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@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@
<!-- ==============End of Figure================-->
<para>
- There are eight items you can customize. From top to bottom, they
+ There are six items you can customize. From top to bottom, they
are:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Mail Accounts</guiicon></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Here, add or change information about your email
+ Add or change information about your email
accounts: the servers to which you connect, the way you
download mail, your password authentication mode, and so
forth. This is the most complex item in the list, and is
@@ -50,14 +50,11 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guiicon>Folder Settings</guiicon></term>
+ <term><guiicon>Autocompletion</guiicon></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Here, you can choose the default folders for various
- components of Evolution, the folders that will be cached
- locally when you go to offline mode, and the folders that
- Evolution will use when it is searching for
- autocompletion information as you address a mail.
+ Set the contact groups to be used when completing email
+ addresses in the message composer.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -101,69 +98,47 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guiicon>Exchange Delegation</guiicon></term>
+ <term><guiicon>Certificates</guiicon></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This item will only appear if you have Evolution Connector
- for Microsoft Exchange installed. It will allow you to
- choose who has access to your Exchange account. This
- feature is covered in <xref linkend="exchange-delegate" />.
+ Certificate handling for S/MIME security systems.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guiicon>Directory Servers</guiicon></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This item allows you to enter account information for
- connecting to remote directory (LDAP) servers.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guiicon>Out of Office</guiicon></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This item will only appear if you have Evolution Connector
- for Microsoft Exchange installed. It allows you to create
- and remove automatic "vacation" messages. For
- information about how to use this feature, read <xref
- linkend="exchange-out-of-office" />.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ 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
+ <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> tool, you can change folder settings
+ in the folder right-click menu, and Exchange delegation is
+ available in the <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> menu of the
+ <guilabel>Exchange</guilabel> tool.
</para>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail-identity">
<title>Working with Mail Accounts</title>
<para>
- Novell Evolution allows you to
- maintain multiple accounts, or identities. This is useful
- want to keep personal and professional email separate, or if
- you wear several hats at work. When you are writing an email
+ Evolution allows you to maintain multiple accounts, or
+ identities. When you are writing an email
message, you can which account to use by selecting from the
drop-down list next to the <guilabel>From</guilabel> entry in
the message composer.
</para>
<para>
- Clicking <guilabel>Send/Receive</guilabel> will refresh any
- IMAP, <filename>mh</filename>, or
- <filename>mbox</filename> listings
- and check and download mail from all POP servers. In other
- words, <guilabel>Send/Receive</guilabel> gets your mail, no
- matter how many sources you have, or what types they are. If
- you don't want to check mail for a given account, select it
+ Clicking <guilabel>Send/Receive</guilabel> will check all
+ mail sources that are not disabled. If you don't want to check
+ mail for a given account, select it
in the <guilabel>Mail Accounts</guilabel> tab and click the
<guilabel>Disable</guilabel> button.
</para>
<para>
- To add a new account, simply click <guilabel>Add</guilabel>
+ To add a new account, click <guilabel>Add</guilabel>
to open the mail configuration assistant. To alter an
existing identity, select it in the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click
@@ -173,53 +148,56 @@
<para>
The account editor dialog has six sections:
- <variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Identity</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Here, enter the name,
- email address, and other identifying information for the
+ Here, enter the name and email address for this
account. You may also choose a default signature to
insert into messages sent from this account.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Receiving Mail</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Receiving Mail</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- Here, select the way you will be getting mail: you may
+ Select the way you will be getting mail: you may
download mail from a server (<link
linkend="pop">POP</link>), read and keep it on the
- server (Microsoft Exchange or <link
+ server (Microsoft Exchange, Novell GroupWise, or <link
linkend="imap">IMAP</link>), or read it from files
- that already exist on your desktop computer. If you use
- a server, it may permit or require you to use a Secure
- Socket Layer (SSL) connection. To turn SSL connections
- on, just click the <guilabel>Use Secure Connection
- (SSL)</guilabel> button.
-
-<note id="config-arbitrary-port">
-<title>Specifying Port Numbers</title>
-<para>
-Your system administrator may 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.omniport.com, you would enter
-as
-<userinput>
-smtp.omniport.com:143
-</userinput> as the server name.
