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diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 157b61e1cc..0000000000 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,646 +0,0 @@ -<!-- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> --> -<chapter id="config-prefs"> - - <title>Advanced Configuration</title> - <para> - Perhaps your mail server has changed names. Perhaps you've - grown tired of a certain layout for your appointments. - Whatever the reason, you want to change your - <application>Evolution</application> settings. This chapter - will tell you how to do just that. - </para> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-mail"> - <title>Mail Settings</title> - <para> - To change your mail settings, select <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mail - configuration</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the Inbox. This - will open the <interface>mail preferences window</interface>, - illustrated in <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-fig">. Mail - preferences are separated into several categories: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Identities</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This allows you to create and alter one or more - identities for your email. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This tab lets you tell - <application>Evolution</application> where to get the - mail sent to you, and how to get it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - - <term><guilabel>Mail Transport</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This tab lets you tell - <application>Evolution</application> how to send mail. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>News Servers</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - If you would like to use - <application>Evolution</application> to read newsgroups, - you can specify your news server preferences here. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Other</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Miscellaneous mail and news settings, such as HTML - handling preferences, and how long - <application>Evolution</application> should wait before - marking a message read. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - </para> - - <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> - <figure id="config-prefs-mail-fig"> - <title>Mail Preferences Dialog</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Setting mail preferences</screeninfo> - <graphic fileref="fig/config-mail" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> - </graphic> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> - - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-identity"> - <title>Identity Settings</title> - <para> - If you have only one email account, or send email from only - one address, you will only need to configure one identity. If - you want, however, you can have multiple identities. This - can be useful if you want to keep personal and professional - email separate, or if you wear several hats at work. - - </para> - <para> - To add a new identity, simply click - <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. To alter an existing identity, - click on it in the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> tab of the - <interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click - <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. - </para> - - <para> - <application>Evolution</application> will then present you - with a dialog box containing four fields: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Full Name:</guilabel> by default, this is the - same name as the full name described in your user - account on your computer. You can select another if you - wish. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Email address:</guilabel> Enter your email - address in this space. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Organization:</guilabel> If you send email as - a representative of a company or other organization, - enter its name here. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Signature file:</guilabel> You may choose a - small text file to be appended to every message that you - send. Typically, signature files include address or - other contact information, or a favorite quotation. - It's good form to keep it to four lines at the maximum. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-network"> - <title>Network Settings</title> - <para> - In order to send mail with - <application>Evolution</application>, you need to connect to - your network. To do that, you'll need to know your user name - and password, what sort of mail sending and receiving - protocols your network uses, and the names of the servers - you'll be using. If you're switching from another groupware - or email program, you can almost certainly use the same - settings as you did with that program. Network-related - settings are in the <guilabel>Mail Sources</guilabel> and - <guilabel>Mail Transport</guilabel> tabs. - </para> - - <sect3 id="config-prefs-network-sources"> - <title>Mail Sources</title> - <para> - The <interface>Mail Sources</interface> tab allows you to - edit, add, or delete methods of retrieving mail from - servers. Clicking on <guibutton>Add</guibutton> or - <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> will bring up a dialog box to - offer you the following options: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Mail source type:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Select from <glossterm - linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm> or <glossterm - linkend="pop">POP</glossterm> servers, or Unix-style - <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem> - or <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem> - files. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> <guilabel>Server:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Enter the name of the mail source server in this - field. If you use an may or may not be the same as your - <glossterm linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm> server. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Username:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Enter the user name for the account you have on the - server-- this should the part of your email address - before the @. If you use - <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem> - or <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem> - files as your mail source, you do not need to enter - a username. