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diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index e9f9ff4c4f..0000000000 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,946 +0,0 @@ -<!-- -<!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> ---> -<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 appears. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Composer</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Customizes the behavior of the email message composer. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Other</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Configures miscellanious aspects of - <application>Evolution</application> such as character - set and encryption tools. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - </para> - - <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> - <figure id="config-prefs-mail-fig"> - <title>Account Editor Window</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Account Editor Window</screeninfo> - <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-mail" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> - </imageobject></mediaobject> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> - - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-identity"> - <title>Working with the Accounts Tab</title> - <para> - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> 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 - 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 <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> will refresh any - IMAP, <filename>mh</filename>, or - <filename>mbox</filename> 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. If - you don't want to check mail for a given account, select it - in the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab and click the - <guibutton>Disable</guibutton> button. - </para> - - <para> - To add a new account, simply click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> - to open the mail configuration assistant. To alter an - existing identity, select it in the - <interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click - <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> to open the account editor - dialog. - </para> - <para> - The account editor dialog has six sections: - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Identity:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, enter the name, - email address, and other identifying information for the - account. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Receiving Mail</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, select the way you will be getting mail: you may - download mail from a server (<glossterm - linkend="pop">POP</glossterm>), read and keep it on the - server (Microsoft Exchange or <glossterm - linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>), 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 <guibutton>Use Secure Connection - (SSL)</guibutton> 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>Receiving Options</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail - automatically and how often. - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>If you chose POP:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Checking for new mail: If you would - like <application>Evolution</application> - to check for new mail automatically, - check the box and select a frequency in - minutes. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Message Storage: If you'd like to store - copies of your mail on the server, check - this option. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>If you chose Microsoft Exchange:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - - <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Checking for new mail: If you would like - <application>Evolution</application> to check for new mail - automatically, check the box and select a frequency in - minutes. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Exchange Server: If your active directory user name - is different from your Exchange mail user name, check this - box and enter your mail username here. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Create a Global Address List folder: If you would - like to have a seperate folder for the Active Directory's - Global Address List, leave this box checked. </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Active Directory Server Name: In most organizations, - the Active Directory server will be different from - the Exchange mail server. If so, check the box and - enter the Active Directory server name here. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Limit number of Responses: Select a maximum number - of results for an address search. A maximum number of - results limits the load on your system and on your network. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>If you chose IMAP:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Checking for new mail: If you would like - <application>Evolution</application> to check for new mail - automatically, check the box and select a frequency in - minutes. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>If you want <application>Evolution</application> - to check for new messages in <emphasis>all</emphasis> your - IMAP folders, make sure the <guilabel>Check for new - messages in all folders</guilabel> box is selected.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Show only subscribed folders: Check this box if you - have more folders in your IMAP view than you want to - read.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Override server-supplied namespace: If you like, enter a - specific directory where your server stores mail for - you. Typical values are "mail" and "Mail." For more - information about how to use IMAP mail, see <xref - linkend="usage-mail-subscriptions">.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this - server: If you'd like your filters to work on this account - as well as on locally downloaded mail, check this box.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Sending Mail</term> - <listitem> - <para> - In this section, you will choose and configure a method - for sending mail. You may choose <glossterm - linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm>, Microsoft Exchange (if - you have purchased the Ximian Connector for Microsoft - Exchange) or <glossterm - linkend="sendmail">sendmail</glossterm>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Special Folders</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, you can decide where this account will store the - messages that it has sent, and the messages that you - save as drafts. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Security</term> - <listitem> - <para> - In this section, you will set the security options for - this account. Enter your PGP Key ID and decide how - frequently to encrypt and sign your messages. You can - learn more about PGP and encryption in <xref - linkend="encryption">. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-display"> - <title>Mail Display Options</title> - <para> - In this tab you can decide how you would like - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> to display your - mail: how to display citations, how long to wait before - marking a message as read, and so forth. - </para> - <para> - This is also where you can decide how you would like - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> to handle inline - images in HTML mail that you get. There is a detailed - discussion of the issues surrounding these options in <xref - linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-get-attach-html">. - </para> - <para> - To hange the font which <application>Ximian - Evolution</application> uses to display mail, do the - following: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Open the Control Center by selecting <menuchoice> - <guimenu>System</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> from - the menu panel. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Select the HTML Viewer settings tool. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Choose the font and font size you would like to use. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - Alternately, open a terminal and run the - <command>gtkhtml-properties-capplet</command> command. This - will open the GNOME HTML Display Properties tool, and you can - select a font and other attributes of your HTML display, - including that in <application>Ximian Evolution</application>. - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-composer"> - <title>Message Composer Preferences</title> - - <para> - Mercifully, there are only four preferences you can prefer in - the message composer preferences dialog: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Send mail in HTML format by default </term> - <listitem> - <para> - If you would like all email messages that you compose - to begin in HTML format, leave this box checked. You - can convert messages between HTML and plain text by - selecting the <menuchoice> <guimenu>Format</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>HTML</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> toggle - in the message composer. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Default Forward style</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Select from: - <simplelist> - <member><guilabel>Attachment:</guilabel> the - message you forward appended to the message you send - as a seperate file.</member> - - <member> <guilabel>Inline:</guilabel> The message - you forward is included at the end of the message - you send.</member> - - <member> - <guilabel>Quoted:</guilabel> The message - you forward is included at the end of the message - you send, and a greater-than symbol (>) is - inserted at the beginning of each line to - indicate that it is quoted. - </member> - </simplelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Prompt when sending messages with an empty subject</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The composer will warn you if you try to send a - message without a subject. