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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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<para>
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Evolution 1.2 brings with it a redesigned comprehensive
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settings window that you can open by choosing <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, no matter
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where you are in Evolution. On the left half of the settings
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window is a column, similar to the Evolution shortcut bar,
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which lets you choose which portion of Evolution to
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customize. The right half of the window is where you'll make
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your actual changes.
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</para>
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<!-- ==============Figure===================== -->
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<figure id="config-prefs-mail-fig">
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<title>Changing Mail Settings</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Changing Mail Settings</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-mail" format="PNG" srccredit="Aaron Weber"/>
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</imageobject></mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<!-- ==============End of Figure================-->
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<para>
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There are eight items you can customize. From top to bottom, they
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are:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Mail Accounts</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Here, add or change information about your email
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accounts: the servers to which you connect, the way you
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download mail, your password authentication mode, and so
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forth. This is the most complex item in the list, and is
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covered in <xref linkend="config-prefs-mail-identity"/>.
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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><guiicon>Folder Settings</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Here, you can choose the default folders for various
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components of Evolution, the folders that will be cached
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locally when you go to offline mode, and the folders that
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Evolution will use when it is searching for
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autocompletion information as you address a 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><guiicon>Mail Preferences</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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These are overall mail reading preferences: display
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settings, notification options, security, and so
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forth. Settings that vary per-account are in the Mail
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Accounts tool, described in <xref
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linkend="config-prefs-mail-identity"/>, but most of the
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mail settings are 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><guiicon>Composer Preferences</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Settings for the way that you use the mail composer:
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shortcuts, signatures, spelling, and so forth. One fun
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feature here is the ability to substitute graphical
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smiley-faces for "emoticons" such as :) that many people
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use in email. This tool is covered in <xref
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linkend="config-prefs-mail-composer"/>.
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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><guiicon>Calendar and Tasks</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Here, you can set the way the calendar behaves, including
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your time zone and the length of your work-week.
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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><guiicon>Exchange Delegation</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This item will only appear if you have Ximian Connector
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for Microsoft Exchange installed. It will allow you to
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choose who has access to your Exchange account. This
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feature is covered in <xref linkend="exchange-delegate" />.
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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><guiicon>Directory Servers</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This item allows you to enter account information for
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connecting to remote directory (LDAP) servers.
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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><guiicon>Summary Preferences</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Set the mail folders, news feeds, schedule summary
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length, and weather locations to be displayed here. For
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news feeds, enter the web address of any RDF
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file. Summary customization is covered in <xref
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linkend="customizing-summary" /> rather than in this
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chapter.
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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><guiicon>Out of Office</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This item will only appear if you have Ximian Connector
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for Microsoft Exchange installed. It allows you to create
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and remove automatic "vacation" messages. For
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information about how to use this feature, read <xref
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linkend="exchange-out-of-office" />.
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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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<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail-identity">
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<title>Working with Mail Accounts</title>
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<para>
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<application>Ximian Evolution</application> allows you to
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maintain multiple accounts, or identities. This is useful
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want to keep personal and professional email separate, or if
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you wear several hats at work. When you are writing an email
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message, you can which account to use by selecting from the
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drop-down list next to the <guilabel>From</guilabel> entry in
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the message composer.
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</para>
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<para>
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Clicking <guibutton>Send/Receive</guibutton> will refresh any
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IMAP, <filename>mh</filename>, or
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<filename>mbox</filename> listings
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and check and download mail from all POP servers. In other
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words, <guibutton>Send/Receive</guibutton> gets your mail, no
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matter how many sources you have, or what types they are. If
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you don't want to check mail for a given account, select it
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in the <guilabel>Mail Accounts</guilabel> tab and click the
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<guibutton>Disable</guibutton> button.
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</para>
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<para>
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To add a new account, simply click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
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to open the mail configuration assistant. To alter an
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existing identity, select it in the
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<interface>Preferences</interface> window, and then click
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<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> to open the account editor
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dialog.