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Authentication:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Tell <application>Evolution</application> how to - verify your identity with the server. Your options - vary depending upon the type of server you are - using, and the ways it is configured. Given the - name of a server, - <application>Evolution</application> can detect what - sorts of authentication it offers. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Test Settings</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Click this button to have - <application>Evolution</application> check to see if - mail sources are configured correctly. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - <para> - If you have several mail sources, clicking <guibutton>Get - Mail</guibutton> will refresh any IMAP, - <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem>, or - <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem> - listings and check and download mail from all POP servers. - In other words, <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> gets your - mail, no matter how many sources you have, or what types - they are. - </para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 id="config-prefs-mail-network-transports"> - <title>Mail Transports</title> - <para> - The <interface>Mail Transports</interface> tab lets you set - how you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two - mail transport options: <glossterm linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm>, which - uses a remote mail server, and - <glossterm linkend="sendmail">sendmail</glossterm>, which uses the - <application>sendmail</application> program on your local - system. <application>Sendmail</application> is more - difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility than - <glossterm>SMTP</glossterm>. - </para> - <para> - To use <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, you'll need to enter the - name of your SMTP server. It may have the same name as - your mail source server. - </para> - <para> - <application>Evolution</application> can attempt to - determine if you have entered a valid server name. To - have it do so, click the <guilabel>Test - Settings</guilabel> button. - </para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="config-prefs-network-news"> - <title>News Servers</title> - <para> - Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no - reason not to keep them right next to your mail. When you - first select the <guilabel>News Servers</guilabel> tab, - you will see a blank box with the three familiar buttons - on the right: <guibutton>Add</guibutton>, - <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>, and - <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. - </para> - <para> - Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a news server; you - will be prompted for its name. Enter the name, click - <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, 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 in the - <interface>folder bar</interface>. - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-other"> - <title>Other Mail Preferences</title> - <para> - Not everything fits neatly into categories. This tab - contains some miscellaneous configurations that don't have - too much to do with each other. - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - <guilabel>Send messages in HTML format</guilabel> - </term> - <listitem><para> - If you check this box, you will send - messages as HTML by default. If you leave it unchecked, your - messages will be sent without HTML formatting unless you select - <menuchoice> <guimenu>Format</guimenu> <guimenuitem>HTML</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice> in the message composer. - See <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-html"> - for more information about HTML mail. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> - <guilabel>Mark Messages as Seen After</guilabel> - </term> - <listitem><para> - When you click on a message, - <application>Evolution</application> will wait a - moment before marking it as seen. You can set the - delay, in milliseconds, here. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> - <guilabel>Folder Format</guilabel> - </term> - <listitem> <para> By default, - <application>Evolution</application> saves its mail - in the - <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem> - format. You can switch to the - <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem> - format if you like. Note that this is an advanced - feature and may cause you to lose some messages, so - you should probably make a backup of your - <systemitem><filename>evolution</filename></systemitem> - directory first. In addition, it will take quite - some time if you have a large mailbox. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-cal"> - <title>Configuring the Calendar</title> - <para> - To set your calendar preferences, select - <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Calendar - Configuration</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the Calendar - view. This will open up the - <interface>Preferences</interface> window. It contains four - tabs: <guilabel>Time display</guilabel>, - <guilabel>Colors</guilabel>, <guilabel>To Do List</guilabel> - and <guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>. The <interface>calendar - preferences window</interface> is illustrated in <xref - linkend="config-prefs-cal-fig">. - - <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> - <figure id="config-prefs-cal-fig"> - <title>Calendar Preferences Dialog</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>If this worked on my job as well as my calendar...</screeninfo> - <graphic fileref="fig/config-cal" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> - </graphic> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> - </para> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-time"> - <title>Time Display Settings</title> - <para> - The <guilabel>Time display</guilabel> tab lets you set the - following: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Time format</term> - <listitem> - <para>You may choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and - twenty-four hour time formats here by clicking the - appropriate radio button. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Weeks start on</term> - <listitem> - <para>You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Day range</term> - <listitem> - <para> - When does your work day start, and when does it end? - In the day and week views, - <application>Evolution</application> displays all the - hours in the range you select here, even if there are - no appointments for those times. Of course, you can - still schedule an appointment outside of these hours, - and if you do, the display will be extended to show - it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-color"> - <title>Calendar Colors</title> - <para> - The <interface>colors tab</interface> allows you to decide - what color your calendar will be. The tab consists of a - sample calendar on the right and a list of ten items that can - be colored in different ways. If you click on the color - button to the right of each item, you will bring up a - color-selector window where you can choose to alter that - color. By clicking <guibutton>OK</guibutton> in the color - selection dialog, you can see the results of the color on the - sample calendar. - </para> - <para>The display elements whose color you can set are: - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Outline:</guilabel> The lines between days - and at the top of the display. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> <guilabel>Headings:</guilabel> Text color for day - and month names and other headings. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> <guilabel>Empty days:</guilabel> This is the - background color for any time slots in which you have no appointments. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Appointments:</guilabel> This is the - background color for any time slots in which you have appointments. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> <guilabel>Highlighted day:</guilabel> The - background color for a selected time slot. - </para> - </listitem> - - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Day numbers:</guilabel> Text color for date numbers. - </para> - </listitem> - - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Current day's number:</guilabel> Text color for today's date. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> <guilabel>To-Do item that is not yet - due:</guilabel> Text color for To-Do list items that are - not yet due. (Or maybe background color? find out!) - </para> - </listitem> - - - <listitem> - <para> <guilabel>To-Do item that is due today:</guilabel> - Text color for today's tasks. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> <guilabel>To-Do item that is overdue:</guilabel> - Text color for overdue tasks. - </para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-todo"> - <title>To Do List Settings</title> - <para> - You can choose what information the To Do list displays and the - way it is displayed. The two areas of the <interface>To Do - List</interface> tab offer several options each: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Show on To Do List</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This box contains three items. If you select the - check boxes next to them, that information will appear - in the To Do list for each task it contains: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Due Date</guilabel></para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Time Until Due</guilabel></para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Priority</guilabel></para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Style Options</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Select among the following checkboxes to determine - how your To Do list will look: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Highlight overdue items</guilabel></para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Highlight items due today</guilabel></para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Highlight not yet due items</guilabel></para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-alarms"> - <title>Alarms Settings</title> - <para> - The <interface>alarms tab</interface> enables you to select from three boxes: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Beep on display alarms</guilabel>: select - this box to have <application>Evolution</application> beep - at you for any alarms you have set. If you leave this box - unchecked, <application>Evolution</application> will only - alert you to events by opening a dialog box. These beeps - are distinct from full-fledged audio alarms. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Audio alarms timeout after: </guilabel> - Select this button to have your audio alarms stop - automatically after a certain number of seconds. </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Enable snoozing for:</guilabel> If you - would like to have the option to tell - <application>Evolution</application> to repeat an alarm in - a few minutes, select this button and decide how long - you'd like it to wait. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </sect2> - - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-contact"> - <title>Managing the Contact Manager</title> - <para> - To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the - <guibutton>Contact Manager</guibutton> tab in the - <interface>Preferences</interface> window. - </para> - <para> - You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list - here--> - </para> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-contact-ldap-add"> - <title>Adding Directory Servers</title> - <para> - To add a new LDAP server to your available contact - folders, select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>New Directory Server</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice>. This brings up a small dialog box which - will let you enter the following options: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para> - <guilabel>Name</guilabel> — any name you choose for the server. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - <guilabel>Description</guilabel> — a longer description of the server. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - <guilabel>LDAP Server</guilabel> — the network address of the server. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - <guilabel>Port Number</guilabel> — by default, the port number is 389. - </para></listitem> - - <listitem><para> - <guilabel>Root DN</guilabel> — enter the root DN here. - </para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-general"> - <title>General Preferences</title> - <para> - Additional configuration options will be covered here, as - they become available. - </para> - </sect1> -</chapter> - - - - - - |