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  <preface id="introduction">
    <title>Introduction</title> 

     <para>
       Welcome to the users guide for Ximian Evolution and Ximian
       Connector for Microsoft Exchange 2000. This section of the
       manual will tell you a bit about what you've got waiting for
       you. First, however, we have some legal information.
     </para>

      <sect1 id="actual-legal-info">
          <title>Legal Information and Licensing</title>
       <para>
         Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
         document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
         License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the
         Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no
         Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. You will find a
         copy of the <citetitle>GNU Free Documentation
         License</citetitle> attached to this manual in <xref
         linkend="apx-fdl">.  You may also obtain a copy of the
         license from the Free Software Foundation by visiting <ulink
         type="http" url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink>
         or by writing to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
         Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
       </para>

       <para>
         The actual application Ximian Evolution is covered by the GNU
         General Public License (GPL), and its source code is
         available from the GNOME cvs repository at <ulink
         url="http://cvs.gnome.org">cvs.gnome.org</ulink>. You will
         find a copy of the GPL attached to this document in <xref
         linkend="apx-gpl">. You may also obtain a copy of the license
         from the Free Software Foundation by visiting <ulink
         type="http" url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink>
         or by writing to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
         Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
       </para>

        <para>
         Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange 2000 is not Free
         Software. There are certain restrictions on its usage, and it
         may not be redistributed. Before downloading it you must
         agree to the terms of license, which will be (or have been)
         presented to you upon download. You may review the terms of
         license for Ximian Connector at <ulink
         url="http://support.ximian.com/q?92">http://support.ximian.com/q?92</ulink>.
       </para>
       </sect1>

      <sect1 id="organization">
        <title>How This Book is Organized</title>
      <para>
        This book is divided into two parts, with several
        appendices. The first part is a <link linkend="usage">guided
        tour</link>, which will explain how to use
        <application>Evolution</application>.  If you are new to
        <application>Evolution</application> or to groupware in
        general, this section is for you. The second section, covering
        <link linkend="config">configuration</link>, is targeted at
        more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way
        <application>Evolution</application> looks or acts can benefit
        from reading it.  
      </para>
      </sect1>

      <sect1 id="typography">
        <title>Typographical Conventions</title>
    <para>
          In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
          <simplelist>
        <member><application>Applications</application></member>
        <member><command>Commands</command> you type at the command line</member>
        <member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface</member>

            <member> Menu selections look like this:
                       <menuchoice>
                          <guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
                          <guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu> 
                          <guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
                     </menuchoice>
            </member>
        <member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can
            click</member> <member><userinput>Anything you type
            in</userinput></member> <member><computeroutput>Text
            output from a computer</computeroutput></member>
      <member><glossterm linkend="apx-gloss">Words</glossterm>
            that are defined in the <xref linkend="apx-gloss">.</member>
      </simplelist>
</para>
<para>
We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well. 

      <tip id="example-tip">
          <title>Tip</title>
          <para>
        Tips and bits of extra information will look like
        this.
          </para>
        </tip>
</para>

<para>
Examples are also set off from the rest of the text.  They look like this:

      <example>
        <title>Example Example</title>
        <para>
          This is what an example looks like.  We'll provide
          examples for some of the more complicated tasks you
          might be performing.
        </para>
      </example>
</para>
<para>
Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:

        <warning id="example-warning">
          <title>Example Warning</title>
          <para>
        This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
        you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
          </para>
      </warning>
        </para>
    </sect1>


    <sect1 id="other-help">
      <title>Additional Help Sources</title>
      <para>
        You can find additional help in three places. For information
        about command-line options, open a terminal window and type
        <command> man evolution</command> or <command>evolution
        --help</command>. For support, late-breaking news, and errata,
        visit the Ximian support center at <ulink
        url="http://support.ximian.com">support.ximian.com</ulink>.
      </para>
    </sect1>

