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