From acfe848315c12b21544e0273fe2d99c9e23c188d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:18:02 +0000 Subject: Added coverage of news, clarified POP/IMAP distinction (there's a theme to 2000-09-01 Aaron Weber * C/config-prefs.sgml: Added coverage of news, clarified POP/IMAP distinction (there's a theme to these four log entries here). * C/usage-mail.sgml: Added coverage of news. * C/config-setupassist.sgml: Revised mail sources content for IMAP/POP stuff. * C/apx-gloss.sgml: Added IMAP and POP. svn path=/trunk/; revision=5166 --- help/C/apx-gloss.sgml | 32 ++++++++++++-- help/C/config-prefs.sgml | 35 ++++++++++------ help/C/config-setupassist.sgml | 21 +++++++--- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 4 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) (limited to 'help') diff --git a/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml b/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml index 5693ecda1c..f13a56106a 100644 --- a/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml +++ b/help/C/apx-gloss.sgml @@ -173,14 +173,27 @@ - + + IMAP + + + Depending upon whom you ask, IMAP stands for the Internet Mail + Access Protocol, or the Interim Mail Access Protocol. Whatever it + stands for, it allows access to email which is typically (although + not always) stored remotely on a server rather than on a local + hard disk. Often contrasted with POP. + This will not be on the test. + + + + LDAP - LDAP is a protocol which allows a client to search through a large database - of addresses, phone numbers, and people, as an alternative to a physical - phone book. + LDAP is a protocol which allows a client to search through a + large database of addresses, phone numbers, and people, as an + alternative to a physical phone book. @@ -227,6 +240,17 @@ + + POP + + + POP, the Post Office Protocol, is a mechanism for email + transport. In contrast to IMAP, it is used only to get mail from + a server and store it locally on your hard disk. + + + + Regular Expression diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml index e0f6dd0297..997868ca2f 100644 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml +++ b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml @@ -215,6 +215,15 @@ + + If you choose several mail sources, clicking + Get Mail will refresh any IMAP or + mbox listings and check and download + all POP servers. In other words, Get + Mail gets your mail, no matter how many + sources you have, or what types they are. + + Transports @@ -226,7 +235,7 @@ which uses the sendmail program on your local system. Sendmail is more difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility - than plain SMTP. + than SMTP. To use SMTP, you'll need to enter the @@ -234,30 +243,30 @@ smtp.isp.net. - Evolution can - attempt to determine if you have entered the right server - name. To have it do so, check the box labelled - Test these values before continuing - before you click OK. + Evolution can attempt to + determine if you have entered a valid server name. To + have it do so, check the box labelled Test these + values before continuing before you click + OK. - - - - + News Servers + Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no + reason not to have access to them right next to your mail. When you first select the News Servers tab, you will see a blank box with three familiar buttons on the right: Add, Edit, - and Delete. - + and Delete. Click Add to add a news server; you will be prompted for its name. Enter the name, click - OK, and you're done. (FIXME, this needs work). + OK, and you're done. You can have + as many mail servers as you like, of course. News servers + will appear next to your IMAP servers. diff --git a/help/C/config-setupassist.sgml b/help/C/config-setupassist.sgml index 52ca546b9a..8355f90f90 100644 --- a/help/C/config-setupassist.sgml +++ b/help/C/config-setupassist.sgml @@ -83,11 +83,22 @@ Evolution supports three mail - sources: POP servers, the most common email server type; - IMAP, which stores mail remotely and allows access from - multiple locations, and UNIX-style - mbox files. Ask your system - administrator which one you use. + sources: POP servers, + IMAP servers, and UNIX-style + mbox files. POP servers retrieve + your mail and store it on your local system so you can + refer to it even when not connected to a network; + IMAP servers store the mail on + the server so you can access it from multiple locations; + UNIX-style mbox files are used by + your computer for internal mail, and may be useful if + you want to switch from another email client such as + spruce or + mutt. Ask your system + administrator which you should use, or keep guessing + until one works. You may use multiple servers if you + wish; see for + more information. diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index ad7419f330..5dfa03d8c1 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ It supports multiple mail sources, including IMAP, POP3, - and local mbox files. + local mbox files, and even NNTP data + (newsgroups), which isn't technically email. @@ -150,40 +151,68 @@ message to message. + + Deleting Mail + + To delete a message, select it in the the message + list by clicking on it once. Then click on the + Delete button in the tool bar. The + message now has a line through it, because you've marked it + for deletion. + + + If you really want to get rid of it, choose + Expunge from the + Actions menu. That will delete it + permanently. If you want to keep it, click + Delete again, and it will no longer + be marked as deleted. At some point in the future, this + feature will change to something a little less + counter-intuitive. + + Checking Mail - Now that you've had a look around the - Inbox, select the welcome message in - the message list by clicking on it - once. Then click on the Delete button - in the tool bar. The message now has a line through it, - because you've marked it for deletion. If you really want to - get rid of it, choose Expunge from - the Actions menu. That will delete it - permanently. If you want to keep it, click - Delete again, and it will no longer be - marked as deleted. At some point in the future, this feature - will change to something a little less counter-intuitive. + Inbox, it's time to check for new mail. + Before you get it, though, you should decide where you want to + keep it. Your options will vary a little depending on your + network setup, but they come down to storing the mail on your + hard disk (using POP), or storing it on + the network (using IMAP). If you store + your mail on your local hard disk, you can read it whether + you're online or not, but you can only read it from one + computer. If you store it on the network, you can only read + it when you're online, but you can access it from almost any + computer with a network connection, even if it doesn't have + Evolution. + + + If you choose POP, you'll be putting mail in the + Inbox in the Local + folder. If you choose IMAP, it's the + Inbox of a folder with the same name as + your mail server. That's so you can maintain several distinct + IMAP servers if you want. See for more information about mail + servers. - - - To check your email, just click Get - mail in the toolbar. If this is the first time - you've done so, the mail setup + Regardless of where you keep your mail, you can click + Get mail in the toolbar to check your + mail. The first time you do that, the mail setup assistant will ask you for the information it needs to check your mail (see for more information). If you're checking mail over a network (instead of from local mbox files), you'll need to enter your - email password. Type it in, click OK and - Evolution will download your mail. - New mail will appear in your Inbox. - + email password. Type it in, click OK + and Evolution will download your + mail. New mail will appear in your + Inbox. Once you've entered your password, @@ -206,6 +235,22 @@ linkend="config-prefs-mail-network">, or ask your system administrator. + + + Using Evolution for News + + Newsgroups are so similar to email there's no reason not to + read them side by side. If you want to do that, add a news + source to your configuration (see ). The news server will + appear as a remote server, and will look exactly like an IMAP + folder, except that you can't delete messages from it. When + you click Get Mail, + Evolution will also check for news + messages. If you prefer to use a different program, there's + always Pan. + + Attachments, HTML Mail, and Live Documents @@ -284,9 +329,9 @@ Evolution will send mail immediately unless you tell it to do otherwise by selecting File Send - Later. That will add messages to the - Outbox queue. Then, when you press - Send in another message, or + Later. That will add messages + to the Outbox queue. Then, when you + press Send in another message, or Get Mail in the main mail window, all your unsent messages will go out at once. I like to use "Send Later" because it gives me a chance to change my -- cgit