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7 <desc>Advanced options for Jabber and Google Talk accounts.</desc>
8 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-27" status="review">
10 <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
13 <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2015-02-03" status="review"/>
14 <credit type="author">
15 <name>Shaun McCance</name>
16 <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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30 <title>Jabber account details</title>
32 <p>Most Jabber accounts will require only a login ID and a password
33 to connect. For some accounts or on certain types of networks, you
34 may need to enter additional information in the <gui>Advanced</gui>
35 section. Normally, you will not need to use the advanced options
36 below. For general instructions on adding an account, see
37 <link xref="add-account"/>.</p>
40 <p>Google Talk is a type of Jabber account. These instructions
41 hold for Google Talk accounts as well.</p>
46 <title><gui>Encryption required (TLS/SSL)</gui></title>
47 <title><gui>Ignore SSL certificate errors</gui></title>
48 <p>Whenever possible, communication between <app>Empathy</app> and
49 the Jabber server is encrypted. If encrypted communication is not
50 possible, messages may be sent unencrypted. Select <gui>Encryption
51 required</gui> to prevent <app>Empathy</app> from communicating with
52 the Jabber server when encryption is not possible.</p>
53 <p>Some Jabber servers may encrypt data using invalid certificates,
54 or using certificates signed by unknown authorities. You can select
55 <gui>Ignore SSL certificate errors</gui> to allow encrypted communication
56 with invalid certificates, but this allows an attacker to intercept your
57 communication with the server (including your password). You might want to
58 use this option for testing purposes, or if your server is broken and you
59 do not care about the security of your communication.</p>
62 <title><gui>Resource</gui></title>
63 <title><gui>Priority</gui></title>
64 <p>If you have multiple applications (for instance, on separate computers)
65 connected to your account at the same time, you can set a resource to
66 uniquely identify each one. By default, <app>Empathy</app> will use
67 <input>Telepathy</input> as the resource.</p>
68 <p>You can set the priority to specify which application should receive
69 incoming messages from your contacts. New messages will be sent to the
70 application with the highest priority.</p>
73 <title><gui>Override server settings</gui></title>
74 <p><app>Empathy</app> will use default settings to connect to the
75 Jabber server based on your login ID. For some Jabber servers, you
76 will need to enter custom server settings manually. These settings
77 should be provided for you by your Jabber provider.</p>