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diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.xml b/help/C/config-prefs.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 582cfbab57..0000000000 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1096 +0,0 @@ -<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> - <para> - You can reach the Evolution settings window - by choosing <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, no matter - where you are in Evolution. On the left half of the settings - window is a column, similar to the Evolution shortcut bar, - which lets you choose which portion of Evolution to - customize. The right half of the window is where you'll make - your actual changes. - </para> - - - <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> - <figure id="config-prefs-mail-fig"> - <title>Changing Mail Settings</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Changing Mail Settings</screeninfo> - <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-mail" format="PNG" srccredit="Aaron Weber"/> - </imageobject></mediaobject> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> - - <para> - There are eight items you can customize. From top to bottom, they - are: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Mail Accounts</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, add or change information about your email - accounts: the servers to which you connect, the way you - download mail, your password authentication mode, and so - forth. This is the most complex item in the list, and is - covered in <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-identity"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Folder Settings</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, you can choose the default folders for various - components of Evolution, the folders that will be cached - locally when you go to offline mode, and the folders that - Evolution will use when it is searching for - autocompletion information as you address a mail. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Mail Preferences</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - These are overall mail reading preferences: display - settings, notification options, security, and so - forth. Settings that vary per-account are in the Mail - Accounts tool, described in <xref - linkend="config-prefs-mail-identity"/>, but most of the - mail settings are here. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Composer Preferences</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Settings for the way that you use the mail composer: - shortcuts, signatures, spelling, and so forth. One fun - feature here is the ability to substitute graphical - smiley-faces for "emoticons" such as :) that many people - use in email. This tool is covered in <xref - linkend="config-prefs-mail-composer"/>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Calendar and Tasks</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, you can set the way the calendar behaves, including - your time zone and the length of your work-week. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Exchange Delegation</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This item will only appear if you have Ximian Connector - for Microsoft Exchange installed. It will allow you to - choose who has access to your Exchange account. This - feature is covered in <xref linkend="exchange-delegate" />. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Directory Servers</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This item allows you to enter account information for - connecting to remote directory (LDAP) servers. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Summary Preferences</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Set the mail folders, news feeds, schedule summary - length, and weather locations to be displayed here. For - news feeds, enter the web address of any RDF - file. Summary customization is covered in <xref - linkend="customizing-summary" /> rather than in this - chapter. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guiicon>Out of Office</guiicon></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This item will only appear if you have Ximian Connector - for Microsoft Exchange installed. It allows you to create - and remove automatic "vacation" messages. For - information about how to use this feature, read <xref - linkend="exchange-out-of-office" />. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-mail-identity"> - <title>Working with Mail Accounts</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>Send/Receive</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>Send/Receive</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>Mail 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><guilabel>Identity</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, enter the name, - email address, and other identifying information for the - account. You may also choose a default signature to - insert into messages sent from this account. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Receiving Mail</guilabel></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><guilabel>Receiving Options</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail - automatically and how often, as well as other message - retrieval options. - - <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> - - - <listitem> - <para>Store Store status headers in - Elm/Pine/Mutt format: If you would like to - use the X-Status header format used by the - mail clients Elm, Pine, and Mutt, select - this option. This option is useful if you - plan to check your mail with those clients - from time to time. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>If you chose Microsoft Exchange:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - - <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Checking for new mail</guilabel>: If you would like - Evolution to check for new mail automatically, check - the box and select a frequency in minutes. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Global Catalog server name</guilabel>: enter the name of your - Global Catalog server to create a folder for your - organization's Global Address List. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Limit number of Responses</guilabel>: Select a maximum number - of results for an address search. Lowering the maximum - number the load on your system and on your - network. Most servers will not send more than 1000 - results, regardless of the value you select here. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Mailbox Name</guilabel>: Enter your mailbox name. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>OWA Path</guilabel>: Enter the path used with Outlook Web Access on your server. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Public Folder Server</guilabel>: Enter the name of your public - folder server, if it differs from your Exchange server. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Apply Filters to new messages in Inbox on this - server</guilabel>: check this box if you wish to apply filters - to this account. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>If you chose IMAP:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Checking for new mail</guilabel>: 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><guilabel>Show only subscribed folders</guilabel>: Check this box if you - have more folders in your IMAP view than you want to - read.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <guilabel>Override server-supplied namespace</guilabel>: 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><guilabel>Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this - server</guilabel>: If you'd like your filters to work on this - account, check this box. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><guilabel>Store status headers in Elm/Pine/Mutt format</guilabel>: - If you would like to use the X-Status header format used - by the mail clients Elm, Pine, and Mutt, select this - option. This option is useful if you plan to check your - mail with those clients from time to time. - </para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Sending Mail</guilabel></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> - <para> - If you choose Exchange or Sendmail, you're done with - this tab. SMTP offers you a choice of hostname, - connection security level, and authentication type, - which you will recognize as similar to those for - IMAP and POP servers in the <guilabel>Receiving - Mail</guilabel> tab. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Defaults</guilabel></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. If you wish to revert to the "factory" - settings, click the <guibutton>Restore - Defaults</guibutton> button. - </para> - <para> - If you wish to send someone a copy of every message from - this account, check the box labeled <guilabel>Always - carbon-copy (Cc) to:</guilabel> or <guilabel>Always - blind carbon-copy (Bcc) to:</guilabel>, and enter one or - more addresses. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Security</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - In this section, you will set the security options for - this account. If you use encryption, enter your PGP - key id (see <xref linkend="encryption"/> for more - information) and select among the four options below to - determine key and signature handling. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-folders"> - <title>Folder Settings</title> - <para> - There are three sets of folder options. In the first, - <guilabel>Defaults</guilabel>, select which folders will be - your usual mail, contact, calendar, and task folders. These - are the folders opened when you click items in the shortcut - bar, and when you want to save a calendar attachment or - address card. - </para> - <para> - The <guilabel>Offline Folders</guilabel> are the ones which - will be cached when you activate the <guibutton>Go - Offline</guibutton> feature. - </para> - <para> - Select one or more folders of contacts for your - <guilabel>Autocompletion Folders</guilabel>. When you type a - few letters into the message composer address fields, - Evolution will look for matches in the folders you choose here. - </para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-mail"> - <title>Mail Options</title> - <para> - The <guilabel>Mail Options</guilabel> tool lets you choose how - to display citations, how long to wait before marking a - message as read, and other mail display settings. There are - three categories of settings: General, HTML Mail, and - Colors. - </para> - <para> - For information on individual email account settings, see <xref - linkend="config-prefs-mail-identity" />. - </para> - - <para> - In the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab, your options are: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Message Fonts</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Normally, Evolution will use the same fonts as other - GNOME applications. To choose different fonts, uncheck - the box <guilabel>Use the same fonts as other - applications</guilabel> and select one font for standard typefaces and - a second for monospace, or terminal, display. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Message Display</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - These three settings handle the way messages appear to - you. - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Mark Messages as Read</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Normally, Evolution will mark a message as read as soon - as it is displayed. If you prefer, you may set this to - happen only after a delay, or disable it entirely and - mark messages as read only when you choose to do so. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Default Character Encoding</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This setting allows you to select character - interpretation sets so that Evolution can display - different alphabets. If you are not sure, pick - Unicode (UTF-8), which will work for a large - number of languages and character sets. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Quotation Highlight Color</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Choose a color to highlight quotations from other - messages. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Deleting Mail</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Here, choose whether to delete messages automatically - when quitting Evolution, and whether you wish to - explicitly confirm the final deletion of messages. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>New Mail Notification</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Evolution can alert you to the arrival of new mail with - a beep or by playing a sound file. Choose your alert - noise, or select none, as you wish. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - <para> - The options in the <guilabel>HTML Mail</guilabel> section are: - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Loading Images</term> - <listitem> - <para> - You can embed a image in an email and have it load only - when the message arrives. However, spammers can use image loading - patterns to confirm "live" addresses and invade your - privacy. You may elect never to load images - automatically, to load images only if the sender is in - your addressbook, or always load images. - </para> - <para> - If you have chosen not to load images automatically, you - can choose to see the images in one message at a time by selecting <menuchoice> - <guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message Display</guisubmenu> - <guimenuitem>Load Images</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Show animated images</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Turn animation on or off here. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Prompt when sending HTML messages to contacts that don't want them</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Some people do not like HTML mail, and you can set - Evolution to warn you. This warning will appear only - when you send HTML mail to people in your address book - who are listed as disliking HTML. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - <para> - The <guilabel>Colors</guilabel> tab lets you select different - color labels for individual messages. You can return to the default - settings by clicking the <guibutton>Restore Defaults</guibutton> - button. - </para> -</sect1> - - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-mail-composer"> - <title>Message Composer Preferences</title> - <para> - There are three tabs of settings you can change for the - message composer. The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab covers shortcuts and - assorted behavior, and the other two control signatures and - spell checking. In the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab, you can set: - - <variablelist> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Default Behavior</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Choose how you will normally forward and reply - messages, what character set they will use, whether - they will be in HTML, and whether that HTML can - contain smiley face images. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Alerts</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - There are two optional alerts here: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Prompt when sending messages with an empty subject</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - The composer will warn you if you try to send a - message without a subject. