Evolution Email Client

Evolution Email Client Evolution 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 an introduction to the process of adding an email account in Evolution and sending or receiving email.

Prerequisites Things required before using evolution The following things are required: Fedora Linux. Evolution package installed. To know how to install Evolution, see . An email account with any email service provider.

Installation of Evolution on Gnome and KDE Instructions for Installation of Evolution On Gnome, press Altf2 and type gnome-terminal. Then press Enter. On KDE, press Altf2 and type konsole. Then press Enter. Type the following command to install Evolution: sudo yum -y install evolution

Starting To start using Evolution, press Altf2 and type evolution. Then press enter.

Configuration

Adding email account in Evolution Instructions to add an email eccount Click continue on the welcome screen. If there is any backup file then select it but if there is no backup file, then just click continue. Enter Full Name and Email Address. Enter the optional information such as Reply-to and Organisation name. Click continue. Evolution will look for sending server and receiving server details or these details can be entered manually if evolution didn't find them automatically.

Removing email account in Evolution In main window of Evolution, click on Edit then select Preferences. Select the newly added email account then click on Delete.

Usage

Sending Email Click on New button on upper left. Clicking on New will open a new window for editing and sending a new email or click on the Down Arrow next to New button and select Mail Message to open a new email window.

Receiving Email Evolution checks for new emails after every few minutes. Checking new emails on demand can be done by simply clicking Send / Reveive button next to New button.

Miscellaneous Topics There are many things that can be done in Evolution and in this section, few other features of Evolution are mentioned.

Email Checking Frequency Adjusting the time after which Evolution checks for new emails click on Edit then select Preferences. Select Account Name and click on Edit. Under Identity, click on Receiving Options and under Check for New Mail tick Check for new message every minutes. Enter the desired number of minutes and click Ok.

Adding OpenPGP Key ID Instructions for adding OpenPGP Key ID in Evolution click on Edit then select Preferences. Select Account Name and click on Edit. Under Security, enter Key ID next to OpenPGP Key ID and click Ok.

OpenPGP Key Usage in Evolution OpenPGP Key ID Usage in Evolution To use OpenPGP Key in emails, follow these steps: Open a New Email window. Refer to section for information on sending email. Click on Options menu and select PGP Sign or PGP Encrypt or both.