Chapter 11. Evolution: An E-Mail and Calendar Program

SUSE LINUX Documentation Part IV. Office / Chapter 11. Evolution: An E-Mail and Calendar Program
	10.6. For More Information		11.2. Evolution Overview

Table of Contents

11.1. Importing E-Mail from Other Mail Programs
11.2. Evolution Overview
11.3. Mail
11.4. Contacts
11.5. Calendars
11.6. Syncing Data with a Handheld
11.7. Evolution for GroupWise Users
11.8. For More Information

Abstract

Evolution is a groupware suite that offers the usual e-mail features along with extended features, like task lists and a calendar. The application also provides a complete address book that includes the ability to send contact information to others in vCard format.

Start Evolution from the main menu or with evolution. When started for the first time, Evolution offers a configuration assistant. Its use is described in Section 11.3.1, “Configuring Accounts”.

	Microsoft Exchange Accounts
To use Evolution with Microsoft Exchange, you must install the `ximian-connector` package. Install it with YaST.

11.1. Importing E-Mail from Other Mail Programs

To import e-mail from other e-mail programs, such as Netscape, select ‘File’+‘Import’. For mbox formats, select ‘Import a single file’. For Netscape, select ‘Import data and settings from older programs’. To work with data from programs using the maildir format, such as KMail, configure an account that accesses the mail directory.