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2000-09-21  Aaron Weber  <aaron@helixcode.com>

	* C/evolution-guide.sgml: Switched to the "official" FSF markup.
	  I will have to make changes to the markup-- adding ids, etc, or
	  switch to another version of the markup. Pending discussion by
	  GDP.

	* C/apx-authors.sgml: Changed Matt Loper's email address to
	loper.org; added Jeff Stedfast and Peter Williams to authors list,
	realphebetized.

	* C/config-prefs.sgml: Revision to reflect current options labelling.

	* C/evolution-guide.sgml: Changes to part intros.

	* C/preface.sgml: Spelling and menu fixes.  Will need more work tomorrow.

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<application>Evolution</application> was written by:
<simplelist>
<member>Seth Alves: <email>alves@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Anders Carlsson<email>andersca@gnu.org</email></member>
<member>Damon Chaplin:<email>damon@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Clifford R. Conover <email>rusty@zootweb.com</email></member>
<member>Anders Carlsson: <email>andersca@gnu.org</email></member>
<member>Damon Chaplin: <email>damon@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Clifford R. Conover: <email>rusty@zootweb.com</email></member>
<member>Miguel De Icaza: <email>miguel@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Arturo Espinoza <email>arturo@nucleu.unam.mx</email></member>
<member> Radek Doulik: <email>rodo@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Arturo Espinoza: <email>arturo@nucleu.unam.mx</email></member>
<member>Larry Ewing: <email>lewing@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Bertrand Guiheneuf: <email>bertrand@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Tuomas Kuosmanen: <email>tigert@gimp.org</email></member>
<member>Christopher J. Lahey: <email>clahey@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Matthew Loper: <email>matt@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Federico Mena: <email>federico@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Eskil Heyn Olsen<email>deity@eski.dk</email></member>
<member> Nat Friedman: <email>nat@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Ettore Perazzoli:<email>ettore@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Russell Steinthal: <email>rms39@columbia.edu</email></member>
<member> Peter Teichman: <email>peter@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Chris Toshok: <email>toshok@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Radek Doulik: <email>rodo@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Dan Winship: <email>danw@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Michael Zucchi: <email>notzed@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Matthew Loper: <email>matt@loper.org</email></member>
<member>Federico Mena: <email>federico@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Eskil Heyn Olsen: <email>deity@eski.dk</email></member>
<member>Nat Friedman: <email>nat@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Ettore Perazzoli: <email>ettore@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Jeffrey Stedfast: <email>jeff@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Russell Steinthal: <email>rms39@columbia.edu</email></member>
<member>Peter Teichman: <email>peter@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Chris Toshok: <email>toshok@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Peter Williams: <email>peter@newton.cx</email></member>
<member>Dan Winship: <email>danw@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Michael Zucchi: <email>notzed@helixcode.com</email></member>
</simplelist>
and other dedicated GNOME programmers.
</para>

