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<chapter id="config-setupassist">
<title>Easy Setup with the Setup Assistant</title>
<para>
The setup assistant can gather most of the information
necessary for <application>Evolution</application>'s daily
operation. If you prefer more detailed or advanced
configuration, see <xref linkend="config-prefs">
</para>
<para>
This paragraph will describe all information required by the
setup assistant. It will include a long itemized list, and a
screenshot or two.
</para>
<sect1 id="config-setupassist-mail">
<title>Mail Setup</title>
<para>
The first time you try to send or receive mail with
<application>Evolution</application>, the <interface>mail
setup assistant</interface> will pop up to help you with your
email preferences. If you don't plan to use email, or if
you'd rather deal with your email preferences later, click
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.
</para>
<para>
The setup assistant (sometimes called a
<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 assistant is
pictured in <xref linkend="usage-setup-fig">.
<!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
<!-- druid-pic should eventually become assistant-pic -->
<figure id="usage-setup-fig">
<title>Mail Setup Assistant</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Evolution Main Window</screeninfo>
<graphic fileref="fig/mail-druid-pic" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== -->
The assistant will ask you for the following information:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem> <para> <guilabel>Name— </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— </guilabel> Any
organization you represent. Leave this blank if you
wish.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para> <guilabel>Signature File— </guilabel>
A text file appended to any email you send, typically
your name and email address, or a quotation you like. It
should be three or fewer lines of text.</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Mail source type— </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— </guilabel> This should be the
name of your mail server, eg.
mailserver.organization.org
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel> Username— </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— </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— </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>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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