A User's Guide to Evolution

Aaron Weber

Kevin Breit

Ettore Perazzoli

Duncan Mak

Copyright © 2001 by Ximian, Inc.

Table of Contents
Introduction
What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me?
About This Book
I. Getting Started with Evolution 1.0
1. Getting Started with Evolution
The First Time you Start Evolution
What's What in Evolution
2. Using the Ximian Evolution Summary
Introducing Summary
3. Using Evolution for Email
Reading Mail
Checking Mail
Writing and Sending Mail
Subscription Management
Encryption
4. Organizing and Managing your Email
Sorting Mail with Column Headers
Getting Organized with Folders
Searching for Messages
Create Rules to Automatically Organize Mail
Getting Really Organized with Virtual Folders
5. Working with Your Contacts
The Contact Editor
Searching for Contacts
Organizing your Address Book
Sharing your Cards
Address Book Tools
6. Managing your Schedule
Ways of Looking at your Calendar
Scheduling With the Evolution Calendar
The Task Pad
Multiple Calendars
7. Synchronizing Evolution with Hand-Held Devices
Using HotSync
8. Printing with Evolution
Print Preview
File or Printer?
II. Configuring and Managing Evolution
9. Advanced Configuration
Mail Settings
Configuring the Calendar
Managing the Contact Manager
General Preferences
10. Setting up your synchronization system
A. Quick Reference
Opening or Creating Anything
Mail Tasks
Address Book
Contact Manager
Glossary
B. Known bugs and limitations
C. Authors
List of Figures
1-1. The Evolution Main Window
1-2. Evolution Mail
1-3. Evolution Calendar View
1-4. Evolution Contact Interface
3-1. New Message Window
3-2. Reply Message Window
4-1. Selecting a Virtual Folder Rule
5-1. Evolution Contact Editor
8-1. Print Preview
8-2. Choosing a Printer
9-1. Mail Preferences Dialog
9-2. Calendar Preferences Dialog
List of Examples
1. Example Example
3-1. Using the Cc: field
3-2. Using the Bcc: field
3-3. Using the Reply to All feature
3-4. Sending an Encrypted Messagee
4-1. Using Folders, Searches, and Virtual Folders
5-1. Refining a Quick Search
5-2. Sharing Address Cards and Calendar Data
6-1. Keeping Multiple Calendars
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