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2000-11-29 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com> * C/config-setupassist.sgml: added some <glossterms>, added linkends to existing glossterms. 2000-11-28 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com> * C/evolution-guide.sgml: Changed intro to Config section. Now defines what, exactly, "configurable" means. * C/usage-print.sgml: Stylistic revisions. * C/usage-calendar.sgml: Stylistic revisions. * C/usage-contact.sgml: Stylistic revisions. svn path=/trunk/; revision=6716
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<chapter id="config-prefs">
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<title>Advanced Configuration</title>
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<para>
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Perhaps your mail server has changed names. Perhaps you've
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grown tired of a certain layout for your appointments.
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Whatever the reason, you want to change your
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<application>Evolution</application> settings. This chapter
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will tell you how to do just that.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail">
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<title>Mail Settings</title>
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<para>
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To change your mail settings, select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mail
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configuration</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the Inbox. This
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will open the <interface>mail preferences window</interface>,
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illustrated in <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-fig">. Mail
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preferences are separated into several categories:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Identities</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This allows you to create and alter one or more
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identities for your email.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Sources</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This tab lets you tell
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<application>Evolution</application> where to get the
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mail sent to you, and how to get it.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Mail Transport</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This tab lets you tell
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<application>Evolution</application> how to send mail.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>News Servers</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If you would like to use
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<application>Evolution</application> to read newsgroups,
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you can specify your news server preferences here.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Other</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Miscellaneous mail and news settings, such as HTML
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handling preferences, and how long
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<application>Evolution</application> should wait before
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marking a message read.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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<figure id="config-prefs-mail-fig">
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<title>Mail Preferences Dialog</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Setting mail preferences</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="fig/config-mail" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
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</graphic>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-identity">
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<title>Identity Settings</title>
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<para>
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If you have only one email account, or send email from only
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one address, you will only need to configure one identity. If
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you want, however, you can have multiple identities. This
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can be useful if you want to keep personal and professional
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email separate, or if you wear several hats at work.
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</para>
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<para>
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To add a new identity, simply click
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<guibutton>Add</guibutton>. To alter an existing identity,
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click on it in the <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> tab of the
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<interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click
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<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<application>Evolution</application> will then present you
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with a dialog box containing four fields:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Full Name:</guilabel> by default, this is the
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same name as the full name described in your user
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account on your computer. You can select another if you
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wish.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Email address:</guilabel> Enter your email
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address in this space.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Organization:</guilabel> If you send email as
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a representative of a company or other organization,
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enter its name here.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Signature file:</guilabel> You may choose a
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small text file to be appended to every message that you
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send. Typically, signature files include address or
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other contact information, or a favorite quotation.
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It's good form to keep it to four lines at the maximum.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-network">
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<title>Network Settings</title>
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<para>
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In order to send mail with
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<application>Evolution</application>, you need to connect to
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your network. To do that, you'll need to know your user name
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and password, what sort of mail sending and receiving
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protocols your network uses, and the names of the servers
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you'll be using. If you're switching from another groupware
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or email program, you can almost certainly use the same
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settings as you did with that program. Network-related
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settings are in the <guilabel>Mail Sources</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Mail Transport</guilabel> tabs.
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</para>
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<sect3 id="config-prefs-network-sources">
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<title>Mail Sources</title>
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<para>
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The <interface>Mail Sources</interface> tab allows you to
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edit, add, or delete methods of retrieving mail from
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servers. Clicking on <guibutton>Add</guibutton> or
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<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> will bring up a dialog box to
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offer you the following options:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Mail source type:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Select from <glossterm
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linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm> or <glossterm
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linkend="pop">POP</glossterm> servers, or Unix-style
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<systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem>
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or <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem>
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files.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term> <guilabel>Server:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Enter the name of the mail source server in this
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field. If you use an may or may not be the same as your
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<glossterm linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm> server.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Username:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Enter the user name for the account you have on the
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server-- this should the part of your email address
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before the @. If you use
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<systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem>
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or <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem>
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files as your mail source, you do not need to enter
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a username.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Authentication:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Tell <application>Evolution</application> how to
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verify your identity with the server. Your options
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vary depending upon the type of server you are
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using, and the ways it is configured. Given the
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name of a server,
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<application>Evolution</application> can detect what
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sorts of authentication it offers.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Test Settings</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Click this button to have
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<application>Evolution</application> check to see if
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mail sources are configured correctly.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have several mail sources, clicking <guibutton>Get
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Mail</guibutton> will refresh any IMAP,
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<systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem>, or
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<systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem>
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listings and check and download mail from all POP servers.
