[kde-doc-english] [kdepim] doc/kmail: REVIEW: 111239
Yuri Chornoivan
yurchor at ukr.net
Tue Jun 25 17:04:54 UTC 2013
Git commit a90024804836f32fcc36ddb96b1c69764bd8e558 by Yuri Chornoivan, on behalf of Scarlett Clark.
Committed on 25/06/2013 at 17:04.
Pushed by yurchor into branch 'master'.
REVIEW: 111239
Documentation: Reworked Security Reading tab to include missing sections.
M +44 -41 doc/kmail/configure.docbook
http://commits.kde.org/kdepim/a90024804836f32fcc36ddb96b1c69764bd8e558
diff --git a/doc/kmail/configure.docbook b/doc/kmail/configure.docbook
index c5778a8..ffefd8c 100644
--- a/doc/kmail/configure.docbook
+++ b/doc/kmail/configure.docbook
@@ -1353,56 +1353,59 @@ of key words can be modified.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="configure-security">
- <title>
- Security Page
- </title>
-
- <sect2 id="configure-security-reading">
- <title>
- Reading
- </title>
-
- <para>
- On this tab you can configure security-relevant options for
- reading messages.
- </para>
-
+ <title>Security Page</title>
+ <sect2 id="configure-security-reading">
+ <title>Reading</title>
+ <para>On this tab you can configure security-relevant options for
+ reading messages.</para>
<variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry id="configure-security-reading-prefer-html">
- <term>
- <guilabel>Prefer HTML to plain text</guilabel>
- </term>
+ <varlistentry id="configure-security-reading-prefer-html">
+ <term><guilabel>Prefer HTML to plain text</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
- <para>
- If checked, &kmail; will show &html; messages with their
- &html; formatting and layout. We strongly recommend to
- leave this option off, as security problems with &html;
- might show up. When this option is off, you can still
- read &html; messages, but only as plain text.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ By default &kmail; will show &html; messages in plain text. If you prefer to view messages with
+ &html; formatting and layout automatically, select this option. However, we recommend leaving this option off,
+ as security problems with &html; might show up.</para>
+ <para>You can still easily view messages in &html; format per email by
+ clicking the plain message/html message toggle bar on the left hand side of the message window. Please see <link linkend="configure-appearance-message-window">Message Window</link>
+ to enable this feature.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-security-reading-external-references">
- <term>
- <guilabel>Allow messages to load external references from the Internet</guilabel>
- </term>
+ <term><guilabel>Allow messages to load external references from the Internet</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
- <para>
- If checked, &kmail; can load external images, style
- sheets &etc; from the Internet when you look at an
- &html; message. We strongly recommend to leave this
- option off (although it has no effect if you only view
- plain text messages). By adding external references to
- their messages, people sending spam can detect that and
- when you have looked at their message. Note that this
- option has no effect on &Java;, JavaScript and Plugins -
- these are disabled anyway and cannot be enabled at all.
- </para>
+ <para>If checked, &kmail; can load external images, stylesheets &etc; from the Internet
+ when you look at an &html; message. We strongly recommend to leave this option off (although it has no effect if you only view
+ plain text messages).</para>
+ <para>By adding external references to their messages, people sending spam can detect when you have looked at their message, your location, and
+ alot of other information that gets logged on web servers. Note that this option has no effect on &Java;, JavaScript and Plugins as
+ these are not supported in &kmail; at all, which is a good thing, as most viruses propagate through these.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <!-- missing Attempt decryption of encrypted messages when viewing-->
+ <varlistentry id="configure-security-email-scams">
+ <term><guilabel>Informs if message reading is a suspected email scam</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>With the popularity of email, unfortunately comes the popularity of email scams. Email scams can include emails made to appear as though they come from legitimate companies,
+ but they really link to malicious web sites requesting your personal information. This can lead to identity theft and worse. By default &kmail; analyzes messages for common scams,
+ and will inform you if the email is a suspected scam. It is highly advised to keep this feature enabled. If you wish to disable this great feature, uncheck
+ <guilabel>Informs if message reading is a suspected email scam</guilabel>.</para>
+ <para>If you have legitimate emails being flagged, ⪚ from trusted friends, you can add their email to the <guilabel>Whitelist:</guilabel> by clicking
+ the <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> and enter the email into the dialog that pops up. Please note that at this time, only individual emails are supported.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Encrypted messages</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>By default, &kmail; will automatically attempt to decrypt encrypted messages when you view them. I you prefer to do it manually, unselect this option.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Certificate & Key Bundle Attachments</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>If you would like to have &kmail; to <guilabel>Automatically import keys and certificate</guilabel> from incoming messages for decryption, select this option.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="configure-security-reading-mdns">
<term>
<guilabel>Message Disposition Notifications</guilabel>
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