From 7674e954d54869526b6d08b9eb768a5f1bc90be6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harish Krishnaswamy Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:21:03 +0000 Subject: Update documentation on behalf of Mark Moulder 2006-08-26 Harish Krishnaswamy * C/evolution.xml: Update documentation on behalf of Mark Moulder svn path=/trunk/; revision=30255 --- help/C/evolution.xml | 1436 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- help/ChangeLog | 4 + 2 files changed, 961 insertions(+), 479 deletions(-) (limited to 'help') diff --git a/help/C/evolution.xml b/help/C/evolution.xml index 1d38dd6507..f34520c1e0 100644 --- a/help/C/evolution.xml +++ b/help/C/evolution.xml @@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ ] > - + Evolution User Guide - Evolution - 2.2 - March 7, 2005 + Evolution™ + 2.4 + September 7, 2005 User Guide About This Guide - This guide describes how to use and manage Evolution™ 2.2.x client software. This guide is intended for users and is divided into the following sections: + This guide describes how to use and manage Evolution™ 2.4.x client software. This guide is intended for users and is divided into the following sections: Getting Started @@ -59,30 +59,32 @@ Additional Documentation - You can find additional help in three places. + You can find additional help in three places: For information about command line options, open a terminal window and type evolution --help. - For support, late-breaking news, and errata, visit the Novell support center at support.novell.com. + For support, late-breaking news, and errata, visit the Novell® support center at support.novell.com. In the Evolution interface, click Help > Contents. Documentation Updates - For the most recent version of the Evolution 2.2 User Guide, see the Evolution Documentation Web site. + For the most recent version of the Evolution 2.4 User Guide, see the Evolution Documentation Web site. Documentation Conventions In Novell documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and items in a cross-reference path. A trademark symbol (®, ™, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-party trademark. + User Comments + We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation included with this product. Please use the User Comment feature at the bottom of each page of the online documentation, or go to www.novell.com/documentation/feedback.html and enter your comments there. Getting Started Evolution™ makes the tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal information easy, so you can work and communicate more effectively with others. It's a highly evolved groupware program, an integral part of the Internet-connected desktop. Evolution can help you work in a group by handling e-mail, address, and other contact information, and one or more calendars. It can do that on one or several computers, connected directly or over a network, for one person or for large groups. - With Evolution, you can accomplish your most common daily tasks quickly. For example, it takes only one or two clicks to enter appointment or contact information sent to you by e-mail, or to send e-mail to a contact or appointment. People who get lots of e-mail will appreciate advanced features like Search Folders, which let you save searches as though they were ordinary e-mail folders. + With Evolution, you can accomplish your most common daily tasks quickly. For example, it takes only one or two clicks to enter appointment or contact information sent to you by e-mail, or to send e-mail to a contact or appointment. People who get lots of e-mail will appreciate advanced features like search folders, which let you save searches as though they were ordinary e-mail folders. Starting Evolution for the First Time @@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ KDE: - Click the red N at the bottom panel > Office > Evolution. + Click the K menu > Office > More Programs > Evolution. @@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ The first time you run Evolution, it creates a directory called .evolution in your home directory, where it stores all of its local data. Then, it opens a First-Run Assistant to help you set up e-mail accounts and import data from other applications. Using the first-run assistant takes two to five minutes. Later on, if you want to change this account, or if you want to create a new one, click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Accounts. Select the account you want to change, then click Edit. Alternately, add a new account by clicking Add. See Mail Preferences for details. - The First-Run Assistant help you provide the information Evolution needs to get started. + The First-Run Assistant helps you provide the information Evolution needs to get started. Defining Your Identity @@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ Account Management - Timezone + Time Zone @@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ Defining Your Identity The Identity window is the first step in the assistant. - Here, you enter some basic personal information. You can define multiple identities later by clicking Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Accounts. + Here, you enter some basic personal information. You can define multiple identities later by clicking Edit > Preferences, then clicking Mail Accounts. When the First-Run Assistant starts, the Welcome page is displayed. Click Forward to proceed to the Identity window. @@ -180,8 +182,8 @@ Use this field if you want replies to e-mails sent to a different address. - (Optional) Type your organization in the Organization field. - The company where you work, or the organization you represent when you send e-mail. + (Optional) Type your organization name in the Organization field. + This is the company where you work, or the organization you represent when you send e-mail. Click Forward. @@ -210,6 +212,10 @@ IMAP: Keeps the e-mail on your server so you can access your e-mail from multiple systems. For configuration instructions, see Remote Configuration Options. + + IMAP4rev1: + Keeps the e-mail on your server so you can access your e-mail from multiple systems. For configuration instructions, see Remote Configuration Options. + POP: Downloads your e-mail to your hard disk for permanent storage, freeing up space on the e-mail server. For configuration instructions, see Remote Configuration Options. @@ -220,7 +226,7 @@ Local Delivery: - Choose this option if you want to move e-mail from the spool (the location where mail waits for delivery) and store it in your home directory. You need to provide the path to the mail spool you want to use. If you would rather leave e-mail in your system's spool files, choose the Standard Unix Mbox Spool option instead. For configuration instructions, see Local Configuration Options. + Choose this option if you want to move e-mail from the spool (the location where mail waits for delivery) and store it in your home directory. You need to provide the path to the mail spool you want to use. If you want to leave e-mail in your system's spool files, choose the Standard Unix Mbox Spool option instead. For configuration instructions, see Local Configuration Options. MH Format Mail Directories: @@ -243,7 +249,7 @@
Remote Configuration Options - If you selected Novell GroupWise, IMAP, POP, or USENET News as your server, you’ll need to specify additional information. + If you selected Novell GroupWise, IMAP, POP, or USENET News as your server, you need to specify additional information. Type the hostname of your e-mail server in the Hostname field. @@ -254,7 +260,7 @@ Select to use a secure (SSL) connection. - If your server supports secure connections, you should enable this security option. If you are unsure your server supports a secure connection, contact your system administrator. + If your server supports secure connections, you should enable this security option. If you are unsure if your server supports a secure connection, contact your system administrator. Select your authentication type in the Authentication list. @@ -269,8 +275,8 @@ Click Forward. + (Conditional) If you chose Microsoft Exchange, provide your username in the Username field and your Outlook Web Access (OWA) URL in the OWA Url field. When you have finished, continue with Receiving Mail Options. - If you chose Microsoft Exchange, provide your username in the Username field and your Outlook Web Access (OWA) URL in the OWA Url field.
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Novell GroupWise Receiving Options - If you select Novell GroupWise as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options. + If you select Novell GroupWise as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: @@ -385,7 +391,7 @@
IMAP and IMAP4rev1 Receiving Options - If you select IMAP or IMAP4rev1 as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options. + If you select IMAP or IMAP4rev1 as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: @@ -427,7 +433,7 @@
POP Receiving Options - If you select POP as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options. + If you select POP as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: @@ -448,7 +454,7 @@
USENET News Receiving Options - If you select USENET News as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options. + If you select USENET News as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: @@ -471,7 +477,7 @@
Local Delivery Receiving Options - If you select Local Delivery as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options. + If you select Local Delivery as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail.If you select this option, you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new messages. @@ -485,14 +491,14 @@
MH-Format Mail Directories Receiving Options - If you select MH-Format Mail Directories as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options. + If you select MH-Format Mail Directories as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail.If you select this option, you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new messages. - Select if you want to user the .folders folder summary file. + Select if you want to user the .folders summary file. Click Forward. @@ -503,7 +509,7 @@
Maildir-Format Mail Directories Receiving Options - If you select Maildir-Format Mail Directories as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options. + If you select Maildir-Format Mail Directories as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: @@ -522,7 +528,7 @@
Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory Receiving Options - If you select Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options. + If you select Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: @@ -570,7 +576,7 @@ Select if your server requires authentication. - If you selected that your server requires authentication, you will need to provide the following information: + If you selected that your server requires authentication, you need to provide the following information: Select your authentication type in the Authentication list. @@ -599,24 +605,23 @@
Account Management Now that you have finished the e-mail configuration process you need to give the account a name. The name can be any name you prefer. Type your account name on the Name field, then click Forward. - Continue with Timezone. + Continue with Time Zone.
- Timezone + Time Zone In this step, you need to select your time zone either on the map or select from the time zone drop-down list. - When you have finished, click Forward, then Apply. Evolution will open with your new account created. + When you have finished, click Forward, then click Apply. Evolution opens with your new account created. If you want to import e-mail from another e-mail client, continue with Importing Mail. If not, skip to Using Evolution: An Overview.
Importing Mail (Optional) If Evolution finds e-mail or address files from another application, it offers to import them. For a full description of the import feature, see Importing Single Files. - Microsoft Outlook&z-3rdParty;, and versions of Outlook Express after version 4, use proprietary formats that Evolution cannot read or import. To import information, you may want to use the Export tool under Windows. See the instructions in Migrating Local Outlook Mail Folders. - Before importing e-mail from Netscape&z-3rdParty;, make sure you have selected File > Compact All Folders. If you don’t, Evolution will import and undelete the messages in your Trash folders. + Microsoft Outlook&z-3rdParty; and versions of Outlook Express after version 4, use proprietary formats that Evolution cannot read or import. To import information, you might want to use the Export tool under Windows&z-3rdParty;. See the instructions in Migrating Local Outlook Mail Folders. + Before importing e-mail from Netscape&z-3rdParty;, make sure you have selected File > Compact All Folders. If you don't, Evolution will import and undelete the messages in your Trash folders. - Exporting Files From Evolution Evolution uses standard file types for e-mail and calendar information, so you can copy those files from your ~/.evolution directory. The file formats used are mbox for e-mail and iCal for calendar information. Contacts files are stored in a database, but can be saved as a standard vCard&z-3rdParty;. To export contact data, open your contacts tool and select the contacts you want to export (press Ctrl+A to select them all). Click File > Save as VCard. @@ -627,50 +632,51 @@
Using Evolution: An Overview Now that the first-run configuration has finished, you're ready to begin using Evolution. Here's a quick explanation of what's happening in your main Evolution window. - - Menu bar + + + Menu Bar The menu bar gives you access to nearly all of Evolution features. For additional information, see The Menu Bar. - Folder list - The folder list gives you a list of the available folders for each account. To see the contents of a folder, click on the folder name and the contents are displayed in the e-mail list. + Folder List + The folder list gives you a list of the available folders for each account. To see the contents of a folder, click the folder name and the contents are displayed in the e-mail list. Toolbar The toolbar gives you fast and easy access to the frequently used features in each component. - Search tool - The search tool lets you search your e-mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks to easily find what you’re looking for. - Message list - The message list displays a list of e-mails that you have received. To view an e-mail in the e-mail preview pane, click the e-mail in the e-mail list. - Shortcut buttons + Search Tool + The search tool lets you search your e-mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks to easily find what you're looking for. + Message List + The message list displays a list of e-mail that you have received. To view an e-mail in the preview pane, click the e-mail in the e-mail list. + Shortcut Buttons The shortcut bar lets you switch between folders and between Evolution tools. At the bottom of the shortcut bar there are buttons that let you switch tools, and above that is a list of all the available folders for the current tool. If you have the Evolution Connector for Microsoft Exchange installed, you have an Exchange button in addition to buttons for the other tools. For additional information, see The Shortcut Bar. - Status bar - The status bar periodically displays a message, or tells you the progress of a task. This most often happens when you're checking or sending e-mail. These progress queues are shown in the figure above. The Online/Offline indicator is here, too, in the lower left of the window. - Preview pane + Status Bar + The status bar periodically displays a message, or tells you the progress of a task. This most often happens when you're checking or sending e-mail. These progress queues are shown in the previous figure. The Online/Offline indicator is here, too, in the lower left of the window. + Preview Pane The preview pane displays the contents of the e-mail that is selected in the e-mail list.
