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