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2000-09-20 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com> * C/config-prefs.sgml: Fixed sig stuff here and in setupassist. * C/config-sync.sgml: Fixed description of conduit usage. 2000-09-18 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com> * C/preface.sgml: Spelling fixes, etc. svn path=/trunk/; revision=5518
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<chapter id="config-sync">
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<title>Setting up your synchronization system</title>
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<para>
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Synchronization presents you with two issues you'll need to
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deal with. The first one is pretty simple: you'll need to get
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the data to move among the various devices you're using. If
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you've already got <application>Gnome-Pilot</application>
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working, then all you have to do is tell it to use the
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<application>Evolution</application>
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<glossterm>conduit</glossterm>. If you haven't used
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<application>Gnome-Pilot</application> before, you'll need to
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run the GNOME <application>Control Center</application> and go
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through the hand-held device setup assistant. Then you can
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select the Evolution conduit and press the hotsync button.
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</para>
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<para>
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If that doesn't work, jump up and down several times and swear
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loudly. Then make sure you've got
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<application>Gnome-Pilot</application> going to the right
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device (for my serial port, it's /dev/ttys0, not the default
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/dev/pilot) and that you have read and write permission on
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that device. If you don't, you'll need to be added to whatever
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group has those permissions (probably tty).
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</para>
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<para>
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Once <application>Evolution</application> knows how to get the
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mail, address, and calendar data, it needs to know what to do
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with it. When you synchronize your local data with the data
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on a server or handheld device, you may run into conflicts:
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perhaps you have ended up with two cards with the same name
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and different addresses, or old mail that has been deleted
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from one device but not the other. What if you want to keep
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only the a few contacts or messages on your hand-held or your
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laptop, but keep all the data server or your desktop machine?
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Select the <guibutton>Synchronization</guibutton> tab from the
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<interface>Preferences</interface> window to set up the
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conflict resolution preferences.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can set <application>Evolution</application>'s
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synchronization behavior in the following ways:
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<!-- LIST HERE -->
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</para>
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<para>
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<warning>
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<title>Data Loss Prevention</title>
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<para>
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It's always a good idea to make a backup. If you set your
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synchronization behaviors wrong, you could end up deleting
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the messages and cards you want to keep, and keeping the
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ones you want to delete. Before you change these
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preferences, make a backup of your the
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<systemitem><filename>evolution</filename></systemitem>
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directory.
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</para>
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</warning>
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</para>
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</chapter>
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