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<section id="evolution_email_client" lang="en_US">
<title>Evolution Email Client</title>
<para>
- <application>Evolution</application> email client is an open source email client. It is one of the best email clients available out there that offers you nearly all capabilities that an email client should provide. This article will guide you through the process of adding your email account in Evolution.
+ <application>Evolution</application> email client is an open source email client. It is one of the best email clients available out there that offers nearly all capabilities that an email client should provide. This article will serve as a guidebook through the process of adding an email account in Evolution.
</para>
<section id="prerequisites">
<title>Prerequisites</title>
<para>
- Before we begine, make sure you have the following:
+ The following things are required:
</para>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <step>
<para>
Fedora Linux installed.
</para>
- </itemizedlist>
- <itemizedlist>
+ </step>
+ <step>
<para>
- Evolution package installed. Skip to next section to know how to install evolution in Fedora.
+ Evolution package installed. Skip to next section to know how to install Evolution in Fedora.
</para>
- </itemizedlist>
- <itemizedlist>
+ </step>
+ <step>
<para>
An email account with any email service provider.
</para>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </step>
+ </section>
<section id="installation">
<title>Installation</title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <step>
<para>
- On Gnome, press <keycap>Alt</keycap> + <keycap>f2</keycap> and type "gnome-terminal".
+ On Gnome, press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>f2</keycap></keycombo> and type <application>gnome-terminal</application>.
</para>
- </itemizedlist>
- <itemizedlist>
+ </step>
+ <step>
<para>
- On KDE, press <keycap>Alt</keycap> + <keycap>f2</keycap> and type "konsole".
+ On KDE, press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>f2</keycap></keycombo> and type <application>konsole</application>.
</para>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </step>
+ <para>
+ Evolution can be installed with following command:
+ </para>
<para>
<screen>
<command>sudo yum -y install evolution</command>
@@ -58,73 +62,69 @@
<section id="starting">
<title>Starting</title>
<para>
- To start using Evolution, press <keycap>Alt</keycap> + <keycap>f2</keycap> and type "evolution".
+ To start using Evolution, press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>f2</keycap></keycombo> and type <application>evolution</application>.
</para>
</section>
<section id="configuration">
<title>Configuration</title>
<para>
- Adding your email account in Evolution is easy and can be done in the following few steps:
+ Adding your email account can be done in the following few steps:
</para>
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click continue on the welcome screen of Evolution.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- If you have any backup file then select it but if you don't have any backup file or if you are a new user, then just click <guibutton>continue</guibutton>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Enter your <userinput>Full Name</userinput> and <userinput>Email Address</userinput> and enter the optional information such as <userinput>Reply-to</userinput> and <userinput>Organisation</userinput> name, then click <guibutton>continue</guibutton>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Now, <application>Evolution</application> will look for the server details to be used with your email service provider. This detail is different for every email service provider. Please consult your email service provider for these details.
- </para>
+ <procedure>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>continue</guibutton> on the welcome screen.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ If there is any backup file then select it but if there is no backup file, then just click <guibutton>continue</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Enter <userinput>Full Name</userinput> and <userinput>Email Address</userinput> and enter the optional information such as <userinput>Reply-to</userinput> and <userinput>Organisation</userinput> name.Click <guibutton>continue</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>continue</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> will look for the server details to be used with email service provider. Please consult email service provider for these details.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
<para>
- <note>
- <title>Note</title>
- <para>
- If evolution account assistant doesn't show up and the main window of evolution is shown, then click on <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> then select <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu> and then click on <guibutton>Add</guibutton> for adding a new email account.
- </para>
- </note>
+ In the main window of evolution, click on <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> then select <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> and then click on <guibutton>Add</guibutton> for adding a new email account.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
</section>
<section id="usage">
<title>Usage</title>
- <para>
- Now that you have added your email account in evolution, we will now see how to send and recieve an email.
</para>
- <section id="usage-sending-email">
- <title>Sending Email</title>
- <para>
- When Evolution has started, you can click on <guibutton>New</guibutton> button on upper left. By default it will open a new window for sending a new email or you can click on the down arrow next to New and select Mail Message to open a new window for sending an email.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section id="usage-reveiving-email">
- <title>Receiving Email</title>
- <para>
- Receiving an email on evolution is easy as it does that for you automatically. However, there are two things associated with receiving an email on evolution.
- </para>
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
+ <section id="usage-sending-email">
+ <title>Sending Email</title>
+ <para>
+ Click on <guibutton>New</guibutton> button on upper left. By default it will open a new window for sending a new email or click on the <guimenu>Down Arrow</guimenu> next to <guibutton>New</guibutton> and select <guimenuitem>Mail Message</guimenuitem> to open a new email window.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="usage-reveiving-email">
+ <title>Receiving Email</title>
+ <para>
+ There are two things associated with receiving an email an evolution:
+ </para>
+ <step>
<para>
- Since evolution checks for new emails after every few minutes, therefore, for checking it on demand by simply clicking Send / Reveive button next to New button.
+ Evolution checks for new emails after every few minutes, therefore, for checking it on demand by simply clicking <guibutton>Send / Reveive</guibutton> button next to <guibutton>New</guibutton> button.
</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
+ </step>
+ <step>
<para>
- The other thing is that you can adjust the time after while evolution checks for new emails so that you don't have to do a manual check after every few minutes. To do that, click on Edit then Preferences. Then select your Account Name and click on Edit. Next, click on Receiving Options and under Check for New Mail tick Check for new message every minutes. Enter the desired number of minutes.
+ To adjust the time after which Evolution checks for new emails, click on <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> then select <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. Then select <guilabel>Account Name</guilabel> and click on <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. Click on <guilabel>Receiving Options</guilabel> and under <guilabel>Check for New Mail</guilabel> tick <userinput>Check for new message every minutes</userinput>. Enter the desired number of minutes.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </section>
+ </step>
+ </section>
</section>
</section>