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Evolution: E-Mail and Calendaring
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Evolution
makes the tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal information easy, so
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you can work and communicate more effectively with others. It's a highly evolved groupware
program, an integral part of the Internet-connected desktop.
Evolution can help you work in a group by handling e-mail, address, and other contact information,
and one or more calendars. It can do that on one or several computers, connected directly or over a
network, for one person or for large groups.
With Evolution, you can accomplish your most common daily tasks quickly. For example, it takes
only one or two clicks to enter appointment or contact information sent to you by e-mail, or to send
e-mail to a contact or appointment. People who get lots of e-mail will appreciate advanced features
like search folders, which let you save searches as though they were ordinary e-mail folders.
This chapter introduces you to Evolution and helps you get started using it. For complete
information, refer to the Evolution documentation.
4.1 Starting Evolution for the First Time
Start the Evolution client by clicking Computer > Evolution, or by typing evolution in a
terminal window.
4.1.1 Using the Setup Assistant
The first time you run Evolution, it creates a directory called .evolution in your home directory,
where it stores all of its local data. Then, it opens a Setup Assistant to help you set up e-mail
accounts and import data from other applications.
Using the Setup Assistant takes two to five minutes.
Later on, if you want to change this account, or if you want to create a new one, click Edit >
Preferences, then click Mail Accounts. Select the account you want to change, then click Edit.
Alternately, add a new account by clicking Add.
The Setup Assistant helps you provide the information Evolution needs to get started.
"Defining Your Identity" on page 126
"Receiving Mail" on page 126
"Receiving Mail Options" on page 128
"Sending Mail" on page 131
"Account Management" on page 132
"Time Zone" on page 132
"Importing Mail (Optional)" on page 132
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