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diff --git a/doc/C/config-setupassist.sgml b/doc/C/config-setupassist.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index b9b72b568a..0000000000 --- a/doc/C/config-setupassist.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,213 +0,0 @@ - <chapter id="config-setupassist"> - <title>Easy Setup with the Setup Assistant</title> - <para> - The first time you try to use email, the mail setup assistant - will ask you for some basic information, so - <application>Evolution</application> can let you use email. If - you prefer more detailed configuration, or if you want to make - changes to an existing email setup, see <xref - linkend="config-prefs">. - </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> - -<!-- - - Before you get it, though, you should decide where you want to - keep it. Your options will vary a little depending on your - network setup, but they come down to storing the mail on your - hard disk (using <glossterm linkend="pop">POP</glossterm>), or - storing it on the network (using <glossterm - linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>). If you store your mail on - your local hard disk, you can read it whether you're online or - not, but you can only read it from one computer. If you store - it on the network, you can only read it when you're online, - but you can access it from almost any computer with a network - connection, even if it doesn't have - <application>Evolution</application>. - - - If you choose POP, you'll be putting mail in the - <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Local</guilabel> - folder. If you choose IMAP, it's the - <guilabel>Inbox</guilabel> of a folder with the same name as - your mail server. That's so you can maintain several distinct - IMAP servers if you want. See <xref - linkend="config-prefs-mail"> for more information about mail - servers. ---> - - <para> - The setup assistant (sometimes called a - <glossterm>Druid</glossterm>, by analogy with the "Wizards" - that some other programs use) 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="Kevin Breit"> - </graphic> - </screenshot> - </figure> -<!-- ==============End of Figure=================================== --> - - - - The assistant will ask you for the following information: - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> <guilabel>Name:</guilabel> </term> <listitem> - <para>Your full name. </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Email address:</guilabel></term> - <listitem><para> - Your complete email address. - </para></listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> <guilabel>Organization:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Any organization you represent, or the company where you - work. Leave this blank if you wish, or type "My own bad - self" so people know your opinions are yours alone. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Signature File:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - A text file appended to any email you send. A signature - file typically consists of your name and email address, - or a quotation you like. It's good form to keep your - "sig" on the short side: four lines is plenty. Remember, - this is attached to every email you send. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> <guilabel>Mail source type:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - <application>Evolution</application> supports several - mail sources: <glossterm linkend="pop">POP</glossterm> and - <glossterm linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm> servers, and UNIX-style - <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem> and - <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem> files. - POP servers retrieve your mail and store it on your - local system so you can refer to it even when not - connected to a network; <glossterm>IMAP</glossterm> - servers store the mail on the server so you can access - it from multiple locations; - <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename>></systemitem> - files are used by your computer for internal mail, and - may be useful if you want to switch from another email - client such as <application>Spruce</application> or - <application>Netscape Communicator</application>. Ask - your system administrator which you should use, or keep - guessing until one works. You may use multiple sources - if you wish; see <xref - linkend="config-prefs-mail-network"> for more - information. - </para> - <para> - If you decide not to have - <application>Evolution</application> use any servers, - the remaining items are not relevant; you only need to - point to the location of the files you wish to access. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> <guilabel>Server:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This should be the name of the server where you get - incoming mail. It may (or may not) be the same as the - server where you send your outgoing mail. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Username:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Enter the username for your mail server account, if you - have one. In almost all cases, 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> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Authentication:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - 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> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Mail Transport:</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This is the mail sending protocol you will want to use. - <application>Evolution</application> supports both - <glossterm linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm> and - <application>sendmail</application>; SMTP is by far the - more common. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </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> - - - - - - - - - |