    <sect1 id="whats-new-in-one-two">
      <title>What's New in Evolution 1.2</title>
      <para>
        If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new
        version has a lot to add.  Here are some of the new and
        changed features. Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange also
        has new features, which are covered in "new-in-connector-one-two">.
        <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>Evolution Settings Interface</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                The preferences dialogs have been completely
                overhauled. There is now a single configuration dialog
                window for all components of the program, and you can
                access it from anywhere. To change your preferences,
                select 
                 <menuchoice>
          <guimenu>
                      Tools
                  </guimenu>
          <guimenuitem>
                     Preferences
                  </guimenuitem>
        </menuchoice>. Detailed help for the preferences
        dialogs has been added to <xref
        linkend="config-prefs">.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
        <term>Mail Composer Autocomplete</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                Email addresses in the message composer can now work
                with LDAP address books. Add your LDAP address book to
                the list of folders searched for address completion in
                the <guilabel>Folder Settings</guilabel> section of
                the Settings dialog.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Performance Improvements</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                Startup time has decreased, POP server interactions
                are more efficient, and indexing of locally cached
                mail is now faster.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
        <term>Mail Composer HTML Improvements</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                 Pasting into the mail composer from another message
                or from a web page preserves the HTML formatting of
                the source document. Multiple levels of reply
                quotation in messages are clearer and use a vertical
                blue line on the left side to indicate quotation. Text
                "smileys" are now automatically converted to small
                images displaying the appropriate emotion. You can
                turn this option off in the
                <guilabel>Composer</guilabel> section of the Settings
                dialog.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Signature Editor</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                 There is now a signature editor, which can be used to
                 create plain text or HTML signatures. 
                 click the the <guilabel>Signatures</guilabel> tab in
                 the Composer Settings section of the Evolution
                 Settings window.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


      <varlistentry>
        <term>Keyboard Navigation Overhaul</term>
        <listitem>
              <para>
                All unmodified letter keys have changed function-- the
                <keycap>N</keycap> and <keycap>P</keycap> keys, for
                example, no longer take you to the next you to the
                next or previous message.  Pressing a letter will now
                take you to the nearest message whose data in the sort
                column begins with that letter. That is, if you press
                N and you are sorting your list by sender, you will
                move to a message from Nadine. If you are sorting by
                subject, you'll move to the message about
                nectarines. This should also work in the folder list
                for folder navigation.
              </para>
          <para>
               This means that the old single letter shortcuts have
               changed as well.  The new shortcuts:
                <simplelist>
          <member>
                    <keycap>,</keycap> (comma) and <keycap>.</keycap>
                    (period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next
                    and Previous unread messages. You can also use the
                    square brackets <keycap>]</keycap> and
                    <keycap>[</keycap>.
                 </member>
         <member>
                   <keycap>`</keycap> (backtick) toggles
                   the message preview pane.
                 </member>
        </simplelist>
                Shortcuts that use the <keycap>Control</keycap> key
                have not changed.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Added Functionality for the "New" Button</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                The <guibutton>New</guibutton> now has a menu next to
                it. As in Evolution 1.0, you can click the button once
                to get a new item for the Evolution tool you're
                using. However, if you click the small arrow menu to
                the right of the button, you will find a menu that
                allows you to create new items for the rest of
                Evolution: All day appointments, regular appointments,
                tasks and meetings for the calendar; mail messages for
                the mail tool; and contacts and contact lists for the
                address book.
               </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Import Tool Now Imports Netscape Filters</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                You can now import your filters, as well as your email
                messages, from the Netscape mail client.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Folder Naming Internationalization</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                You can now use Unicode (UTF-8) characters in the
                names for IMAP folders.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Executive Summary now Reads IMAP</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                The Executive Summary tool in Evolution now displays
                email messages in IMAP as well as local mail folders. 
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Filters and vFolders Notice Moved or Missing Folders</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                vFolders and filters now notice if you move or delete
                a folder that they use.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>vFolder "Original Location" Feature</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                vFolders can now display the actual folder location
                for each message they contain.  To do so, right click
                on the column headers in the message list of any
                vFolder, select <guimenuitem>Add a
                Column</guimenuitem>, and drag the <guibutton>Original
                Location</guibutton> item into position.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>New Criteria and Actions</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                 There are many new filter criteria and actions,
                 including additional message flags such as Flag for
                 Followup.
              </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

         <varlistentry>
        <term>Folder Selection for Offline Mode</term>
        <listitem>
              <para>
               You may now select which network folders which will be
               cached locally when you go into Offline mode. This
               setting may be changed from the Folders section of the
               Evolution Settings window.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
               This feature is also sometimes known as "Bounce" or
               "Resend." To resend a message with all its headers
               instead of merely forwarding it, select the message and
               choose
                 <menuchoice>
          <guimenu>
                      Actions
                  </guimenu>
          <guisubmenu>
                     Forward
                  </guisubmenu>
          <guimenuitem>
                      Redirect
                  </guimenuitem>
        </menuchoice>.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                Messages that contain multiple forwarded messages are
                now displayed as a digest rather than inline or as a
                series of attachments.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>New Mail Notification</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
                When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution
                beep or play a sound file that you specify.
             </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
      </para>
    </sect1>
</preface>