The Menu Bar - The menu bar's contents always provide all the possible actions for any given view of your data. If you're looking at your Inbox, most of the menu items relate to e-mail. Some content will relate to other components of Evolution and some, especially those in the File menu, relate to the application as a whole. + The menu bar's contents always provide all the possible actions for any given view of your data. If you're looking at your Inbox, most of the menu items relate to e-mail. Some content relates to other components of Evolution and some, especially those in the File menu, relates to the application as a whole. File: Anything related to a file or to the operations of the application usually falls under this menu, such as creating things, saving them to disk, printing them, and quitting the program itself. Edit: - Holds useful tools that help you edit text and move it around. + Holds useful tools that help you edit text and move it around. Lets you access the settings and configuration options in the Edit menu. View: Lets you decide how Evolution should look. Some of the features control the appearance of Evolution as a whole, and others the way a particular kind of information appears. - - Actions: - Holds actions that can be applied to a message. If there is only one target for the action, such as replying to a message, you can normally find it in the Actions menu. + + Folder: + Holds actions that can be performed on folders. You can find things like copy, rename, delete, and so on. - - Tools: - Lets you access the settings and configuration options in the Tools menu. You can also find things like filter settings and the Virtual Folder editor. + + Message: + Holds actions that can be applied to a message. If there is only one target for the action, such as replying to a message, you can normally find it in the Message menu. Search: - Lets you search for messages, or for phrases within a message. You can also see previous searches you have made. In addition to the Search menu, there is a text entry box in the toolbar that you can use to search for messages. + Lets you search for messages, or for phrases within a message. You can also see previous searches you have made. In addition to the Search menu, there is a text entry box in the toolbar that you can use to search for messages. You can also create a search folder from a search. Help: @@ -681,12 +687,12 @@
The Shortcut Bar Evolution's most important job is to give you access to your information and help you use it quickly. One way it does that is through the shortcut bar, which is the column on the left side of the main window. The buttons, such as Mail and Contacts, are the shortcuts. Above them is a list of folders for the current Evolution tool. - The folder list organizes your e-mail, calendars, contact lists, and task lists in a tree, similar to a file tree. Most people will find one to four folders at the base of the tree, depending on the tool and their system configuration. Each Evolution tool has at least one, called On This Computer, for local information. For example, the folder list for the e-mail tool shows any remote e-mail storage you have set up, plus local folders and Search Folders, or Search Folders, which are discussed in Using Search Folders. + The folder list organizes your e-mail, calendars, contact lists, and task lists in a tree, similar to a file tree. Most people find one to four folders at the base of the tree, depending on the tool and their system configuration. Each Evolution tool has at least one, called On This Computer, for local information. For example, the folder list for the e-mail tool shows any remote e-mail storage you have set up, plus local folders and search folders, which are discussed in Using Search Folders. If you get large amounts of e-mail, you might want more folders than just your Inbox. You can create multiple calendar, task, or contacts folders. To create a new folder: - Right-click the list of folders, then click New Folder. + Click Folder > New. Type the name of the folder in the Folder Name field. @@ -700,7 +706,7 @@
- Arranging Folders and Subfolders + Folder Management Right-click a folder or subfolder to display a menu with the following options: Copy: @@ -710,21 +716,29 @@ Move: Moves the folder to another location. - - Delete: - Deletes the folder and all its contents. + + Mark Messages As Read: + Marks all the messages in the folder as read. New Folder: Creates another folder in the same location. + + New Shared Folder: + Creates a new shared folder in the same location. + + + Delete: + Deletes the folder and all its contents. + Rename: - Changes the name of the folder. + Lets you change the name of the folder. - Deletes: - Deletes the folder. + Disable: + Disables the shared folder. Properties: @@ -752,34 +766,34 @@ It lets you guard your privacy with encryption. - However, Evolution has some important differences from other e-mail programs. First, it's built to handle very large amounts of e-mail. The junk e-mail, message filtering and searching functions were built for speed and efficiency. There's also the Search Folder, an advanced organizational feature not found in some e-mail clients. If you get a lot of e-mail, or if you keep every message you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll find this feature especially useful. Here's a quick explanation of what's happening in your main Evolution e-mail window. - - Message list + However, Evolution has some important differences from other e-mail programs. First, it's built to handle very large amounts of e-mail. The junk e-mail, message filtering and searching functions were built for speed and efficiency. There's also the search folder, an advanced organizational feature not found in some e-mail clients. If you get a lot of e-mail, or if you keep every message you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll find this feature especially useful. Here's a quick explanation of what's happening in your main Evolution e-mail window. + + Message List The message list displays all the e-mails that you have. This includes all your read and unread messages, and e-mail that is flagged to be deleted. - Preview pane + Preview Pane This is where your e-mail is displayed. - If you find the view pane too small, you can resize the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click the message in the message list to have it open in a new window. To change the size of a pane, drag on the divider between the two panes. - As with folders, you can right-click messages in the message list and get a menu of possible actions, including moving or deleting them, creating filters or Search Folders based on them, and marking them as junk mail. + If you find the preview pane too small, you can resize the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click the message in the message list to have it open in a new window. To change the size of a pane, drag the divider between the two panes. + As with folders, you can right-click messages in the message list and get a menu of possible actions, including moving or deleting them, creating filters or search folders based on them, and marking them as junk mail. Most of the e-mail-related actions you want to perform are listed in the Actions menu in the menu bar. The most frequently used ones, like Reply and Forward, also appear as buttons in the toolbar. Most of them are also located in the right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts. For an in-depth guide to the e-mail capabilities of Evolution, read Sending and Receiving E-Mail.
The Calendar - To begin using the calendar, click Calendar in the shortcut bar. By default, the calendar shows today's schedule on a ruled background. At the upper right, there's a monthly calendar you can use to switch days. Below that, there’s a Task list, where you can keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments. + To begin using the calendar, click Calendar in the shortcut bar. By default, the calendar shows today's schedule on a ruled background. At the upper right, there's a monthly calendar you can use to switch days. Below that, there's a Task list, where you can keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments. - Appointment list + Appointment List The appointment list displays all your scheduled appointments. - Month pane + Month Pane The month pane is a small view of a calendar month. To display additional months, drag the column border to the left. You can also select a range of days in the month pane to display a custom range of days in the appointment list. - Task list + Task List Tasks are distinct from appointments because they generally don't have times associated with them. You can see a larger view of your task list by clicking Tasks in the shortcut bar. For more information about the calendar, see Evolution Calendar.
The Contacts Tool - The Evolution contacts tool can handle all of the functions of an address book or phone book. However, it’s easier to update Evolution than it is to change an actual paper book, in part because Evolution can synchronize with Palm OS&z-3rdParty; devices and use LDAP directories on a network. + The Evolution contacts tool can handle all of the functions of an address book or phone book. However, it's easier to update Evolution than it is to change an actual paper book, in part because Evolution can synchronize with Palm OS&z-3rdParty; devices and use LDAP directories on a network. Another advantage of the Evolution contacts tool is its integration with the rest of the application. For example, you can right-click on an e-mail address in Evolution mail to instantly create a contact entry. To use the contacts tool, click Contacts in the shortcut bar. By default, the display shows all your contacts in alphabetical order, in a minicard view. You can select other views from the View menu, and adjust the width of the columns by clicking and dragging the gray column dividers. The contacts tool looks like this: @@ -810,7 +824,7 @@ - evolution --offline + evolution --offline Starts Evolution in offline mode. @@ -818,7 +832,7 @@ - evolution mailto:joe@somewhere.net + evolution mailto:joe@somewhere.net Starts Evolution and begins composing a message to the e-mail address listed. @@ -826,7 +840,7 @@ - evolution -c mail + evolution -c mail Starts Evolution in mail mode. @@ -834,7 +848,7 @@ - evolution -c calendar + evolution -c calendar Starts Evolution in calendar mode. @@ -842,7 +856,7 @@ - evolution -c contacts + evolution -c contacts Starts Evolution in contacts mode. @@ -850,7 +864,7 @@ - evolution --force-shutdown + evolution --force-shutdown Forces every part of Evolution to shut down immediately. @@ -858,10 +872,10 @@ - evolution ”%s” + evolution ”%s” - Makes Evolution your default e-mail handler for your Web browser and in the GNOME Control Center. + Makes Evolution your default e-mail handler for your Web browser and in the GNOME&z-3rdParty; Control Center. @@ -898,13 +912,13 @@ Reading Mail If you are not already viewing mail, switch to the mail tool by clicking the Mail shortcut button, or press Ctrl+F1. To read a message, select it in the message list; if you'd like to see it in its own window, either double-click it, press Enter, or press Ctrl+O. - To read mail with the keyboard, you can click the Spacebar to page down while you’re reading an e-mail, and press Backspace to page up in an e-mail. - Navigate the message list by using the arrow keys on the keyboard. To go to the next and previous unread messages, press the period (.) or comma (,) keys. On most keyboards, these keys are also marked with the > and < symbols, which is a convenient way to remember that they move you forward and backward in your message list. You can also use the close square bracket (]) for the next unread message, and the open square bracket ([) for the previous unread message. + To read mail with the keyboard, you can click the Spacebar to page down while you're reading an e-mail, and press Backspace to page up in an e-mail. + Navigate the message list by using the arrow keys on the keyboard. To go to the next and previous unread messages, press the period (.) or comma (,) keys. On most keyboards, these keys are also marked with the > and < symbols, which is a convenient way to remember that they move you forward and backward in your message list. You can also use the right square bracket (]) for the next unread message, and the left square bracket ([) for the previous unread message.
Sorting the Message List - Evolution helps you work by letting you sort your e-mail. To sort by sender, subject, or date, click on the bars with those labels at the top of the message list. The direction of the arrow next to the label indicates the direction of the sort. Click again, to sort them in reverse order. For example, click Date to sort messages by date from oldest to newest. Click again, and Evolution sorts the list from newest to oldest. You can also right-click the message header bars to get a set of sorting options, and to add or remove columns from the message list. You can find detailed instructions on how to customize your message display columns in Sorting Mail with Column Headers. + Evolution helps you work by letting you sort your e-mail. To sort by sender, subject, or date, click the bars with those labels at the top of the message list. The direction of the arrow next to the label indicates the direction of the sort. Click again, to sort them in reverse order. For example, click Date to sort messages by date from oldest to newest. Click again, and Evolution sorts the list from newest to oldest. You can also right-click the message header bars to get a set of sorting options, and to add or remove columns from the message list. You can find detailed instructions on how to customize your message display columns in Sorting Mail with Column Headers. To look at the complete headers for a message, click View > Message Display > Show Full Headers. To see all message data, click View > Message Display > Show E-Mail Source. You can also choose a threaded message view. Click View > Threaded Message List to turn the threaded view on or off. When you select this option, Evolution groups the replies to a message with the original, so you can follow the thread of a conversation from one message to the next. @@ -914,9 +928,9 @@
Deleting Mail After you read your mail, you might want to delete it. To delete a message, select it and press the Delete key, click the Trash button, press Ctrl+D, or right-click the message, then click Delete. - When you press Delete or click the Trash button, your mail isn’t actually deleted, but is marked for deletion. Your e-mail is recoverable until you have expunged your mail. When you expunge a folder, you remove all the mail that you have marked for deletion. To show deleted messages, click View > Hide Deleted Messages. You can also find deleted messages in the your Trash folder. - To permanently erase all the deleted messages in a folder, click Actions > Expunge or press Ctrl+E. To expunge all folders at once, click Actions > Empty Trash. - Both local and IMAP Trash folders are actually Search Folders that display all messages you have marked for later deletion. For more information about Search Folders, see Using Search Folders. Because emptying your trash expunges the messages in your Trash folder, emptying Trash is the same as expunging deleted mail from all your folders. + When you press Delete or click the Trash button, your mail isn't actually deleted, but is marked for deletion. Your e-mail is recoverable until you have expunged your mail. When you expunge a folder, you remove all the mail that you have marked for deletion. To show deleted messages, click View > Hide Deleted Messages. You can also find deleted messages in the your Trash folder. + To permanently erase all the deleted messages in a folder, click Folder > Expunge or press Ctrl+E. + Both local and IMAP Trash folders are actually search folders that display all messages you have marked for later deletion. For more information about search folders, see Using Search Folders. Because emptying your trash expunges the messages in your Trash folder, emptying Trash is the same as expunging deleted mail from all your folders. However, this is not true for the Trash folder on Exchange servers, which behaves just the same as it does in Outlook. It is a normal folder with actual messages in it.
@@ -941,7 +955,7 @@ Download your mail in the other application as you would normally. - In Evolution, click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Accounts. Select the account you want to use to share mail and click Edit. You might want to create a new account just for this source of mail by clicking New. + In Evolution, click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Accounts. Select the account you want to use to share mail and click Edit. Instead of Edit, you might want to create a new account just for this source of mail by clicking New. Under the Receiving Mail tab, select the type of mail file that your other mail application uses, then specify the full path to that location. A typical choice would be mbox files, with the path /home/username/Mail/. @@ -959,7 +973,7 @@ When you create a news group account, you are not subscribed to any groups. To subscribe to a news group: - Click Tools > Subscribe To Folders. + Click Folder > Subscriptions . Select your NNTP account, select the groups you want to subscribe to, then click Subscribe. @@ -972,7 +986,7 @@
Working with Attachments and HTML Mail - If someone sends you an attachment, Evolution displays the file icon at the end of the message to which it's attached. Text, including HTML formatting and embedded images, appears as part of the message, rather as a separate attachment. + If someone sends you an attachment, Evolution displays the file icon at the end of the message to which it's attached. Text, including HTML formatting and embedded images, appears as part of the message, rather than as a separate attachment. Attachements are also listed on the top bar of the message. To vie the attachments, click the arrow to expand the attachment window. To open an attachment, double-click the attachment. Click the Save All button save all the attachments.
Saving or Opening Attachments @@ -980,7 +994,7 @@ To save an attachment to disk: - Click the down-arrow on the attachment icon, then click Save As. + Click the down-arrow on the attachment icon, or right-click on the attachment icon in the top bar, then click Save As. Select a location and name for the file. @@ -1066,7 +1080,7 @@
Composing New E-Mail Messages - You can start writing a new e-mail message by clicking File > New > Mail Message, or press Ctrl+N when in the mailing tool, or by clicking New in the toolbar. + You can start writing a new e-mail message by clicking File > New > Mail Message, by pressing Ctrl+N when in the mailing tool, or by clicking New in the toolbar. Enter an address in the To field. If you want, enter a subject in the Subject field, and a message in the box at the bottom of the window. After you have written your message, click Send. This section contains the following topics: @@ -1137,7 +1151,7 @@
Working Offline Offline mode is a tool designed for use with remote mail storage systems like GroupWise®, IMAP or Exchange, in situations where you are not connected to the network at all times. The tool keeps a local copy of one or more folders to allow you to compose messages, storing them in your Outbox to be sent the next time you connect. - POP mail downloads all messages to your local system, but other connections usually download just the headers, and fetch the rest only when you want to read the message. Before you go offline, Evolution downloads the unread messages from the folders you have chosen to store. + POP mail downloads all messages to your local system, but other connections usually download just the headers, and get the rest only when you want to read the message. Before you go offline, Evolution downloads the unread messages from the folders you have chosen to store. To mark a folder for offline use, right-click the folder, then click Properties. Click Copy Folder Content Locally for Offline Operation. Your connection status is shown by the small icon in the lower left border of the Evolution main window. When you are online, it displays two connected cables. When you go offline, the cables separate. To cache your selected folders and disconnect from the network, click File > Work Offline, or click the connection status icon in the lower left of the screen. When you want to reconnect, click File > Work Online, or click the connection status icon again. @@ -1157,15 +1171,14 @@ Click OK. - You can also drag a file into the address area or to the attachment portion of the composer window. If you are attaching an image and want to send it inline rather than attached, drag the image into the text composition area of the composer window. Non-image files cannot be dragged into the text composition area. - The attachment display area is at the bottom of the composer window; you can expand or shrink it by clicking the small triangle in its upper right corner. - When you send the message, a copy of the attached file goes with it. Be aware that big attachments can take a long time to send and receive. + You can also drag a file into the composer window. If you want to send it as an inline attachment, right-click on the attachment and click on Properties. Select Automatic display of attachments in the pop-up. + When you send the message, a copy of the attached file goes with it. Be aware that big attachments can take a long time to send and receive.