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<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail">
<title>Mail Settings</title>
<para>
To change your mail settings, first go to your
<interface>Inbox</interface>. Then select <guimenuitem>Mail
Settings</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu.
This will open the <interface>mail preferences
window</interface>, illustrated in <xref
linkend="config-prefs-mail-fig">. Mail Preferences are
separated into several categories:
To change your mail settings, select <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mail
configuration</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>Identity</guilabel></term>
<term><guilabel>Identies</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This allows you to set
your name, email address, and other information. The
default values are the ones found on your system account.
This allows you to create and alter one or more
identities for your email: your name, address, and so
forth.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -36,16 +35,19 @@
<term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set your mail-checking protocols and servers here.
This tab lets you tell
<application>Evolution</application> where to get the
mail sent to you, and how to get it.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
<term><guilabel>Mail Transport</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set your mail-checking protocols and servers here.
This tab lets you tell
<application>Evolution</application> how to send mail.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -54,21 +56,28 @@
<term><guilabel>News Servers</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify your News Server preferences here.
If you would like to use
<application>Evolution</application> to read newsgroups,
you can secify your news server preferences here.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Other</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Miscellaneous mail and news settings, such as HTML
handling preferences, and how long
<application>Evolution</application> should wait before
marking message read.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<!-- THE FOLLOWING MAY BE REINSTATED:
as well as attachment
and HTML handling, forwarding behavior, filters, and
other <application>Evolution</application> behaviors
specific to email. The default behaviors are those
approved by Jamie Zawinski.
-->
</para>
<!-- ==============Figure===================== -->
@ -86,19 +95,23 @@
<sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-identity">
<title>Identity Settings</title>
<para>
If you have only one email address, or use automatic
forwarding to funnel multiple addresses to one account, then
you will only need to configure one identity. You may,
however, want more that one. To alter an identity, click on
it in the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> tab of the
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 seperate.
</para>
<para>
To add a new identity, simply click
<guibutton>Add</guibutton>. To alter an existing identity,
click on it in the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> tab of the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. To add a new identity, simply
click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.
</para>
<para>
In either case, you'll be presented with a dialog box with
four fields:
<application>Evolution</application> will then present you
with a dialog box containing four fields:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
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</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
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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. Select the
<guibutton>Sources</guibutton> tab in the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window to tell
<application>Evolution</application> where you want to get
your mail, and click <guibutton>Transports</guibutton> to
determine how you want to send your mail.
settings as you did with that program. Network-related
settings are in the <guilabel>Mail Sources</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Mail Transport</guilabel> tabs.
</para>
<sect3 id="config-prefs-network-sources">
@ -185,8 +194,10 @@
<term><guilabel>Username:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enter your user name here. Eva Lucianne Tester's
user name is <userinput>eltester</userinput>.
Enter your user name here. This is often related to
your real name, but not always. Examples include
<guilabel>eltester</guilabel> and
<guilabel>rupert</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -194,48 +205,50 @@
<term><guilabel>Authentication:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Your system administrator will know which type of
authentication your system requires.
<application>Evolution</application> can also detect
what sorts of authentication are available once it
knows where to find the server.
Tell <application>Evolution</application> 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,
<application>Evolution</application> can detect what
sorts of authentication it offers.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Test values before continuing</guilabel></term>
<term><guilabel>Test Settings</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If this box is checked,
<application>Evolution</application> will attempt to
make sure that all the other entries in the dialog
window are correct.
Click this button to have
<application>Evolution</application> check to see if
mail sources are configured correctly.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
If you choose several mail sources, clicking
<guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> will refresh any IMAP or
If you have several mail sources, clicking <guibutton>Get
Mail</guibutton> will refresh any IMAP or
<filename>mbox</filename> listings and check and download
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.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="config-prefs-mail-network-transports">
<title>Transports</title>
<title>Mail Transports</title>
<para>
The <interface>Transports</interface> tab lets you set how
you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two mail
transport options: <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, which uses a
remote mail server, and <guilabel>sendmail</guilabel>,
which uses the <application>sendmail</application> program
on your local system. <application>Sendmail</application>
is more difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility
than <systemitem>SMTP</systemitem>.
The <interface>Mail Transports</interface> tab lets you set
how you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two
mail transport options: <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, which
uses a remote mail server, and
<guilabel>sendmail</guilabel>, which uses the
<application>sendmail</application> program on your local
system. <application>Sendmail</application> is more
difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility than
<systemitem>SMTP</systemitem>.
</para>
<para>
To use <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, you'll need to enter the
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<para>
<application>Evolution</application> can attempt to
determine if you have entered a valid server name. To
have it do so, check the box labelled <guilabel>Test these
values before continuing</guilabel> before you click
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
have it do so, click the <guilabel>Test
Settings</guilabel> button.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@ -255,18 +267,20 @@
<title>News Servers</title>
<para>
Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no
reason not to have access to them right next to your mail.
When you first select the <guilabel>News
Servers</guilabel> tab, you will see a blank box with
three familiar buttons on the right:
<guibutton>Add</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>,
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. </para>
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 mail servers as you like, of course. News servers
will appear next to your IMAP servers.
will appear next to your IMAP servers in the
<interface>folder bar</interface>.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -277,6 +291,7 @@
contains some miscellaneous configurations that don't have
too much to do with each other.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<guilabel>Send messages in HTML format</guilabel>
@ -291,6 +306,17 @@
for more information about HTML mail.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<guilabel>Mark Messages as Seen After</guilabel>
</term>
<listitem><para>
When you click on a message,
<application>Evolution</application> will wait a
moment before marking it as seen. You can set the
delay, in milliseconds, here.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<guilabel>Folder Format</guilabel>
@ -314,28 +340,14 @@
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
<title>Managing the Contact Manager</title>
<para>
To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the
<guibutton>Contact Manager</guibutton> tab in the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window.
</para>
<para>
You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list
here-->
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
<title>Configuring the Calendar</title>
<para>
This section discusses calendar-specific preferences. While
looking at your calendar, select
<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> from the
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu. This will open up the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window. It contains four
tabs: <guilabel>Time display</guilabel>,
<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
<title>Configuring the Calendar</title>
<para>
To set your calendar preferences, select
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Calendar Configuration</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This
will open up the <interface>Preferences</interface> window.
It contains four tabs: <guilabel>Time display</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Colors</guilabel>, <guilabel>To Do List</guilabel>
and <guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>. The <interface>calendar
preferences window</interface> is illustrated in <xref
@ -540,13 +552,14 @@
this box to have <application>Evolution</application> beep
at you for any alarms you have set. If you leave this box
unchecked, <application>Evolution</application> will only
alert you to events by opening a dialog box.
alert you to events by opening a dialog box. These beeps
are distict from full-fledged audio alarms.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Audio alarms timeout after: </guilabel>
Select this button to have the beeping stop automatically
after a certain number of seconds. </para>
Select this button to have your audio alarms stop
automatically after a certain number of seconds. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Enable snoozing for:</guilabel> If you
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</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
<title>Managing the Contact Manager</title>
<para>
To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the
<guibutton>Contact Manager</guibutton> tab in the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window.
</para>
<para>
You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list
here-->
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-general">
<title>General Preferences</title>
<para>

