From 3328dab5cb971ebd87792b085d3d4fa36275ab18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 05:05:08 +0000 Subject: linked to a now-obsolete section. changed link. 2001-09-15 Aaron Weber * C/usage-mail.sgml: linked to a now-obsolete section. changed link. * C/config-prefs.sgml: Man, this needed so much more than style revision-- the whole mail section had to be redone. Yech. * C/usage-mail.sgml: moved "sharing mail" tip from config-prefs. * C/config-prefs.sgml: style. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12850 --- help/C/config-prefs.sgml | 526 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- help/C/usage-mail.sgml | 54 ++++- help/ChangeLog | 19 ++ 3 files changed, 338 insertions(+), 261 deletions(-) diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml index 3e51c921ed..48da53b775 100644 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml +++ b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Display - Allows you to edit how email is handled and displayed. + Allows you to edit how email appears. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Composer - Customizes the composer's behavior. + Customizes the behavior of the email message composer. @@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ Other - Configures miscellanious aspects of Evolution - such as character sets. + Configures miscellanious aspects of + Evolution such as character + set and encryption tools. @@ -72,319 +73,332 @@ - - Identity Settings + + Working with the Accounts Tab - If you have only one email account, or send email from only - one address, you will only need to configure one identity. If - you want, however, you can have multiple identities. This - can be useful if you want to keep personal and professional - email separate, or if you wear several hats at work. - + Ximian Evolution 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 From entry in + the message composer. + - To add a new identity, simply click - Add. To alter an existing identity, - click on it in the Identity tab of the + Clicking Get Mail will refresh any + IMAP, mh, or + mbox listings + and check and download mail from all POP servers. In other + words, Get Mail 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 Accounts tab and click the + Disable button. + + + + To add a new account, simply click Add + to open the mail configuration assistant. To alter an + existing identity, select it in the Preferences window, and then click - Edit. + Edit to open the account editor + dialog. + + The account editor dialog has six sections: + - - Evolution will then present you - with a dialog box containing four fields: - + + Identity: - Full Name: by default, this is the - same name as the full name described in your user - account on your computer. You can select another if you - wish. + Here, enter the name, + email address, and other identifying information for the + account. + + + Receiving Mail + + + Here, select the way you will be getting mail: you may + download mail from a server (POP or IMAP) or access it from files + on your local system. 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 + Use Secure Connection (SSL) + button. + + + + + Receiving Options - Email address: Enter your email - address in this space. + Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail + automatically, and set other options related to the + behavior of your server. If you use POP mail, you can + decide whether to leave mail on the server, and if you + use IMAP, you can set folder subscription options here. + + + Sending Mail - Organization: If you send email as - a representative of a company or other organization, - enter its name here. + In this section, you will choose and configure a method + for sending mail. You may choose SMTP or sendmail. + + + + + Special Folders + + + Here, you can decide where this account will store the + messages that it has sent, and the messages that you + save as drafts. + + + Security - Signature file: You may choose a - small text file to be appended to every message that you - send. Typically, signature files include address or - other contact information, or a favorite quotation. - It's good form to keep it to four lines at the maximum. + 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. - + + - - Network Settings + + Mail Display Options - In order to send mail with - Evolution, you need to connect to - your network. To do that, you'll need to know your user name - and password, what sort of mail sending and receiving - protocols your network uses, and the names of the servers - you'll be using. If you're switching from another groupware - or email program, you can almost certainly use the same - settings as you did with that program. Network-related - settings are in the Mail Sources and - Mail Transport tabs. + In this tab you can decide how you would like + Ximian Evolution to display your + mail: how to display citations, how long to wait before + marking a message as read, and so forth. - - - Mail Sources - - The Mail Sources tab allows you to - add, edit, or delete methods of retrieving mail from - servers. Clicking on Add or - Edit will bring up a dialog box to - offer you the following options: - - - Mail source type: - - - Select from IMAP or POP servers, or Unix-style - mbox - or mh - files. - - - - - Server: - - - Enter the name of the mail source server in this - field. Your POP server may or may not be the same as your - SMTP server. - - - - - Username: - - - Enter the user name for the account you have on the - server - this should the part of your email address - before the @. If you use - mbox - or mh - files as your mail source, you do not need to enter - a username. - - - - - Authentication: - - - Tell Evolution how to - verify your identity with the server. Your options - vary depending upon the type of server you are - using, and the ways it is configured. Given the - name of a server, - Evolution can detect what - sorts of authentication it offers. - - - - - Test Settings - - - Click this button to have - Evolution check to see if - mail sources are configured correctly. - - - - - - - Encrypting Your Transmission - - Some servers require that the connection used to download email is encrypted. Evolution supports