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diff --git a/doc/userguide/usenet.docbook b/doc/userguide/usenet.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2aba10a2b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/userguide/usenet.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +<chapter id="usenet"> +<!-- Uncomment the <*info> below and add your name to be --> +<!-- credited for writing this section. --> + +<!-- +<chapterinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Your First Name here</firstname> +<surname>Your Surname here </surname> +</author> +</authorgroup> +</chapterinfo> +--> + +<title>Usenet News</title> + +<para>Usenet newsgroups are forums in which you can post messages to discuss +various topics: almost any subject you like (and many you don't!) can +be found there. Although usenet has become less popular than it once +was, because of the increasing use of web forums, &etc;, it is still a +useful tool. &kde; provides a powerful usenet news reader called &knode;.</para> + +<para>You can find &knode; in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu under the +<guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu> entry: the menu entry +<guimenuitem>&knode; (News Reader)</guimenuitem> launches the program.</para> + + +<para>The main window of &knode; should now be displayed on your +desktop as shown; on the first start, the settings dialog will be +invoked.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Setting up &knode;</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-start.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>&knode; after first start</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>&knode; after first start</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<sect1 id="knode-setting-your-identity"> +<title>Personal settings</title> + +<para>The first page of the settings dialog is for personal settings: </para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Dialog for entering personal information</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-identity.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Entering personal information</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Entering personal information</para></caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<guilabel>Name</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>In the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel>, enter your name. This +name will later appear in the newsgroups as sender, and can be seen by +anyone.</para> + +<para>Filling out the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel> is +mandatory.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<guilabel>Email address</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The email address you enter here will be used as sender in news +articles, &ie; as actual address of the author, in conjunction with +the real name (set in the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel>).</para> + +<para>Filling out the <guilabel>Email Address</guilabel> field is +mandatory.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="knode-setting-the-news-account"> +<title>Configuring the news account</title> + + +<para>Now we must tell &knode; about where we get the news from or +where to send the articles to later on. In the list on the +right, there is an <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> entry; click on it and choose the +<guilabel>Newsgroup servers</guilabel> tab, because we first want to configure +the news account: the list of accounts is still empty.</para> + +<para>To create a new account click on <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>. The +following dialog appears:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-news-account.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Name</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The <guilabel>Name</guilabel> field can be filled in as you +like; the text you enter will later be visible in the folder view. You +could, for example, enter the name of your Internet Provider; for our example we +enter the name <userinput>My News Account</userinput>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Server</guilabel></term> +<listitem> + +<para>The next field is labelled <guilabel>Server</guilabel>. Unlike +the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel>, what you enter here is important. +The name of the news server is fixed and you should be able to get it +from your Internet service provider; if you do not know the name of +the news server, you should get it now: without this information you +cannot read any news. If your Internet service provider doesn't own a +news server you can use a public one (universities often provide +public news servers.)</para> + +<para>For our example configuration we enter the name +<userinput><systemitem +class="systemname">news.server.com</systemitem></userinput>; you will, +of course, enter the real name of your news server.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Port</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>You probably will not need to change this from the default in most +cases.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="knode-setting-the-mail-account"> +<title>Setting up the mail account</title> + +<para>Sometimes you need to answer to the author of an article +directly, without posting to the newsgroup; for example, when you want +to make a very personal comment or want to correct an error. If you +want to do this, select the <guilabel>Mail Server (SMTP)</guilabel> tab. The +following dialog box appears:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Dialog Box for setting up the mail account</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-mail-account.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Setting up the mail account</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Setting up the mail account</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Server</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The name (address) of your mail server as provided by your +Internet service provider or system administrator; all you have to do +here is enter the mail server's name in the +<guilabel>Server</guilabel> field.</para> + +<para>In our example we enter <userinput><systemitem +class="systemname">mail.server.com</systemitem></userinput></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Port</guilabel></term> +<listitem> + +<para>Again, you probably will not need to change the +<guilabel>Port</guilabel> setting.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<!-- Add links to "further reading" here --> +<itemizedlist> +<title>Related Information</title> +<listitem><para>The comp.windows.x.kde newsgroup is the main user +support group for &kde; on usenet. You can find other resources for +getting help with &kde; in <xref linkend="getting-help"/>.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para><ulink url="http://gmane.org">Gmane</ulink> provides a +usenet frontend to many mailing lists, including most of the &kde; +lists, so you can read them with &knode;.</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + + +</sect1> + +</chapter> + +<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file +Local variables: +mode: xml +sgml-omittag:nil +sgml-shorttag:nil +sgml-namecase-general:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:true +sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") +sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-local-catalogs:nil +sgml-local-ecat-files:nil +End: +--> |