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  <info>
    <desc>Receiving options for Exchange MAPI accounts.</desc>

    <link type="guide" xref="mail-receiving-options#corporate-server-types"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-microsoft-exchange-evo-mapi#receiving-email"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0.2" version="0.2" date="2011-07-30" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
    </credit>
    
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  <title>Exchange MAPI receiving options</title>

<section id="receiving-email-exchange-mapi">
<title>Receiving E-mail</title>

<p>On the <gui>Receiving Email</gui> page (accessible via <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui><gui style="button">Edit</gui><gui>Receiving Email</gui></guiseq>):</p>

<list>
<item><p>Enter the address of the email server in the <gui>Server</gui> field and enter your username for that server.</p></item>
<item><p>Enter the Domain name for that server.</p>
<note style="tip"><p>If you are in an organizational environment, you may want to contact your system administrator for more information.</p></note></item>
<item><p>Select your authentication type in the Authentication list, or click <gui style="button">Check for Supported Types</gui> to have <app>Evolution</app> check for supported authentication mechanisms. Some servers do not announce the authentication mechanisms they support, so clicking this button is not a guarantee that available mechanisms actually work.</p></item>
<item><p>Select if you want to use a secure connection (SSL or TLS).</p></item>
<item><p>Click <gui style="button">Authenticate</gui> and enter your password.</p></item>
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</section>

<section id="receiving-options-exchange-mapi">
<title>Receiving Options</title>

<p>On the <gui>Receiving Options</gui> page (accessible via <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui><gui style="button">Edit</gui><gui>Receiving Options</gui></guiseq>):</p>

<list>
<item><p>If you want <app>Evolution</app> to check automatically for new messages, click the <gui>Check for new messages every … minutes</gui> option and select the frequency in minutes.</p></item>
<item><p>You can also define if <app>Evolution</app> checks for new messages in all folders.</p></item>
</list>

</section>

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