[geary/wip/243-manual-updates: 2/3] help: Update accounts.page to reflect how the accounts editor now works
- From: Michael Gratton <mjog src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [geary/wip/243-manual-updates: 2/3] help: Update accounts.page to reflect how the accounts editor now works
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:23:42 +0000 (UTC)
commit f752fbf7e3f54c86c9c6a3f6619f371851eedd7d
Author: Michael Gratton <mike vee net>
Date: Sat Mar 23 17:10:57 2019 +1100
help: Update accounts.page to reflect how the accounts editor now works
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1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
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type="guide"
id="accounts">
- <info>
- <link type="guide" xref="index#overview"/>
-
- <link type="next" xref="archive"/>
- </info>
- <title>Accounts</title>
-
- <section id="adding-accounts">
- <title>Adding accounts</title>
-
- <p>The first time you start Geary, you will be prompted to add an email account. On this screen,
- select if your account is Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook.com, or other. For other account types, you will
- need to enter your IMAP and SMTP login settings manually.</p>
-
- <p>Additional accounts can be added from the Accounts dialog. The <gui>Accounts</gui> option is
- available in either Geary's application menu or the gear menu in the upper-right of the
- toolbar. (The location depends on the install desktop shell. For GNOME Shell and Unity, the
- application menu is available near the top-left corner of the screen.)
- To add an account, click the + button.</p>
- </section>
-
- <section id="editing-accounts">
- <title>Editing existing accounts</title>
-
- <p>From the Accounts dialog, select an account and click the pencil icon to change various settings.
- Please note that Geary cannot change server settings on an existing account. If you need to
- change your IMAP or SMTP server, you will need to delete the account and re-add it.</p>
-
- <p>To change the order that accounts are displayed in the folder list, drag the accounts in the
- Accounts dialog to the desired order.</p>
-
- <p>There are some advanced options available when editing accounts:</p>
- <list>
- <item><p>The <gui>Save sent mail</gui> checkbox controls whether Geary will push successfully sent
- messages up to the account's <gui>Sent Mail</gui> folder. For Gmail accounts, this happens
- automatically. Yahoo and some other accounts can be configured to do this automatically as well.
- For other accounts, if you disable this setting, you may be unable to view messages you've
- sent.</p></item>
-
- <item><p>The <gui>Sign emails</gui> checkbox indicates whether a signature will be automatically
- inserted when a composer is opened. You may enter the signature into the box immediately
- below. You may use HTML tags to style the text. Switch to a preview of the signature using the
- buttons to the right.</p>
-
- <p>If you leave the signature in the Accounts dialog blank, Geary will use the
- <file>.signature</file> file in your home directory, if it exists. This file may contain either
- plain text or HTML markup. In the latter case, the markup will be inserted directly into the
- composer, without any escaping.</p></item>
-
- <item><p>The <gui>Download mail</gui> drop-down allows you to configure how much mail Geary will keep
- locally. Geary can only use locally available mail when searching and forming
- conversations.</p></item>
- </list>
-
- </section>
-
- <section id="removing-accounts">
- <title>Removing accounts</title>
-
- <p>To delete an account, open the Accounts dialog, select the account, and press the - button.
- Geary will delete all information associated with the account.</p>
-
- </section>
-
-</page>
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#overview"/>
+ <link type="next" xref="archive"/>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Accounts</title>
+
+ <section id="accounts-editor">
+ <title>Accounts Editor</title>
+
+ <p>Your email accounts can be added, updated, and removed using
+ the <em>accounts editor</em>. To open it, click Geary’s
+ application menu button in the main window above the folder list,
+ then click <gui>Accounts</gui> in the pop-up menu.</p>
+
+ <p>To change the order that accounts are displayed in the folder
+ list, click and drag the handle for an account in the accounts
+ editor, or focus an account with <key>Tab</key>, then use
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>↑</key></keyseq> and
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>↓</key></keyseq> to re-position the
+ currently selected account.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="adding-accounts">
+ <title>Adding accounts</title>
+
+ <p>Geary will automatically use any email accounts you have added
+ via the <app>Online Accounts</app> panel of <app>GNOME
+ Settings</app>. If you do not have any accounts added to
+ <app>Online Accounts</app>, you will be prompted to add an account
+ the first time you run Geary.</p>
+
+ <p>To add additional accounts, open the accounts editor, then
+ choose the appropriate email provider from the list at the bottom
+ of the window. For providers supported by <app>Online
+ Accounts</app>, <app>GNOME Settings</app> will be opened and you
+ will be asked for your account information there. For other email
+ providers, you will be asked for your account information by
+ Geary. Once entered, click <gui>Create</gui> and the account
+ information will be checked and then added.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="editing-accounts">
+ <title>Updating existing accounts</title>
+ <p>To update existing accounts, open the accounts editor and
+ choose the account you wish to update. Geary will display settings
+ for the account. From there, you can add and remove additional
+ sender email addresses, edit your email signature, and various
+ other settings.</p>
+
+ <p>The <gui>Download mail</gui> setting allows you to configure
+ how much mail Geary will download and store locally. Geary can
+ only use locally available mail when displaying and searching for
+ conversations.</p>
+
+ <p>To edit the server settings for the account, scroll to the
+ bottom of the window and click <gui>Server Settings</gui>. The
+ server settings will be displayed and you can click to edit
+ them. Once done, click <gui>Apply</gui> and Geary will check the
+ settings, then update the account. Note that accounts added via
+ the <app>Online Accounts</app> panel of <app>GNOME Settings</app>
+ cannot have their server name, security, login, or password
+ settings changed.</p>
+
+ <p>The <gui>Save draft email on server</gui> checkbox controls
+ whether the composer will save copies of email messages being
+ written in the <gui>Drafts</gui> folder. If de-selected, you will
+ not be able to save draft messages when closing the composer.</p>
+
+ <p>The <gui>Save sent email on server</gui> checkbox controls
+ whether Geary will save copies of email that have been sent
+ to the <gui>Sent</gui> folder. If de-selected, you will no be able
+ to see any email messages you have sent, unless your server
+ automatically saves them for you.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="removing-accounts">
+ <title>Removing accounts</title>
+
+ <p>Accounts added via the <app>Online Accounts</app> panel of
+ <app>GNOME Settings</app> must also be removed from there. To do
+ so, open <app>Online Accounts</app>, select the account, and click
+ <gui>Remove</gui>.</p>
+
+ <p>To remove an account added via Geary, open the accounts editor
+ and choose the account you wish to remove. Geary will display
+ settings for the account. Scroll to the bottom of the window and
+ click <gui>Remove Account</gui>. You will be prompted to confirm
+ removing the account. Once confirmed, if you change your mind you
+ can still undo removing the account by clicking <gui>Undo</gui> in
+ the popup notification, or by typing
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>U</key></keyseq>.</p>
+ </section>
+
+</page>
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