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+<HTML
+><HEAD
+><TITLE
+>What's in it for me?</TITLE
+><META
+NAME="GENERATOR"
+CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.61
+"><LINK
+REL="HOME"
+TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide"
+HREF="index.html"><LINK
+REL="UP"
+TITLE="Using Bugzilla"
+HREF="using.html"><LINK
+REL="PREVIOUS"
+TITLE="How do I use Bugzilla?"
+HREF="how.html"><LINK
+REL="NEXT"
+TITLE="Using Bugzilla-Conclusion"
+HREF="usingbz-conc.html"></HEAD
+><BODY
+CLASS="SECTION"
+BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
+TEXT="#000000"
+LINK="#0000FF"
+VLINK="#840084"
+ALINK="#0000FF"
+><DIV
+CLASS="NAVHEADER"
+><TABLE
+WIDTH="100%"
+BORDER="0"
+CELLPADDING="0"
+CELLSPACING="0"
+><TR
+><TH
+COLSPAN="3"
+ALIGN="center"
+>The Bugzilla Guide</TH
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="10%"
+ALIGN="left"
+VALIGN="bottom"
+><A
+HREF="how.html"
+>Prev</A
+></TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="80%"
+ALIGN="center"
+VALIGN="bottom"
+>Chapter 2. Using Bugzilla</TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="10%"
+ALIGN="right"
+VALIGN="bottom"
+><A
+HREF="usingbz-conc.html"
+>Next</A
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+><HR
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+WIDTH="100%"></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><A
+NAME="INIT4ME"
+>2.4. What's in it for me?</A
+></H1
+><TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+WIDTH="100%"
+CELLSPACING="0"
+CELLPADDING="0"
+CLASS="EPIGRAPH"
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="45%"
+>&nbsp;</TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="45%"
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><I
+><P
+><I
+>Indiana, it feels like we walking on fortune cookies!</I
+></P
+><P
+><I
+>These ain't fortune cookies, kid...</I
+></P
+></I
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+><P
+>      Customized User Preferences offer tremendous versatility to
+      your individual Bugzilla experience.
+      Let's plunge into what you can do!  The first step is to click
+      the "Edit prefs" link at the footer of each page once you
+      have logged in to
+      <A
+HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/query.cgi?GoAheadAndLogIn=1"
+TARGET="_top"
+>      Landfill</A
+>.
+    </P
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><H2
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><A
+NAME="ACCOUNTSETTINGS"
+>2.4.1. Account Settings</A
+></H2
+><P
+>	On this page, you can change your basic Account Settings,
+	including your password and full name.
+	For security reasons, in order to change anything on this page you
+	must type your <EM
+>current</EM
+>
+	password into the "Old Password" field. 
+	If you wish to change your password, type the new password you
+	want into the "New Password" field and again into the "Re-enter 
+	new password" field to ensure
+	you typed your new password correctly.  Select the "Submit" button and you're done!
+      </P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><H2
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><A
+NAME="EMAILSETTINGS"
+>2.4.2. Email Settings</A
+></H2
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><A
+NAME="NOTIFICATION"
+>2.4.2.1. Email Notification</A
+></H3
+><DIV
+CLASS="NOTE"
+><P
+></P
+><TABLE
+CLASS="NOTE"
+WIDTH="100%"
+BORDER="0"
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="25"
+ALIGN="CENTER"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><IMG
+SRC="../images/note.gif"
+HSPACE="5"
+ALT="Note"></TD
+><TD
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><P
+>	    The email notification settings described below have been obsoleted in Bugzilla 2.12, and
+	    this section will be replaced with a comprehensive description of the amazing array of 
+	    new options at your disposal.  However, in the meantime, throw this chunk out the window
+	    and go crazy with goofing around with different notification options.
+	  </P
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+></DIV
+><P
+>	  Ahh, here you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you from Bugzilla!
+	  In the drop-down "Notify me of changes to", select one of
+	  <P
+></P
+><TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+><TBODY
+><TR
+><TD
+><EM
+>All qualifying bugs</EM
+>: sends you every change to every bug
+	      where your name is somewhere on it, regardless of who changed it.</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+><EM
+>Only those bugs which I am listed in the CC line</EM
+>: prevents
+	      you from receiving mail for which you are the reporter,'
+	      owner, or QA contact.  If you are on the CC
+	      list, presumably someone had a <EM
+>good</EM
+>
+	      reason for you to get the email.</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+><EM
+>All qulifying bugs except those which I change</EM
+>:
+	      This is the default, and
+	      a sensible setting.  If someone else changes your bugs, you will get emailed,
+	      but if you change bugs
+	      yourself you will receive no notification of the change.</TD
+></TR
+></TBODY
+></TABLE
+><P
+></P
+>
+	</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><A
+NAME="NEWEMAILTECH"
+>2.4.2.2. New Email Technology</A
+></H3
+><DIV
+CLASS="NOTE"
+><P
+></P
+><TABLE
+CLASS="NOTE"
+WIDTH="100%"
+BORDER="0"
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="25"
+ALIGN="CENTER"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><IMG
+SRC="../images/note.gif"
+HSPACE="5"
+ALT="Note"></TD
+><TD
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><P
+>	    This option may not be available in all Bugzilla installations, depending upon
+	    the preferences of the systems administrator responsible for the setup of your Bugzilla.
