A User's Guide to Ximian Evolution
Aaron Weber
Kevin Breit
Ettore Perazzoli
Duncan Mak
Copyright
© 2000-2002 Ximian, Inc.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Legal Information and Licensing
How This Book is Organized
Typographical Conventions
Additional Help Sources
What's New in Evolution 1.2
I.
Getting Started with Ximian Evolution
1.
Getting Started with Ximian Evolution
What is Ximian Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me?
The First Time you Start Ximian Evolution
Importing Mail from Other Mail Clients
What's What in Ximian Evolution
2.
Getting Oriented with the Ximian Evolution Summary
Using the Summary
Customizing the Summary's Modules
3.
Using Evolution for Email
Reading Mail
Checking for New Mail
Composing New Email Messages
RSVPs in Mail
Subscription Management
Encryption
4.
Organizing and Managing your Email
Importing Your Old Email and Settings
Sorting Mail with Column Headers
Getting Organized with Folders
Searching for Messages
Create Rules to Automatically Organize Mail
Getting Really Organized with vFolders
5.
Working with Your Contacts
The Contact Editor
Searching for Contacts
Organizing your Addressbook
LDAP: Shared Addressbooks on a Network
Send me a Card: Adding New Cards Quickly
6.
Managing your Schedule
Ways of Looking at your Calendar
Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar
The Task Pad
Multiple Calendars
7.
The Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange
What's New in Connector 1.2
Connector Features
Installing the Connector
Configuration
Accessing the
Exchange
Server
Taking Full Advantage of the Exchange Server When Scheduling Appointments
8.
Synchronizing Evolution with Hand-Held Devices
Using HotSync
9.
Printing with Evolution
Print Preview
File or Printer?
II.
Configuring and Managing Ximian Evolution
10.
Advanced Configuration
Mail Settings
Calendar and Task List Settings
Managing the Addressbook
11.
Setting up your synchronization system
A.
Quick Reference
Opening or Creating Anything
Mail Tasks
Calendar
Addressbook
Glossary
B.
Known bugs and limitations
C.
Authors
D.
GNU Free Documentation License
0. PREAMBLE
1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
2. VERBATIM COPYING
3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
4. MODIFICATIONS
5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
8. TRANSLATION
9. TERMINATION
10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
Addendum
E.
GNU General Public License
Preamble
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
Section 0
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
NO WARRANTY
Section 12
List of Figures
1-1.
The Ximian Evolution Main Window
1-2.
The Evolution Summary
1-3.
Ximian Evolution Mail
1-4.
Ximian Evolution Calendar View
1-5.
Ximian Evolution Contact Interface
3-1.
Threaded Mail View
3-2.
New Message Window
3-3.
Reply Message Window
3-4.
Indented Text with Headlines
3-5.
Images in an email
4-1.
Selecting a vFolder Rule
5-1.
Evolution Contact Editor
6-1.
Appointment Scheduling Window
7-1.
Creating an Exchange Account, Step One: Identity
7-2.
Creating an Exchange Account, Step Two: Receiving Mail
7-3.
Creating an Exchange Account, Step Three: Mail Options
7-4.
Scheduling With Free/Busy Information
9-1.
Print Preview
9-2.
Choosing a Printer
10-1.
Changing Mail Settings
10-2.
Calendar Preferences Dialog
List of Examples
1.
Example Example
3-1.
Using the Reply to All feature
3-2.
Sending an Encrypted Messagee
4-1.
Using a Filter to Avoid Spam
4-2.
Using Folders, Searches, and vFolders
6-1.
Keeping Multiple Calendars
Next
Introduction