From 079f1f45e7c421ed7f19840f70034df4c7dace74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:19:51 +0000 Subject: Accidentally copied over the Makefile.am and added all these files to the wrong directory. Cleaning up after my foolish mistake. svn path=/trunk/; revision=15738 --- help/C/config-prefs.sgml | 946 ----------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 946 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 help/C/config-prefs.sgml (limited to 'help/C/config-prefs.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml b/help/C/config-prefs.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index e9f9ff4c4f..0000000000 --- a/help/C/config-prefs.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,946 +0,0 @@ - - - - Advanced Configuration - - 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 - Evolution settings. This chapter - will tell you how to do just that. - - - - Mail Settings - - To change your mail settings, select - Tools Mail - Settings in the Inbox. This - will open the mail preferences window, - illustrated in . Mail - preferences are separated into several categories: - - - Accounts - - - This allows you to create and alter one or more - identities for your email. - - - - - Display - - - Allows you to edit how email appears. - - - - - Composer - - - Customizes the behavior of the email message composer. - - - - - Other - - - Configures miscellanious aspects of - Evolution such as character - set and encryption tools. - - - - - - - - -
- Account Editor Window - - Account Editor Window - - - -
- - - - - Working with the Accounts Tab - - 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. - - - - 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 to open the account editor - dialog. - - - The account editor dialog has six sections: - - - - Identity: - - - 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), read and keep it on the - server (Microsoft Exchange or IMAP), 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 Use Secure Connection - (SSL) button. - - -Specifying Port Numbers - -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 - -smtp.omniport.com:143 - as the server name. - - - - - - - - Receiving Options - - - Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail - automatically and how often. - - - - If you chose POP: - - - - - Checking for new mail: If you would - like Evolution - to check for new mail automatically, - check the box and select a frequency in - minutes. - - - - - - Message Storage: If you'd like to store - copies of your mail on the server, check - this option. - - - - - - - - - If you chose Microsoft Exchange: - - - - - Checking for new mail: If you would like - Evolution to check for new mail - automatically, check the box and select a frequency in - minutes. - - - - - 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. - - - - - Create a Global Address List folder: If you would - like to have a seperate folder for the Active Directory's - Global Address List, leave this box checked. - - - - - Active Directory Server Name: In most organizations, - the Active Directory server will be different from - the Exchange mail server. If so, check the box and - enter the Active Directory server name here. - - - - - Limit number of Responses: Select a maximum number - of results for an address search. A maximum number of - results limits the load on your system and on your network. - - - - - - - - - If you chose IMAP: - - - - - - Checking for new mail: If you would like - Evolution to check for new mail - automatically, check the box and select a frequency in - minutes. - - - - - If you want Evolution - to check for new messages in all your - IMAP folders, make sure the Check for new - messages in all folders box is selected. - - - - Show only subscribed folders: Check this box if you - have more folders in your IMAP view than you want to - read. - - - - - Override server-supplied namespace: 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 . - - - - Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this - server: If you'd like your filters to work on this account - as well as on locally downloaded mail, check this box. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sending Mail - - - In this section, you will choose and configure a method - for sending mail. You may choose SMTP, Microsoft Exchange (if - you have purchased the Ximian Connector for Microsoft - Exchange) 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 - - - 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. You can - learn more about PGP and encryption in . - - - - - - - - - Mail Display Options - - 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. - - - 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: - - - - 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. - - - - - - 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 configuration options that - didn't fit anywhere else. - - - - - PGP binary path - - - - The complete path to your external encryption tool On - most Linux systems, this will be - /usr/bin/gpg. - - - - - - - Remember PGP Passphrase until Exit - - - 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. - - - - - - - Log filter actions to: - - 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 - - To set your calendar preferences, select - Settings - Calendar - Settings from the Calendar - view. This will open up the - Preferences window. It contains four - tabs: General, Display, Task List, and Other. The calendar - preferences window is illustrated in . - - -
- Calendar Preferences Dialog - - If this worked on my job as well as my calendar... - - - -
- - - - - Calendar's General Settings - - The Time display tab lets you set the - following: - - - Time zone - - - The city you're located in, to judge your time zone. - - - - - Time format - - You may choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and - twenty-four hour time formats here by clicking the - appropriate radio button. - - - - - Work Week - - - When does your work day start, and when does it end? - In the day and week views, - Evolution 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. - - - - - First day of the week - - You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday. - - - - Start of day - - - Says what time of the day your weekday starts. This will show all times till the end of the day, regardless of there is an appointment during the time period. - - - - - End of day - - - Sets the time the day ends at. - - - - - - - - Display - - The Display section lets you configure some visual properties of the calendar. - - The display properties you can set are: - - - - Time divisions - - - Sets the increments shown on the daily view in the calendar. You can set this to be: - - - - 5 minutes - - - - - 10 minutes - - - - - 15 minutes - - - - - 30 minutes - - - - - 60 minutes - - - - - - - - - Show appointment end times in week and month views - - - If there is space, Evolution will show the end times in the week and month views for each appointment. - - - - - Compress weekends in month view - - - If checked, your weekends will be shown in one box, instead of one for each day in the month view. - - - - - - Show week numbers in date navigator - - - This will show the week numbers next to the respective weeks in the calendar. - - - - - - - - - Task List Settings - - You can choose what information the To Do list displays and the - way it is displayed. - - - Tasks due today - - - Configures what color to set your tasks that are due today to. - - - - - Overdue tasks - - - Configures what color to set your overdue items to. - - - - - - - - - Other Calendar Settings - - This configures miscellaneous items for the calendar and todo - list's functionality. - - - Ask for confirmation when deleting items - - - When you delete an item in either the Task List or the - Calendar, you will be prompted to confirm that you - want to delete the item. - - - - - Create new appointments with a default reminder - - - All your appointments will be created using a default - reminder enabled. You can still change what way you - are reminded though. If enabled, you can then set the - time before your appointment to be reminded. - - - - - - - - - - Managing the Addressbook - - The addressbook does not have a large list of configuration - settings, but those that are there can be found in the - Tools menu. - - - - Adding Directory Servers - - To add a new LDAP server - to your available contact folders: - - - - Select - - Tools - Addressbook Sources - - from the menu. - - - - - Click the Add button on the right - side. - - - - - Enter the server information: - - - Account name - - - The name that you see on the screen. This could - be anything you wish. - - - - - Server name - - - Address of the server where the addressbook is located. - - - - - My server requires authentication - - - Select this if the server requires - Evolution to provide - a server in order to access the LDAP contacts. - - - - - Port - - - The internet port - Evolution connects to - in order to access the LDAP database. This is - normally 389. - - - - - Search base - - - The base entry to use for all your searches. - Contact your administrator for information about - the correct settings. - - - - - Search - scope - - - How broad the search is in the directory. The - following options are available: - - - Base - - - Searches just the Search Base. Most of the time, - not very useful. - - - - - One - - - Searches the Search Base and one entry - below it. - - - - - Sub - - - Searches the Search Base and all entries - below it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Click OK. - - - - - Click OK to permanenty make - changes or Apply to temporarily - set the changes. - - - - - - LDAP Configuration - - Rich works at a large chip manufacturer. He needs to - access the company's LDAP server. Their LDAP address is - wemakechips.com. - - - - - His Account Name would be: We Make Chips Employees - - - - - His Server Name would be: ldap.wemakechips.com - - - - - He will need to talk to the adminstrator's at the - company to learn about the search scope or the search base. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- cgit v1.2.3