path: root/doc/C/usage-setup.sgml

   <sect2 id="usage-setup">
      <title>Mail Setup</title>
      <para>
        The first time you try to send or receive mail with
    <application>Evolution</application>, the <interface>mail
    setup druid</interface> will pop up to help you
    set up your email preferences.  If you don't plan to use
    email, or if you'd rather configure your email preferences
    later, click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.
      </para>
      <para>
         The setup <glossterm>druid</glossterm>
     will guide you through the network configuration process.  It
     will ask you for some basic information; your system
     administrator or ISP should have the answers you'll need.
     The mail setup druid is pictured in <xref
     linkend="usage-setup-fig">.

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    <figure id="usage-setup-fig">
    <title>Mail Setup Druid</title>
    <screenshot>
      <screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
      <graphic fileref="fig/mail-druid-pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
        </graphic>
    </screenshot>
    </figure>
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  The druid will ask you for the following information:
        <itemizedlist>
      <listitem> <para> <guilabel>Name&mdash; </guilabel> Your
            full name: eg. Eva Lucianne Tester </para></listitem>

      <listitem><para> <guilabel>Email address&mdash</guilabel>;
                 Your email address: eg. eltester@helixcode.com
                 </para></listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
               <guilabel> Organization&mdash;</guilabel> Any
              organization you represent.  Leave this blank if you
              wish.
            </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem><para> <guilabel>Signature File&mdash;</guilabel> A text
             file appended to any email you send, typically your name
             and email address, or a quotation you like.  It should be
             under three lines of text.</para></listitem>
      
      <listitem>
        <para>
              <guilabel>Mail source type&mdash;</guilabel>
              <application>Evolution</application> supports two mail
              sources: POP servers, the most common email server type,
              and UNIX-style MBOX files.  Ask your system
              administrator which one you use.
            </para>
      </listitem>
      
      <listitem>
        <para>
                <guilabel>Server&mdash;</guilabel> This should be the
              name of your mail server, eg.
              mailserver.organization.org
            </para>
      </listitem>
    
      <listitem>
        <para>
              <guilabel> Username&mdash; </guilabel>Usually, this is
              the part of your email address before the @ character,
              and <application>Evolution</application> has selected
              that value as the default.  If you have a different
              username, you can enter it here.
            </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>
              <guilabel>Authentication&mdash;</guilabel> Select the
              type of authentication you will use.  You can click
              <guibutton>Detect supported types</guibutton> to find
              out which authentication protocols your network allows.
            </para>
      </listitem>


      <listitem>
        <para>
             <guilabel>Mail Transport&mdash;</guilabel> This is the
              mail sending protocol you will want to use.  Sendmail is
              the default.
            </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
      </para>
      <para>
        To learn how to configure <application>Evolution</application>
        in greater detail, or to change preferences once you have set
        them, see <xref linkend="config-prefs">.
      </para>
    </sect2>