<!-- <!DOCTYPE Chapter PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> --> <chapter id="config-prefs"> <title>Advanced Configuration</title> <para> 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 <application>Evolution</application> settings. This chapter will tell you how to do just that. </para> <sect1 id="config-prefs-mail"> <title>Mail Settings</title> <para> To change your mail settings, select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mail Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the Inbox. This will open the <interface>mail preferences window</interface>, illustrated in <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-fig">. Mail preferences are separated into several categories: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Accounts</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> This allows you to create and alter one or more identities for your email. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Display</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Allows you to edit how email appears. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Composer</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Customizes the behavior of the email message composer. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Other</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Configures miscellanious aspects of <application>Evolution</application> such as character set and encryption tools. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> <figure id="config-prefs-mail-fig"> <title>Mail Preferences Dialog</title> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Setting mail preferences</screeninfo> <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-mail" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> </imageobject></mediaobject> </screenshot> </figure> <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-identity"> <title>Working with the Accounts Tab</title> <para> <application>Ximian Evolution</application> 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 <guilabel>From</guilabel> entry in the message composer. </para> <para> Clicking <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> will refresh any IMAP, <filename>mh</filename>, or <filename>mbox</filename> listings and check and download mail from all POP servers. In other words, <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> 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 <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab and click the <guibutton>Disable</guibutton> button. </para> <para> To add a new account, simply click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to open the mail configuration assistant. To alter an existing identity, select it in the <interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> to open the account editor dialog. </para> <para> The account editor dialog has six sections: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Identity:</term> <listitem> <para> Here, enter the name, email address, and other identifying information for the account. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Receiving Mail</term> <listitem> <para> Here, select the way you will be getting mail: you may download mail from a server (<glossterm linkend="pop">POP</glossterm> or <glossterm linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>) 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 <guibutton>Use Secure Connection (SSL)</guibutton> button. <note id="config-arbitrary-port"> <title>Specifying Port Numbers</title> <para> 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 <userinput> smtp.omniport.com:143 </userinput> as the server name. </para> </note> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Receiving Options</term> <listitem> <para> 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. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Sending Mail</term> <listitem> <para> In this section, you will choose and configure a method for sending mail. You may choose <glossterm linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm> or <glossterm linkend="sendmail">sendmail</glossterm>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Special Folders</term> <listitem> <para> Here, you can decide where this account will store the messages that it has sent, and the messages that you save as drafts. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Security</term> <listitem> <para> 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. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-display"> <title>Mail Display Options</title> <para> In this tab you can decide how you would like <application>Ximian Evolution</application> to display your mail: how to display citations, how long to wait before marking a message as read, and so forth. </para> <para> This is also where you can decide how you would like <application>Ximian Evolution</application> to handle inline images in HTML mail that you get. There is a detailed discussion of the issues surrounding these options in <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-get-attach-html">. </para> <para> To hange the font which <application>Ximian Evolution</application> uses to display mail, do the following: <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> Open the Control Center by selecting <menuchoice> <guimenu>System</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> from the menu panel. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Select the HTML Viewer settings tool. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Choose the font and font size you would like to use. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> Alternately, open a terminal and run the <command>gtkhtml-properties-capplet</command> 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 <application>Ximian Evolution</application>. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-composer"> <title>Message Composer Preferences</title> <para> Mercifully, there are only four preferences you can prefer in the message composer preferences dialog: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Send mail in HTML format by default </term> <listitem> <para> 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 <menuchoice> <guimenu>Format</guimenu> <guimenuitem>HTML</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> toggle in the message composer. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Default Forward style</term> <listitem> <para> Select from: <simplelist> <member><guilabel>Attachment:</guilabel> the message you forward appended to the message you send as a seperate file.</member> <member> <guilabel>Inline:</guilabel> The message you forward is included at the end of the message you send.</member> <member> <guilabel>Quoted:</guilabel> 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. </member> </simplelist> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Prompt when sending messages with an empty subject</term> <listitem> <para> The composer will warn you if you try to send a message without a subject. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Prompt when sending messages with only Bcc recipients defined</term> <listitem> <para> The composer will warn you if you try to send a message that has only <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> 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. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-other"> <title>Other Mail Preferences</title> <para> Not everything fits neatly into categories. This tab contains some miscellaneous configuration options that didn't fit anywhere else. <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <guilabel>PGP binary path</guilabel> </term> <listitem> <para> The complete path to your external encryption tool On most Linux systems, this will be <filename>/usr/bin/gpg</filename>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <guilabel>Remember PGP Passphrase until Exit</guilabel> </term> <listitem> <para> Check this box if you want <application>Ximian Evolution</application> 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 <application>Ximian Evolution</application>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <guilabel>Default Character Encoding</guilabel> </term> <listitem> <para> Choose a default character encoding for your messages. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <guilabel>Empty Trash Folders on Exit</guilabel> </term> <listitem> <para> If you would like to expunge all deleted mail when you quit <application>Ximian Evolution</application>, check this box. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <guilabel>Log filter actions to:</guilabel> </term> <listitem> <para> If you like, you can have <application>Ximian Evolution</application> write all its message filter actions to a log file. Select a log file here. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </sect2> </sect1> <!-- NOT FOR 1.0, see usage-mail.sgml <sect1 id="config-prefs-news"> <title>News Servers</title> <para> Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no reason not to keep them right next to your mail. When you first select the <guilabel>News Servers</guilabel> tab, you will see a blank box with the three familiar buttons on the right: <guibutton>Add</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>, and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. </para> <para> Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a news server; you will be prompted for its name. Enter the name, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, and you're done. You can have as many news servers as you like, of course. News servers will appear next to your IMAP servers in the <interface>folder bar</interface>. </para> </sect2> --> <sect1 id="config-prefs-cal"> <title>Configuring the Calendar</title> <para> To set your calendar preferences, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Calendar Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the Calendar view. This will open up the <interface>Preferences</interface> window. It contains four tabs: <guilabel>General</guilabel>, <guilabel>Display</guilabel>, <guilabel>Task List</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Other</guilabel>. The <interface>calendar preferences window</interface> is illustrated in <xref linkend="config-prefs-cal-fig">. <!-- ==============Figure===================== --> <figure id="config-prefs-cal-fig"> <title>Calendar Preferences Dialog</title> <screenshot> <screeninfo>If this worked on my job as well as my calendar...</screeninfo> <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-cal" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> </imageobject></mediaobject> </screenshot> </figure> <!-- ==============End of Figure================--> </para> <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-general"> <title>Calendar's General Settings</title> <para> The <guilabel>Time display</guilabel> tab lets you set the following: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Time zone</term> <listitem> <para> The city you're located in, to judge your time zone. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Time format</term> <listitem> <para>You may choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and twenty-four hour time formats here by clicking the appropriate radio button. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Work Week</term> <listitem> <para> When does your work day start, and when does it end? In the day and week views, <application>Evolution</application> 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. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>First day of the week</term> <listitem> <para>You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Start of day</term> <listitem> <para> 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. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>End of day</term> <listitem> <para> Sets the time the day ends at. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-display"> <title>Display</title> <para> The <interface>Display</interface> section lets you configure some visual properties of the calendar. </para> <para>The display properties you can set are: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Time divisions</term> <listitem> <para> Sets the increments shown on the daily view in the calendar. You can set this to be: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> 5 minutes </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> 10 minutes </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> 15 minutes </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> 30 minutes </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> 60 minutes </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Show appointment end times in week and month views</term> <listitem> <para> If there is space, <application>Evolution</application> will show the end times in the week and month views for each appointment. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Compress weekends in month view</term> <listitem> <para> If checked, your weekends will be shown in one box, instead of one for each day in the month view. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Show week numbers in date navigator</term> <listitem> <para> This will show the week numbers next to the respective weeks in the calendar. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-tasklist"> <title>Task List Settings</title> <para> You can choose what information the To Do list displays and the way it is displayed. <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Tasks due today</term> <listitem> <para> Configures what color to set your tasks that are due today to. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Overdue tasks</term> <listitem> <para> Configures what color to set your overdue items to. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-other"> <title>Other Calendar Settings</title> <para> This configures miscellaneous items for the calendar and todo list's functionality. <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Ask for confirmation when deleting items</term> <listitem> <para> 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. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Create new appointments with a default reminder</term> <listitem> <para> 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. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="config-prefs-contact"> <title>Managing the Addressbook</title> <para> The addressbook does not have a large list of configuration settings, but those that are there can be found in the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. </para> <sect2 id="config-prefs-contact-ldap-add"> <title>Adding Directory Servers</title> <para> To add a new LDAP server to your available contact folders: <orderedlist numeration="arabic"> <listitem> <para> Select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Addressbook Sources</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Enter the server information. <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Account name</term> <listitem> <para> The name that you see on the screen. This could be anything you wish. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Server name</term> <listitem> <para> Address of the server where the addressbook is located. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>My server requires authentication</term> <listitem> <para> Select this if the server needs a password to access the addressbook. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Port</term> <listitem> <para> The internet port to connect to in order to access the database. This is normally 389. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Search base</term> <listitem> <para> The base node to use for all your searches. Contact your administrator for information about setting this up. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Search scope</term> <listitem> <para> How broad the search is in the directory. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to permanenty make changes or <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to temporarily set the changes. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> </sect2> </sect1> <!-- <sect1 id="config-prefs-general"> <title>General Preferences</title> <para> Additional configuration options will be covered here, as they become available. </para> </sect1> --> </chapter>