-</para>
-</note>
-
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Receiving Options</guilabel></term>
+ that already exist on your desktop computer. Your server
+ require you to use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection.
+ You may select <guilabel>Always</guilabel>,
+ <guilabel>Whenever Possible</guilabel>, or
+ <guilabel>Never</guilabel> as your SSL choice. If one
+ doesn't work, try another.
+
+ <note id="config-arbitrary-port">
+ <title>Specifying Port Numbers</title>
+ <para>
+ Your system administrator may 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.omniport.com, you would enter
+ as
+ <userinput>
+ smtp.omniport.com:143
+ </userinput> as the server name.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Receiving Options</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail
@@ -371,6 +349,67 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>If you chose GroupWise:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Checking for new mail</guilabel>: If you would like
+ Evolution to check for new mail
+ automatically, check the box and select a frequency in
+ minutes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>If you want Evolution
+ to check for new messages in all your GroupWise folders,
+ make sure the <guilabel>Check for new messages in all
+ folders</guilabel> box is selected.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this
+ server</guilabel>: If you'd like your filters to work on this
+ account, check this box.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Automatically synchronize remote mail
+ locally</guilabel>: Download all mail immediately, instead of waiting
+ until you try to open the message to check it. This
+ setting will make Evolution slower at first, but faster
+ after the download. Leaving it unchecked means that
+ Evolution will take longer to display each additional
+ message, but will not waste time trying to download every
+ single message if you can tell from the subjects that you
+ do not need to read them all.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Address Book and Calendar: Post Office
+ Agent SOAP Port</guilabel>: If your post office agent uses
+ a SOAP port other than the default, enter it here. The
+ SOAP port is what allows Evolution to access the GroupWise
+ address book and calendar. Your system administrator will
+ know the port. If there are not many Linux users in your
+ organization, you may also need to request that the SOAP
+ service be enabled.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para>
@@ -432,33 +471,10 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</para>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="config-prefs-folders">
- <title>Folder Settings</title>
- <para>
- There are three sets of folder options. In the first,
- <guilabel>Default Folders</guilabel>, select which folders will be
- your usual mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks
- folders. When you save a contact or appointment attached to an
- email, it will be stored in your default contact or calendar
- folder.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <guilabel>Offline Folders</guilabel> are the ones that
- will be cached when you activate the <guilabel>Go
- Offline</guilabel> feature.
- </para>
- <para>
- Select one or more folders of contacts for your
- <guilabel>Autocompletion Folders</guilabel>. When you type a
- few letters into the message composer address fields,
- Evolution will look for matches in the folders you choose here.
- </para>
- </sect1>
-
<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail">
<title>Mail Preferences</title>
<para>
- The <guilabel>Mail Options</guilabel> tool lets you choose how
+ The <guilabel>Mail Preferences</guilabel> tool lets you choose how
to display citations, how long to wait before marking a
message as read, and other mail display settings. There are
three categories of settings: General, HTML Mail, and
@@ -469,6 +485,9 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
linkend="config-prefs-mail-identity" />.
</para>
+ <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-general">
+ <title>General Mail Settings</title>
+
<para>
In the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab, your options are:
<variablelist>
@@ -554,29 +573,15 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mail-prefs-html">
+ <title>HTML Mail Preferences</title>
+
<para>
The options in the <guilabel>HTML Mail</guilabel> tab are:
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Loading Image</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can embed a image in an email and have it load only
- when the message arrives. However, spammers can use image loading
- patterns to confirm "live" addresses and invade your
- privacy. You may elect never to load images
- automatically, to load images only if the sender is in
- your contacts, or always load images.
- </para>
- <para>
- If you have chosen not to load images automatically, you
- can choose to see the images in one message at a time by selecting <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message Display</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Load Images</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show animated images</guilabel></term>
@@ -598,6 +603,27 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Loading Image</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ You can embed a image in an email and have it load only
+ when the message arrives. However, spammers can use image loading
+ patterns to confirm "live" addresses and invade your
+ privacy. You may elect never to load images
+ automatically, to load images only if the sender is in
+ your contacts, or always load images.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you have chosen not to load images automatically, you
+ can choose to see the images in one message at a time by selecting <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message Display</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Load Images</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
@@ -606,6 +632,44 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
settings by clicking the <guilabel>Restore Defaults</guilabel>
button.