Specifying Additional Recipients for E-Mail Evolution, like most e-mail programs, recognizes three types of addressee: primary recipients, secondary recipients, and hidden (blind) recipients. The simplest way to direct a message is to put the e-mail address or addresses in the To: field, which denotes primary recipients. Use the Cc: field to send a message to secondary recipients. - Addresses on the Bcc: list are hidden from the other recipients of the message. You can use it to send mail to large groups of people, especially if they don’t know each other or if privacy is a concern. If your Bcc: field is absent, click View > Bcc Field. + Addresses on the Bcc: list are hidden from the other recipients of the message. You can use it to send mail to large groups of people, especially if they don't know each other or if privacy is a concern. If your Bcc: field is absent, click View > Bcc Field. If you frequently write e-mail to the same groups of people, you can create address lists in the contacts tool, and then send them mail as though they have a single address. To learn how to do that, see Creating a List of Contacts. Evolution has the ability to let you specify the Reply-To in an e-mail. Using this, you can set up a special Reply-To for an e-mail. To do this: @@ -1192,7 +1205,7 @@ If you have created address cards in the contacts tool, you can also type nicknames or other portions of address data, and Evolution displays a drop-down list of possible address completions from your contacts. If you type a name or nickname that can go with more than one card, Evolution opens a dialog box to ask you which person you meant. If Evolution does not complete addresses automatically, click Edit > Preferences, then click Autocompletion. There, select the groups of contacts you want to use for address autocompletion in the mailer. Alternately, you can click the To:, Cc:, or Bcc: buttons to get a list of the e-mail addresses in your contacts. Select addresses and click the arrows to move them into the appropriate address columns. - For more information about using e-mail with the contact manager and the calendar, see Send me a Card: Adding New Cards Quickly and Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar. + For more information about using e-mail with the contact manager and the calendar, see Send Me a Card: Adding New Cards Quickly and Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar.
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Enhancing Your E-Mail with HTML - Normally, you can’t set text styles or insert pictures in e-mail. However, most newer e-mail programs can display images and text styles in addition to basic alignment and paragraph formatting. They do this with HTML, just like Web pages do. + Normally, you can't set text styles or insert pictures in e-mail. However, most newer e-mail programs can display images and text styles in addition to basic alignment and paragraph formatting. They do this with HTML, just like Web pages do. Some people do not have HTML-capable mail clients, or prefer not to receive HTML-enhanced mail because it is slower to download and display. Because of this, Evolution sends plain text unless you explicitly ask for HTML.
@@ -1239,7 +1252,7 @@ You can change the format of an e-mail message from plain text to HTML by choosing Format HTML. To send all your mail as HTML by default, set your mail format preferences in the mail configuration dialog box. See Composer Preferences for more information. HTML formatting tools are located in the toolbar just above the space where you actually compose the message. They also appear in the Insert and Format menus. - The icons in the toolbar are explained in tool-tips, which appear when you hold your mouse pointer over the buttons. The buttons fall into four categories: + The icons in the toolbar are explained in tool-tips, which appear when you hold your mouse pointer over the buttons. The buttons fall into five categories: Headers and Lists: At the left edge of the toolbar, you can choose Normal for a default text style or Header 1 through Header 6 for varying sizes of header from large (1) to tiny (6). Other styles include preformat, to use the HTML tag for preformatted blocks of text, and three types of bullet points for lists. @@ -1285,7 +1298,7 @@ Italic A - Italisies the text. + Italicizes the text. @@ -1301,7 +1314,7 @@ Strike through A - Strikes through the text. + Marks a line through the text. @@ -1407,7 +1420,7 @@ Forwarding Mail When you receive an e-mail from someone, you can forward it to other individuals or groups that might be interested. You can forward a message as an attachment to a new message (this is the default) or you can send it in line as a quoted portion of the message you are sending. Attachment forwarding is best if you want to send the full, unaltered message to someone else. Inline forwarding is best if you want to send portions of a message, or if you have a large number of comments on different sections of the message you are forwarding. Remember to note from whom the message came, and whether you have removed or altered content. To forward a message you are reading, click Forward on the toolbar, click Actions > Forward, or press Ctrl+F. If you prefer to forward the message inline instead of attached, click Actions > Forward Inline from the menu. Select an addressee as you would when sending a new message; the subject is already entered, although you can alter it if you want. Add your comments on the message in the composition frame, then click Send. - Attachments are only forwarded when you send the message as an attachment. Inline messages will not forward any attachments. + Attachments to a message you are forwarding only forwarded when you send the original message as an attachment. Inline messages do not forward any attachments.
@@ -1417,7 +1430,7 @@ Don't forward chain letters. If you must, watch out for hoaxes and urban legends, and make sure the message doesn't have multiple layers of greater-than signs, (>) indicating multiple layers of careless in-line forwarding. - Always begin and close with a salutation. Say “please” and “thank you”, just like you do in real life. You can keep your pleasantries short, but be polite. + Always begin and close with a salutation. Say “please” and “thank you,” just like you do in real life. You can keep your pleasantries short, but be polite. WRITING IN CAPITAL LETTERS MEANS YOU'RE SHOUTING! Don't write a whole message in capital letters. It hurts people's ears. @@ -1503,7 +1516,7 @@ You can encrypt the entire message, so that nobody but the recipient can read it. - You can attach an encrypted signature to a plain text message, so that the recipient can read the message without decrypting it, and needs decrypting only to verify the sender’s identity. + You can attach an encrypted signature to a plain text message, so that the recipient can read the message without decrypting it, and needs decrypting only to verify the sender's identity. For example, suppose that Kevin wants to send an encrypted message to his friend Rachel. He looks up her public key on a general key server, and then tells Evolution to encrypt the message. The message now reads “@#$23ui7yr87#@!48970fsd.” When the information gets to Rachel, she decrypts it using her private key, and it appears as plain text for her to read. @@ -1640,21 +1653,21 @@
S/MIME Encryption S/MIME encryption also uses a key-based approach, but it has some significant advantages in convenience and security. S/MIME uses certificates, which are similar to keys. The public portion of each certificate is held by the sender of a message and by one of several certificate authorities, who are paid to guarantee the identity of the sender and the security of the message. Evolution already recognizes a large number of certificate authorities, so when you get a message with an S/MIME certificate, your system automatically receives the public portion of the certificate and decrypts or verifies the message. - S/MIME is used most often in corporate settings. In these cases, administrators supply certificates that they have purchased from a certificate authority. In some cases, an organization can act as its own certificate authority, with or without a guarantee from a dedicated authority such as Verisign or Thawte&z-3rdParty;. In either case, the system administrator provides you with a certificate file. - If you want to use S/MIME independently, you can extract an identification certificate from your Mozilla or Netscape Web browser. See the Mozilla help for more information on security certificates. + S/MIME is used most often in corporate settings. In these cases, administrators supply certificates that they have purchased from a certificate authority. In some cases, an organization can act as its own certificate authority, with or without a guarantee from a dedicated authority such as VeriSign&z-3rdParty; or Thawte&z-3rdParty;. In either case, the system administrator provides you with a certificate file. + If you want to use S/MIME independently, you can extract an identification certificate from your Mozilla&z-3rdParty; or Netscape Web browser. See the Mozilla help for more information on security certificates. The certificate file is a password-protected file on your computer. To use it in Evolution:
Adding a Signing Certificate - Click Edit > Preferences, then click Certificate Tool. + Click Edit > Preferences, then click Certificate. Click Import. - Select the file to import, then click OK. + Select the file to import, then click Open. Click Close. @@ -1665,11 +1678,11 @@
Signing or Encrypting Every Message - After you have added your certificate, you can sign or encrypt a message by clicking Security > S/MIME Sign or S/MIMe Encrypt in the message composer. + After you have added your certificate, you can sign or encrypt a message by clicking Security > S/MIME Sign or S/MIME Encrypt in the message composer. To have every message signed or encrypted: - Click Tools > Options, then select the account to encrypt the messages in. + Click Edit > Preferences, then select the account to encrypt the messages in. Click Edit, then click Security. @@ -1757,7 +1770,7 @@ Select Import Data and Settings From Older Programs, then click Forward. - Evolution searches for old mail programs and, if possible, import the data from them. + Evolution searches for old mail programs and, if possible, imports the data from them. Microsoft Outlook and versions of Outlook Express after version 4 use proprietary formats that Evolution cannot read or import. One migration method that works well is to use the Outport application. See outport.sourceforge.net for additional information. You can also import data into another Windows mail client such as Mozilla: @@ -1810,27 +1823,27 @@ Select one or more messages. - Right-click on one of the messages. + Right-click one of the messages. - Click Follow Up. + Click Mark for Follow Up. A dialog box opens to allow you to set the type of flag and the due date. - The Flag itself is the action you want to remind yourself about. Several are provided for you, such as Call, Forward, and Reply, but you can enter your own note or action if you want. You can set a deadline for the flag as well. + The flag itself is the action you want to remind yourself about. Several are provided for you, such as Call, Forward, and Reply, but you can enter your own note or action if you want. You can set a deadline for the flag as well. After you have added a flag, you can mark it as complete or remove it entirely by right-clicking the message, then click either Flag Completed or Clear Flag. When you read a flagged message, its flag status is displayed at the top, before the message headers. An overdue message might tell you “Overdue: Call by April 07, 2003, 5:00 PM.” - Flags can help you organize your work in a number of ways. For example, you might add a Flag Status column to your message list and sort that way. Alternately, you could create a Search Folder that displays all your flagged messages, then clear the flags when you're done, so the Search Folder contains only messages with upcoming deadlines. + Flags can help you organize your work in a number of ways. For example, you might add a Flag Status column to your message list and sort that way. Alternately, you could create a search folder that displays all your flagged messages, then clear the flags when you're done, so the search folder contains only messages with upcoming deadlines. If you prefer a simpler way to remind yourself about messages, you can mark them as Important by right-clicking the message, then click Mark Important.
Getting Organized with Folders - Evolution, like most other mail systems, stores mail in folders. You start out with a few mail folders, such as Inbox, Outbox, and Drafts, but you can create as many as you like. Create new folders by right-clicking the folder list and selecting New Folder. + Evolution, like most other mail systems, stores mail in folders. You start out with a few mail folders, such as Inbox, Outbox, and Drafts, but you can create as many as you like. Create new folders by clicking Folder > New, or by right-clicking in the folder list and selecting New Folder. When you click OK, your new folder appears in the folder view. You can then put messages in it by dragging and dropping them, or by using the Move button in the toolbar. If you want to move several messages at once, select the ones you want to move while holding down the Ctrl key, or use Shift to select a range of messages. If you create a filter with the filter assistant, you can have mail filed automatically. - The Inbox folder on most IMAP servers cannot contain both subfolders and messages. When you create additional folders on your IMAP mail server, branch them from the root of the IMAP account's folder tree, not from Inbox. If you create subfolders in your Inbox folder, you lose the ability to read messages that exist in your Inbox until you move the folders out of the way. + The Inbox folder on most IMAP servers cannot contain both subfolders and messages. When you create additional folders on your IMAP mail server, branch them from the root of the IMAP account's folder tree, not from the Inbox. If you create subfolders in your Inbox folder, you lose the ability to read messages that exist in your Inbox until you move the folders out of the way.
@@ -1870,15 +1883,15 @@ Message Contains: Searches the message body and all headers for the specified text. - When you've typed your search phrase, press Enter or click the Find Now button. Evolution will shows your search results in the message list. - For more complex search rules, select Advanced from the Search menu. You might want to create a Search Folder instead; see Using Search Folders for more detail. + When you've typed your search phrase, press Enter or click the Find Now button. Evolution shows your search results in the message list. + For more complex search rules, select Advanced from the Search menu. You might want to create a search folder instead; see Using Search Folders for more detail. When you have finished searching, go back to seeing all your messages by clicking the Clear button, or by entering a blank search.
