Linux Pocket Guide

Name

evolution — evolution

Synopsis

/usr/bin stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version

Ximian Evolution is a graphical email program that looks a lot like Microsoft Outlook. Depending on how your system is set up, you can invoke Evolution from the main menu as Internet : Evolution Email, or by running the command evolution from the shell.

To set up a mail account:

1. Choose Tools → Settings…

2. In the Evolution Settings window, if you do not already have an email account listed, choose Add. Otherwise, select the account and choose Edit.

3. In the Evolution Account Editor window, the Identity tab, fill in your full name and email address.

4. Choose the Receiving Mail tab and the Server Type (IMAP, POP, local delivery, and so on) and fill in the fields relevant to your mail server. For POP or IMAP servers, fill in the mail server host and username supplied by your ISP; for local delivery, fill in the path to your local mailbox.

5. Choose the Sending Mail tab and select the type of your outgoing mail server: SMTP if the server is remote (you’ll be prompted for the hostname), or sendmail if the server is the local machine.

6. The rest of the tabs and options are at your discretion. Choose OK to exit the Evolution Account Editor. You should be ready for basic mail operations.

Inbox	View your mail
New	Compose a new mail message
Send/Receive	Check for new mail
Reply	Reply to a message, only to the sender
Reply To All	Reply to a message, to all addresses in the To and CC lines
Forward	Forward a message to a third party

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