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@@ -1,12 +1,32 @@
- <chapter id="config-prefs">
+<chapter id="config-prefs">
+
+<!--this chapter needs a LOT of work. structurally it needs for the
+mail and other sections to be similar. it needs content in the
+Calendar section and the Contact section. Calendar prefs functions
+documentation-ready, although subject to substantial change. Contact
+functions are not yet available for doc'ing. . aaron, june 5. 7 am.
+.-->
+
<title>Advanced Configuration</title>
<para>
- To change your configuration settings, select
- <guimenuitem>Configure Camel Providers</guimenuitem> from the
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. This will open the
- preferences window, illustrated in <xref linkend="config-prefs-fig">.
- Preferences are seperated into several categories:
+ 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, first go to your
+ <interface>Inbox</interface>. Then select <guimenuitem>Mail
+ Settings</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu.
+ This will open the <interface>mail preferences
+ window</interface>, illustrated in <xref
+ linkend="config-prefs-mail-fig">. Mail Preferences are
+ seperated into several categories:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -32,65 +52,36 @@
</itemizedlist>
<!-- THE FOLLOWING MAY BE REINSTATED:
-
- as well as attachment
+ as well as attachment
and HTML handling, forwarding behavior, filters, and
other <application>Evolution</application> behaviors
specific to email. The default behaviors are those
approved by Jamie Zawinski.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel>, which allows you to
- control addressbook sharing as well as other funcctions
- specific to your contact manager.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>, which allows you to set
- up calendar networking, as well as the way that your
- calendar will behave and appear. The default view is by
- week and the default calendar is Western. Time and
- date are determined by the system clock and
- localization, and cannot be set here.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>General</guilabel>, which covers everything
- else, including the <application>Evolution</application>
- startup screen.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-->
+
+
</para>
<!-- ==============Figure===================== -->
- <figure id="config-prefs-fig">
+ <figure id="config-prefs-mail-fig">
<title>Preferences Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Preferences dialog</screeninfo>
- <graphic fileref="fig/config-camel-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
+ <screeninfo>Setting mail preferences</screeninfo>
+ <graphic fileref="fig/config-mail" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure================-->
- <sect1 id="config-prefs-identity">
+ <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-identity">
<title>Identity Settings</title>
<para>
If you have only one email address, or use automatic
- forwarding to funnel multiple addresses into one, then you
- will only need to configure one identity. You may, however,
- want more thatn one. To alter an identity, click on it in
- the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> tab of the
+ forwarding to funnel multiple addresses to one account, then
+ you will only need to configure one identity. You may,
+ however, want more that one. To alter an identity, click on
+ it in the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> tab of the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. To add a new identity, simply
click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
@@ -132,9 +123,9 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
- </sect1>
+ </sect2>
- <sect1 id="config-prefs-network">
+ <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-network">
<title>Network Settings</title>
<para>
In order to do much of anything with
@@ -152,7 +143,7 @@
determine how you want to send your mail.
</para>
- <sect2 id="config-prefs-network-sources">
+ <sect3 id="config-prefs-network-sources">
<title>Mail Sources</title>
<para>
The <interface>Mail Sources</interface> tab allows you to
@@ -202,58 +193,48 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
- </para>
- <sect3 id="config-prefs-network-advanced-multiconnect">
- <title>Multiple Network Connections</title>
- <para>
- People with who use multiple ISP's or networks, or who
- have multiple email accounts, will need to do a little
- more work, but not much.
- </para>
- <example>
- <title>Multiple Identities and Networks</title>
- <para>
- Nate's laptop goes everywhere with him, and he needs
- to be able to use <application>Evolution</application>
- from anywhere&mdash a hotel room, an airplane, a
- client's office, his office, anywhere at all. (INSERT
- HOW EVOLUTION HELPS HIM DO THIS).
- </para>
- </example>
-
- <para>
- (INSERT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THESE THINGS ARE AND HOW TO
- USE THEM) (I'M THINKING IN TERMS OF THE APPLE LOCATION
- MANAGER) (Kill this section if Evolution doesn't support
- this for 1.0).
- </para>
- </sect3>
-
- <sect3 id="config-prefs-network-advanced-other">
- <title>Other Advanced Network Settings</title>
- <para>
- I can't think of any at the moment but i'm sure they're
- out there. They belong here.
</para>
</sect3>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="config-prefs-mail">
- <title>Modifying the Mail</title>
- <para>
- This section discusses mail-specific preferences. Click on
- the <guibutton>Mail</guibutton> tab in the
- <interface>Preferences</interface> window to access these
- settings.
- </para>
+ <sect3 id="config-prefs-mail-network-transports">
+ <title>Transports</title>
+ <para>
+ The <interface>Transports</interface> tab lets you set how
+ you will send mail. As of this writing, you have two
+ choices: <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, which uses a remote
+ mail server, and <guilabel>sendmail</guilabel>,
+ which uses the <application>sendmail</application> program
+ on your local system.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you choose <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, you will need
+ to know the name of your mail server. Your system
+ administrator or ISP has probably included that
+ information on the piece of paper you lost about five
+ minutes ago. <application>Evolution</application> can
+ attempt to determine if you have entered the right
+ server name. To have it do so,
+ check the box labelled <guilabel>Test these values before
+ continuing</guilabel> before you click
+ <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-other">
+ <title>Other Mail Preferences</title>
<para>
- You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list here-->
+ Currently, there is only one option that falls into this
+ category: <guilabel>Send messages in HTML format</guilabel>.
+ If you check this box, you will send messages as HTML. If
+ you leave it unchecked, your messages will be sent without
+ HTML formatting. See <xref
+ linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-html"> for more
+ information about HTML mail.
</para>
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
- <title>Managing the Contact Manager</title>
+ </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
@@ -268,10 +249,35 @@
<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
<title>Configuring the Calendar</title>
<para>
- This section discusses calendar-specific preferences. Click
- on the <guibutton>Calendar</guibutton> tab in the
- <interface>Preferences</interface> window to access these
- settings.
+ This section discusses calendar-specific preferences. While
+ looking at your calendar, select
+ <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> from the
+ <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu. This will open up the
+ <interface>Preferences</interface> window. It contains four
+ tabs: (each tab to be a sect1 by tuesday june 6)
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Time display</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Colors</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>To Do List</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list
@@ -287,4 +293,9 @@
</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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