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<para>
<application>Evolution</application> is highly configurable.
Usually, when developers say that, they mean that they didn't
test it out thoroughly and have left it to other hackers to
"configure" themselves a working system. But in the case of
<application>Evolution</application>, you can expect that it
will work perfectly well with minimal setup hassle, and that
you can alter its behavior to fit your needs with just a
little more work.
test it out thoroughly and have left it to other programmers
to "configure" themselves a working system. But in the case
of <application>Evolution</application>, you can expect that
it will work perfectly well with minimal setup hassle, and
that you can alter its behavior to fit your needs with just a
little more work. This part of the book will describe that
process, from the quickest glimpse of the Setup Assistant to
an in-depth tour of the preferences dialogs.
</para>
</partintro>

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<emphasis>informed</emphasis>.
<application>Evolution</application>'s goal is to make the
tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving information
easier, so you can work and cooperate with others. That is,
easier, so you can work and communicate with others. That is,
it's a more evolved <glossterm>groupware</glossterm> program,
and an integral part of the Internet-connected desktop.
an integral part of the Internet-connected desktop. On the
inside, it's a powerful database; on the outside, it's a tool
to help you get your work done.
</para>
<para>
Because it's part of the GNOME project,
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<note>
<title>This is a preview release</title>
<para>
Please help develop <application>Evolution</application>
by submitting bug reports when you find bugs. You can do
so by using the <application>Bug Report
Tool</application> (known as <command>bug-buddy</command>
at the command line).
<application>Evolution</application> is not complete, and
still has a lot of flaws. Please help improve it by
letting us know about them. You should do this by
submitting bug reports with the GNOME <application>Bug
Report Tool</application> (known as
<command>bug-buddy</command> at the command line).
</para>
</note>
</para>
@ -308,11 +311,11 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Reply to a message Message</term>
<term>Reply to a Message</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Select the message to which you want to reply, and
click Click <guibutton>Reply</guibutton> in the
click <guibutton>Reply</guibutton> in the
toolbar, or press
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>FIXME</keycap>
@ -328,7 +331,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Select the message you want to forward, and
click Click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> in the
click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> in the
toolbar, or press
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>FIXME</keycap>
@ -339,6 +342,19 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Open a Message in a New Window</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Double-click the message you want to view, or press
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>O</keycap>
</keycombo>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Create Filters and vFolders</term>
<listitem>

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2000-09-21 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com>
* C/evolution-guide.sgml: Switched to the "official" FSF markup.
I will have to make changes to the markup-- adding ids, etc, or
switch to another version of the markup. Pending discussion by
GDP.
* C/apx-authors.sgml: Changed Matt Loper's email address to
loper.org; added Jeff Stedfast and Peter Williams to authors list,
realphebetized.
* C/config-prefs.sgml: Revision to reflect current options labelling.
* C/evolution-guide.sgml: Changes to part intros.
* C/preface.sgml: Spelling and menu fixes. Will need more work tomorrow.
2000-09-20 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com>
* C/config-prefs.sgml: Fixed sig stuff here and in setupassist.

