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some more documentation work
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:11:49 +0000
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2 User Guide 2 User Guide
3 ========== 3 ==========
4 4
5 :Version: $Revision: 1.27 $ 5 :Version: 1.27
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7 .. contents:: 7 .. contents::
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9 Note: this document will refer to *issues* as the primary store of 9 .. hint::
10 information in the tracker. This is the default of the classic template, 10 This document will refer to *issues* as the primary store of
11 but may vary in any given installation. 11 information in the tracker. This is the default of the classic template,
12 but may vary in any given installation.
12 13
13 14
14 Your Tracker in a Nutshell 15 Your Tracker in a Nutshell
15 ========================== 16 ==========================
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187 Web Interface 188 Web Interface
188 ============= 189 =============
189 190
190 Note: this document contains screenshots of the default look and feel. 191 .. note::
191 Your site may have a slightly (or very) different look, but the 192 This document contains screenshots of the default look and feel.
192 functionality will be very similar, and the concepts still hold. 193 Your site may have a slightly (or very) different look, but the
194 functionality will be very similar, and the concepts still hold.
193 195
194 The web interface is broken up into the following parts: 196 The web interface is broken up into the following parts:
195 197
196 1. `lists of items`_, 198 1. `lists of items`_,
197 2. `display, edit or entry of an item`_, and 199 2. `display, edit or entry of an item`_, and
344 1. the item that the message is responding to, 346 1. the item that the message is responding to,
345 2. the type of item the message should create, or 347 2. the type of item the message should create, or
346 3. we default the item class and try some trickiness 348 3. we default the item class and try some trickiness
347 349
348 If the subject line contains a prefix in ``[square brackets]`` then 350 If the subject line contains a prefix in ``[square brackets]`` then
349 we're looking at case 1 or 2 above. Note that any "re:" or "fwd:" 351 we're looking at case 1 or 2 above. Any "re:" or "fwd:" prefixes are
350 prefixes are stripped off the subject line before we start looking for 352 stripped off the subject line before we start looking for real
351 real information. 353 information.
352 354
353 If an item designator (class name and id number, for example 355 If an item designator (class name and id number, for example
354 ``issue123``) is found there, a new "msg" item is added to the 356 ``issue123``) is found there, a new "msg" item is added to the
355 "messages" property for that item, and any new "file" items are added to 357 "messages" property for that item, and any new "file" items are added to
356 the "files" property for the item. 358 the "files" property for the item.
418 If the sender of an email is unknown to Roundup (looking up both user 420 If the sender of an email is unknown to Roundup (looking up both user
419 primary email addresses and their alternate addresses) then a new user 421 primary email addresses and their alternate addresses) then a new user
420 will be created. The new user will have their username set to the "user" 422 will be created. The new user will have their username set to the "user"
421 part of "user@domain" in their email address. Their password will be 423 part of "user@domain" in their email address. Their password will be
422 completely randomised, and they'll have to visit the web interface to 424 completely randomised, and they'll have to visit the web interface to
423 have it changed. Note that some sites don't allow web access by users 425 have it changed. Some sites don't allow web access by users who register
424 who register via email like this. 426 via email like this.
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426 428
427 E-Mail Message Content 429 E-Mail Message Content
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