Stopping Junk Mail (Spam) Evolution can check for junk mail for you. When the software detects mail that appears to be junk mail, it will flag it and hide it from your view. Messages that are flagged as junk mail are displayed only in the Junk folder. - The junk mail filter can learn which kinds of mail are legitimate and which are not if you train it. When you first start using junk mail blocking, check the Junk folder to be sure that legitimate mail doesn't get flagged as junk mail. If good mail, is incorrectly flagged, remove it from the Junk folder by right-clicking it and selecting Mark as Not Junk. If Evolution misses junk mail, right-click the message, then click Mark as Junk. When you correct it, the filter will be able to recognize similar messages in the future, and will become more accurate as time goes on. + The junk mail filter can learn which kinds of mail are legitimate and which are not if you train it. When you first start using junk mail blocking, check the Junk folder to be sure that legitimate mail doesn't get flagged as junk mail. If good mail, is incorrectly flagged, remove it from the Junk folder by right-clicking it and selecting Mark as Not Junk. If Evolution misses junk mail, right-click the message, then click Mark as Junk. When you correct it, the filter can recognize similar messages in the future, and becomes more accurate as time goes on. To change your junk mail filtering preferences, click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Preferences. In the mail preferences tool, click the Junk tab for the following options: Checking Incoming Mail for Junk: @@ -1899,7 +1912,7 @@ Creating New Filter Rules - Click Tools > Filters. + Click Edit > Message Filters. Click Add. @@ -1973,7 +1986,7 @@ Regex Match: - If you know your way around a regex, or regular expression, this option allows you to search for complex patterns of letters, so that you can find, for example, all words that start with a and ends with m, and are between six and fifteen letters long, or all messages that declare a particular header twice. For information about how to use regular expressions, check the manual page for the grep command. + If you know your way around a regex, or regular expression, this option allows you to search for complex patterns of letters, so that you can find, for example, all words that start with a and ends with m, and are between six and fifteen letters long, or all messages that declare a particular header twice. For information about how to use regular expressions, check the manual page for the grep command. Source Account: @@ -2011,7 +2024,7 @@ Delete: - Marks the message for deletion. The message can be undeleted until you manually expunge or empty the trash. + Marks the message for deletion. The message can be undeleted until you expunge or empty the trash. @@ -2059,7 +2072,7 @@ Play Sound: - Select a sound file, and Evolution will play it. + Select a sound file for Evolution to play. @@ -2083,7 +2096,7 @@ Click OK twice. - There is an easy shortcut for fast filter or Search Folder creation. + There is an easy shortcut for fast filter or search folder creation: Right-click the message in the e-mail list. @@ -2102,7 +2115,7 @@ Editing Filters - Click Tools > Filters. + Click Edit > Message Filters. Select the filter to edit, then click Edit. @@ -2117,7 +2130,7 @@ Deleting Filters - Click Tools > Filters. + Click Edit > Message Filters. Select the filter to remove, then click Remove. @@ -2131,18 +2144,20 @@
Using Search Folders - If filters aren't flexible enough, or you find yourself performing the same search again and again, consider a Search Folder. Search Folders, or Search Folders, are an advanced way of viewing your e-mail messages within Evolution. If you get a lot of mail or often forget where you put messages, Search Folders can help you keep things organized. - A Search Folder is really a hybrid of all the other organizational tools: it looks like a folder, it acts like a search, and you set it up like a filter. In other words, a conventional folder actually contains messages, but a Search Folder is a view of messages that might be in several different folders. The messages it contains are determined on the fly using a set of criteria you choose in advance. - As messages that meet the Search Folder criteria arrive or are deleted, Evolution automatically adjusts the Search Folder contents. When you delete a message, it is erased from the folder in which it actually exists, as well as any Search Folders that display it. - The Unmatched Search Folder is the opposite of other Search Folders: it displays all messages that do not appear in other Search Folders. - If you use remote e-mail storage like IMAP or Microsoft Exchange, and have created Search Folders to search through them, the Unmatched Search Folder also searches the remote folders. If you do not create any Search Folders that search remote mail stores, the Unmatched Search Folder does not search in them either. - As an example of using folders, searches, and Search Folders, consider the following: To organize his mailbox, Jim sets up a Search Folder for e-mail from his friend and co-worker Anna. He has another Search Folder for messages that have novell.com in the address and Evolution in the subject line, so he can keep a record of what people from work send him about Evolution. If Anna sends him a message about anything other than Evolution, it only shows up in the “Anna” Search Folder. When Anna sends him mail about the user interface for Evolution, he can see the message both in the “Anna” Search Folder and in the “Internal Evolution Discussion” Search Folder. + If filters aren't flexible enough, or you find yourself performing the same search again and again, consider a search folder. Search folders are an advanced way of viewing your e-mail messages within Evolution. If you get a lot of mail or often forget where you put messages, search folders can help you keep things organized. + A search folder is really a hybrid of all the other organizational tools: it looks like a folder, it acts like a search, and you set it up like a filter. In other words, a conventional folder actually contains messages, but a search folder is a view of messages that might be in several different folders. The messages it contains are determined on the fly using a set of criteria you choose in advance. + As messages that meet the search folder criteria arrive or are deleted, Evolution automatically adjusts the search folder contents. When you delete a message, it is erased from the folder in which it actually exists, as well as any search folders that display it. + The Unmatched Search Folder is the opposite of other search folders: it displays all messages that do not appear in other search folders. + If you use remote e-mail storage like IMAP or Microsoft Exchange, and have created search folders to search through them, the Unmatched Search Folder also searches the remote folders. If you do not create any search folders that search remote mail stores, the Unmatched Search Folder does not search in them either. + As an example of using folders, searches, and search folders, consider the following: To organize his mailbox, Jim sets up a virtual folder for e-mail from his friend and co-worker Anna. He has another search folder for messages that have novell.com in the address and Evolution in the subject line, so he can keep a record of what people from work send him about Evolution. If Anna sends him a message about anything other than Evolution, it only shows up in the “Anna” search folder. When Anna sends him mail about the user interface for Evolution, he can see the message both in the “Anna” search folder and in the “Internal Evolution Discussion” search folder.
Creating A Search Folder - Click Tools > Virtual Folder Editor. + Click Message > Create Rule, then select a search folder based on Subject, Sender, Recipient, or Mailing List. + or + Click Search > Create Search Folder From Search. Click Add. @@ -2150,7 +2165,7 @@ - Type the name of the Search Folder in the Rule Name field. + Type the name of the search folder in the Rule Name field. Select your search criteria. For each criterion, you must first select which of the following parts of the message you want the search to examine. The criteria are similar to those for filters. @@ -2212,22 +2227,22 @@ - Select the folders where this Search Folder will search. Your options are: + Select the folders where this search folder will search. Your options are: Specific Folders Only: - Uses individual folders for the Search Folder source. + Uses individual folders for the search folder source. With All Local Folders: - Uses all local folders for the Search Folder source in addition to individual folders that are selected. + Uses all local folders for the search folder source in addition to individual folders that are selected. With All Active Remote Folders: - Remote folders are considered active if you are connected to the server; you must be connected to your mail server for the Search Folder to include any messages from that source in addition to individual folders that are selected. + Remote folders are considered active if you are connected to the server; you must be connected to your mail server for the search folder to include any messages from that source in addition to individual folders that are selected. With All Local and Active Remote Folders: - Uses all local and active remote folders for the Search Folder source in addition to individual folders that are selected. + Uses all local and active remote folders for the search folder source in addition to individual folders that are selected. @@ -2240,7 +2255,7 @@ Evolution Contacts: the Address Book - This section shows you how to use the Evolution™ contacts tool to organize any amount of contact information, share addresses over a network, and indicates several ways to save time with everyday tasks. + This section shows you how to use the Evolution™ contacts tool to organize any amount of contact information, share addresses over a network, and save time with everyday tasks. Contacts and Cards @@ -2255,7 +2270,7 @@ LDAP: Shared Contact Groups on a Network - Send me a Card: Adding New Cards Quickly + Send Me a Card: Adding New Cards Quickly To learn about configuring the contacts tool, see Contact Management. @@ -2287,7 +2302,7 @@ Most of the items in the contact editor simply display the information you enter, but some of them have additional features: Full Name: - Specify the name of your contact here. You can type a name into the Full Name field, but you can also click the Full Name button to bring up a small dialog box with text boxes for first and last names, titles like “Mr.” or “Her Excellency,” and suffixes like “Jr.” The Full Name field also interacts with the File Under box to help you organize your contacts and to handle multi-word surnames.To see how it works, type a name in the Full Name field. As an example, we’ll use Miguel de Icaza. You’ll notice that the File Under field also fills in, but in reverse: Icaza, Miguel de. If you had entered John Q. Doe, the contacts editor would have correctly guessed that the entry should be filed under “Doe, John Q.” However, Miguel’s surname, “de Icaza”, has two words, and to sort it correctly you must enter de Icaza, Miguel in the File As entry. + Specify the name of your contact here. You can type a name into the Full Name field, but you can also click the Full Name button to bring up a small dialog box with text boxes for first and last names, titles like “Mr.” or “Her Excellency,” and suffixes like “Jr.” The Full Name field also interacts with the File Under box to help you organize your contacts and to handle multi-word surnames.To see how it works, type a name in the Full Name field. As an example, we'll use Miguel de Icaza. You'll notice that the File Under field also fills in, but in reverse: Icaza, Miguel de. If you had entered John Q. Doe, the contacts editor would have correctly guessed that the entry should be filed under “Doe, John Q.” However, Miguel's surname, “de Icaza”, has two words, and to sort it correctly you must enter de Icaza, Miguel in the File As entry. Where: @@ -2348,6 +2363,9 @@ Grouping with Categories + + Selecting Your Default Contact List + Configuring Evolution to use LDAP @@ -2369,7 +2387,8 @@ Click File > Import. or - Mail yourself a contact as vCard attachment. + Mail yourself a contact as vCard attachment. + Currently vef and ldif formats are supported.
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Creating a List of Contacts A contact list is a set of contacts with a single nickname that you create. When you send e-mail to the nickname, it is sent to every member of the list. This differs from a network mailing list in that it exists only on your computer as a convenience to you, rather than as an actual e-mail address managed by a mailing list application on a server. - For example, you could create one card for each family member, then add those cards to a contact list called “Family”. Then, instead of entering each person's e-mail address individually, you can send e-mail to “Family” and the message would go to all of them. + For example, you could create one card for each family member, then add those cards to a contact list called “Family.” Then, instead of entering each person's e-mail address individually, you can send e-mail to “Family” and the message would go to all of them. To create a list of contacts: @@ -2401,8 +2420,8 @@ When you are finished, click OK. - The list appears as a contact card, which you can use as you would any other card. Including e-mailing the list to another person and sending e-mail to the list. - To mail the list, open a new e-mail and type the name you chose for the list. Evolution will address the message to the entire list when you send the message. You can also right-click on the list's address card in the contacts tool and select Send Message to List. + The list appears as a contact card, which you can use as you would any other card, including e-mailing the list to another person and sending e-mail to the list. + To mail the list, open a new e-mail and type the name you chose for the list. Evolution addresses the message to the entire list when you send the message. You can also right-click the list's address card in the contacts tool and select Send Message to List. Evolution cannot store contact lists on Microsoft Exchange servers.
@@ -2412,6 +2431,11 @@ To mark a card as belonging to a category, click the Categories button at the lower right. In the dialog box that appears, you can select as many or as few categories as you like. If the master list of categories doesn't suit you, you can add your own categories. Just specify the new category's name in the dialog box, then click Categories and select Edit Master Category List in the window that appears.
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+ Selecting Your Default Contact List + You can select one of your contact lists as your default contact list. All new contacts are then automatically added to your default contact list. To select your default contact list, right-click the contact list to be your default contact list, then click default. +
@@ -2423,14 +2447,11 @@ Network folders are only available when you are connected to the network. If you use a laptop or have a modem connection, you might want to copy or cache some of the network directory. You do this by dragging and dropping your desired contacts into the local contacts list. - To prevent excess network traffic, Evolution does not normally load data from the LDAP server upon opening. You must click Display All before contacts are loaded from the network. You can change this behavior in the Contact Preferences window. + To prevent excess network traffic, Evolution does not normally load data from the LDAP server upon opening. Depending on your server settings, you might not be able to edit all the fields in a contact stored on an LDAP server. Some servers prohibit some or all changes, and others use a smaller set of fields than Evolution allows. Check with your system administrator if you need different settings. - - When synchronizing your offline LDAP address book, you must re-synchronize the entire address book every time. -
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- Send me a Card: Adding New Cards Quickly - As noted before, when you get information about a person in the mail or in a calendar entry, you can add it to an address card. To do so, right-click any e-mail address or e-mail message, and click Add Sender to Contacts on the menu that appears. Evolution can also add cards from a hand-held device during HotSync&z-3rdParty; operation. For more information, see Synchronizing Your Handheld Device. + Send Me a Card: Adding New Cards Quickly + As noted before, when you get information about a person in the mail or in a calendar entry, you can add it to an address card. To do so, right-click any e-mail address or e-mail message, and click Add Sender to Contacts on the menu that appears. If the sender already exists, the Editor tab opens and you can edit the detail. Evolution can also add cards from a hand-held device during HotSync&z-3rdParty; operation. For more information, see Synchronizing Your Handheld Device.
Evolution Calendar - This section shows you how to use the Evolution Calendar to manage your schedule alone or in conjunction with peers. To learn about importing calendar data, see Importing Single Files, which covers the Import tool. + This section shows you how to use the Evolution™ Calendar to manage your schedule alone or in conjunction with peers. To learn about importing calendar data, see Importing Single Files, which covers the Import tool. Ways of Looking at your Calendar @@ -2471,7 +2492,7 @@
Ways of Looking at your Calendar - In Evolution™, you can keep multiple calendars and overlay them one over the next. For example, you might have a schedule of events for work, one for home, and one for your favorite sports team. The shortcut bar lists those calendars, and you can select or deselect the boxes next to them to show and hide the appointments in your calendar view. By hiding and showing different sets of appointments, you can be sure to avoid conflicts, while keeping a minimum of clutter in your view. + In Evolution, you can keep multiple calendars and overlay them one over the next. For example, you might have a schedule of events for work, one for home, and one for your favorite sports team. The shortcut bar lists those calendars, and you can select or deselect the boxes next to them to show and hide the appointments in your calendar view. By hiding and showing different sets of appointments, you can be sure to avoid conflicts, while keeping a minimum of clutter in your view. Appointments for each calendar appear as a different color. The toolbar offers you five different buttons that can show you different views of your calendar: @@ -2498,10 +2519,10 @@
Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar - There are two types of scheduling events with Evolution, appointments and meetings. An appointment is an event you schedule for yourself only, and a meeting is an event that you schedule multiple people for. You can also use the busy/free search for meetings to determine the availability of invitees. + There are two types of events you can schedule with Evolution: appointments and meetings. An appointment is an event you schedule for yourself only, and a meeting is an event that you schedule multiple people for. You can also use the busy/free search for meetings to determine the availability of invitees. - Creating Appointments + Appointments Sending a Meeting Invitation @@ -2524,58 +2545,82 @@ Accessing Free/Busy Data Without a Groupware Server + + +
- Creating Appointments - In Evolution, an appointment is an event you schedule for yourself. - - - Click File > New Appointment. - or - Click Calendars, then click New. - or - Double-click in a blank space in the calendar. - - - Type a brief summary of the appointment in the Summary field. - - - Type a location for the appointment in the Location field. - - - Select a classification in the Classification drop-down list. - - - Select a calendar in the Calendar drop-down list. - - - Type a category in the Categories field. - - - Type a description in the Descriptions field. - - - Specify a starting and ending date. - - - Select whether you want this appointment to be an all day event. - - - If the event is not an all day event, specify a starting and ending time. + Appointments + In Evolution, an appointment is an event you schedule for yourself. + + + Creating Appointments - - Select whether you want to show the time as busy. + + Reminders - - Select if you want an alarm for this appointment. If you select an alarm, specify when and how you want to the alarm to notify you. + + Classifications - - Click the Recurrence tab, and specify whether you want the appointment to reoccur and how often. + + Recurrence - - An All Day event appears at the top of a day's appointment list, in the grey header under the date, rather than inside. That makes it easy to have appointments that overlap and fit inside each other. For example, a conference might be an All Day appointment, and the meetings at the conference could be timed appointments. Appointments with specific starting and ending times can also overlap. When they do they display as multiple columns in the day view of the calendar. - If you create calendar appointments that overlap, Evolution displays them side by side in your calendar. + + +
+ Creating Appointments + + + Click File > New Appointment. + or + Click Calendars, then click New. + or + Double-click in a blank space in the calendar. + + + Type a brief summary of the appointment in the Summary field. + + + Type a location for the appointment in the Location field. + + + Select a classification in the Classification drop-down list. + + + Select a calendar in the Calendar drop-down list. + + + Type a category in the Categories field. + + + Type a description in the Descriptions field. + + + Specify a starting and ending date. + + + Select whether you want this appointment to be an all day event. + + + If the event is not an all day event, specify a starting and ending time. + + + Select whether you want to show the time as busy. + + + Select if you want an alarm for this appointment. If you select an alarm, specify when and how you want to the alarm to notify you. For more information on reminders, see Reminders. + + + (Optional) To add an attachment to the appointment, drag and drop into the attachment bar or right-click, then browse to the attachment. + + + Click the Recurrence tab, and specify whether you want the appointment to reoccur and how often. + + + An All Day event appears at the top of a day's appointment list, in the grey header under the date, rather than inside. That makes it easy to have appointments that overlap and fit inside each other. For example, a conference might be an All Day appointment, and the meetings at the conference could be timed appointments. Appointments with specific starting and ending times can also overlap. When they do they display as multiple columns in the day view of the calendar. + If you create calendar appointments that overlap, Evolution displays them side by side in your calendar. +
Reminders @@ -2600,8 +2645,18 @@ + To create a reminder: + + + When creating an appointment, click Customize after selecting Alarm, then click Add. + + If you have stored reminders in a local calendar, they work from the moment you log in. However, for reminders stored on an Exchange server, you must run Evolution at least once after logging in. No matter where the reminders are stored, you can quit Evolution and still be reminded of an upcoming appointment. - If you are using a a calendar on a Novell GroupWise® or Microsoft Exchange server, select a Classification for the appointment to determine who can view it. Public is the default category, and a public appointment can be viewed by anyone on the calendar sharing network. Private denotes one level of security, and Confidential an even higher level. The different levels vary depending on your server settings; check with your system administrator or adjust your delegation settings. +
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+ Classifications + If you are using a calendar on a Novell GroupWise® or Microsoft Exchange server, select a Classification for the appointment to determine who can view it. Public is the default category, and a public appointment can be viewed by anyone on the calendar sharing network. Private denotes one level of security, and Confidential an even higher level. The different levels vary depending on your server settings; check with your system administrator or adjust your delegation settings. If you are using a Novell GroupWise or Microsoft Exchange server, other people on the server can check your schedule to see if you are available at any given time. If you have an appointment that is flexible or that you want to designate as Free rather than Busy time, select the Free box in the Show Time As section. Normally, appointments display as Busy. You can categorize appointments in the same way you can categorize contacts. @@ -2617,15 +2672,19 @@ After you've selected your categories, click OK to assign these categories to the appointment. The categories you selected are now listed in the text box to the right of the Categories button. Appointments with categories appear with icons in the calendar display, and you can also search for appointments by category. To display only the appointments in a particular category, select Category Is in the search bar at the top of the calendar, and select a category. +
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+ Recurrence The Recurrence tab lets you describe repetition in appointments ranging from once every day up to once every 100 years. You can then choose a time and date when the appointment stops recurring, and, under Exceptions, pick individual days when the appointment does not recur. Make your selections from left to right, and you form a sentence: “Every two weeks on Monday and Friday until January 3, 2008” or “Every month on the first Friday for 12 occurrences.” - After you have finished settings, click the disk icon in the toolbar to save and close the appointment editor window. If you want, you can alter an appointment summary in the calendar view by clicking on it and typing. You can change other settings by right-clicking on the appointment then choosing Open, or double-clicking the appointment. + After you have finished settings, click the disk icon in the toolbar to save and close the appointment editor window. If you want, you can alter an appointment summary in the calendar view by clicking on it and typing. You can change other settings by right-clicking the appointment then choosing Open, or double-clicking the appointment.