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<application>Evolution</application> was written by:
<simplelist>
<member>Seth Alves: <email>alves@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Anders Carlsson<email>andersca@gnu.org</email></member>
<member>Damon Chaplin:<email>damon@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Clifford R. Conover <email>rusty@zootweb.com</email></member>
<member>Anders Carlsson: <email>andersca@gnu.org</email></member>
<member>Damon Chaplin: <email>damon@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Clifford R. Conover: <email>rusty@zootweb.com</email></member>
<member>Miguel De Icaza: <email>miguel@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Arturo Espinoza <email>arturo@nucleu.unam.mx</email></member>
<member> Radek Doulik: <email>rodo@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Arturo Espinoza: <email>arturo@nucleu.unam.mx</email></member>
<member>Larry Ewing: <email>lewing@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Bertrand Guiheneuf: <email>bertrand@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Tuomas Kuosmanen: <email>tigert@gimp.org</email></member>
<member>Christopher J. Lahey: <email>clahey@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Matthew Loper: <email>matt@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Federico Mena: <email>federico@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Eskil Heyn Olsen<email>deity@eski.dk</email></member>
<member> Nat Friedman: <email>nat@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Ettore Perazzoli:<email>ettore@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Russell Steinthal: <email>rms39@columbia.edu</email></member>
<member> Peter Teichman: <email>peter@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Chris Toshok: <email>toshok@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Radek Doulik: <email>rodo@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Dan Winship: <email>danw@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member> Michael Zucchi: <email>notzed@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Matthew Loper: <email>matt@loper.org</email></member>
<member>Federico Mena: <email>federico@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Eskil Heyn Olsen: <email>deity@eski.dk</email></member>
<member>Nat Friedman: <email>nat@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Ettore Perazzoli: <email>ettore@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Jeffrey Stedfast: <email>jeff@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Russell Steinthal: <email>rms39@columbia.edu</email></member>
<member>Peter Teichman: <email>peter@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Chris Toshok: <email>toshok@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Peter Williams: <email>peter@newton.cx</email></member>
<member>Dan Winship: <email>danw@helixcode.com</email></member>
<member>Michael Zucchi: <email>notzed@helixcode.com</email></member>
</simplelist>
and other dedicated GNOME programmers.
</para>

