change Exchange description

2002-08-22  Aaron Weber  <aaron@ximian.com>

	* C/usage-mail-org.sgml: change Exchange description

	* C/config-prefs.sgml: add RDF note to newsfeed item.

	* C/preface.sgml: update as per Christine's comments in
	http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=29239

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<listitem>
<para>
Set the mail folders, news feeds, schedule summary
length, and weather locations to be displayed here.
length, and weather locations to be displayed here. For
news feeds, enter the web address of any RDF file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

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@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
<para>
If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new
version has a lot to add. Here are some of the new and
changed features:
changed features. Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange also
has new features, which are covered in "new-in-connector-one-two">.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Configuration Interface</term>
<term>Evolution Settings Interface</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The preferences dialogs have been completely
@ -99,9 +100,11 @@ Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
Tools
</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>
Configure
Preferences
</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</menuchoice>. Detailed help for the preferences
dialogs has been added to <xref
linkend="config-prefs">.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -117,6 +120,36 @@ Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Mail Composer Autocomplete</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Email addresses in the message composer can now work
with LDAP address books. Add your LDAP address book to
the list of folders searched for address completion in
the <guilabel>Folder Settings</guilabel> section of
the Settings dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Mail Composer HTML Improvements</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Pasting into the mail composer from another message
or from a web page preserves the HTML formatting of
the source document. Multiple levels of reply
quotation in messages are clearer and use a vertical
blue line on the left side to indicate quotation. Text
"smileys" are now automatically converted to small
images displaying the appropriate emotion. You can
turn this option off in the
<guilabel>Composer</guilabel> section of the Settings
dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Keyboard Navigation Overhaul</term>

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Microsoft Exchange is proprietary software and source code is not
available.
</para>
<para>
The Ximian Connector offers a significant price advantage over
other Exchange access methods for Linux and UNIX systems:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Dual Computer Installation:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The purchase of a second computer for each client imposes
a very heavy expense burden and is exceptionally
inconvenient.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Dual Boot or Virtual Machine:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Installation of multiple operating systems in a dual boot
or virtual machine configuration (such as VMWare) also
increases licensing and administration costs. Users
often complain that such a system is inconvenient, slow,
and not integrated with the rest of their operating
system.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Outlook Web Access:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Outlook Web Access is a web interface for Exchange
servers, but works best in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Outlook Web Access also is
not integrated with the rest of the host operating system
and offers only limited groupware functionality.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
The Ximian Connector offers a low cost, fully integrated, option
for Exchange 2000 server access in heterogeneous client
networks. This chapter will explain how to install, configure, and
use it.
</para>
<warning id="licensing">
<title>Exchange Client Licenses</title>
<title>Requirements</title>
<para>
Each user will need a valid Microsoft <application>Exchange</application>2000 server
account and license.
Ximian Connector works only with Exchange 2000, and requires
that Outlook Web Access must be enabled. Each user will need a
valid Microsoft Exchange 2000 server account, including license.
</para>
</warning>
<sect1 id="new-in-connector-one-two">
<title>What's New in Connector 1.2</title>
<para>
Ximian Connector 1.2 has added some of the most frequently
requested features of Microsoft Exchange clients, including Public
Folder access and calendar delegation.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Preferences Dialogs</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The preferences dialogs have been completely overhauled for
Evolution and Connector 1.2. Select
<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
from the main Evolution window to change your settings.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Public Folders, Posting, and Delegation</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Public folders, posting to folders, and delegation
functions have been added. You may now set permissions on
folders to which you have appropriate access, and view the
folders of other users who have granted you permission to
view them.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Flag for Followup</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Flag for Followup now works properly in both Outlook and
Evolution, even when set in one and read in the other.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Improved vFolder Support</term>
<listitem>
<para>
vFolders now function better with Exchange accounts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Notes</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The Notes component now works.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Direct Booking</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When creating a meeting request, resources such as rooms
and equipment can be checked and reserved without waiting
for a reply.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="features">
<title>Connector Features</title>
<para>

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time you check for mail.
</para>
<para>
If you store your mail on the mail server and check your
mail with IMAP, filters are applied to the INBOX when you
open it. In some cases, you will see a number of unread
messages in the INBOX, click the INBOX, and then have the
messages move elsewhere as they are filtered out.
</para>
<para>
If you use Ximian Connector to store your mail on an
Exchange server, filters are not applied until you open
your INBOX folder and select
<menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>Apply
Filters</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or press
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Y</keycap></keycombo>
If you use an IMAP or Microsoft Exchange server and keep
your mail on the server, filters are applied to the INBOX
when you open it. In some cases, you will see a number of
unread messages in the INBOX, click the INBOX, and then
have the messages move elsewhere as they are filtered out.
</para>
</note>
<example id="filter-example">