Sending a Meeting Invitation In Evolution, a meeting is an event you schedule for multiple people. Evolution can be used to schedule group meetings and help you manage responses to meeting requests. - When you create a meeting or group appointment, you can specify the attendees in several categories, such as “chair” or “required”. When you save the appointment listing, each attendee is sent an e-mail with the appointment information, which also gives them the option to respond. + When you create a meeting or group appointment, you can specify the attendees in several categories, such as “chair” or “required.” When you save the meeting listing, each attendee is sent an e-mail with the meeting information, which also gives them the option to respond. If you don't need to collect attendance information when you're scheduling an event, and would rather just announce the event, click Actions > Forward as iCalendar. This opens a new e-mail message with the event notification attached as an announcement. Recipients can add the event to their calendars with one click, but it won't automatically send you e-mail about whether they plan to attend. To schedule a meeting: @@ -2706,7 +2765,27 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request
Publishing Free/Busy Data Without a Groupware Server You can publish Free/Busy information to a WebDAV or other Web server with HTTP PUT support. Check with your system administrator if you are not sure you have this functionality. - To set up Free/Busy publishing, select Edit > Preferences, then click Calendar and Tasks. In the Free/Busy Publishing tab, click Add, then specify the URL for your upload server. Select the frequency with which you wish to upload data, the calendars for which you wish to display data, your username and password, then click OK. + To set up Free/Busy publishing: + + + Click Edit > Preferences, then click Calendar and Tasks. + + + In the Free/Busy Publishing tab, click Add, then specify the URL for the upload server. + + + Select the frequency with which you wish to upload data. + + + Select the calendars for which you wish to display data for. + + + Type your username and password. + + + Click OK. + + To have Free/Busy data published immediately, go to the Calendar tool and click Actions > Publish Free/Busy.
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Deleting Old Appointments and Meetings - Keeping a list of everything you did in the past eventually slows down your calendar. To delete old events, click Actions > Purge, then enter the number of days of past events you want to keep. + Keeping a list of everything you did in the past eventually slows down your calendar. To delete old events, click Actions > Purge, then enter the number of days of past events you want to keep. +
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+ Delegating Meetings + Only attendees of a meeting can delegate a meeting. + + + In the Calendar, right-click on the meeting you want to delegate. + + + Click Delegate. + + + Select the contacts you want to delegate the meeting to. + + + Click OK. + + + Each contact receives a copy of the meeting.
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The Task List - The Task List, located in the lower right corner of the calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments. You can use the list in a larger window by clicking the Tasks button in the shortcut bar or in the folder tree. + The Task List, located in the lower-right corner of the calendar, lets you keep a list of tasks separate from your calendar appointments. You can use the list in a larger window by clicking the Tasks button in the shortcut bar or in the folder tree. To record a new task: @@ -2763,7 +2862,22 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request
Task Groups - As with calendars, you can create multiple task groups. Task groups are more easily organized in the dedicated Tasks tool. Each task group is assigned a color, and you can use the Tasks tool shortcut bar to hide and show task groups just like calendars. In the calendar display task pad, tasks from all visible task groups appear, color coded by group. To create a new task group, select New Task Group. You are prompted for a name, color, and location for the task group. If the task group is online, you need to provide the URL for it. + As with calendars, you can create multiple task groups. Task groups are more easily organized in the dedicated Tasks tool. Each task group is assigned a color, and you can use the Tasks tool shortcut bar to hide and show task groups just like calendars. In the calendar display task pad, tasks from all visible task groups appear, color coded by group. + To create a new task group: + + + Click File > New Task Group. + + + Type the name, color and location for the task group. + + + (Optional) If the task is an online group, type the URL of the task group. + + + Click OK. + +
@@ -2784,45 +2898,50 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request You can also configure time zone information specific to the Start and End time in each appointment. To do that, simply create a new appointment and click on a globe to customize the time zone that the time exists in. For example, if you live in New York but have a telephone meeting set for noon with someone in California, you need to make sure that you're not calling each other at a bad time. Setting time zones on a per-appointment basis helps avoid that potential confusion.
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+ Marcus Bains line + The Marcus Bains Line is a marker to show the current date and time. This feature is now available in the Evolution 2.4 calendar. +
Connecting to Exchange Servers - The Evolution™ Connector for Microsoft Exchange allows Evolution clients to access accounts on Microsoft Exchange 2000 servers. It is available through Red Carpet in its own channel. Like Evolution, it is free software and licensed under the GPL. + Evolution™ Exchange for Microsoft Exchange allows Evolution clients to access accounts on Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 servers. It is available through Red Carpet® in its own channel. Like Evolution, it is free software and licensed under the GPL. - Connector Features + Evolution Exchange Features - Installing the Connector + Installing Evolution Exchange - Adding your Exchange Account to Evolution + Adding Your Exchange Account to Evolution Accessing the Exchange Server - Settings Exclusive to the Exchange Connector + Settings Exclusive to Evolution Exchange Scheduling Appointments with Free/Busy - Evolution Connector works only with Exchange 2000 and later, and requires that Outlook Web Access be enabled. Each user needs a valid Microsoft Exchange server account, including license. + Evolution Exchange works only with Exchange 2000 and later, and requires that Outlook Web Access be enabled. Each user needs a valid Microsoft Exchange server account, including license.
- Connector Features - Evolution Connector supports the following basic Microsoft Exchange features: + Evolution Exchange Features + Evolution Exchange supports the following basic Microsoft Exchange features: General Remote Exchange Information Store - Allows you to access mail, address book (including the Global Address List folder), and calendars, and task folders on an Exchange 2000 server from Evolution. + Allows you to access mail, address book (including the Global Address List folder), calendars, and task folders on an Exchange server from Evolution. Palm Synchronization @@ -2830,7 +2949,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Password Management - To change your password, go to the Exchange tool and click Actions > Change Exchange Password. If your password has expired, Evolution asks you to change your password when you start up. + To change your password, go to Edit > Preferences and select the Exchange account. In the dialog box, under Exchange Settings tab, the Change Password button is available. If your password has expired, Evolution asks you to change your password at startup. @@ -2839,7 +2958,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Viewing Mail in Exchange Folders - Mail stored on the Exchange server is visible in the Mail and Exchange tools in Evolution. + Mail stored on the Exchange server is visible in the Mail component in Evolution. Sending E-Mail via Exchange Protocols @@ -2861,11 +2980,11 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request - Contacts + Contacts Address Completion - Supported for your Exchange Contacts folder. Not yet supported for the Global Address List. + Supported for your Exchange Contacts folder. Adding vCards to the Address Book @@ -2874,12 +2993,13 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request - - There are, however, some features that are not available: - Work Offline (disconnected mode). + + + There are, however, some features that are not available: + Recall Message function. @@ -2887,36 +3007,36 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request
- Installing the Connector - To install the Evolution Connector, run Red Carpet. + Installing Evolution Exchange + To install the Evolution Exchange, run Red Carpet. Click System > Get Software. - Click Channels, then select Ximian Connector. + Click Channels, then select Evolution Exchange. Click Close. - Select ximian-connector, then click Run Now. + Select Evolution Exchange, then click Run Now.
- Adding your Exchange Account to Evolution - After you have installed the Connector, you need to set up access for your Exchange account on both the Exchange server and within Evolution. + Adding Your Exchange Account to Evolution + After you have installed Evolution Exchange, you need to set up access for your Exchange account on both the Exchange server and within Evolution. Exchange Server Settings - Standard Configuration Tool for Evolution Connector + Standard Configuration Tool for Evolution Exchange - Simple Configuration Tool for Evolution Connector + Simple Configuration Tool for Evolution Exchange Creating a New Exchange Account @@ -2937,31 +3057,33 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request You are permitted to access the account with WebDAV. This is the default setting for the Exchange server, so unless your system administrator has specifically turned it off, no changes should be necessary. - The Novell Web site knowledgebase, at support.novell.com, has additional information about checking to make sure that your Exchange server accepts connections from Evolution. + The Novell Web site knowledgebase has additional information about checking to make sure that your Exchange server accepts connections from Evolution.
- Standard Configuration Tool for Evolution Connector - When you know that your server is ready for you to connect, you are ready to add your Exchange account to Evolution Connector. + Standard Configuration Tool for Evolution Exchange + When you know that your server is ready for you to connect, you are ready to add your Exchange account to Evolution Exchange.
- Simple Configuration Tool for Evolution Connector - Evolution Connector 2.0 comes with a simple account creation tool for some installations. Other installations require the standard account tool described in Standard Configuration Tool for Evolution Connector below. - If you have no accounts configured, the simple assistant starts when you start Evolution. It asks only for the name of your Outlook Web Access server, and your username and password. Evolution Connector determines the remaining information on its own. + Simple Configuration Tool for Evolution Exchange + Evolution Exchange 2.4 comes with a simple account creation tool for some installations. Other installations require the standard account tool described in Standard Configuration Tool for Evolution Exchange below. + If you have no accounts configured, the simple assistant starts when you start Evolution. It asks only for the Outlook Web Access URL, and your username and password. Evolution Exchange determines the remaining information on its own. If the simple account tool does not run automatically, create an account as described below. + +
Creating a New Exchange Account - Click Tools > Mail Settings. + Click Edit > Preferences. - Click Accounts List, then click Add. + Click Add. - Create the account following the procedure in Starting Evolution for the First Time. + Create the account following the procedure in Starting Evolution for the First Time. Remember to select Microsoft Exchange as server type in the Receiving Mail section. Only one Microsoft Exchange account can be configured in Evolution at a time. @@ -2969,43 +3091,41 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request
Changing an Existing Account to Work with Exchange - If you have an existing e-mail account, and want to convert it to use for Exchange: + If you have an existing e-mail account, and use the following procedure for Exchange: Click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Accounts. - Select the account you want to convert, and click Edit. + Select the account you want to convert, then click Edit. Click the Identity tab, then change your e-mail address as needed. - - Click the Receiving Mail tab, then select Microsoft Exchange as your server type. - Type the name of your mail server, your user name, and select whether to use SSL. - + Type your user name, and the OWA url. Click Authenticate, then enter the password in the popup and the Exchange server authenticates your account. + + + Select your authentication method. + - Click the Receiving Options tab, then specify how often to check for new mail, your Global Catalog server name, your Exchange Mailbox name, your OWA path, your public folder server, and whether to apply filters to messages in your Inbox. - + Click the Receiving Options tab, then specify how often to check for new mail, your Global Catalog server name and whether to apply filters to messages in your Inbox, check for junk, set a password expiry period and any other settings you want to include. + - Click the Sending Mail tab, then select Microsoft Exchange as your server type. - - - Specify the server name. - - - Click OK. + Use the Defaults tab, to define folders, opt to send cc: or bcc: mails to certain IDs, and set options for Message Receipts. - Quit Evolution and start it again. Changes to the Evolution Connector accounts configuration are not active until you have restarted the application. + Use the Security tab to set PGP and s/MIME options. + + + Quit Evolution and start it again. Changes to Evolution Exchange accounts configuration are not active until you have restarted the application.
