Mail</term> - <listitem> - <para> - In this section, you will choose and configure a method - for sending mail. You may choose <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> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Special Folders</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, you can decide where this account will store the - messages that it has sent, and the messages that you - save as drafts. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Security</term> - <listitem> - <para> - In this section, you will set the security options for - this account. Enter your PGP Key ID and decide how - frequently to encrypt and sign your messages. You can - learn more about PGP and encryption in <xref - linkend="encryption"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-display"> - <title>Mail Display Options</title> - <para> - In this tab you can decide how you would like - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> to display your - mail: how to display citations, how long to wait before - marking a message as read, and so forth. - </para> - <para> - This is also where you can decide how you would like - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> to handle inline - images in HTML mail that you get. There is a detailed - discussion of the issues surrounding these options in <xref - linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-get-attach-html"/>. - </para> - <para> - To change the font which <application>Ximian - Evolution</application> uses to display mail, do the - following: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Open the Evolution preferences dialog by selecting - <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select the <guilabel>Font Settings</guilabel> portion of the - settings dialog. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Choose the font and font size you would like to use. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-composer"> - <title>Message Composer Preferences</title> - <para> - There are three whole tabs of settings you can change for the - message composer. The General tab covers shortcuts and - assorted behavior, and the other two control signatures and - spell checking. In the General tab, you can set: - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Shortcuts Type</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Choose a keyboard shortcut scheme: do you prefer - keyboard shortcuts similar to those of Microsoft - Windows, XEmacs, or Emacs? - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Default Behavior</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Choose how you will normally forward and reply - messages, what character set they will use, whether - they will be in HTML, and whether that HTML can - contain smiley face images. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term>Alerts</term> - <listitem> - <para> - There are two optional alerts here: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Prompt when sending messages with an empty subject</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The composer will warn you if you try to send a - message without a subject. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Prompt when sending messages with only Bcc recipients defined</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The composer will warn you if you try to send a - message that has only <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> - recipients. This is important because some mail - servers will fail to honor blind carbon copy if you - do not have at least one recipient that is visible to - all readers. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - - <para> - The signature editor is new for Evolution 1.2. It allows you - to create several different signatures in plain text or in - HTML, and to specify which of them will be added to emails - you create in the message composer. If you prefer to use an - alternate signature or none at all, you can select it from - the mail composer itself. - </para> - <para> - In the spell-checking tool, you can set spelling options, - including the language or languages you will use. Note that you - must install the gnome-spell package, available through Red - Carpet, for spell-checking to be available in - Evolution. Alternate dictionaries are also available through - Red Carpet and are detected automatically if you have installed - them. - </para> - </sect2> - - -<!-- NOT FOR 1.0, see usage-mail.sgml - <sect1 id="config-prefs-news"> - <title>News Servers</title> - <para> - Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no - reason not to keep them right next to your mail. When you - first select the <guilabel>News Servers</guilabel> tab, - you will see a blank box with the three familiar buttons - on the right: <guibutton>Add</guibutton>, - <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>, and - <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. - </para> - <para> - Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a news server; you - will be prompted for its name. Enter the name, click - <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, and you're done. You can have - as many news servers as you like, of course. News servers - will appear next to your IMAP servers in the - <interface>folder bar</interface>. - </para> - </sect2> ---> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-cal"> - <title>Calendar and Task List Settings</title> - <para> - The calendar configuration tool has two tabs - <guilabel>General</guilabel> and - <guilabel>Display</guilabel>, and is illustrated in <xref - linkend="config-prefs-cal-fig"/>. - - <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> - <figure id="config-prefs-cal-fig"> - <title>Calendar Preferences Dialog</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Calendar Configuration</screeninfo> - <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-cal" format="PNG" srccredit="Aaron Weber"/> - </imageobject></mediaobject> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> - </para> - - <para> - The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab lets you set the - following: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Time zone</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The city you're located in, to judge your time zone. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Time format</term> - <listitem> - <para>You may choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and - twenty-four hour time formats here by clicking the - appropriate radio button. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Work Week</term> - <listitem> - <para> - When does your work day start, and when does it end? - In the day and week views, - <application>Evolution</application> displays all the - hours in the range you select here, even if there are - no appointments for those times. Of course, you can - still schedule an appointment outside of these hours, - and if you do, the display will be extended to show - it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>First day of the week</term> - <listitem> - <para>You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Start of day</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Says what time of the day your weekday starts. This - will show all times till the end of the day, - regardless of there is an appointment during the time - period. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>End of day</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Sets the time the day ends at. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term>Alerts</term> - <listitem> - <para> - If you'd like to be warned before you delete any - appointment, or to have a reminder automatically - appear for each event, select the check boxes here. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - - <para> - The <interface>Display</interface> section lets you choose how - your appointments and tasks will appear in your calendar. - </para> - <para>The display properties you can set are: - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Time divisions</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Sets the increments shown on the daily view in the - calendar. You can set this to be anywhere from five - minutes to an hour, in five minute increments.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Show appointment end times in week and month views</term> - <listitem> - <para> - If there is space, - <application>Evolution</application> will show the end - times in the week and month views for each - appointment. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Compress weekends in month view</term> - <listitem> - <para> - If checked, your weekends will be shown in one box, - instead of one for each day in the month view. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Show week numbers in date navigator</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This will show the week numbers next to the respective - weeks in the calendar. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Tasks due today</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Configures what color to set your tasks that are due - today to. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Overdue tasks</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Choose the color for overdue tasks. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect1> - <sect1 id="config-prefs-contact"> - <title>Managing the Addressbook</title> - <para> - Addressbook settings are limited to the usage and - configuration of directory servers (LDAP and - Exchange). Contact folders for the mailer's autocompletion - feature are set in the Folders tool above, and all other - addressbook controls are available in the addressbook window - itself. - </para> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-contact-ldap-add"> - <title>Adding Directory Servers</title> - <para> - To add a new <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> server - to your available contact folders: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Select - <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice> - and click the <guibutton>Directory Servers</guibutton> - shortcut button. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button on the right - side to open a Directory Server addition assistant. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Enter the server information as requested by the assistant: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Server name</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Address of the server where the addressbook is located. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Login Method</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Specify whether your login is anonymous, using - an email address, or a "distinguished name." If - the login is not anonymous, enter the login name - required by the server. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Port</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The internet port - <application>Evolution</application> connects to - in order to access the LDAP database. This is - normally 389. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Use SSL/TLS</term> - <listitem> - <para> - SSL and TLS are security mechanisms. If you - select <guilabel>Always</guilabel>, Evolution - will not connect unless - secure connections are available. The default value is - <guilabel>Whenever Possible</guilabel>, which uses - secure connections if they are available, - but does not cause failure if they are not. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term><glossterm linkend="search-base">Search base</glossterm></term> - <listitem> - <para> - The base entry to use for all your searches. - Contact your administrator for information about - the correct settings. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><glossterm linkend="search-scope">Search scope</glossterm></term> - <listitem> - <para> - How broad the search is in the directory. The - following options are available: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>One</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Searches the Search Base and one entry - below it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Sub</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Searches the Search Base and all entries - below it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Timeout Limit</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This is the maximum time Evolution will attempt to - download data from the server before giving up. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term>Download Limit</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Set the maximum number of results for a given - search. Most servers refuse to send more than - 500, but you can set the number lower if you - want to shorten downloads for very broad - searches. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term>Display name</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The name that you see on the screen. This could - be anything you wish. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to permanently make - changes or <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to temporarily - set the changes. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - -<!-- Finish this example: - - <example id="ldap-config-example"> - <title>LDAP Configuration</title> - <para> - Rich works at omniport.net and needs to access the - company's LDAP server so that he can look up the email - addresses of his co-workers. - </para> - <para> - He uses his email address, rich@omniport.net, - </para> - <para> - His Server Name is: ldap.wemakechips.com - </para> - </example> ---> - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> -</chapter>
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