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7 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-27" status="review">
9 <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
12 <credit type="author">
13 <name>Shaun McCance</name>
14 <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
18 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
20 <desc>Advanced options for Jabber and Google Talk accounts.</desc>
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24 <title>Jabber Account Details</title>
26 <p>Most Jabber accounts will require only a login ID and a password
27 to connect. For some accounts or on certain types of networks, you
28 may need to enter additional information in the <gui>Advanced</gui>
29 section. Normally, you will not need to use the advanced options
30 below. For general instructions on adding an account, see
31 <link xref="add-account"/>.</p>
34 <p>Google Talk is a type of Jabber account. These instructions
35 hold for Google Talk accounts as well.</p>
40 <title><gui>Encryption required (TLS/SSL)</gui></title>
41 <title><gui>Ignore SSL certificate errors</gui></title>
42 <p>Whenever possible, communication between <app>Empathy</app> and
43 the Jabber server is encrypted. If encrypted communication is not
44 possible, messages may be sent unencrypted. Select <gui>Encryption
45 required</gui> to prevent <app>Empathy</app> from communicating with
46 the Jabber server when encryption is not possible.</p>
47 <p>Some Jabber servers may encrypt data using invalid certificates,
48 or using certificates from unknown authorities. If you trust the
49 server you are connecting to, you can select <gui>Ignore SSL
50 certificate errors</gui> to allow encrypted communication with
51 invalid certificates.</p>
54 <title><gui>Resource</gui></title>
55 <title><gui>Priority</gui></title>
56 <p>If you have multiple applications (for instance, on separate computers)
57 connected to your account at the same time, you can set a resource to
58 uniquely identify each one. By default, <app>Empathy</app> will use
59 <input>Telepathy</input> as the resource.</p>
60 <p>You can set the priority to specify which application should receive
61 incoming messages from your contacts. New messages will be sent to the
62 application with the highest priority.</p>
65 <title><gui>Override server settings</gui></title>
66 <p><app>Empathy</app> will use default settings to connect to the
67 Jabber server based on your login ID. For some Jabber servers, you
68 will need to enter custom server settings manually. These settings
69 should be provided for you by your Jabber provider.</p>