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</para>
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<para>
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The account editor dialog has six sections:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Identity</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Here, enter the name,
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email address, and other identifying information for the
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account. You may also choose a default signature to
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insert into messages sent from this account.
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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>Receiving Mail</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Here, select the way you will be getting mail: you may
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download mail from a server (<glossterm
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linkend="pop">POP</glossterm>), read and keep it on the
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server (Microsoft Exchange or <glossterm
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linkend="imap">IMAP</glossterm>), or read it from files
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that already exist on your desktop computer. If you use
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a server, it may permit or require you to use a Secure
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Socket Layer (SSL) connection. To turn SSL connections
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on, just click the <guibutton>Use Secure Connection
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(SSL)</guibutton> button.
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<note id="config-arbitrary-port">
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<title>Specifying Port Numbers</title>
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<para>
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Your system administrator may ask you to connect to a specific port on
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a mail server. To specify which port you use, just type a colon and
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the port number after the server name. For example, to connect to port
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143 on the server smtp.omniport.com, you would enter
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as
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<userinput>
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smtp.omniport.com:143
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</userinput> as the server name.
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</para>
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</note>
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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>Receiving Options</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Here, decide whether you'd like to check for mail
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automatically and how often, as well as other message
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retrieval options.
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>If you chose POP:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Checking for new mail: If you would
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like <application>Evolution</application>
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to check for new mail automatically,
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check the box and select a frequency in
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minutes.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Message Storage: If you'd like to store
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copies of your mail on the server, check
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this option.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Store Store status headers in
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Elm/Pine/Mutt format: If you would like to
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use the X-Status header format used by the
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mail clients Elm, Pine, and Mutt, select
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this option. This option is useful if you
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plan to check your mail with those clients
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from time to time.
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</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>If you chose Microsoft Exchange:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist> <listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Checking for new mail</guilabel>: If you would like
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Evolution to check for new mail automatically, check
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the box and select a frequency in minutes.
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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>Global Catalog server name</guilabel>: enter the name of your
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Global Catalog server to create a folder for your
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organization's Global Address List.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Limit number of Responses</guilabel>: Select a maximum number
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of results for an address search. Lowering the maximum
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number the load on your system and on your
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network. Most servers will not send more than 1000
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results, regardless of the value you select here.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Mailbox Name</guilabel>: Enter your mailbox name.
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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>OWA Path</guilabel>: Enter the path used with Outlook Web Access on your server.
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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>Public Folder Server</guilabel>: Enter the name of your public
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folder server, if it differs from your Exchange server.
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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>Apply Filters to new messages in Inbox on this
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server</guilabel>: check this box if you wish to apply filters
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to this account.
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</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>If you chose IMAP:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Checking for new mail</guilabel>: If you would like
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<application>Evolution</application> to check for new mail
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automatically, check the box and select a frequency in
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minutes.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If you want <application>Evolution</application>
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to check for new messages in <emphasis>all</emphasis> your
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IMAP folders, make sure the <guilabel>Check for new
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messages in all folders</guilabel> box is selected.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Show only subscribed folders</guilabel>: Check this box if you
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have more folders in your IMAP view than you want to
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read.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<guilabel>Override server-supplied namespace</guilabel>: If you like, enter a
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specific directory where your server stores mail for
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you. Typical values are "mail" and "Mail." For more
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information about how to use IMAP mail, see <xref
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linkend="usage-mail-subscriptions"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this
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server</guilabel>: If you'd like your filters to work on this
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account, check this box.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><guilabel>Store status headers in Elm/Pine/Mutt format</guilabel>:
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If you would like to use the X-Status header format used
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by the mail clients Elm, Pine, and Mutt, select this
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option. This option is useful if you plan to check your
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mail with those clients from time to time.