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In other words, <guibutton>Get Mail</guibutton> gets your
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mail, no matter how many sources you have, or what types
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they are.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="config-prefs-mail-network-transports">
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<title>Mail Transports</title>
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<para>
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The <interface>Mail Transports</interface> tab lets you set
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how you will send mail. Evolution currently supports two
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mail transport options: <glossterm linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm>, which
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uses a remote mail server, and
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<glossterm linkend="sendmail">sendmail</glossterm>, which uses the
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<application>sendmail</application> program on your local
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system. <application>Sendmail</application> is more
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difficult to configure, but offers more flexibility than
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<glossterm>SMTP</glossterm>.
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</para>
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<para>
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To use <guilabel>SMTP</guilabel>, you'll need to enter the
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name of your SMTP server. It may have the same name as
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your mail source server.
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</para>
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<para>
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<application>Evolution</application> can attempt to
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determine if you have entered a valid server name. To
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have it do so, click the <guilabel>Test
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Settings</guilabel> button.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-network-news">
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<title>News Servers</title>
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<para>
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Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no
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reason not to keep them right next to your mail. When you
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first select the <guilabel>News Servers</guilabel> tab,
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you will see a blank box with the three familiar buttons
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on the right: <guibutton>Add</guibutton>,
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<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>, and
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<guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a news server; you
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will be prompted for its name. Enter the name, click
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton>, and you're done. You can have
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as many mail servers as you like, of course. News servers
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will appear next to your IMAP servers in the
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<interface>folder bar</interface>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-mail-other">
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<title>Other Mail Preferences</title>
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<para>
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Not everything fits neatly into categories. This tab
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contains some miscellaneous configurations that don't have
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too much to do with each other.
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<guilabel>Send messages in HTML format</guilabel>
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</term>
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<listitem><para>
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If you check this box, you will send
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messages as HTML by default. If you leave it unchecked, your
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messages will be sent without HTML formatting unless you select
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<menuchoice> <guimenu>Format</guimenu> <guimenuitem>HTML</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> in the message composer.
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See <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-html">
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for more information about HTML mail.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<guilabel>Mark Messages as Seen After</guilabel>
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</term>
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<listitem><para>
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When you click on a message,
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<application>Evolution</application> will wait a
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moment before marking it as seen. You can set the
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delay, in milliseconds, here.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<guilabel>Folder Format</guilabel>
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</term>
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<listitem> <para> By default,
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<application>Evolution</application> saves its mail
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in the
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<systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem>
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format. You can switch to the
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<systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem>
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format if you like. Note that this is an advanced
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feature and may cause you to lose some messages, so
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you should probably make a backup of your
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<systemitem><filename>evolution</filename></systemitem>
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directory first. In addition, it will take quite
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some time if you have a large mailbox.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
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<title>Configuring the Calendar</title>
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<para>
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To set your calendar preferences, select
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Calendar
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Configuration</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the Calendar
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view. This will open up the
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<interface>Preferences</interface> window. It contains four
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tabs: <guilabel>Time display</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Colors</guilabel>, <guilabel>To Do List</guilabel>
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and <guilabel>Alarms</guilabel>. The <interface>calendar
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preferences window</interface> is illustrated in <xref
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linkend="config-prefs-cal-fig">.
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<figure id="config-prefs-cal-fig">
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<title>Calendar Preferences Dialog</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>If this worked on my job as well as my calendar...</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="fig/config-cal" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
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</graphic>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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</para>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-time">
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<title>Time Display Settings</title>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Time display</guilabel> tab lets you set the
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following:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Time format</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>You may choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and
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twenty-four hour time formats here by clicking the
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appropriate radio button.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Weeks start on</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Day range</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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When does your work day start, and when does it end?
