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@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>Whether you want to use a secure (SSL)
- connection. This may allow you to access the
- server from outside a firewall.
+ connection. If your server supports it, it's
+ best to enable this security option.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Exchange Server: If your Echange mailbox name is is
- different from your Windows user name, check this box and
- enter your mailbox name here.
+ <para>Exchange Server: If your active directory user name
+ is different from your Exchange mailbox name, check this
+ box and enter your mailbox name here.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -469,18 +469,18 @@
Authentication Type: Chances are you are using
<guilabel>Password</guilabel>. If you're not sure, ask
your system administrator or ISP, or have
- <application>Ximian Evolution</application> check for
- you by clicking <guibutton>Check for supported
- types</guibutton>. For exchange servers, Password is the
- only type supported.
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application> check for you by
+ clicking <guibutton>Check for supported
+ types</guibutton>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Username: The account name you use when you login to
- check mail. For Exchange servers, enter the user name
- you use to login to a Windows workstation in your
- network.
+ check your email. Normally, this is the part of your
+ email address before the '@' character. For Exchange
+ servers, it is the username you would use to log in to a
+ Windows workstation at your company.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -619,12 +619,12 @@ the workaround described in the note below.
<sect2 id="mutt">
<title>Importing Mail from mutt</title>
<para>
- <application>mutt</application> is a text-based mail client
- shipped with most Linux and Unix distributions.
- <application>mutt</application> can use several different
- formats, including mbox, maildir, and MH file formats, all of
- which import cleanly into
- <application>Evolution</application>. Here's how:
+ <application>mutt</application> is a full-featured mail client
+ which is shipped with most Linux and Unix distributions.
+ <application>mutt</application> uses the standard mbox,
+ maildir, and MH file formats, which makes importing your mail into
+ <application>Evolution</application> easy. By default,
+ <application>mutt</application> uses the mbox file format.
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -678,9 +678,10 @@ the workaround described in the note below.
<sect2 id="kmail">
<title>Importing Mail from KMail</title>
<para>
- KMail is the mail client is shipped with the KDE desktop
- environment. KMail uses the standard UNIX mbox file format to
- store its messages. Here's how to import nessages from KMail:
+ KMail is a full-featured mail client which is shipped with the
+ KDE desktop environment. KMail uses the standard mbox file
+ format, which means that importing your mail into
+ <application>Evolution</application> is easy.
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>