</para>
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="mail-prefs-colors">
+ <title>Mail Color Preferences</title>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 id="mail-prefs-headers">
+ <title>Mail Header Preferences</title>
+ <para>
+ The headers on an incoming message are the information about the
+ message that isn't the content of the message itself: the sender,
+ the time it was sent, and so forth. Check the boxes here to show
+ or hide different amounts of information about the messages you read.
+ </para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+
+
+<sect2 id="mail-prefs-junk">
+ <title>Junk Mail Preferences</title>
+ <para>
+ There are only two items here: <guilabel>Check Incoming Mail for
+ Junk</guilabel> and <guilabel>Include Remote Tests.</guilabel>
+ Checking for junk mail uses the SpamAssassin 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. Check the boxes here to choose
+ your mail filtering method.
+ </para>
+</sect2>
+
+
</sect1>
@@ -676,51 +740,22 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
none at all, you can select it from the mail composer itself.
</para>
<para>
- In the spell-checking tool, you can set spelling options,
- including the language or languages you will use. Note that you
- must install the gnome-spell package, available through Red
- Carpet, for spell-checking to be available in
- Evolution. Alternate dictionaries are also available through
- Red Carpet and are detected automatically if you have installed
- them.
+ To choose a spell-checking language, select it here. Note that
+ you must install the gnome-spell package, available through Red
+ Carpet, for spell-checking to be available in
+ Evolution. Alternate 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, check the box labeled <guilabel>Check spelling while I type.</guilabel>
</para>
<para>
You can check the spelling of messages by selecting
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Spell Check
- Document</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternately, in the
- Evolution main window select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu></menuchoice>,
- click on the <guiicon>Composer preferences</guiicon> icon, then
- select the <guilabel>Spell Checking</guilabel> tab and check the
- <guilabel>Check spelling while I type</guilabel> box, and
- choose a color for your misspelled words.
+ Document</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</sect1>
-<!-- NOT FOR 1.0, see usage-mail.sgml
- <sect1 id="config-prefs-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: <guilabel>Add</guilabel>,
- <guilabel>Edit</guilabel>, and
- <guilabel>Delete</guilabel>.
- </para>
- <para>
- Click <guilabel>Add</guilabel> to add a news server; you
- will be prompted for its name. Enter the name, click
- <guilabel>OK</guilabel>, and you're done. You can have
- as many news servers as you like, of course. News servers
- will appear next to your IMAP servers in the
- <interface>folder bar</interface>.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
--->
-
<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
<title>Calendar and Tasks Settings</title>
@@ -764,31 +799,18 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Work Week</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- In the day and week views, Evolution displays all the
- hours in the range you select here, even if there are
- no appointments for those times. 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>
- <varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Week Starts</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
- <para>You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.</para>
+ <para>Select the day you wish to be displayed as the first in each week.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Day Begins</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Set the beginning of a normal workday. If you work odd
- hours, or want to make sure that your early-morning
- appointments are displayed, you may find this option useful.
+ For Evolution, a normal work day begins at 9 AM and
+ ends at 5PM. You can select your preferred hours to
+ make sure that all your events are displayed properly.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -796,10 +818,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<term><guilabel>Day Ends</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Set the end of a normal workday. If you work odd
- hours, or want to make sure that your evening
- appointments are displayed, you may find this option
- useful.
+ Set the end of a normal workday.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -900,11 +919,9 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
<title>Directory Servers</title>
<para>
- Contacts settings are limited to the usage and
- configuration of directory servers (LDAP and
- Exchange). To learn how to set autocompletion options, see <xref
- linkend="config-prefs-folders" />.
- Other contacts controls are available in the contacts tool.
+ Autocompletion is available in the main settings tool.
+ The other major contact configuration task is creating new
+ directory servers or remote contacts groups.
</para>
<para>
@@ -919,14 +936,13 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Right-click on the shortcut bar's list of contact groups,
- and select <guimenuitem>New Contact Group</guimenuitem>.
+ Select <menuchoice><guimenu>New</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Contacts Group</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select a name and location for the contact group. The name
- is for display only. </para>
+ is for display only. </para>
</listitem>