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In the day and week views,
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<application>Evolution</application> displays all the
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hours in the range you select here, even if there are
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no appointments for those times. Of course, you can
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still schedule an appointment outside of these hours,
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and if you do, the display will be extended to show
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it.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-color">
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<title>Calendar Colors</title>
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<para>
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The <interface>colors tab</interface> allows you to decide
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what color your calendar will be. The tab consists of a
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sample calendar on the right and a list of ten items that can
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be colored in different ways. If you click on the color
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button to the right of each item, you will bring up a
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color-selector window where you can choose to alter that
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color. By clicking <guibutton>OK</guibutton> in the color
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selection dialog, you can see the results of the color on the
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sample calendar.
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</para>
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<para>The display elements whose color you can set are:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Outline:</guilabel> The lines between days
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and at the top of the display.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para> <guilabel>Headings:</guilabel> Text color for day
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and month names and other headings.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para> <guilabel>Empty days:</guilabel> This is the
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background color for any time slots in which you have no appointments.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Appointments:</guilabel> This is the
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background color for any time slots in which you have appointments.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para> <guilabel>Highlighted day:</guilabel> The
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background color for a selected time slot.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Day numbers:</guilabel> Text color for date numbers.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Current day's number:</guilabel> Text color for today's date.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para> <guilabel>To-Do item that is not yet
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due:</guilabel> Text color for To-Do list items that are
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not yet due. (Or maybe background color? find out!)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para> <guilabel>To-Do item that is due today:</guilabel>
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Text color for today's tasks.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para> <guilabel>To-Do item that is overdue:</guilabel>
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Text color for overdue tasks.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-todo">
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<title>To Do List Settings</title>
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<para>
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You can choose what information the To Do list displays and the
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way it is displayed. The two areas of the <interface>To Do
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List</interface> tab offer several options each:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Show on To Do List</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This box contains three items. If you select the
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check boxes next to them, that information will appear
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in the To Do list for each task it contains:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Due Date</guilabel></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Time Until Due</guilabel></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Priority</guilabel></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Style Options</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Select among the following checkboxes to determine
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how your To Do list will look:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Highlight overdue items</guilabel></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Highlight items due today</guilabel></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Highlight not yet due items</guilabel></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-cal-alarms">
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<title>Alarms Settings</title>
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<para>
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The <interface>alarms tab</interface> enables you to select from three boxes:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Beep on display alarms</guilabel>: select
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this box to have <application>Evolution</application> beep
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at you for any alarms you have set. If you leave this box
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unchecked, <application>Evolution</application> will only
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alert you to events by opening a dialog box. These beeps
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are distinct from full-fledged audio alarms.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Audio alarms timeout after: </guilabel>
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Select this button to have your audio alarms stop
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automatically after a certain number of seconds. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Enable snoozing for:</guilabel> If you
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would like to have the option to tell
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<application>Evolution</application> to repeat an alarm in
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a few minutes, select this button and decide how long
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you'd like it to wait.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
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<title>Managing the Contact Manager</title>
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<para>
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To set the behavior of your Contact Manager, click on the
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<guibutton>Contact Manager</guibutton> tab in the
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<interface>Preferences</interface> window.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can set the following options: <!--insert variable list
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here-->
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</para>
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<sect2 id="config-prefs-contact-ldap-add">
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<title>Adding Directory Servers</title>
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<para>
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To add a new LDAP server to your available contact
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folders, select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>New Directory Server</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>. This brings up a small dialog box which
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will let you enter the following options:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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<guilabel>Name</guilabel> — any name you choose for the server.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<guilabel>Description</guilabel> — a longer description of the server.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<guilabel>LDAP Server</guilabel> — the network address of the server.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<guilabel>Port Number</guilabel> — by default, the port number is 389.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<guilabel>Root DN</guilabel> — enter the root DN here.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="config-prefs-general">
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<title>General Preferences</title>
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<para>
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Additional configuration options will be covered here, as
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they become available.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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