From 444ce83dd9b42358b3090f4127445619c10bb20c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andre Klapper Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 13:04:41 +0200 Subject: User Docs: Add initial docu for EWS account setup. Thanks to Akhil Laddha for screenshots. --- ...-account-manage-microsoft-exchange-evo-ews.page | 36 +++++++++++++++++-- help/C/mail-receiving-options-exchange-ews.page | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 help/C/mail-receiving-options-exchange-ews.page (limited to 'help') diff --git a/help/C/mail-account-manage-microsoft-exchange-evo-ews.page b/help/C/mail-account-manage-microsoft-exchange-evo-ews.page index 606dd785f4..8cdc817bce 100644 --- a/help/C/mail-account-manage-microsoft-exchange-evo-ews.page +++ b/help/C/mail-account-manage-microsoft-exchange-evo-ews.page @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ - + Andre Klapper ak-47@gmx.net @@ -18,7 +18,37 @@ Exchange Web Services account settings - -

This documentation section will be added once the currently developed evolution-ews has become stable and mature.

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+Account Editor + +

Mail accounts can be added via EditPreferencesMail AccountsAdd. The steps are mostly the same as for the First-Run Assistant, except for not getting asked whether to import data from other applications or to restore from a backup file.

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Mail accounts can be edited via EditPreferencesMail AccountsEdit. The following settings are available when editing an existing account:

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+Identity + +

Here you define your name and your email address.

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Optionally you can make this account your default account (e.g. when writing emails), set a Reply-To email address (if you want replies to messages sent to a different address), and set an organization (the company where you work, or the organization you represent when you send email from this account).

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+Receiving Email and Receiving options +
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+Defaults +
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+Security +
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On the Receiving Email page (accessible via EditPreferencesMail AccountsEditReceiving Email):

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Enter your username for that server.

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Either manually enter the Host URL and OAB URL, or click Fetch URL which will ask you for your password and then try to automatically fill in the values.

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If you are in an organizational environment, you may want to contact your system administrator for more information.

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Select your authentication type in the Authentication list, or click Check for Supported Types to have Evolution check for supported authentication mechanisms. Some servers do not announce the authentication mechanisms they support, so clicking this button is not a guarantee that available mechanisms actually work.

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On the Receiving Options page (accessible via EditPreferencesMail AccountsEditReceiving Options):

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If you want Evolution to check automatically for new messages, click the Check for new messages every ... minutes option and select the frequency in minutes.

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You can also define if Evolution checks for new messages in all folders.

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If you would like to have a copy of the address book on the server for offline access to it, enable Cache offline address book and click Fetch list. Afterwards, select the address book from the available options.

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If you want Filters to be automatically used for new messages in your inbox, enable Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server.

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If you came to this page from the first-run wizard help page, click here to continue with the next step.

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