Evolution Mail and Calendar Getting Started Shortcut keys — Keyboard shortcuts that can save you some time. Starting Evolution for the first time — Set up email accounts, import data, or restore from a backup. The Evolution main window — An explanation of the areas shown in the Evolution window. What account types are supported — Read what data can be managed. Mail Management Account Management — Adding, editing and managing mail accounts. Changing the mail window layout — Changing the display of the mail window (message list columns and widescreen). Deleting and undeleting messages — Deleting, expunging, and undeleting mail. Display of a message — Rendering an email and handling its attachments. Junk and Spam Mail Handling — How to automatically handle unwanted mail. Sending and receiving mail — On receiving mail and sending written emails. Sorting and organizing mail — On folders, sorting, searching, filters, search folders, and labels. Working Offline — Work with your mail while not being connected to the network. Advanced Mail Management IMAP Subscriptions — IMAP folder subscriptions. Mail encryption and certificates — Sending and receiving encrypted mail. Read receipts for emails — How to enable requesting read receipts. Sending invitations by email — Sending invitations for appointments to contacts via email. Mail Composing Adding attachments to an email — Attaching files to emails you want to send. Autocompletion of mail recipients — Autocompletion of names and email addresses entered in the mail composer. Composing a new message — Writing a new email to send to a recipient. Formatting emails (in Plain Text and HTML) — Changing fonts, using colors, and inserting images, tables and links. Forwarding a message — Forwarding a received email to somebody. Replying to a message — Answering a received email. Searching in the mail composer — Searching for text in the mail composer. Sending a message to several recipients — Sending to more than one person and using CC or BCC. Spell checking — On spell checking your mail in the composer. Working with email signatures — Using email signatures at the bottom of a message you send. Advanced Mail Composing Character Encodings — When letters in an email are not shown correctly or missing. Custom Header Lines — Using custom fields in the header of composed messages. Message Templates — Message templates to reuse in the composer. Overriding the "From" field — Change the sender name and address on the fly by setting arbitrary values. Prioritizing outgoing messages — Setting a priority for messages to be sent. Send Account Overrides — Assign your mail accounts to certain folders or recipients. Using an external editor — Using a text editor application instead of the default mail composer. Calendar Management Add, Edit, and Delete Appointments — On adding, editing, and deleting appointments. Changing the calendar layout — Adjusting the display and views of the calendar. Reminders for appointments — Setting up reminder notifications for appointments. Sending invitations by email — Sending invitations for appointments to contacts via email. Sorting and organizing calendars — On using several calendars, searching, and categories. Advanced Calendar Management Meetings — Using meetings in the calendar. Sharing your calendar information — Make your information (appointments and free/busy times) available to others. Using Classifications — Restricting visibility of appointments on remote servers. Using Recurrence — Repeating appointments. Using time zones — Using time zones in the calendar. Contacts Management Add, Edit, and Delete Contacts — On adding, editing, and deleting contacts in address books. Autocompletion of mail recipients — Autocompletion of names and email addresses entered in the mail composer. Sorting, organizing and grouping contacts — On address books, searching, contact lists, and categories. Memos and Tasks Management Add, Edit and Delete Memos — On adding, editing, and deleting memos. Add, Edit, and Delete Tasks — On adding, editing, and deleting tasks. Displaying of tasks — Options for displaying task completion and due dates. Sorting and organizing tasks and memos — On task and memo lists, searching, and categories. Data Migration and Synchronization Back up and restore — Back up and restore your Evolution data and settings. Contacts in LibreOffice — Using data from Evolution address books in LibreOffice documents. Exporting data from Evolution — How to export data from Evolution. Importing data from another application — Importing data from another application. Synchronize Evolution with other devices — Synchronize Evolution data with handheld devices and mobile phones. Tracking down Problems How to get help — How to get help for problems. How to report bugs — How to report mistakes in the application. How to track down a problem — How to provide good information when tracking down a problem. Common Mail Questions and Problems Access a Gmail IMAP Account via Evolution — How to set up a Gmail IMAP Account. Access a Gmail POP Account via Evolution — How to set up a Gmail POP Account. Cannot print mail, add or save attachments, or open the help — Limitations when using a Flatpak package of Evolution. Change the outgoing method for an IMAP+ account — Switch from sending mail via SMTP to Sendmail or vice versa. Changing the "On date, person wrote:" string when replying — It is not possible to change the quotation introduction added when answering mail. Duplicate emails get downloaded — How to handle duplicated email messages Forwarding a message with its attachments — How to forward a message with its attachments. Handling localized "Re:" in subjects — Avoid long subject lines due to translated "Re:" prefixes. I cannot see some emails, where are they? — If you received or sent an email, but you cannot find it anywhere. Mail filters are not working — Fix problems with mail filters that do not sort and organize mail as expected. Mail is not sent — Possible reasons why emails are not sent. Moved emails are still shown in the original folder — Moving emails from one folder to another. Save messages as PDF — Converting emails into PDF files. Searching for emails with a specific attachment type — Unfortunately this is not possible. Separating POP mail for more than one account — How to split and sort mail when using more than one local account. Two Trash or Junk folders shown for the same account — How to have only one trash or junk folder per account. Updating/refreshing the folders on the mail server — Ways to update your Evolution folders. Words are wrapped in outgoing mail at 72 characters — Words are wrapped in outgoing mail at 72 characters. Common Other Questions and Problems Customizing user interface — Moving and changing tool bar buttons, menu entries, and keyboard shortcuts. Data storage locations — Where does Evolution store my data on the harddisk? Define what to display when starting Evolution — How to make Evolution show a specific window or folder when starting the application. Freeing disk space by deleting items — Deleting emails and calendar entries to reduce the size of the files used by Evolution. Opening links in and from the web browser — Opening links from an email in a browser and opening the mail composer from an email link on a website. Why is Evolution's mail component offline? — Make Evolution mail be online again. Further reading Credits and Acknowledgment — Credits and Acknowledgment.
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