Evolution e-mail is like other e-mail programs in several ways:It can send and receive e-mail in HTML or as plain text, and makes it easy to send and receive multiple file attachments. It supports multiple e-mail sources, including IMAP, POP3, and local mbox or mh spools and files created by other e-mail programs.It can sort and organize your e-mail in a wide variety of ways with folders, searches, and filters. It lets you guard your privacy with encryption.However, Evolution has some important differences from other e-mail programs. First, it's built to handle very large amounts of e-mail. The junk e-mail, message filtering and searching functions were built for speed and efficiency. There's also the search folder, an advanced organizational feature not found in some e-mail clients. If you get a lot of e-mail, or if you keep every message you get in case you need to refer to it later, you'll find this feature especially useful. Here's a quick explanation of what's happening in your main Evolution e-mail window. Message ListThe message list displays all the e-mails that you have. This includes all your read and unread messages, and e-mail that is flagged to be deleted.Preview PaneThis is where your e-mail is displayed.If you find the preview pane too small, you can resize the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click the message in the message list to have it open in a new window. To change the size of a pane, drag the divider between the two panes. As with folders, you can right-click messages in the message list and get a menu of possible actions, including moving or deleting them, creating filters or search folders based on them, and marking them as junk mail.Most of the e-mail-related actions you want to perform are listed in the Actions menu in the menu bar. The most frequently used ones, like Reply and Forward, also appear as buttons in the toolbar. Most of them are also located in the right-click menu and as keyboard shortcuts.For an in-depth guide to the e-mail capabilities of Evolution, read Sending and Receiving E-Mail.