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Accessing the Exchange Server - When you have installed the Connector, an Exchange button is available in the shortcut buttons. The Exchange button is used only to access public folders and to perform certain Exchange actions like delegation and password management, subscribing to other user's calendars, tasks, and contact folders.As well as any folder related operations for calendars, tasks, and contact folders.These tasks include adding, deleting, renaming folders, and selecting folder permissions. Use the regular Mail tool for mail, the Contacts tool for contacts, and the Calendar tool for your schedule. + When you have installed Evolution Exchange, you can access public folders and to perform certain Exchange actions like delegation and password management, and subscribing to other user's calendars, tasks, and contact folders. You can also carry out any folder related operations for calendars, tasks, and contact folders.These tasks include adding, deleting, and renaming folders, and selecting folder permissions. Use the regular Mail tool for mail, the Contacts tool for contacts, and the Calendar tool for your schedule. If you are using both an Exchange account and a local mail account, you should be aware that whenever you save an e-mail address or appointment from an e-mail message, it is saved in your Exchange contacts list or calendar, rather than in your local account. The same is true of synchronization with Palm OS devices; tasks, appointments, and addresses from your Palm OS device are synchronized with those in the Exchange folders rather than local folders. To avoid unnecessary strain on the server, the Global Address List (GAL) appears empty until you have searched for something in it. - To access public folders, click the + next to All Public Folders, this expands the list to show all available public folders. Select the folder to access, then right-click the folder name. Select Add to Favorites. +
- Settings Exclusive to the Exchange Connector - There are two items in the Evolution preferences window that are available only with Evolution Connector. The first is delegation and permissions handling, and the second is the creation of “Out of Office” messages. + Settings Exclusive to Evolution Exchange + There are some items in Evolution that are available only with Evolution Exchange, like delegation and permissions handling, creation of “Out of Office” messages, and the option to change password and view folder sizes. + Access Delegation @@ -3031,11 +3152,17 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Delegating Access to Others - Acting as a Delegate for Others + Subscribe to Other Users' Folders + + + Subscribe to Public Folders Setting an Out of Office Message + + Scheduling Appointments with Free/Busy +
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Delegating Access to Others - To add someone to your list of delegates, click Add and select them from the Global Address List. When delegating, you can grant different levels of access to different types of data. You can also decide whether the access you grant applies to items marked Private, or only to public items. - - For each of the four types of folder, you can select one of the following levels of access: - - None: - Do not allow this person to access any folders of this type. - - - Reviewer (read-only): - Allows the person to see items in this type of folder, but not create new items or edit existing items. - - - Author (read, create): - The delegate can view items in your folders, and can create new items, but cannot change any existing items. - - - Editor (read, create, edit): - The delegate can view, create, and change items in your folders. - + To add someone to your list of delegates: + + + Click Edit > Preferences, then click the Exchange Settings tab. + + + + + Clikc Add, then search for a contact in the Global Address List. + Remember the Global Address List (GAL) appears empty until you have searched for something in it. + + + Select from the following access levels for each of the four types of folders: + + None: + Do not allow this person to access any folders of this type. + + + Reviewer (read-only): + Allows the person to see items in this type of folder, but not create new items or edit existing items. + + + Author (read, create): + The delegate can view items in your folders, and can create new items, but cannot change any existing items. + + + Editor (read, create, edit): + The delegate can view, create, and change items in your folders. + + + + Click OK. + +
- Acting as a Delegate for Others - To see the list of people who have granted you access to their folders, click the Acting as a Delegate tab in the Exchange Delegation settings window. If you plan to send e-mail on behalf of someone, select the check box next to the name, and an e-mail identity is created. You can then select that identity in the From list in your message composer. + Subscribe to Other Users' Folders To access the folders delegated to you: - Click File > Open > Other User's Folder. + Click File > Subscribe to Other User's Folder. + + Specify the e-mail address of the user who has delegated to you, or click User to select the user from your address book. @@ -3083,17 +3226,48 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Click OK. - Folders delegated to you appear in your folder list inside a folder labeled with the name of its owner. For example, if Martha Thompson delegates folders to you, you will see a folder called Martha Thompson's Folders in the folder tree at the same level as your Personal Folders and Public Folders. + Folders delegated to you appear in your folder list inside a folder labeled with the name of its owner. For example, if Martha Thompson delegates folders to you, you see a folder called Martha Thompson's Folders in the folder tree at the same level as your Personal Folders and Public Folders. If the folder fails to open properly, check with the folder owner to make sure that you have been granted the correct access permissions.
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+ Subscribe to Public Folders + You can subscribe to public folders available on the exchange server. + + + Click Folder > Subscriptions. + + + Select the Exchange account. + + + Select the folders you want to subscibe to by selecting them or by clicking them and selecting Subscribe. + + + + + Click OK. + The folders you have subscribed to will appear on the left folder panel. + + + To view contents of a folder, click it. + + +
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Setting an Out of Office Message An Out of Office message is an automatic reply that you can send as a reply to e-mails, explaining why you aren't immediately responding to their messages. For example, if you go on vacation for a week and will be away from e-mail, you can set an automatic reply so that people know that you aren't ignoring them. - Click Edit > Preferences, then click Out of Office. + Click Edit > Preferences > Mail Accounts. + + + Select the Exchange account, then click Edit. + + + Select the Exchange Settings tab. The top option allows you to set an Out of Office message. Click I Am Currently Out of the Office. @@ -3105,7 +3279,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Click OK. - Your message will be sent automatically to anyone who sends you mail until you return and click I Am Currently in the Office. + Your message is automatically sent to anyone who sends you mail until you return and click I Am in the Office.
@@ -3116,29 +3290,28 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Reminders for appointments in your Exchange calendar do not work until you have run Evolution at least once after logging in. This is different from locally stored reminders, which work from the moment you log in, regardless of whether you have run Evolution in the session. - Open a new appointment in the calendar. + Create a new appointment in the calendar. - Click Actions > Schedule Meeting. + Right-click the appointment, then select Schedule Meeting. - Add attendees, either by entering their e-mail addresses into the list, or by clicking the Invite Others button. - If you choose to do this, it's best to use the Global Address List (GAL). Choose the GAL from the drop-down list of address sources at the top of the dialog box. + In the Invitations tab, add attendees by entering their e-mail addresses into the list, or by selecting them from the Global Address List (GAL). Choose the GAL from the drop-down list of address sources at the top of the dialog box. - Click Options, then Update Free/Busy to check participant schedules and, if possible, update the meeting in all participants' calendars. + Click Options, then click Update Free/Busy to check participant schedules and, if possible, update the meeting in all participants' calendars. - If meeting attendees are not available during the times you have scheduled a meeting, you can “nudge” the meeting forward or backward to the nearest available time. To do so, just click the arrows to the left or right of the Autopick button. The Autopick tool moves the meeting to the nearest time during which all attendees are available. If you aren’t satisfied with those results, you can drag the edges of the meeting time to the hours that you want to select. + If meeting attendees are not available during the times you have scheduled a meeting, you can “nudge” the meeting forward or backward to the nearest available time. To do so, just click the arrows to the left or right of the Autopick button. The Autopick tool moves the meeting to the nearest time during which all attendees are available. If you aren't satisfied with those results, you can drag the edges of the meeting time to the hours that you want to select.
Connecting to GroupWise - Evolution™ can access accounts on Novell® GroupWise® the next major release after GroupWise 6.5. It is installed by default with Evolution. + Evolution™ 2.4 can access accounts on Novell® GroupWise® 7 system. - Connector Features + Evolution Exchange Features GroupWise Terminology vs. Evolution Terminology @@ -3152,6 +3325,9 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Managing Sent Items + + Giving Other People Access to Your Mailbox or Calendar +
@@ -3162,14 +3338,16 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Mail - Viewing mail in folders - Mail stored on the GroupWise server is visible in Mail folders in Evolution. + View mail and folders stored on the GroupWise system. - Sending e-mail via SMTP + Send mail from you GroupWise account. - Converting to a task or meeting + Convert mail to a task or meeting. + + + Track the status of a message. @@ -3177,12 +3355,10 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Calendar - Appointment/Meeting requests - Allows Evolution users to schedule meetings and view attendee availability for other users on GroupWise. + Send and receive appointment and meeting requests. Allows Evolution users to schedule meetings and view attendee availability for other users on GroupWise. - Adding iCalendar meeting requests to the Calendar - If you receive an iCalendar meeting request and add it to your calendar, it is saved to your GroupWise calendar. + Receive an iCalendar meeting request and add it to your GroupWise calendar. @@ -3190,13 +3366,24 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Contacts - Address completion - Supported for your GroupWise address books, including the corporate address book, the Frequent Contacts address book and your personal address book + Address Completion is supported for your GroupWise address books, including the corporate address book, the Frequent Contacts address book, and your personal address book. - Adding vCards to the Address Book - If you receive a vCard attachment and click Save in Address Book, it is saved to your personal address book. - New Address Book entries can be added to your Personal address book from received e-mail messages with a single click + If you receive a vCard attachment and click Save in Address Book, it is saved to your Personal address book. New Address Book entries can also be added to your personal address book from received e-mail messages. + + + The GroupWise Personal Address book and Frequent Contacts address book are created when you access your GroupWise account through the GroupWise client, they are not created when accessing your GroupWise account with Evolution. The GroupWise system address book is marked for offline use by default. This helps with performance. + + + + + Proxy + + + Assign Proxy access to other users. + + + View other users' accounts through Proxy access. @@ -3209,15 +3396,9 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Retracting items - - Delegating items - Accepting appointments/meetings in offline mode - - Proxy - Archive @@ -3271,7 +3452,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Discussion Note - None; use a assigned task + None; use an assigned task @@ -3279,12 +3460,12 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Phone Message - None + None; use a message - Check List + Checklist None; use a task @@ -3332,21 +3513,26 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Select the account you want to convert, then click Edit. - Click the Identity tab, then change your e-mail address as needed. + Click the Identity tab. + + Change your e-mail address as needed. + Click the Receiving Email tab, then select Novell GroupWise as your server type. + + Type the name of your mail server, your user name, and select whether to use SSL. - - - Click the Receive Options tab, then select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail. + Click the Receiving Options tab, then select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail. If you select this option, you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new messages. + + Select if you want to check for new messages in all folders. @@ -3363,20 +3549,17 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Select if you want to only check for junk messages in the Inbox folder. - Select if you want to automatically synchronize remote mail locally. - - - Type your Post Office Agent address in the Post Office Agent field. - If you are unsure what your Post Office Agent address is, contact your system administrator. + Select if you want to automatically synchronize your remote calendar and contacts locally. Type your Post Office Agent SOAP port in the Post Office Agent SOAP Port field. If you are unsure what your Post Office Agent SOAP port is, contact your system administrator. - - + + + (Optional) Click the Proxy tab, then click Add to add any Proxy users to your account. - Click OK. + Click OK, then click Close.
@@ -3401,7 +3584,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Click Options, then Update Free/Busy to check participant schedules and, if possible, update the meeting in all participants' calendars. - If meeting attendees are not available during the times you have scheduled a meeting, you can “nudge” the meeting forward or backward to the nearest available time. To do so, just click the arrows to the left or right of the Autopick button. The Autopick tool moves the meeting to the nearest time during which all attendees are available. If you aren’t satisfied with those results, you can drag the edges of the meeting time to the hours that you want to select. + If meeting attendees are not available during the times you have scheduled a meeting, you can “nudge” the meeting forward or backward to the nearest available time. To do so, just click the arrows to the left or right of the Autopick button. The Autopick tool moves the meeting to the nearest time during which all attendees are available. If you aren't satisfied with those results, you can drag the edges of the meeting time to the hours that you want to select.
@@ -3425,7 +3608,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request - You can only manage your sent items for GroupWise e-mail, if the recipient is located on the same GroupWise system as you. + You can manage your sent items for GroupWise e-mail, only if the recipient is located on the same GroupWise system as you.