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Prompt when sending messages with only Bcc recipients defined</guilabel></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> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - - <para> - The signature editor allows you to create several different - signatures in plain text or in HTML, and to specify which of - them will be added to emails you create in the message - composer. If you prefer to use an alternate signature or - none at all, you can select it from the mail composer itself. - </para> - <para> - In the spell-checking tool, you can set spelling options, - including the language or languages you will use. Note that you - must install the gnome-spell package, available through Red - Carpet, for spell-checking to be available in - Evolution. Alternate dictionaries are also available through - Red Carpet and are detected automatically if you have installed - them. - </para> - <para> - You can check the spelling of messages by selecting - <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Spell Check - Document</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternately, in the - Evolution main window select - <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu></menuchoice>, - click on the <guiicon>Composer preferences</guiicon> icon, then - select the <guilabel>Spell Checking</guilabel> tab and check the - <guibutton>Check spelling while i type</guibutton> box, and - choose a color for your misspelled words. - </para> -</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> ---> - - - <sect1 id="config-prefs-cal"> - <title>Calendar and Task List Settings</title> - <para> - The calendar configuration tool has two tabs - <guilabel>General</guilabel> and - <guilabel>Display</guilabel>, and is illustrated in <xref - linkend="config-prefs-cal-fig"/>. - - <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> - <figure id="config-prefs-cal-fig"> - <title>Calendar Preferences Dialog</title> - <screenshot> - <screeninfo>Calendar Configuration</screeninfo> - <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-cal" format="PNG" srccredit="Aaron Weber"/> - </imageobject></mediaobject> - </screenshot> - </figure> - <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> - </para> - - <para> - The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab lets you set the - following: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Time zone</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - The city you're located in, to judge your time zone. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Time format</guilabel></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><guilabel>Work Week</guilabel></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><guilabel>Week Starts</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para>You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Day Begins</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Set the beginning of a normal workday. If you work odd - hours, or want to make sure that your early-morning - appointments are displayed, you may find this option useful. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Day Ends</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Set the end of a normal workday. If you work odd - hours, or want to make sure that your evening - appointments are displayed, you may find this option - useful. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Alerts</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - If you'd like to be warned before you delete any - appointment, or to have a reminder automatically - appear for each event, select the check boxes here. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - - <para> - The <interface>Display</interface> section lets you choose how - your appointments and tasks will appear in your calendar. - </para> - <para>The display properties you can set are: - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Time divisions</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Sets the increments shown on the daily view in the - calendar. You can set this to be anywhere from five - minutes to an hour, in five minute increments.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Show appointment end times in week and month views</guilabel></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><guilabel>Compress weekends in month view</guilabel></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><guilabel>Show week numbers in date navigator</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - This will show the week numbers next to the respective - weeks in the calendar. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Tasks due today</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Configures what color to set your tasks that are due - today to. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Overdue tasks</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Choose the color for overdue tasks. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </sect1> - <sect1 id="config-prefs-contact"> - <title>Directory Server Settings</title> - <para> - Addressbook settings are limited to the usage and - configuration of directory servers (LDAP and - Exchange). To learn how to set autocompletion options, see <xref - linkend="config-prefs-folders" />. - Other addressbook controls are available in the addressbook - window itself. - </para> - - <para> - To add a new <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> server - to your available contact folders: - </para> - <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> - <listitem> - <para> - Select - <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> - <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice> - and click the <guibutton>Directory Servers</guibutton> - shortcut button. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button on the right - side to open a Directory Server addition assistant. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Enter the server information as requested by the assistant: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term>Server name</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Address of the server where the addressbook is located. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Login Method</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Specify whether your login is anonymous, using - an email address, or a "distinguished name." If - the login is not anonymous, enter the login name - required by the server. - </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>Use SSL/TLS</term> - <listitem> - <para> - SSL and TLS are security mechanisms. If you - select <guilabel>Always</guilabel>, Evolution - will not connect unless - secure connections are available. The default value is - <guilabel>Whenever Possible</guilabel>, which uses - secure connections if they are available, - but does not cause failure if they are not. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term>Search base</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The <glossterm linkend="search-base">search - base</glossterm> is the starting point for a directory search. - Contact your network administrator for information about - the correct settings. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Search scope</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The <glossterm linkend="search-scope">search - scope</glossterm> is the breadth of a given search. - The following options are available: - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>One</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Searches the Search Base and one entry - below it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term><guilabel>Sub</guilabel></term> - <listitem> - <para> - Searches the Search Base and all entries - below it. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term>Timeout Limit</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This is the maximum time Evolution will attempt to - download data from the server before giving up. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term>Download Limit</term> - <listitem> - <para> - Set the maximum number of results for a given - search. Most servers refuse to send more than - 500, but you can set the number lower if you - want to shorten downloads for very broad - searches. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - - <varlistentry> - <term>Display name</term> - <listitem> - <para> - This is the name you will use to label this - folder, and may be any name you choose. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to permanently make - changes or <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to temporarily - set the changes. - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - <para> - Editing a directory server account means changing that same - information, although it is displayed in a slightly different order. - </para> - </sect1> - - -</chapter>
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