8. E-Mailing and Calendaring

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For reading and managing your mail and events, openSUSE offers you Novell® Evolution™, a groupware program that makes it easy to store, organize, and retrieve your personal information.

8.1. Starting Evolution for the First Time

Evolution seamlessly combines e-mail, a calendar, an address book, and a task list in one easy-to-use application. With its extensive support for communications and data interchange standards, Evolution can work with existing corporate networks and applications, including Microsoft* Exchange.

To start Evolution, click Computer+More Applications+Office+Evolution Mail and Calendar.

The first time you start it, Evolution prompts you with a few questions as it sets up a mail account and helps you import mail from your old mail client. Then it shows you how many new messages you have and lists upcoming appointments and tasks, as well as the current weather and news from news feeds. The calendar, address book, and mail tools are available in the shortcut bar on the left.

8.2. Using Evolution

Press Ctrl-N to open a new item for whatever part of Evolution you're working in. In mail, this creates a new message. If you're in the address book, Ctrl-N creates a new contact card, and in the calendar, Ctrl-N creates a new appointment.

8.2.1. Using Evolution E-Mail

Send and Receive Mail: Press F9, click the Get Mail button on the toolbar, or click File+Get Mail.

Navigating the Message List with the Keyboard: Press ] or . to jump to the next unread message. Press [ or , to go to the previous unread message. Use the arrow keys to move up and down the list of all messages.

Moving the Display Up and Down in the Preview Pane: Press the Spacebar to move down a page. Press Backspace to move up a page.

Replying To a Message: To reply only to the sender of the message, click Reply in the toolbar, or press Ctrl-R.

To reply to the sender and all the other visible recipients of the message, click Reply to All or press Shift-Ctrl-R.

Forwarding a Message: Select the message or messages you want to forward, then click Forward in the toolbar, or press Ctrl-F.

Opening a Message In a New Window: Double-click the message you want to view, or select it and press Enter or Ctrl-O.

Creating Filters and Virtual Folders: Right-click a message and select Create Rule From Message.

Adding a Sender to the Address Book: Select a message then click Message+Add Sender to Address Book. You can also right-click any e-mail address, then click Add to Address Book.

8.2.2. Using Evolution Calendar

Creating a New Appointment: Click File+New+Appointment or press Ctrl-Shift-A.

You can also click in any blank spot in the calendar and start typing to create a new appointment entry.

Creating a New Task: Click File+New+Task or press Ctrl-Shift-T.

8.2.3. Using the Evolution Address Book

Editing a Contact: Double-click the contact's address card to change details.

Deleting a Contact: Right-click a contact, then click Delete; or select a contact, then click Delete on the toolbar.

Sending E-Mail To a Contact: Right-click a contact, then click Send Message to Contact.

Creating a New Contact: Double-click any blank space in the contact manager to create a new address card, or right-click anywhere in the address book and select New Contact. You can also click File+New+Contact or press Ctrl-Shift-C.