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+ Delegating an item + + + In the Calendar, right-click on the meeting/appointment you want to delegate. + + + Select Delegate, then select the contacts you want to delegate the meeting/appointment for. + + + Click ok. + + + Each contact will get a copy of the appointment. + + +
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+ Giving Other People Access to Your Mailbox or Calendar + Use Proxy to manage another user's Mailbox and Calendar. Proxy lets you perform various actions, such as reading, accepting, and declining items on behalf of another user, within the restrictions the other user sets. + + You can proxy for a user in a different post office or domain, as long as that person is in the same GroupWise system. You cannot proxy for a user in a different GroupWise system. + + This section contains the following topics: + + + Receiving Proxy Rights + + + Assigning Proxy Rights to Another User + + + Adding and Removing Proxy Names and Rights in Your Proxy List + + + Managing Someone Else's Mailbox or Calendar + + + Marking an Item Private + + + +
+ Receiving Proxy Rights + Two steps must be completed before you can act as someone's proxy. First, the person for whom you plan to act as proxy must grant you rights in the Proxy List in Preferences. Second, you must proxy to the user so you can access his or her Mailbox or Calendar. +
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+ Assigning Proxy Rights to Another User + Use the Proxy List in the Preferences Account Editor to give other users rights to proxy for you. You can assign each user different rights to your calendaring and messaging information. If you want to let users view specific information about your appointments when they do a Busy Search on your Calendar, give them Read access for appointments. The following table describes the rights you can grant to users: + + + + + + + + This right + + + Lets your proxy do this + + + + + + + Read + + + Read items you receive. Proxies cannot see your Contacts folder with this or any other proxy right. + + + + + Write + + + Create and send items in your name, including applying your signature if you have one defined. Assign categories to items, and change the subject of items. + + + + + Subscribe to my alarms + + + Receive the same alarms you receive. Receiving alarms is supported only if the proxy is on the same post office you are. + + + + + Subscribe to my notifications + + + Receive notification when you receive items. Receiving notifications is supported only if the proxy is on the same post office you are. + + + + + Modify options/rules/folders + + + Change the options in your Mailbox. The proxy can edit any of your Options settings, including the access given to other users. If the proxy also has Mail rights, he or she can create or modify rules and folders. This right allows a proxy to add, delete, and modify categories. + + + + + Read items marked Private + + + Read the items you marked Private. If you don't give a proxy Private rights, all items marked Private in your Mailbox are hidden from that proxy. + + + + + +
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+ Adding and Removing Proxy Names and Rights in Your Proxy List + + + Click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Accounts. + + + Select the GroupWise account to edit, then click Edit. + + + Click the Proxy tab. Click Add. + + + To add a user to the list, type the name in the Name box or import the contact from Contact list. + + + Select the rights you want to give to the user. + + + + + Repeat Step 4 and Step 5 to assign rights to each user in the Proxy List. + + + Click OK, then click Close. + + + To delete a user from the Proxy List, select the user, then click Remove User. +
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+ Managing Someone Else's Mailbox or Calendar + Before you can act as a proxy for someone, that person must give you proxy rights in his or her Proxy List in Preferences. The amount of access you have depends on the rights you have been given. + + + Right-click on the GroupWise account in the folder list. + + + Click Proxy Login. + + + + + Type the user name of the person who has given you Proxy access. Or select from the list. + + + Click OK. + The user's data appears in the respective components. + + You can set different colors to each user to distinguish between each users' appointments. You can also select by ticking whether to display the appointments of a particular user or not. + + +
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+ Marking an Item Private + You can limit a proxy's access to individual items in your Mailbox or Calendar by marking items Private. + When you mark an item Private, you prevent unauthorized proxies from opening it. Proxies cannot access items marked Private unless you give them those rights in your Access List. + If you mark an item Private when you send it, neither your proxies nor the recipient's proxies can open the item without rights. If you mark an item Private when you receive it, it cannot be read by your unauthorized proxies, but it can be read by the sender's proxies. Appointments marked Private display in Busy Search according to the status you selected when you accepted the appointment. + + + In an open item, click Actions, then click Mark Private. + or + In your Calendar, click an item in the Appointments, Reminder Notes, or Tasks List, click Actions, then click Mark Private. + + +
Advanced Configuration - Perhaps your mail server has changed names. Perhaps you've grown tired of a certain layout for your appointments. Whatever the reason, you can change your Evolution™ settings. This section will tell you how to do just that. + Perhaps your mail server has changed names. Perhaps you've grown tired of a certain layout for your appointments. Whatever the reason, you can change your Evolution™ settings. Working with Mail Accounts @@ -3541,41 +3912,41 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Certificates - You can reach the Evolution settings window by clicking Edit > Preferences. On the left half of the settings window is a column, similar to the Evolution shortcut bar, that lets you choose which portion of Evolution to customize. The right half of the window is where you'll make your actual changes. + You can reach the Evolution settings window by clicking Edit > Preferences. On the left half of the settings window is a column, similar to the Evolution shortcut bar, that lets you choose which portion of Evolution to customize. The right half of the window is where you make your actual changes. There are six items you can customize. From top to bottom, they are: Mail Accounts - Add or change information about your e-mail accounts, such as the servers to which you connect, the way you download mail, and your password authentication mode. This is the most complex item in the list, and is covered in Working with Mail Accounts. + Add or change information about your e-mail accounts, such as the servers you connect to, the way you download mail, and your password authentication mode. This is the most complex item in the list, and is covered in Working with Mail Accounts. Autocompletion Set the contact groups to be used when completing e-mail addresses in the message composer. For more information, see Autocompletion. Mail Preferences These are overall mail reading preferences, such as display settings, notification options, and security. Settings that vary per account are in the Mail Accounts tool, described in Working with Mail Accounts, but most of the mail settings are in Mail Preferences. Composer Preferences - These are settings for the way that you use the mail composer, such as shortcuts, signatures, and spelling. This includes the ability to substitute graphical smiley-faces for “emoticons” such as : ) that many people use in e-mail. This tool is covered in Composer Preferences. + These are settings for the way that you use the mail composer, such as shortcuts, signatures, and spelling. This includes the ability to substitute graphical smiley faces for “emoticons” such as : ) that many people use in e-mail. This tool is covered in Composer Preferences. Calendar and Tasks - Here, you can set the way the calendar behaves, including your time zone and the length of your work week. For more information, see Calendar and Tasks Settings. + Use these settings to control how the calendar behaves, including your time zone and the length of your work week. For more information, see Calendar and Tasks Settings. Certificates - Information for certificate handling for S/MIME security systems. For more information, see Certificates. + Use these settings for certificate handling for S/MIME security systems. For more information, see Certificates. Previous versions of Evolution included directory servers, folder settings, and Exchange delegation in the settings tool. Directory servers can now be set up as contacts groups in the Contacts tool, you can change folder settings in the folder right-click menu, and Exchange delegation is available in the Actions menu of the Exchange tool.
Working with Mail Accounts - Evolution allows you to maintain multiple accounts, or identities. When you are writing an e-mail message, you can which account to use by selecting from the drop-down list next to the From field in the message composer. + Evolution allows you to maintain multiple accounts, or identities. When you are writing an e-mail message, you can choose which account to use by selecting from the drop-down list next to the From field in the message composer. Click Send/Receive to select all mail sources that are not disabled. If you don't want to check mail for a given account, select the account in the Mail Accounts tab and click the Disable button. To add a new account, click Add to open the mail configuration assistant. To alter an existing account, select it in the Preferences window, then click Edit to open the account editor dialog box. - The account editor dialog box has six sections. + The account editor dialog box has seven sections: Identity: Specify the name and e-mail address for this account. You can also choose a default signature to insert into messages sent from this account. - Receiving Mail: - Select the way you receive mail. You can download mail from a server (POP), read and keep it on the server (Microsoft Exchange, Novell GroupWise®, or IMAP), or read it from files that already exist on your desktop computer. Your server requires you to use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection. You can select Always, Whenever Possible, or Never as your SSL choice. If one doesn’t work, try another. + Receiving Email: + Select the way you receive email. You can download email from a server (POP), read and keep it on the server (Microsoft Exchange, Novell GroupWise®, or IMAP), or read it from files that already exist on your desktop computer. Your server requires you to use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection. You can select Always, Whenever Possible, or Never as your SSL choice. If one doesn't work, try another. Your system administrator might 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.example.com, specify smtp.example.com:143 as the server name. For additional information, see Receiving Mail. - Receiving Options: + Receive Options: Decide if you want to check for mail automatically and how often, as well as setting other message retrieval options. For additional information, see Receiving Mail Options. @@ -3583,7 +3954,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Sending Mail: Use this section to choose and configure a method for sending mail. You can choose SMTP, Microsoft Exchange (if you have installed the Evolution Connector for Microsoft Exchange), or Sendmail. - For additional information, see Sending Mail + For additional information, see Sending Mail. Defaults: Use this section to set where this account stores the messages that it has sent, and the messages that you save as drafts. If you want to revert to the default settings, click Restore Defaults. @@ -3593,11 +3964,15 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Security: Use this section to set the security options for this account. If you use encryption, enter your PGP key ID (see Encryption for more information) and select among the four options to determine key and signature handling. + + Proxy: + This only displays if you have a GroupWise or Exchange account. Use this section to set proxy access for other users to access your mailbox or calendar. +
Autocompletion - The Autocompletion tool lets you choose address books will auto complete names for you. This fuctionality requires accessibility to each of the address books you want to use. To enable autocompletion, select each of the address books you want to have auto-complete in the Autocompletion page. + The Autocompletion tool lets you choose address books to auto-complete names for you. This fuctionality requires accessibility to each of the address books you want to use. To enable autocompletion, select each of the address books you want to have auto-complete in the Autocompletion page.
@@ -3611,7 +3986,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request HTML Mail Preferences - Mail Color Preferences + Color Preferences Mail Header Preferences @@ -3619,6 +3994,12 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Junk Mail Preferences + + Automatic Contacts Preferences + + + Meetings & Tasks Preferences + For information on individual e-mail account settings, see Working with Mail Accounts. @@ -3627,7 +4008,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request The General page has the following options: Message Fonts: - Normally, Evolution uses the same fonts as other GNOME applications. To choose different fonts, unselect Use the Same Fonts as Other Applications and select one font for standard typefaces and a second for monospace, terminal, or display. + Normally, Evolution uses the same fonts as other GNOME applications. To choose different fonts, deselect Use the Same Fonts as Other Applications and select one font for standard typefaces and a second for monospace, terminal, or display. Message Display: @@ -3663,7 +4044,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request
- Mail Color Preferences + Color Preferences The Mail Color preferences tool lets you select color labels for different kinds of messages. Click a color to change the color, or change the label associated with that color.
@@ -3676,6 +4057,16 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Junk Mail Preferences There are only two items in this section: Check Incoming Mail for Junk and Include Remote Tests. Checking for junk mail uses the SpamAssassin&z-3rdParty; tool with trainable Bayesian filters. It also includes online tests, like checking for blacklisted message senders and ISPs. Online tests can make filtering slower, but more accurate. Select the options here to choose your mail filtering method.
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+ Automatic Contacts Preferences + There are two items in this section: Automatic Contacts automatically adds people that you respond to into your address book. For automatic contacts to work properly, you must select an address book with write permissions. Instant Messaging Contacts periodically synchronizes contact information and images with your instant messaging program. Currently this only works with Gaim. +
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+ Meetings & Tasks Preferences + Allows you to delete messages after you have acted on an appointment. It also allows you to select calendars to search for meeting conflicts. +
@@ -3698,7 +4089,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request In the General page, you can set the following options: Default Behavior: - 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 graphic emoticons. + Choose how you will normally forward and reply to messages, what character set they will use, whether they will be in HTML, and whether that HTML can contain graphic emoticons. Alerts: @@ -3727,7 +4118,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request
Spell Checking - To choose a spell-checking language, select it here. You must install the gnome-spell package, available through ZENworks Linux Management, for spell-checking to be available in Evolution. Additional dictionaries are also available through Red Carpet and are detected automatically if you have installed them. To have the composer automatically check your spelling while you type, select Check Spelling While I Type. + To choose a spell-checking language, select it here. You must install the gnome-spell package, available through ZENworks® Linux Management, for spell-checking to be available in Evolution. Additional dictionaries are also available through Red Carpet® and are detected automatically if you have installed them. To have the composer automatically check your spelling while you type, select Check Spelling While I Type. Check the spelling in messages by clicking Edit > Spell Check Document.
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@@ -3753,7 +4147,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Time Format: - Choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and twenty-four hour time formats. + Choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and twenty-four-hour time formats. Week Starts: @@ -3805,79 +4199,18 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Select this option to have completed tasks hidden after a period of time measured in days, hours, or minutes. If you don't select this option, completed tasks remain in your task list, marked as complete.
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- Contact Management - There are two main tasks for configuring contact information. Autocompletion settings are available in the main settings tool. The other major contact configuration task is creating new contact lists. - To add a new contact list, either local or remote: - - - Click Contacts. - - - Click the down-arrow next to New. - - - Select Contact List. - - - Type a name and location for the contact group. - - - Click Forward. - If the contact group is stored locally, you do not need to provide any further information. Click OK. - or - If you are creating an LDAP server, enter the server information as requested by the assistant: - - Server Name: - The Internet address of the contact server you are using. - - - Login Method: - Specify whether your login is anonymous, uses an e-mail address, or uses a distinguished name. If the login is not anonymous, specify the e-mail address or distinguished name (DN) required by the server. - - - Port: - The Internet port Evolution connects to in order to access the LDAP database. This is normally 389. - - - Use SSL/TLS: - SSL and TLS are security mechanisms. If you select Always, Evolution does not connect unless secure connections are available. The default value is Whenever Possible, which uses secure connections if they are available, but does not cause failure if they are not. - - - Search Base: - The search base is the starting point for a directory search. Contact your network administrator for information about the correct settings. - - - Search Scope: - The search scope is the breadth of a given search. The following options are available: - - - One: - Searches the Search Base and one entry below it. - - - Sub: - Searches the Search Base and all entries below it. - - - Timeout (minutes): - The maximum time Evolution attempts to download data from the server before giving up. - - - Download Limit: - 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. - - - Display Name: - The name you want to use as a label for this folder. It can be any name you choose. - - - - Click Apply. - - +
+ Free/Busy + + Publishing: + Allows you to select a URL to post your free busy information to. When you add a URL you can specify the publishing location, the frequency of publishing, which calendar to publish, and who to authenticate as. + + + Template: + Allows you to specify a template to use when posting to the Free/Busy server. + +
@@ -3885,22 +4218,147 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Evolution allows you to add certificates for yourself as well as for contacts. This allows you to communicate with others securely over an encrypted connection, or sign a message confirming your identity to the contact. These settings only apply to S/MIME encryption. Your Certificates: - Click Your Certificates tab to display a list of certificates that you own. You can import, view, backup and delete your certificates from this page. + Click the Your Certificates tab to display a list of certificates that you own. You can import, view, back up and delete your certificates from this page. Contact Certificates: - Click Contact Certificates tab to display a list of certificates that you have for contacts. These certificates allow you to decrypt messages as well verify signed messages. You can import, view, edit, and delete your contact certificates from this page. + Click the Contact Certificates tab to display a list of certificates that you have for contacts. These certificates allow you to decrypt messages as well verify signed messages. You can import, view, edit, and delete your contact certificates from this page. Authorities: - Click Authorities tab to display a list of trusted certificate authorities who verify that the certificate you have is valid. You can import, view, edit, and delete certificate authorities from this page. + Click the Authorities tab to display a list of trusted certificate authorities who verify that the certificate you have is valid. You can import, view, edit, and delete certificate authorities from this page.
