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+<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>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mail
+ Settings</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>Accounts</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This allows you to create and alter one or more identities for your
+ email.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Display</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allows you to edit how email is handled and displayed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Composer</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Customizes the composer's behavior.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Other</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Configures miscellanious aspects of <application>Evolution</application>
+ such as character sets.
+ </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="figures/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
+ add, edit, 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. Your POP server 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. You can disable checking mail on accounts in their
+ properties.
+ </para>
+ <tip>
+ <title>Sharing Mailboxes with Other Mail Programs</title>
+ <para>
+ If you want to use <application>Evolution</application>
+ and another email client, such as
+ <application>Mutt</application>, at the same time,
+ here's how:
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Download your mail in the other application as
+ you would normally.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ In <application>Evolution</application>
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Mail
+ Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, and pick the account
+ you'd like to use to share mail. You may want to
+ create a new account just for this source of
+ mail.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Under the <guilabel>Receiving Mail</guilabel>
+ tab, select the type of mail file that your
+ other mail application uses, and then enter the
+ full path to that file.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="config-prefs-mail-network-transports">
+ <title>Mail Transports</title>
+ <para>
+ The <interface>Mail Transports</interface> tab lets you choose
+ how you will send mail. <application>Evolution</application> 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 news 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 Read After</guilabel>
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ When you click on a message,
+ <application>Evolution</application> will wait a
+ moment before marking it as read. 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 three
+ tabs: <guilabel>Calendar</guilabel>, <guilabel>TaskPad</guilabel>, <guilabel>Reminders</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="figures/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 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 colors 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.
+ </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. These beeps
+ are distinct from full-fledged audio alarms. If you leave this box
+ unchecked, <application>Evolution</application> will only
+ alert you to events by opening a dialog box.
+ </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> &mdash; any name you choose for the server.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guilabel>Description</guilabel> &mdash; a longer description of the server.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guilabel>LDAP Server</guilabel> &mdash; the network address of the server.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guilabel>Port Number</guilabel> &mdash; by default, the port number is 389.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <guilabel>Root DN</guilabel> &mdash; 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>
+
+
+
+
+
+