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<chapter id="config-sync">
<title>Setting up your synchronization system</title>
<para>
Synchronization presents you with two issues you'll need to
deal with. The first one is pretty simple: you'll need to get
the data to move among the various devices you're using. If
you've already got <application>Gnome-Pilot</application>
working, then all you have to do is tell it to use the
<application>Evolution</application>
<glossterm>conduit</glossterm>. If you haven't used
<application>Gnome-Pilot</application> before, you'll need to
run the GNOME <application>Control Center</application> and go
through the hand-held device setup assistant. Then you can
select the Evolution conduit and press the hotsync button.
</para>
<para>
If that doesn't work, jump up and down several times and swear
loudly. Then make sure you've got
<application>Gnome-Pilot</application> going to the right
device (for my serial port, it's /dev/ttys0, not the default
/dev/pilot) and that you have read and write permission on
that device. If you don't, you'll need to be added to whatever
group has those permissions (probably tty).
</para>
<para>
Once <application>Evolution</application> knows how to get the
mail, address, and calendar data, it needs to know what to do
with it. When you synchronize your local data with the data
on a server or handheld device, you may run into conflicts:
perhaps you have ended up with two cards with the same name
and different addresses, or old mail that has been deleted
from one device but not the other. What if you want to keep
only the a few contacts or messages on your hand-held or your
laptop, but keep all the data server or your desktop machine?
Select the <guibutton>Synchronization</guibutton> tab from the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window to set up the
conflict resolution preferences.
</para>
<para>
You can set <application>Evolution</application>'s
synchronization behavior in the following ways:
<!-- LIST HERE -->
</para>
<para>
<warning>
<title>Data Loss Prevention</title>
<para>
It's always a good idea to make a backup. If you set your
synchronization behaviors wrong, you could end up deleting
the messages and cards you want to keep, and keeping the
ones you want to delete. Before you change these
preferences, make a backup of your the
<systemitem><filename>evolution</filename></systemitem>
directory.
</para>
</warning>
</para>
</chapter>
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