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This document describes the RetroShare configuration panel for version 0.5.1.

Note: This is work in progress. Several items may not have been documented yet, or contain incorrect information.

General

Startup

Start minimized If checked, RetroShare will start minimized. It's main window will not appear, only the tray icon will be visible and can be used to access the running program.

Misc

When RetroShare is closed using the Quit botton or menu choice it will ask for confirmation before terminating. If Do not show the `Quit RetroShare` MessageBox is checked, RetroShare will terminate without asking for confirmation.

Do not minimize to Tray Icon TODO

Auto-login If checked, RetroShare will remember the location ID and password upon termination and use these to automatically login when RetroShare is restarted.

TODO: Windows only?

Idle

Idle Time The amount of time that after which RetroShare considers the user not active (idle). This is reflected in the border of the avatar on the Friends and Chat tabs.

Note that this is not the connection status as shown on the Friends tab.

Server

Network Configuration

Connectivity How the system running RetroShare is connected to the internet.

To be able to answer requests from outside RetroShare must listen to connection requests. For this purpose the program opens a so called port/ Ports are identified by a number, the port number that RetroShare uses is 7812 by default although you can change this.

PCs are usually connected to the internet via a modem and/or firewall/router. It is possible that

Choices are:

Automatic (Upnp) It is connected directly to the internet, or via a firewall/router that supports the UPNP protocol. RetroShare can work out everything that is required to connect it to the internet.

Firewalled You are connected via a firewall/router.

TODO: Yes, and?

Manual Forwarded Port You are connected via a firewall/router and have an external port connected .

Discoverability This controls how this system can be found by other RetroShare users.

Public: DHT & Discover

Private: Discovery Only

Inverted: DHT Only

Dark Net: None

Transfer

Queue Size:

Default Chunk Strategy:

Safety disk space limit

Directories

Shared Directories

[] Automatically share incoming directory [Edit Share]

[] Remember hashed files for XXX days [Clean Hash Cache]

This will forget any former hash of non shared files.

Security

This panel shows your public key that you can exchange with other friends to become connected through RetroShare. The public key is binary information, but it is shown here ascii armored, which means that it is shows as simple text that you can cut and paste into an email message or something similar.

The [Copy Key] copies your public key to the clipboard so you can paste it elsewhere.

[Save Key] opens a file dialog where you can specify a location to store the public key on disk. You can attach this disk file to an email message when sending an invitation to a friend.

Message

Misc

[] Set message to read on activate

Forum

Misc

[] Set message to read on activate

[] Expand new messages

Sound

Friend [] go online ...

Chatmessage [] New Msg ...