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<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail">
<title>Mail Settings</title>
<para>
To change your mail settings, first go to your
<interface>Inbox</interface>. Then select <guimenuitem>Mail
Settings</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu.
This will open the <interface>mail preferences
window</interface>, illustrated in <xref
linkend="config-prefs-mail-fig">. Mail Preferences are
separated into several categories:
To change your mail settings, select <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mail
configuration</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>Identity</guilabel></term>
<term><guilabel>Identies</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This allows you to set
your name, email address, and other information. The
default values are the ones found on your system account.
This allows you to create and alter one or more
identities for your email: your name, address, and so
forth.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -36,16 +35,19 @@
<term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set your mail-checking protocols and servers here.
This tab lets you tell
<application>Evolution</application> where to get the
mail sent to you, and how to get it.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
<term><guilabel>Mail Transport</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set your mail-checking protocols and servers here.
This tab lets you tell
<application>Evolution</application> how to send mail.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -54,21 +56,28 @@
<term><guilabel>News Servers</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify your News Server preferences here.
If you would like to use
<application>Evolution</application> to read newsgroups,
you can secify your news server preferences here.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Other</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Miscellaneous mail and news settings, such as HTML
handling preferences, and how long
<application>Evolution</application> should wait before
marking message read.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<!-- THE FOLLOWING MAY BE REINSTATED:
as well as attachment
and HTML handling, forwarding behavior, filters, and
other <application>Evolution</application> behaviors
specific to email. The default behaviors are those
approved by Jamie Zawinski.
-->
</para>
<!-- ==============Figure===================== -->
@ -86,19 +95,23 @@
<sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-identity">
<title>Identity Settings</title>
<para>
If you have only one email address, or use automatic
forwarding to funnel multiple addresses to one account, then
you will only need to configure one identity. You may,
however, want more that one. To alter an identity, click on
it in the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> tab of the
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 seperate.
</para>
<para>
To add a new identity, simply click
<guibutton>Add</guibutton>. To alter an existing identity,
click on it in the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> tab of the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. To add a new identity, simply
click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.
</para>
<para>
In either case, you'll be presented with a dialog box with
four fields:
<application>Evolution</application> will then present you
with a dialog box containing four fields:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@ -131,7 +144,6 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
@ -145,12 +157,9 @@
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. Select the
<guibutton>Sources</guibutton> tab in the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window to tell
<application>Evolution</application> where you want to get
your mail, and click <guibutton>Transports</guibutton> to
determine how you want to send your mail.
settings as you did with that program. Network-related
settings are in the <guilabel>Mail Sources</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Mail Transport</guilabel> tabs.
</para>
<sect3 id="config-prefs-network-sources">
@ -185,8 +194,10 @@
<term><guilabel>Username:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enter your user name here. Eva Lucianne Tester's
user name is <userinput>eltester</userinput>.
Enter your user name here. This is often related to
your real name, but not always. Examples include
<guilabel>eltester</guilabel> and
<guilabel>rupert</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -194,48 +205,50 @@
<term><guilabel>Authentication:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Your system administrator will know which type of
authentication your system requires.
<application>Evolution</application> can also detect
what sorts of authentication are available once it
knows where to find the server.
Tell <application>Evolution</application> 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,
<application>Evolution</application> can detect what
sorts of authentication it offers.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Test values before continuing</guilabel></term>
<term><guilabel>Test Settings</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If this box is checked,
<application>Evolution</application> will attempt to
make sure that all the other entries in the dialog
window are correct.
Click this button to have
<application>Evolution</application> check to see if
mail sources are configured correctly.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
If you choose several mail sources, clicking
<guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> will refresh any IMAP or
If you have several mail sources, clicking <guibutton>Get
Mail</guibutton> will refresh any IMAP or
<filename>mbox</filename> listings and check and download
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.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="config-prefs-mail-network-transports">
<title>Transports</title>
<title>Mail Transports</title>
<para>
The <interface>Transports</interface> tab lets you set how
you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two mail
transport options: <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, which uses a
remote mail server, and <guilabel>sendmail</guilabel>,
which uses the <application>sendmail</application> program
on your local system. <application>Sendmail</application>
is more difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility
than <systemitem>SMTP</systemitem>.
The <interface>Mail Transports</interface> tab lets you set
how you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two
mail transport options: <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, which
uses a remote mail server, and
<guilabel>sendmail</guilabel>, which uses the
<application>sendmail</application> program on your local
system. <application>Sendmail</application> is more
difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility than
<systemitem>SMTP</systemitem>.
</para>
<para>
To use <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, you'll need to enter the
@ -245,9 +258,8 @@
<para>
<application>Evolution</application> can attempt to
determine if you have entered a valid server name. To
have it do so, check the box labelled <guilabel>Test these
values before continuing</guilabel> before you click
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
have it do so, click the <guilabel>Test
Settings</guilabel> button.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@ -255,18 +267,20 @@
<title>News Servers</title>
<para>
Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no
reason not to have access to them right next to your mail.
When you first select the <guilabel>News
Servers</guilabel> tab, you will see a blank box with
three familiar buttons on the right:
<guibutton>Add</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>,
and <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. </para>
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 mail servers as you like, of course. News servers
will appear next to your IMAP servers.
will appear next to your IMAP servers in the
<interface>folder bar</interface>.
</para>
</sect2>
@ -277,6 +291,7 @@
contains some miscellaneous configurations that don't have
too much to do with each other.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<guilabel>Send messages in HTML format</guilabel>
@ -291,6 +306,17 @@
for more information about HTML mail.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<guilabel>Mark Messages as Seen After</guilabel>
</term>
<listitem><para>
When you click on a message,
<application>Evolution</application> will wait a
moment before marking it as seen. You can set the
delay, in milliseconds, here.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<guilabel>Folder Format</guilabel>
@ -314,28 +340,14 @@
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
<title>Managing the Contact Manager</title>
<para>
To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the
<guibutton>Contact Manager</guibutton> tab in the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window.
</para>
<para>
You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list
here-->
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
<title>Configuring the Calendar</title>
<para>
This section discusses calendar-specific preferences. While
looking at your calendar, select
<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> from the
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu. This will open up the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window. It contains four
tabs: <guilabel>Time display</guilabel>,
<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
<title>Configuring the Calendar</title>
<para>
To set your calendar preferences, select
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Calendar Configuration</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This
will open up the <interface>Preferences</interface> window.
It contains four tabs: <guilabel>Time display</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Colors</guilabel>, <guilabel>To Do List</guilabel>
and <guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>. The <interface>calendar
preferences window</interface> is illustrated in <xref
@ -540,13 +552,14 @@
this box to have <application>Evolution</application> beep
at you for any alarms you have set. If you leave this box
unchecked, <application>Evolution</application> will only
alert you to events by opening a dialog box.
alert you to events by opening a dialog box. These beeps
are distict from full-fledged audio alarms.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Audio alarms timeout after: </guilabel>
Select this button to have the beeping stop automatically
after a certain number of seconds. </para>
Select this button to have your audio alarms stop
automatically after a certain number of seconds. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Enable snoozing for:</guilabel> If you
@ -563,6 +576,22 @@
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
<title>Managing the Contact Manager</title>
<para>
To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the
<guibutton>Contact Manager</guibutton> tab in the
<interface>Preferences</interface> window.
</para>
<para>
You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list
here-->
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-general">
<title>General Preferences</title>
<para>