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+ <computeroutput></computeroutput>Contact Management + There are two main tasks for configuring contact information: creating a contact and creating an address book. + + + Creating a Contact + + + Creating an Address Book + + + +
+ Creating a Contact + To add a new contact list, either to a local or remote: + + + Click Contacts. + + + Click the down-arrow next to New. + + + Select Contact List. + + + Type a name and location for the contact group. + + + Click OK. + + +
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+ Creating an Address Book + + + Click File > New > Address Book. + + + Select the type of Address Book. + + On This Computer: + Creates a local address book on the computer. + + + On LDAP Server: + Creates an address book on the LDAP server. + + + Specific Account: + If you have an account that allows you to create an address book on that server, you can select that account. + + + + If you selected On This Computer, Type the Name of the Computer, and choose whether you want to the new address book as your default folder. + or + If you are creating an LDAP server, enter the server information as requested by the assistant: + + Server Name: + The Internet address of the contact server you are using. + + + Login Method: + Specify whether your login is anonymous, uses an e-mail address, or uses a distinguished name. If the login is not anonymous, specify the e-mail address or distinguished name (DN) required by the server. + + + Port: + The Internet port Evolution connects to in order to access the LDAP database. This is normally 389. + + + Use SSL/TLS: + SSL and TLS are security mechanisms. If you select Always, Evolution does not connect unless secure connections are available. The default value is Whenever Possible, which uses secure connections if they are available, but does not cause failure if they are not. + + + Details: Search Base: + The search base is the starting point for a directory search. Contact your network administrator for information about the correct settings. + + + Search Scope: + The search scope is the breadth of a given search. The following options are available: + + + + + One: + Searches the Search Base and one entry below it. + + + + + Sub: + Searches the Search Base and all entries below it. + + + + + Timeout (minutes): + The maximum time Evolution attempts to download data from the server before giving up. + + + + + Download Limit: + 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. + + + + + Display Name: + The name you want to use as a label for this folder. It can be any name you choose. + + + + or + If you are creating the address book for a specific account, type the name of the address book, if you want the address book stored locally when offline, and if you want the address book to be your default folder. + + + Click OK. + + +
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Synchronizing Your Handheld Device - Synchronization presents you with two issues you need to address. First, your computer needs to recognize and access your handheld. At this time, Evolution™ only supports Palm OS devices like the PalmPilot&z-3rdParty; and the Handspring Visor. Secondly, you should decide what sort of synchronization behavior you want. + Synchronization presents you with three issues you need to address. First, you need to enable synchronization. Second, your computer needs to recognize and access your handheld. At this time, Evolution™ only supports Palm OS devices like the PalmPilot&z-3rdParty; and the Handspring Visor. Thirdly, you should decide what sort of synchronization behavior you want. Enabling Synchronization @@ -3915,7 +4373,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request
Enabling Synchronization - If you haven’t used a handheld device with your computer before, you need to run the GNOME Control Center by clicking System > Settings, and make sure that Pilot Link is properly configured. Make sure that you have read and write permissions on the device, which is normally n /dev/pilot. If that does not work, check in /dev/ttyS0 if you have a serial connection, or in /dev/ttyUSB0 for a USB connection. You can do this by becoming root and running the command chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0. + If you haven't used a handheld device with your computer before, you need to run the GNOME Control Center by clicking System > Settings, and make sure that Pilot Link is properly configured. Make sure that you have read and write permissions on the device, which is normally n /dev/pilot. If that does not work, check in /dev/ttyS0 if you have a serial connection, or in /dev/ttyUSB1 for a USB connection. You can do this by becoming root and adding your username to the group that owns this device node. In case of a USB device on sync, two device nodes are created, namely ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1. The second node is the one to be used in configuring the device.
@@ -3938,14 +4396,6 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Copy To Pilot: Copy new data from the computer to the handheld. - - Merge From Pilot: - Copy new data from the computer to the handheld, and remove any information from the handheld that has been deleted on the computer. - - - Merge to Pilot: - Copy new data from the handheld to the computer, and remove any information from the computer that has been deleted on the handheld. - Select the behavior you want for each conduit you choose to use. If you're not sure, use Synchronize.
@@ -3958,7 +4408,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Using HotSync - Put your handheld device in its cradle an press the HotSync button. + Put your handheld device in its cradle and press the HotSync button. If you use Palm OS v. 4.0 and have password protection turned on for your handheld device, you might encounter trouble synchronizing. If this happens, try turning off password protection on your handheld, synchronize it with your desktop computer, and then re-enable password protection on your handheld. @@ -3973,7 +4423,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request
Migrating Local Outlook Mail Folders - Exchange and IMAP mail is stored on the server, so you do not need to migrate it to your Linux partition. However, if you have stored mail on your computer, you might want to make it accessible to Evolution. + Exchange and IMAP mail is stored on the server, so you do not need to migrate it to your Linux&z-3rdParty; partition. However, if you have stored mail on your computer, you might want to make it accessible to Evolution. First, while using Windows, prepare your messages for import: @@ -3985,12 +4435,9 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Import the files into Mozilla Mail (or another mailer, such as Netscape or Eudora, that uses the standard mbox format). Linux mailers cannot do this task, because it requires a library available only under Windows. In Mozilla, import by selecting Window Mail & Newsgroups Tools Import. - - Mozilla creates a set of files in the directory Windows\Application_Data\Mozilla\Profiles\(UserName)\(Random Letters)\Mail\Local Folders\OutlookMail\. The data files are those that have no file extension. - If you are using Windows XP or Windows 2000, your Windows hard drive is probably in the NTFS format, which some Linux systems cannot read without additional software. You might find it simpler to copy the mail folders to a different drive or to burn a CD. - - + Mozilla creates a set of files in the directory Windows\Application_Data\Mozilla\Profiles\(UserName)\(Random Letters)\Mail\Local Folders\OutlookMail\. The data files are those that have no file extension. + If you are using Windows XP or Windows 2000, your Windows hard drive is probably in the NTFS format, which some Linux systems cannot read without additional software. You might find it simpler to copy the mail folders to a different drive or to burn a CD. When you have your mail in a format Evolution can understand, reboot to Linux. Then continue with the following procedure. To create new folders for your files: @@ -4079,7 +4526,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Opening a Message In a New Window Double-click the message you want to view, or select it and press Enter or Ctrl+O. Creating Filters and Virtual Folders - Right-click a message and select Create Rule From Message. You can also create filters and Search Folders in the Tools menu. + Right-click a message and select Create Rule From Message. You can also create filters and virtual folders in the Tools menu. Adding a Sender to the Address Book Right-click a message and select Add Sender to Address Book. You can also right-click on any e-mail address to add it to your address book.
@@ -4088,7 +4535,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Calendar Creating a New Appointment Use File > New Appointment or Ctrl+Shift+A. - You can also click on any blank spot in the calendar and start typing to create a new appointment entry. + You can also click in any blank spot in the calendar and start typing to create a new appointment entry. Creating a New Task Use File > New Task or Ctrl+Shift+T.
@@ -4098,7 +4545,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Editing a Contact Double-click the contact's address card to change details. Deleting a Contact - Right-click on a contact, then click Delete; or select a contact, then click Delete on the toolbar. + Right-click a contact, then click Delete; or select a contact, then click Delete on the toolbar. Sending E-Mail To a Contact Right-click a contact, then click Send Message to Contact. Creating a New Contact @@ -4108,18 +4555,41 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Known Bugs and Limitations - Evolution bug tracking is done at the Ximian bug tracking System. You can use that, or the GNOME Bug Report Tool (known as bug-buddy at the command line) if you find bugs or would like to request new features. - A complete list of feature requests and other issues with Evolution™ is available online in the Ximian® bug tracking system. You can learn more about the Evolution development process at developer.ximian.com. + Evolution™ bug tracking is done at the Ximian® bug tracking System. You can use that, or the GNOME Bug Report Tool (known as bug-buddy at the command line) if you find bugs or want to request new features. + A complete list of feature requests and other issues with Evolution is available online in the Ximian bug tracking system. You can learn more about the Evolution development process at developer.ximian.com. If you need additional help with Evolution, visit the Novell support site at Novell support.. Authors - Evolution was written by the Evolution team and numerous other dedicated GNOME programmers. You can see their names by selecting Help About from any Evolution window. + Evolution was written by the Evolution team and numerous other dedicated GNOME programmers. You can see their names by clicking Help > About from any Evolution window. The Evolution code owes a great debt to the GNOME-pim and GNOME-Calendar applications, and to KHTMLW. The developers of Evolution acknowledge the efforts and contributions of all who worked on those projects. - For more information please visit the Evolution Web page. Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the bug tracking database. Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line at the same location. You can also use the GNOMe bug report tool, bug-buddy, to submit your defect reports. - This manual was written by Mark Moulder (mmoulder@novell.com), Aaron Weber (aaron@ximian.com), Kevin Breit (mrproper@ximian.com), Duncan Mak (duncan@ximian.com), and Ettore Perazzoli (ettore@ximian.com) with the help of the application programmers and the GNOME Documentation Project. - Please file comments and suggestions for this manual as bugs in the Ximian bug tracking system. If you contributed to this project but do not see your name here, please contact Mark Moulder (mmoulder@novell.com) and he’ll list you. + For more information please visit the Evolution Web page. Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the bug tracking database. Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line at the same location. You can also use the GNOMe bug report tool, bug-buddy, to submit your defect reports. + This manual was written by: + + + Mark Moulder (mmoulder@novell.com) + + + Jessica Prabhakar (jprabhakar@novell.com) + + + Aaron Weber (aaron@ximian.com) + + + Kevin Breit (mrproper@ximian.com) + + + Duncan Mak (duncan@ximian.com) + + + Ettore Perazzoli (ettore@ximian.com) + + + With the help of the application programmers and the GNOME Documentation Project. + + + Please file comments and suggestions for this manual as bugs in the Ximian® bug tracking system. If you contributed to this project but do not see your name here, please contact Mark Moulder (mmoulder@novell.com) and he'll list you. Partial list of Documentation Translators (application translated to 36 additional languages): @@ -4136,7 +4606,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Glossary - This glossary contains terms that are frequently used in this guide as well as in Evolution. + This glossary contains terms that are frequently used in this guide as well as in Evolution™. Assistant @@ -4224,13 +4694,13 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request iCal - iCal is the program that Evolution uses to manage the calendar section. + iCal is a protocol that Evolution uses to manage the calendar section. IMAP - Internet Mail Access Protocol. It allows access to e-mail which is typically stored remotely on a server rather than on a local hard disk. Often contrasted with POP. + Internet Mail Access Protocol. It allows access to e-mail that is typically stored remotely on a server rather than on a local hard disk. Often contrasted with POP. @@ -4272,31 +4742,37 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request regular expression - A regular expression (regex) is a way of describing a string of text using metacharacters or wildcard symbols. For example, the statement fly.*so[au]p means any phrase beginning with ‘fly' and ending in oup' or ‘soap'. If you searched for that expression, you’d find both “fly in my soup” and “fly in my soap.” For more information, enter man grep from the command line. + A regular expression (regex) is a way of describing a string of text using metacharacters or wildcard symbols. For example, the statement fly.*so[au]p means any phrase beginning with ‘fly' and ending in oup' or ‘soap'. If you searched for that expression, you'd find both “fly in my soup” and “fly in my soap.” For more information, enter man grep from the command line. script - A program written in an interpreted (rather than compiled) language. Often used as a synonym for macro, to denote a series of pre-recorded commands or actions within an application. Scripts are used to accomplish repetitive and tedious tasks, to save the user time. + A program written in an interpreted (rather than compiled) language. Often used as a synonym for macro, to denote a series of prerecorded commands or actions within an application. Scripts are used to accomplish repetitive and tedious tasks, to save the user time. - Search Base + search base + + LDAP can break contact lists into many groups. The search base tells LDAP the top group to use. How much of the Search Base to search is set by the Search Scope option. + + + + search folder - LDAP can break contact lists into many groups. The Search Base tells LDAP the top group to use. How much of the Search Base to search is set by the Search Scope option. + An e-mail organization tool. Search folders allow you to create a folder that contains the results of a complex search. search folder contents are updated dynamically. - Search Scope + search scope - Search Scope states how much of the Search Base to search. + Search Scope states how much of the search base to search. Sendmail - A program that sends mail. Evolution can use it instead of SMTP; some people prefer it because it offers more flexibility but it is more difficult to set up. + A program that sends mail. Evolution can use it instead of SMTP; some people prefer it because it offers more flexibility; however, it is more difficult to set up. @@ -4332,13 +4808,7 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request vCard - A file format for the exchange of contact information. When you get an address card attached to an e-mail, it's probably in vCard format. Contrast with Search Folder. - - - - Search Folder - - An e-mail organization tool. Search Folders allow you to create a folder that contains the results of a complex search. Search Folder contents are updated dynamically. + A file format for the exchange of contact information. When you get an address card attached to an e-mail, it's probably in vCard format. Contrast with search folder. @@ -4350,10 +4820,13 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request Further, Novell, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to any software, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes. - You may not use, export, or re-export this product in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including, without limitation, U.S. export regulations or the laws of the country in which you reside. + Any products or technical information provided under this Agreement may be subject to U.S. export controls and the trade laws of other countries. You agree to comply with all export control regulations and to obtain any required licenses or classification to export, re-export, or import deliverables. You agree not to export or re-export to entities on the current U.S. export exclusion lists or to any embargoed or terrorist countries as specified in the U.S. export laws. You agree to not use deliverables for prohibited nuclear, missile, or chemical biological weaponry end uses. Please refer to www.novell.com/info/exports/ for more information on exporting Novell software. Novell assumes no responsibility for your failure to obtain any necessary export approvals. + + + Copyright © 2005 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, photocopied, stored on a retrieval system, or transmitted without the express written consent of the publisher. - Copyright © 2004 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, photocopied, stored on a retrieval system, or transmitted without the express written consent of the publisher. + Novell, Inc. has intellectual property rights relating to technology embodied in the product that is described in this document. In particular, and without limitation, these intellectual property rights may include one or more of the U.S. patents listed at http://www.novell.com/company/legal/patents/ and one or more additional patents or pending patent applications in the U.S. and in other countries. Novell, Inc. @@ -4362,17 +4835,22 @@ Accepting and Replying to a Meeting Request U.S.A. www.novell.com - Enter Book Title Here - March 7, 2005 + Evolution User Guide + September 7, 2005 To access the online documentation for this and other Novell products, and to get updates, see www.novell.com/documentation. + Evolution is a trademark of Novell, Inc. + GroupWise is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. - SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE AG, a Novell business. + Red Carpet is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. + SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE LINUX AG, a Novell business. + Ximian is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. + ZENworks is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. - + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog index 220dc5a4e7..08215897b4 100644 --- a/help/ChangeLog +++ b/help/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-08-26 Harish Krishnaswamy + + * C/evolution.xml: Update documentation + 2005-03-06 JP Rosevear * C/evolution.xml: Update documentation -- cgit