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Prompt when sending messages with only Bcc recipients defined</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The composer will warn you if you try to send a - message that has only <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> - recipients. This is important because some mail - servers will fail to honor blind carbon copy if you - do not have at least one recipient that is visible to - all readers. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </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 configuration options that - didn't fit anywhere else. - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - <guilabel>PGP binary path</guilabel> - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - The complete path to your external encryption tool On - most Linux systems, this will be - <filename>/usr/bin/gpg</filename>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - <guilabel>Remember PGP Passphrase until Exit</guilabel> - </term> - <listitem> - <para> Check this box if you want <application>Ximian - Evolution</application> to remember your PGP - passphrase for as long as it is running. You will - still have to enter your passphrase again each time - you start <application>Ximian Evolution</application>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - <guilabel>Default Character Encoding</guilabel> - </term> - <listitem> <para> Choose a default character encoding for - your messages. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - <guilabel>Empty Trash Folders on Exit</guilabel> - </term> - <listitem> <para> If you would like to expunge all deleted - mail when you quit <application>Ximian - Evolution</application>, check this box. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term> - <guilabel>Log filter actions to:</guilabel> - </term> - <listitem> <para> If you like, you can have - <application>Ximian Evolution</application> write all - its message filter actions to a log file. Select a log - file here. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - </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: <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> ---> - - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-cal"> - <title>Configuring the Calendar</title> - <para> - To set your calendar preferences, select - <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Calendar - Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the Calendar - view. This will open up the - <interface>Preferences</interface> window. It contains four - tabs: <guilabel>General</guilabel>, <guilabel>Display</guilabel>, <guilabel>Task List</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Other</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> - <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-cal" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> - </imageobject></mediaobject> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> - </para> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-general"> - <title>Calendar's General Settings</title> - <para> - The <guilabel>Time display</guilabel> tab lets you set the - following: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Time zone</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The city you're located in, to judge your time zone. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <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>Work Week</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> - <varlistentry> - <term>First day of the week</term> - <listitem> - <para>You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Start of day</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Says what time of the day your weekday starts. This will show all times till the end of the day, regardless of there is an appointment during the time period. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>End of day</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Sets the time the day ends at. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-display"> - <title>Display</title> - <para> - The <interface>Display</interface> section lets you configure some visual properties of the calendar. - </para> - <para>The display properties you can set are: - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Time divisions</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Sets the increments shown on the daily view in the calendar. You can set this to be: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - 5 minutes - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - 10 minutes - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - 15 minutes - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - 30 minutes - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - 60 minutes - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Show appointment end times in week and month views</term> - <listitem> - <para> - If there is space, <application>Evolution</application> will show the end times in the week and month views for each appointment. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Compress weekends in month view</term> - <listitem> - <para> - If checked, your weekends will be shown in one box, instead of one for each day in the month view. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Show week numbers in date navigator</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This will show the week numbers next to the respective weeks in the calendar. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-tasklist"> - <title>Task List Settings</title> - <para> - You can choose what information the To Do list displays and the - way it is displayed. - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Tasks due today</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Configures what color to set your tasks that are due today to. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Overdue tasks</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Configures what color to set your overdue items to. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-other"> - <title>Other Calendar Settings</title> - <para> - This configures miscellaneous items for the calendar and todo - list's functionality. - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Ask for confirmation when deleting items</term> - <listitem> - <para> - When you delete an item in either the Task List or the - Calendar, you will be prompted to confirm that you - want to delete the item. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Create new appointments with a default reminder</term> - <listitem> - <para> - All your appointments will be created using a default - reminder enabled. You can still change what way you - are reminded though. If enabled, you can then set the - time before your appointment to be reminded. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-contact"> - <title>Managing the Addressbook</title> - <para> - The addressbook does not have a large list of configuration - settings, but those that are there can be found in the - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. - </para> - - <sect2 id="config-prefs-contact-ldap-add"> - <title>Adding Directory Servers</title> - <para> - To add a new <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> server - to your available contact folders: - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Select - <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Addressbook Sources</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice> - from the menu. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button on the right - side. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Enter the server information: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Account name</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The name that you see on the screen. This could - be anything you wish. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Server name</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Address of the server where the addressbook is located. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>My server requires authentication</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Select this if the server requires - <application>Evolution</application> to provide - a server in order to access the LDAP contacts. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Port</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The internet port - <application>Evolution</application> connects to - in order to access the LDAP database. This is - normally 389. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><glossterm linkend="search-base">Search base</glossterm></term> - <listitem> - <para> - The base entry to use for all your searches. - Contact your administrator for information about - the correct settings. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><glossterm linkend="search-scope">Search - scope</glossterm></term> - <listitem> - <para> - How broad the search is in the directory. The - following options are available: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Base</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Searches just the Search Base. Most of the time, - not very useful. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>One</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Searches the Search Base and one entry - below it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Sub</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Searches the Search Base and all entries - below it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to permanenty make - changes or <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to temporarily - set the changes. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - <example id="ldap-config-example"> - <title>LDAP Configuration</title> - <para> - Rich works at a large chip manufacturer. He needs to - access the company's LDAP server. Their LDAP address is - wemakechips.com. - </para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - His Account Name would be: We Make Chips Employees - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - His Server Name would be: ldap.wemakechips.com - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - He will need to talk to the adminstrator's at the - company to learn about the search scope or the search base. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </example> - </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> - - - - - - - - |