encrypting the connection to servers. To enable this, just click Use Secure Connection(SSL) in the Recieving Mail tab of the Account Editor. - - - - If you have several mail sources, clicking Get - Mail will refresh any IMAP, - mh, or - mbox - listings and check and download mail from all POP servers. - In other words, Get Mail gets your - mail, no matter how many sources you have, or what types - they are. You can disable checking mail on accounts in their - properties. - - - Sharing Mailboxes with Other Mail Programs + + This is also where you can decide how you would like + Ximian Evolution to handle inline + images in HTML mail that you get. There is a detailed + discussion of the issues surrounding these options in . + + + To hange the font which Ximian + Evolution uses to display mail, do the + following: + + - If you want to use Evolution - and another email client, such as - Mutt, at the same time, - here's how: - - - - Download your mail in the other application as - you would normally. - - - - - In Evolution - ToolsMail - Settings, and pick the account - you'd like to use to share mail. You may want to - create a new account just for this source of - mail. - - - - - Under the Receiving Mail - tab, select the type of mail file that your - other mail application uses, and then enter the - full path to that file. - - - - - Click the OK button. - - - + Open the Control Center by selecting + System + Settings from + the menu panel. + + + + + Select the HTML Viewer settings tool. + + + + Choose the font and font size you would like to use. + + + + + Alternately, open a terminal and run the + gtkhtml-properties-capplet 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 Ximian Evolution. + + + + + Message Composer Preferences + + + Mercifully, there are only four preferences you can prefer in + the message composer preferences dialog: + + + Send mail in HTML format by default + + + 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 Format + HTML toggle + in the message composer. - - + + - - Mail Transports - - The Mail Transports tab lets you choose - how you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two - mail transport options: SMTP, which - uses a remote mail server, and - sendmail, which uses the - sendmail program on your local - system. Sendmail is more - difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility than - SMTP. - - - To use SMTP, you'll need to enter the - name of your SMTP server. It may have the same name as - your mail source server. - - - Evolution can attempt to - determine if you have entered a valid server name. To - have it do so, click the Test - Settings button. - - - + + Default Forward style + + + Select from: + + Attachment: the + message you forward appended to the message you send + as a seperate file. + + Inline: The message + you forward is included at the end of the message + you send. + + + Quoted: 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. + + + + + - + + Prompt when sending messages with an empty subject + + + The composer will warn you if you try to send a + message without a subject. + + + + + + Prompt when sending messages with only Bcc recipients defined + + + The composer will warn you if you try to send a + message that has only Bcc + 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. + + + + + + Other Mail Preferences Not everything fits neatly into categories. This tab - contains some miscellaneous configurations that don't have - too much to do with each other. + contains some miscellaneous configuration options that + didn't fit anywhere else. - Send messages in HTML format + PGP binary path - If you check this box, you will send - messages as HTML by default. If you leave it unchecked, your - messages will be sent without HTML formatting unless you select - Format HTML - in the message composer. - See - for more information about HTML mail. + The complete path to your external encryption tool On + most Linux systems, this will be + /usr/bin/gpg. + - Mark Messages as Read After + Remember PGP Passphrase until Exit - - When you click on a message, - Evolution will wait a - moment before marking it as read. You can set the - delay, in milliseconds, here. + Check this box if you want Ximian + Evolution 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 Ximian Evolution. + + + + Default Character Encoding + + Choose a default character encoding for + your messages. + + + + + + + Empty Trash Folders on Exit + + If you would like to expunge all deleted + mail when you quit Ximian + Evolution, check this box. + + + + - Folder Format + Log filter actions to: - - - By default, - Evolution saves its mail - in the - mbox - format. You can switch to the - mh - format if you like. Note that this is an advanced - feature and may cause you to lose some messages, so - you should probably make a backup of your - evolution - directory first. In addition, it will take quite - some time if you have a large mailbox. - + If you like, you can have + Ximian Evolution write all + its message filter actions to a log file. Select a log + file here. + + + + + + Configuring the Calendar diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml index 36fe9b39ad..6c2fe30cfd 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -233,13 +233,57 @@ Can't Check Mail? - If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need to check - your network settings. To learn how to do that, - have a look at , or - ask your system administrator. + If you get an error message instead of mail, you probably need + to check your network settings. To learn how to do that, have + a look at , or ask your + system administrator. + + + + Sharing Mailboxes with Other Mail Programs + + If you want to use Evolution + and another email client, such as + Mutt, at the same time, + here's how: + + + + Download your mail in the other application as + you would normally. + + + + + In Evolution + ToolsMail + Settings, and pick the account + you'd like to use to share mail. You may want to + create a new account just for this source of + mail. + + + + + Under the Receiving Mail + tab, select the type of mail file that your + other mail application uses, and then enter the + full path to that file. + + + + + Click the OK button. + + + + + + +