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Clarify consumption documentation to match the current Paperless behaviour.

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The configuration does not have to be hardcoded in settings.py anymore,
and instead happens in the config file. Also, we added that the emails
are checked at startup [0].

[0] see commit 3153bbd6a8d674362eccb4d48b8458b33298f6a9
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David Martin 2017-05-21 14:52:12 +10:00
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@ -121,14 +121,15 @@ So, with all that in mind, here's what you do to get it running:
1. Setup a new email account somewhere, or if you're feeling daring, create a
folder in an existing email box and note the path to that folder.
2. In ``settings.py`` set all of the appropriate values in ``MAIL_CONSUMPTION``.
2. In ``/etc/paperless.conf`` set all of the appropriate values in
``PATHS AND FOLDERS`` and ``SECURITY``.
If you decided to use a subfolder of an existing account, then make sure you
set ``INBOX`` accordingly here. You also have to set the
``UPLOAD_SHARED_SECRET`` to something you can remember 'cause you'll have to
include that in every email you send.
set ``PAPERLESS_CONSUME_MAIL_INBOX`` accordingly here. You also have to set
the ``PAPERLESS_SHARED_SECRET`` to something you can remember 'cause you'll
have to include that in every email you send.
3. Restart the :ref:`consumer <utilities-consumer>`. The consumer will check
the configured email account every 10 minutes for something new and pull down
whatever it finds.
the configured email account at startup and from then on every 10 minutes
for something new and pulls down whatever it finds.
4. Send yourself an email! Note that the subject is treated as the file name,
so if you set the subject to ``Correspondent - Title - tag,tag,tag``, you'll
get what you expect. Also, you must include the aforementioned secret