Easy Setup with the Setup Assistant
The setup assistant can gather most of the information
necessary for Evolution's daily
operation. If you prefer more detailed or advanced
configuration, see .
Mail Setup
The first time you try to send or receive mail with
Evolution, the mail
setup assistant will pop up to help you with your
email preferences. If you don't plan to use email, or if
you'd rather deal with your email preferences later, click
Cancel.
The setup assistant (sometimes called a
Druid) will guide you through the
network configuration process. It will ask you for some
basic information; your system administrator or ISP should
have the answers you'll need. The mail setup assistant is
pictured in .
Mail Setup AssistantEvolution Main Window
The assistant will ask you for the following information:
Name:Your
full name: eg. Eva Lucianne Tester Email address:
Your email address: eg. eltester@helixcode.com
Organization:Organization: Any organization you
represent. Leave this blank if you wish.
Signature File:
A text file appended to any email you send. A signature
file typically consists of your name and email address,
or a quotation you like. It should be fewer than four
lines of text.
Mail source type:Evolution supports three mail
sources: POP servers,
IMAP servers, and UNIX-style
mbox files. POP servers retrieve
your mail and store it on your local system so you can
refer to it even when not connected to a network;
IMAP servers store the mail on
the server so you can access it from multiple locations;
UNIX-style mbox files are used by
your computer for internal mail, and may be useful if
you want to switch from another email client such as
spruce or
mutt. Ask your system
administrator which you should use, or keep guessing
until one works. You may use multiple servers if you
wish; see for
more information.
Server:
This should be the name of your mail server: it should
look something like:
mailserver.organization.org.
Username:
Normally, this is the part of your email address before
the @ character, and
Evolution has selected that
value as the default. If you have a different username,
you can enter it here.
Authentication:
Select the type of authentication you will use. You can
click Detect supported types to
find out which authentication protocols your network
allows.
Mail Transport:
This is the mail sending protocol you will want to use.
Evolution supports both SMTP
and sendmail.
To learn how to configure Evolution
in greater detail, or to change preferences once you have set
them, see .
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