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</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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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Sending Mail</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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In this section, you will choose and configure a method
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for sending mail. You may choose <glossterm
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linkend="smtp">SMTP</glossterm>, Microsoft Exchange (if
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you have purchased the Ximian Connector for Microsoft
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Exchange) or <glossterm
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linkend="sendmail">sendmail</glossterm>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you choose Exchange or Sendmail, you're done with
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this tab. SMTP offers you a choice of hostname,
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connection security level, and authentication type,
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which you will recognize as similar to those for
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IMAP and POP servers in the <guilabel>Receiving
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Mail</guilabel> tab.
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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>Defaults</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Here, you can decide where this account will store the
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messages that it has sent, and the messages that you
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save as drafts. If you wish to revert to the "factory"
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settings, click the <guibutton>Restore
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Defaults</guibutton> button.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you wish to send someone a copy of every message from
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this account, check the box labeled <guilabel>Always
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carbon-copy (Cc) to:</guilabel> or <guilabel>Always
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blind carbon-copy (Bcc) to:</guilabel>, and enter one or
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more addresses.
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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>Security</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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In this section, you will set the security options for
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this account. If you use encryption, enter your PGP
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key id (see <xref linkend="encryption"/> for more
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information) and select among the four options below to
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determine key and signature handling.
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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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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="config-prefs-folders">
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<title>Folder Settings</title>
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<para>
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There are three sets of folder options. In the first,
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<guilabel>Defaults</guilabel>, select which folders will be
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your usual mail, contact, calendar, and task folders. These
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are the folders opened when you click items in the shortcut
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bar, and when you want to save a calendar attachment or
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address card.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Offline Folders</guilabel> are the ones which
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will be cached when you activate the <guibutton>Go
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Offline</guibutton> feature.
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</para>
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<para>
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Select one or more folders of contacts for your
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<guilabel>Autocompletion Folders</guilabel>. When you type a
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few letters into the message composer address fields,
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Evolution will look for matches in the folders you choose here.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail">
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<title>Mail Options</title>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Mail Options</guilabel> tool lets you choose how
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to display citations, how long to wait before marking a
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message as read, and other mail display settings. There are
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three categories of settings: General, HTML Mail, and
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Colors.
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</para>
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<para>
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For information on individual email account settings, see <xref
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linkend="config-prefs-mail-identity" />.
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</para>
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<para>
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In the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab, your options are:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Message Fonts</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Normally, Evolution will use the same fonts as other
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GNOME applications. To choose different fonts, uncheck
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the box <guilabel>Use the same fonts as other
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applications</guilabel> and select one font for standard typefaces and
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a second for monospace, or terminal, display.
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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>Message Display</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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These three settings handle the way messages appear to
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you.
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Mark Messages as Read</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Normally, Evolution will mark a message as read as soon
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as it is displayed. If you prefer, you may set this to
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happen only after a delay, or disable it entirely and
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mark messages as read only when you choose to do so.
