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# Customizing the Summary's Modules

Evolution's modules can be customized to suit your needs. For example, you can choose which mail boxes are summarized, and which news services appear.

> Using the Summary through an HTTP Proxy: If you use an HTTP proxy, Ximian Evolution must be able to find it through the gnome-vfs subsystem before it can access news and weather from the Internet. This is also the case if you wish to load remote images into HTML mail message. You can tell the GNOME Virtual File System about your HTTP proxy in one of three ways, from easiest to most complicated:

> Use the VFS Proxy Tool

>   1. Run the command "gnome-vfs-proxy-capplet" or select the GNOME VFS Proxy Configuration tool from your Desktop Preferences menu in the menu panel.

>   2. Enter the address or hostname of your proxy server and click the OK button.

> Configure it with Nautilus

>   1. Open a Nautilus window

>   2. Select Preferences->Edit Preferences.

>   3. Go to the Navigation tab.

>   4. Click the Use HTTP Proxy checkbox and enter the location of your HTTP proxy in the Location field.

> Configure it with the gconftool command

>   1. Open a terminal.

>   2. Enter the command gconftool --type=bool --set /system/gnome-vfs/use-http-proxy "TRUE"

>   3. Enter the command gconftool --type=string --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-host "your-proxy-url"

>   4. Enter the command gconftool --type=int --set /system/gnome-vfs/http-proxy-port "8080"

>   For more information about the gconftool command, read the gconftool man page.

## Customizing the Weather Summary

To add a city to be displayed in the weather:

1. Choose Tools->Configure and select the Summary Preferences tool.

2. Click the Weather tab.

3. Select the city on the left hand column.

4. Click the Add button.

> Metric or Imperial?: Evolution supports both Imperial and Metric measurement for weather reports. Imperial units are sometimes called British units, but are used almost exclusively in the United States. Britain, and most of the rest of the world, use metric units.

## Customizing Your News Feeds

To customize your news feeds:

1. Choose Tools->Configure and select the Summary Preferences tool. Then, choose the News tab.

2. In the left hand column, select the news feed to add to your display.

3. Click the Add button.

4. Click OK.

You can also add your own news feeds. Evolution will display RDF format news feeds from the website of your choice.

## Customizing Your Mail Summary

To customize your mail summary:

1. Choose Tools->Configure and select the Summary Preferences tool.

2. Click the Mail tab.

3. Select the mail folder you want to see in the preview on the left.

4. Click Add.

## Customizing Your Schedule Summary

To customize your calendar summary:

1. Choose Tools->Configure and select the Summary Preferences tool.

2. Click the Schedule tab.

3. Choose whether you'd like appointments displayed for one day, five days, a week, or a month.

4. Choose whether you'd like to display all tasks, or just the tasks due today.

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