+	    However, if you really want this functionality, ask her to "enable newemailtech
+	    in Params"
+	    and "make it the default for all new users", referring her to the Administration section
+	    of this Guide.
+	  </P
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+></DIV
+><P
+>	  Disregard the warnings about "experimental and bleeding edge"; the code to handle email
+	  in a cleaner manner than that historically used for Bugzilla is
+	  quite robust and well-tested now.
+	</P
+><P
+>	  I recommend you enable the option, "Click here to sign up (and risk any bugs)".
+	  Your email-box
+	  will thank you for it.  The fundamental shift in "newemailtech" is away from standard UNIX
+	  "diff" output, which is quite ugly, to a prettier, better laid-out email.
+	</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><A
+NAME="WATCHSETTINGS"
+>2.4.2.3. "Watching" Users</A
+></H3
+><DIV
+CLASS="NOTE"
+><P
+></P
+><TABLE
+CLASS="NOTE"
+WIDTH="100%"
+BORDER="0"
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="25"
+ALIGN="CENTER"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><IMG
+SRC="../images/note.gif"
+HSPACE="5"
+ALT="Note"></TD
+><TD
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><P
+>	    This option may not be available in all Bugzilla installations, depending upon
+	    the preferences of the systems administrator responsible for the setup of your Bugzilla.
+	    However, if you really want this functionality, ask her to "enable watchers in Params".
+	  </P
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+></DIV
+><P
+>	  By entering user email names into the "Users to watch" text entry box, delineated by commas,
+	  you can watch bugs of other users.  This powerful functionality enables seamless transitions
+	  as developers change projects, managers wish to get in touch with the issues faced by their
+	  direct reports, or users go on vacation.  If any of these three situations apply
+	  to you, you will undoubtedly find this feature quite convenient.
+	</P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><H2
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><A
+NAME="FOOTERSETTINGS"
+>2.4.3. Page Footer</A
+></H2
+><DIV
+CLASS="NOTE"
+><P
+></P
+><TABLE
+CLASS="NOTE"
+WIDTH="100%"
+BORDER="0"
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="25"
+ALIGN="CENTER"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><IMG
+SRC="../images/note.gif"
+HSPACE="5"
+ALT="Note"></TD
+><TD
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><P
+>	  By default, this page is quite barren.  However, go explore the Query Page some more; you will
+	  find that you can store numerous queries on the server, so if you regularly run a particular query
+	  it is just a drop-down menu away.  On this page of Preferences, if you have many stored
+	  queries you can elect to have them always one-click away!
+	</P
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+></DIV
+><P
+>	If you have many stored queries on the server, here you will find individual drop-downs for each
+	stored query.  Each drop-down gives you the option of that query appearing on the footer of every
+	page in Bugzilla!  This gives you powerful one-click access to any complex searches you may set up,
+	and is an excellent way to impress your boss...
+      </P
+><DIV
+CLASS="TIP"
+><P
+></P
+><TABLE
+CLASS="TIP"
+WIDTH="100%"
+BORDER="0"
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="25"
+ALIGN="CENTER"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><IMG
+SRC="../images/tip.gif"
+HSPACE="5"
+ALT="Tip"></TD
+><TD
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+VALIGN="TOP"
+><P
+>By default, the "My Bugs" link appears at the bottom of each page.  However, this query
+	gives you both the bugs you have reported, as well as those you are assigned.  One of the most
+	common uses for this page is to remove the "My Bugs" link, replacing it with two other queries,
+	commonly called "My Bug Reports" and "My Bugs" (but only referencing bugs assigned to you).  This
+	allows you to distinguish those bugs you have reported from those you are assigned.  I commonly
+	set up complex Boolean queries in the Query page and link them to my footer in this page.  When
+	they are significantly complex, a one-click reference can save hours of work.</P
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+></DIV
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><H2
+CLASS="SECTION"
+><A
+NAME="PERMISSIONSETTINGS"
+>2.4.4. Permissions</A
+></H2
+><P
+>	This is a purely informative page which outlines your current permissions on
+	this installation of Bugzilla.  If you have permissions to grant certain permissions to
+	other users, the "other users" link appears on this page as well as the footer.
+	For more information regarding user administration, please consult the Administration
+	section of this Guide.
+      </P
+></DIV
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
+><HR
+ALIGN="LEFT"
+WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
+WIDTH="100%"
+BORDER="0"
+CELLPADDING="0"
+CELLSPACING="0"
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="33%"
+ALIGN="left"
+VALIGN="top"
+><A
+HREF="how.html"
+>Prev</A
+></TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="34%"
+ALIGN="center"
+VALIGN="top"
+><A
+HREF="index.html"
+>Home</A
+></TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="33%"
+ALIGN="right"
+VALIGN="top"
+><A
+HREF="usingbz-conc.html"
+>Next</A
+></TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="33%"
+ALIGN="left"
+VALIGN="top"
+>How do I use Bugzilla?</TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="34%"
+ALIGN="center"
+VALIGN="top"
+><A
+HREF="using.html"
+>Up</A
+></TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="33%"
+ALIGN="right"
+VALIGN="top"
+>Using Bugzilla-Conclusion</TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+></DIV
+></BODY
+></HTML
+>
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author	barnboy%trilobyte.net <>	2001-08-11 07:26:38 +0200
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