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@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>Whether you want to use a secure (SSL)
- connection. If your server supports it, it's
- best to enable this security option.
+ connection. This may allow you to access the
+ server from outside a firewall.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@
</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>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>
</listitem>
@@ -327,10 +327,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Active Directory Server Name: In most organizations, the
- Active Directory server will be different from the
- Exchange mail server. Enter the Active Directory server
- name here.
+ Active Directory Server Name: Enter the Active Directory
+ server name here.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -471,16 +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>.
+ <application>Ximian Evolution</application> check for
+ you by clicking <guibutton>Check for supported
+ types</guibutton>. For exchange servers, Password is the
+ only type supported.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Username: The account name you use when you login
- to check your email. Normally, this is the part of your
- email address before the '@' character.
+ 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.
</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 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.
+ <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:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -678,10 +678,9 @@ the workaround described in the note below.
<sect2 id="kmail">
<title>Importing Mail from KMail</title>
<para>
- 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.
+ 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:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>