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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>Default Character Encoding</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This setting allows you to select character
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interpretation sets so that Evolution can display
|
|
different alphabets. If you are not sure, pick
|
|
Unicode (UTF-8), which will work for a large
|
|
number of languages and character sets.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Quotation Highlight Color</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Choose a color to highlight quotations from other
|
|
messages.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Deleting Mail</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Here, choose whether to delete messages automatically
|
|
when quitting Evolution, and whether you wish to
|
|
explicitly confirm the final deletion of messages.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>New Mail Notification</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Evolution can alert you to the arrival of new mail with
|
|
a beep or by playing a sound file. Choose your alert
|
|
noise, or select none, as you wish.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The options in the <guilabel>HTML Mail</guilabel> section are:
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Loading Images</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can embed a message in an email and have it load only
|
|
when the message arrives. However, spammers can use image loading
|
|
patterns to confirm "live" addresses and invade your
|
|
privacy. You may elect never to load images
|
|
automatically, to load images only if the sender is in
|
|
your addressbook, or always load images.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
If you have chosen not to load images automatically, you
|
|
can choose to see the images in one message at a time by selecting <menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Message Display</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Load Images</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Show animated images</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Turn animation on or off here.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Prompt when sending HTML messages to contacts that don't want them</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Some people do not like HTML mail, and you can set
|
|
Evolution to warn you. This warning will appear only
|
|
when you send HTML mail to people in your address book
|
|
who are listed as disliking HTML.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guilabel>Colors</guilabel> tab lets you select different
|
|
color labels for individual messages. You can return to the default
|
|
settings by clicking the <guibutton>Restore Defaults</guibutton>
|
|
button.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail-composer">
|
|
<title>Message Composer Preferences</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
There are three tabs of settings you can change for the
|
|
message composer. The General tab covers shortcuts and
|
|
assorted behavior, and the other two control signatures and
|
|
spell checking. In the General tab, you can set:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Default Behavior</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Choose how you will normally forward and reply
|
|
messages, what character set they will use, whether
|
|
they will be in HTML, and whether that HTML can
|
|
contain smiley face images.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Alerts</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
There are two optional alerts here:
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Prompt when sending messages with an empty subject</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The composer will warn you if you try to send a
|
|
message without a subject.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Prompt when sending messages with only Bcc recipients defined</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The composer will warn you if you try to send a
|
|
message that has only <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel>
|
|
recipients. This is important because some mail
|
|
servers will fail to honor blind carbon copy if you
|
|
do not have at least one recipient that is visible to
|
|
all readers.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The signature editor allows you to create several different
|
|
signatures in plain text or in HTML, and to specify which of
|
|
them will be added to emails you create in the message
|
|
composer. If you prefer to use an alternate signature or
|
|
none at all, you can select it from the mail composer itself.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
In the spell-checking tool, you can set spelling options,
|
|
including the language or languages you will use. Note that you
|
|
must install the gnome-spell package, available through Red
|
|
Carpet, for spell-checking to be available in
|
|
Evolution. Alternate dictionaries are also available through
|
|
Red Carpet and are detected automatically if you have installed
|
|
them.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can check the spelling of messages by selecting
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Spell Check
|
|
Document</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
|
|
Alternately, check the <guibutton>Check spelling while i
|
|
type</guibutton> box, and choose a color for your misspelled words.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<!-- NOT FOR 1.0, see usage-mail.sgml
|
|
<sect1 id="config-prefs-news">
|
|
<title>News Servers</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Newsgroups are so much like mailing lists that there's no
|
|
reason not to keep them right next to your mail. When you
|
|
first select the <guilabel>News Servers</guilabel> tab,
|
|
you will see a blank box with the three familiar buttons
|
|
on the right: <guibutton>Add</guibutton>,
|
|
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>, and
|
|
<guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a news server; you
|
|
will be prompted for its name. Enter the name, click
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>, and you're done. You can have
|
|
as many news servers as you like, of course. News servers
|
|
will appear next to your IMAP servers in the
|
|
<interface>folder bar</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
|
|
<title>Calendar and Task List Settings</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The calendar configuration tool has two tabs
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> and
|
|
<guilabel>Display</guilabel>, and is illustrated in <xref
|
|
linkend="config-prefs-cal-fig"/>.
|
|
|
|
<!-- ==============Figure===================== -->
|
|
<figure id="config-prefs-cal-fig">
|
|
<title>Calendar Preferences Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Calendar Configuration</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/config-cal" format="PNG" srccredit="Aaron Weber"/>
|
|
</imageobject></mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<!-- ==============End of Figure================-->
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab lets you set the
|
|
following:
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Time zone</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The city you're located in, to judge your time zone.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Time format</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>You may choose between twelve-hour (AM/PM) and
|
|
twenty-four hour time formats here by clicking the
|
|
appropriate radio button.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Work Week</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
When does your work day start, and when does it end?
