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diff --git a/help/C/usage-exchange.sgml b/help/C/usage-exchange.sgml index 34f99ef182..c478d5afd1 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-exchange.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-exchange.sgml @@ -11,63 +11,98 @@ Microsoft Exchange is proprietary software and source code is not available. </para> + + <warning id="licensing"> + <title>Requirements</title> <para> - The Ximian Connector offers a significant price advantage over - other Exchange access methods for Linux and UNIX systems: - <variablelist> + Ximian Connector works only with Exchange 2000, and requires + that Outlook Web Access must be enabled. Each user will need a + valid Microsoft Exchange 2000 server account, including license. + </para> + </warning> - <varlistentry> - <term>Dual Computer Installation:</term> - <listitem> - <para> - The purchase of a second computer for each client imposes - a very heavy expense burden and is exceptionally - inconvenient. +<sect1 id="new-in-connector-one-two"> +<title>What's New in Connector 1.2</title> + <para> + Ximian Connector 1.2 has added some of the most frequently + requested features of Microsoft Exchange clients, including Public + Folder access and calendar delegation. + </para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>Preferences Dialogs</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The preferences dialogs have been completely overhauled for + Evolution and Connector 1.2. Select + <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> + from the main Evolution window to change your settings. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term>Dual Boot or Virtual Machine:</term> + <term>Public Folders, Posting, and Delegation</term> <listitem> <para> - Installation of multiple operating systems in a dual boot - or virtual machine configuration (such as VMWare) also - increases licensing and administration costs. Users - often complain that such a system is inconvenient, slow, - and not integrated with the rest of their operating - system. + Public folders, posting to folders, and delegation + functions have been added. You may now set permissions on + folders to which you have appropriate access, and view the + folders of other users who have granted you permission to + view them. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term>Outlook Web Access:</term> + <term>Flag for Followup</term> <listitem> <para> - Outlook Web Access is a web interface for Exchange - servers, but works best in Microsoft Internet Explorer. - Outlook Web Access also is - not integrated with the rest of the host operating system - and offers only limited groupware functionality. + Flag for Followup now works properly in both Outlook and + Evolution, even when set in one and read in the other. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>Improved vFolder Support</term> + <listitem> + <para> + vFolders now function better with Exchange accounts. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>Notes</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The Notes component now works. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>Direct Booking</term> + <listitem> + <para> + When creating a meeting request, resources such as rooms + and equipment can be checked and reserved without waiting + for a reply. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + + + + + </variablelist> - </para> - <para> - The Ximian Connector offers a low cost, fully integrated, option - for Exchange 2000 server access in heterogeneous client - networks. This chapter will explain how to install, configure, and - use it. - </para> - <warning id="licensing"> - <title>Exchange Client Licenses</title> - <para> - Each user will need a valid Microsoft <application>Exchange</application>2000 server - account and license. - </para> - </warning> +</sect1> <sect1 id="features"> <title>Connector Features</title> |