From 0b1e68cb22f92bfe82b3fcbca4d57814cc26ad4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 18:14:44 +0000 Subject: Switched to the "official" FSF markup. I will have to make changes to the 2000-09-21 Aaron Weber * C/evolution-guide.sgml: Switched to the "official" FSF markup. I will have to make changes to the markup-- adding ids, etc, or switch to another version of the markup. Pending discussion by GDP. * C/apx-authors.sgml: Changed Matt Loper's email address to loper.org; added Jeff Stedfast and Peter Williams to authors list, realphebetized. * C/config-prefs.sgml: Revision to reflect current options labelling. * C/evolution-guide.sgml: Changes to part intros. * C/preface.sgml: Spelling and menu fixes. Will need more work tomorrow. svn path=/trunk/; revision=5540 --- doc/C/config-prefs.sgml | 227 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 128 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/C/config-prefs.sgml') diff --git a/doc/C/config-prefs.sgml b/doc/C/config-prefs.sgml index fa3e118a15..7119f13580 100644 --- a/doc/C/config-prefs.sgml +++ b/doc/C/config-prefs.sgml @@ -14,21 +14,20 @@ Mail Settings - To change your mail settings, first go to your - Inbox. Then select Mail - Settings from the Tools menu. - This will open the mail preferences - window, illustrated in . Mail Preferences are - separated into several categories: + To change your mail settings, select + Settings Mail + configuration in the Inbox. This + will open the mail preferences window, + illustrated in . Mail + preferences are separated into several categories: - Identity + Identies - This allows you to set - your name, email address, and other information. The - default values are the ones found on your system account. + This allows you to create and alter one or more + identities for your email: your name, address, and so + forth. @@ -36,16 +35,19 @@ Sources - Set your mail-checking protocols and servers here. + This tab lets you tell + Evolution where to get the + mail sent to you, and how to get it. - - Sources + + Mail Transport - Set your mail-checking protocols and servers here. + This tab lets you tell + Evolution how to send mail. @@ -54,21 +56,28 @@ News Servers - Specify your News Server preferences here. + If you would like to use + Evolution to read newsgroups, + you can secify your news server preferences here. - - + + Other + + + Miscellaneous mail and news settings, such as HTML + handling preferences, and how long + Evolution should wait before + marking message read. + + + + + @@ -86,19 +95,23 @@ Identity Settings - If you have only one email address, or use automatic - forwarding to funnel multiple addresses to one account, then - you will only need to configure one identity. You may, - however, want more that one. To alter an identity, click on - it in the Identity tab of the + If you have only one email account, or send email from only + one address, you will only need to configure one identity. If + you want, however, you can have multiple identities. This + can be useful if you want to keep personal and professional + email seperate. + + + To add a new identity, simply click + Add. To alter an existing identity, + click on it in the Identity tab of the Preferences window, and then click - Edit. To add a new identity, simply - click Add. + Edit. - In either case, you'll be presented with a dialog box with - four fields: + Evolution will then present you + with a dialog box containing four fields: @@ -131,7 +144,6 @@ - @@ -145,12 +157,9 @@ protocols your network uses, and the names of the servers you'll be using. If you're switching from another groupware or email program, you can almost certainly use the same - settings as you did with that program. Select the - Sources tab in the - Preferences window to tell - Evolution where you want to get - your mail, and click Transports to - determine how you want to send your mail. + settings as you did with that program. Network-related + settings are in the Mail Sources and + Mail Transport tabs. @@ -185,8 +194,10 @@ Username: - Enter your user name here. Eva Lucianne Tester's - user name is eltester. + Enter your user name here. This is often related to + your real name, but not always. Examples include + eltester and + rupert. @@ -194,48 +205,50 @@ Authentication: - Your system administrator will know which type of - authentication your system requires. - Evolution can also detect - what sorts of authentication are available once it - knows where to find the server. + Tell Evolution how to + verify your identity with the server. Your options + vary depending upon the type of server you are + using, and the ways it is configured. Given the + name of a server, + Evolution can detect what + sorts of authentication it offers. - Test values before continuing + Test Settings - If this box is checked, - Evolution will attempt to - make sure that all the other entries in the dialog - window are correct. + Click this button to have + Evolution check to see if + mail sources are configured correctly. - If you choose several mail sources, clicking - Get Mail will refresh any IMAP or + If you have several mail sources, clicking Get + Mail will refresh any IMAP or mbox listings and check and download all POP servers. In other words, Get Mail gets your mail, no matter how many sources you have, or what types they are. - + - Transports + Mail Transports - The Transports tab lets you set how - you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two mail - transport options: SMTP, which uses a - remote mail server, and sendmail, - which uses the sendmail program - on your local system. Sendmail - is more difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility - than SMTP. + The Mail Transports tab lets you set + how you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two + mail transport options: SMTP, which + uses a remote mail server, and + sendmail, which uses the + sendmail program on your local + system. Sendmail is more + difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility than + SMTP. To use SMTP, you'll need to enter the @@ -245,9 +258,8 @@ Evolution can attempt to determine if you have entered a valid server name. To - have it do so, check the box labelled Test these - values before continuing before you click - OK. + have it do so, click the Test + Settings button. @@ -255,18 +267,20 @@ News Servers Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no - reason not to have access to them right next to your mail. - When you first select the News - Servers tab, you will see a blank box with - three familiar buttons on the right: - Add, Edit, - and Delete. + reason not to keep them right next to your mail. When you + first select the News Servers tab, + you will see a blank box with the three familiar buttons + on the right: Add, + Edit, and + Delete. + Click Add to add a news server; you will be prompted for its name. Enter the name, click OK, and you're done. You can have as many mail servers as you like, of course. News servers - will appear next to your IMAP servers. + will appear next to your IMAP servers in the + folder bar. @@ -277,6 +291,7 @@ contains some miscellaneous configurations that don't have too much to do with each other. + Send messages in HTML format @@ -291,6 +306,17 @@ for more information about HTML mail. + + + Mark Messages as Seen After + + + When you click on a message, + Evolution will wait a + moment before marking it as seen. You can set the + delay, in milliseconds, here. + + Folder Format @@ -314,28 +340,14 @@ - - Managing the Contact Manager - - To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the - Contact Manager tab in the - Preferences window. - - - You can set the following options: - - - - - Configuring the Calendar - - This section discusses calendar-specific preferences. While - looking at your calendar, select - Preferences from the - Edit menu. This will open up the - Preferences window. It contains four - tabs: Time display, + + Configuring the Calendar + + To set your calendar preferences, select + Settings + Calendar Configuration. This + will open up the Preferences window. + It contains four tabs: Time display, Colors, To Do List and Alarms. The calendar preferences window is illustrated in Evolution beep at you for any alarms you have set. If you leave this box unchecked, Evolution will only - alert you to events by opening a dialog box. + alert you to events by opening a dialog box. These beeps + are distict from full-fledged audio alarms. Audio alarms timeout after: - Select this button to have the beeping stop automatically - after a certain number of seconds. + Select this button to have your audio alarms stop + automatically after a certain number of seconds. Enable snoozing for: If you @@ -563,6 +576,22 @@ + + + Managing the Contact Manager + + To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the + Contact Manager tab in the + Preferences window. + + + You can set the following options: + + + + + General Preferences -- cgit