|
|
In the day and week views,
|
|
<application>Evolution</application> displays all the
|
|
hours in the range you select here, even if there are
|
|
no appointments for those times. Of course, you can
|
|
still schedule an appointment outside of these hours,
|
|
and if you do, the display will be extended to show
|
|
it.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Week Starts</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>You can set weeks to start on Sunday or on Monday.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Day Begins</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Set the beginning of a normal workday. If you work odd
|
|
hours, or want to make sure that your early-morning
|
|
appointments are displayed, you may find this option useful.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Day Ends</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Set the end of a normal workday. If you work odd
|
|
hours, or want to make sure that your evening
|
|
appointments are displayed, you may find this option
|
|
useful.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Alerts</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
If you'd like to be warned before you delete any
|
|
appointment, or to have a reminder automatically
|
|
appear for each event, select the check boxes here.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <interface>Display</interface> section lets you choose how
|
|
your appointments and tasks will appear in your calendar.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>The display properties you can set are:
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Time divisions</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Sets the increments shown on the daily view in the
|
|
calendar. You can set this to be anywhere from five
|
|
minutes to an hour, in five minute increments.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Show appointment end times in week and month views</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
If there is space,
|
|
<application>Evolution</application> will show the end
|
|
times in the week and month views for each
|
|
appointment.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Compress weekends in month view</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
If checked, your weekends will be shown in one box,
|
|
instead of one for each day in the month view.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Show week numbers in date navigator</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This will show the week numbers next to the respective
|
|
weeks in the calendar.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Tasks due today</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Configures what color to set your tasks that are due
|
|
today to.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Overdue tasks</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Choose the color for overdue tasks.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
<sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
|
|
<title>Directory Server Settings</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Addressbook settings are limited to the usage and
|
|
configuration of directory servers (LDAP and
|
|
Exchange). To learn how to set autocompletion options, see <xref
|
|
linkend="config-prefs-folders" />.
|
|
Other addressbook controls are available in the addressbook
|
|
window itself.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
To add a new <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> server
|
|
to your available contact folders:
|
|
</para>
|
|
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Select
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
and click the <guibutton>Directory Servers</guibutton>
|
|
shortcut button.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button on the right
|
|
side to open a Directory Server addition assistant.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Enter the server information as requested by the assistant:
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Server name</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Address of the server where the addressbook is located.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Login Method</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Specify whether your login is anonymous, using
|
|
an email address, or a "distinguished name." If
|
|
the login is not anonymous, enter the login name
|
|
required by the server.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Port</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The internet port
|
|
<application>Evolution</application> connects to
|
|
in order to access the LDAP database. This is
|
|
normally 389.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Use SSL/TLS</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
SSL and TLS are security mechanisms. If you
|
|
select <guilabel>Always</guilabel>, Evolution
|
|
will not connect unless
|
|
secure connections are available. The default value is
|
|
<guilabel>Whenever Possible</guilabel>, which uses
|
|
secure connections if they are available,
|
|
but does not cause failure if they are not.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Search base</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <glossterm linkend="search-base">search
|
|
base</glossterm> is the starting point for a directory search.
|
|
Contact your network administrator for information about
|
|
the correct settings.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Search scope</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <glossterm linkend="search-scope">search
|
|
scope</glossterm> is the breadth of a given search.
|
|
The following options are available:
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>One</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Searches the Search Base and one entry
|
|
below it.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Sub</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Searches the Search Base and all entries
|
|
below it.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Timeout Limit</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This is the maximum time Evolution will attempt to
|
|
download data from the server before giving up.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Download Limit</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Set the maximum number of results for a given
|
|
search. Most servers refuse to send more than
|
|
500, but you can set the number lower if you
|
|
want to shorten downloads for very broad
|
|
searches.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Display name</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This is the name you will use to label this
|
|
folder, and may be any name you choose.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to permanently make
|
|
changes or <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to temporarily
|
|
set the changes.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</orderedlist>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Editing a directory server account means changing that same
|
|
information, although it is displayed in a slightly different order.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</chapter> |