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<para>
<application>Evolution</application> is highly configurable.
Usually, when developers say that, they mean that they didn't
test it out thoroughly and have left it to other hackers to
"configure" themselves a working system. But in the case of
<application>Evolution</application>, you can expect that it
will work perfectly well with minimal setup hassle, and that
you can alter its behavior to fit your needs with just a
little more work.
test it out thoroughly and have left it to other programmers
to "configure" themselves a working system. But in the case
of <application>Evolution</application>, you can expect that
it will work perfectly well with minimal setup hassle, and
that you can alter its behavior to fit your needs with just a
little more work. This part of the book will describe that
process, from the quickest glimpse of the Setup Assistant to
an in-depth tour of the preferences dialogs.
</para>
</partintro>

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@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
<emphasis>informed</emphasis>.
<application>Evolution</application>'s goal is to make the
tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving information
easier, so you can work and cooperate with others. That is,
easier, so you can work and communicate with others. That is,
it's a more evolved <glossterm>groupware</glossterm> program,
and an integral part of the Internet-connected desktop.
an integral part of the Internet-connected desktop. On the
inside, it's a powerful database; on the outside, it's a tool
to help you get your work done.
</para>
<para>
Because it's part of the GNOME project,
@ -32,11 +34,12 @@
<note>
<title>This is a preview release</title>
<para>
Please help develop <application>Evolution</application>
by submitting bug reports when you find bugs. You can do
so by using the <application>Bug Report
Tool</application> (known as <command>bug-buddy</command>
at the command line).
<application>Evolution</application> is not complete, and
still has a lot of flaws. Please help improve it by
letting us know about them. You should do this by
submitting bug reports with the GNOME <application>Bug
Report Tool</application> (known as
<command>bug-buddy</command> at the command line).
</para>
</note>
</para>
@ -308,11 +311,11 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Reply to a message Message</term>
<term>Reply to a Message</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Select the message to which you want to reply, and
click Click <guibutton>Reply</guibutton> in the
click <guibutton>Reply</guibutton> in the
toolbar, or press
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>FIXME</keycap>
@ -328,7 +331,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Select the message you want to forward, and
click Click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> in the
click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> in the
toolbar, or press
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>FIXME</keycap>
@ -339,6 +342,19 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Open a Message in a New Window</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Double-click the message you want to view, or press
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>O</keycap>
</keycombo>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Create Filters and vFolders</term>
<listitem>

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@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
2000-09-21 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com>
* C/evolution-guide.sgml: Switched to the "official" FSF markup.
I will have to make changes to the markup-- adding ids, etc, or
switch to another version of the markup. Pending discussion by
GDP.
* C/apx-authors.sgml: Changed Matt Loper's email address to
loper.org; added Jeff Stedfast and Peter Williams to authors list,
realphebetized.
* C/config-prefs.sgml: Revision to reflect current options labelling.
* C/evolution-guide.sgml: Changes to part intros.
* C/preface.sgml: Spelling and menu fixes. Will need more work tomorrow.
2000-09-20 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com>
* C/config-prefs.sgml: Fixed sig stuff here and in setupassist.