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--- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml
+++ b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml
@@ -40,11 +40,21 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set your mail-checking protocols and servers here.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Transports</guilabel></term>
+ <term><guilabel>News Servers</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Here, you can specify how you will send mail.
+ Specify your News Server preferences here.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -94,7 +104,8 @@
<para>
<guilabel>Full Name:</guilabel> by default, this is the
same name as the full name described in your user
- account on your computer.
+ account on your computer. You can select another if you
+ wish.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -127,7 +138,7 @@
<sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-network">
<title>Network Settings</title>
<para>
- In order to do much of anything with
+ 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
@@ -231,16 +242,64 @@
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-other">
+ <sect2 id="config-prefs-network-news">
+
+ <!-- WHY is this in the MAIL config section? WHY is this UI SOOOO bad?-->
+
+ <title>News Servers</title>
+ <para>
+ When you first select the <guilabel>News
+ Servers</guilabel> tab, you will see a blank box with
+ 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>
+
+
+ <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-other">
<title>Other Mail Preferences</title>
<para>
- 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.
+ 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>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>
@@ -287,8 +346,8 @@
<sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-time">
<title>Time Display Settings</title>
<para>
- The first tab, <interface>Time display tab</interface>, lets
- you set the following:
+ The <guilabel>Time display</guilabel> tab lets you set the
+ following:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Time format</term>
@@ -313,9 +372,10 @@
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, if you
- set your days to end before they begin, you may be in
- for a little confusion.
+ 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>
@@ -461,7 +521,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-alarms">
- <title>Alarms settings</title>
+ <title>Alarms Settings</title>
<para>
The <interface>alarms tab</interface> enables you to select from three boxes:
<itemizedlist>