Questions tagged [evolution]

Evolution is a personal information manager (PIM) software for GNOME, and includes functionality for e-mail, calendars and tasks.

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What is 'IMAP+'?

In a new version of Evolution there is an option for an 'IMAP+' server type. What is IMAP+?
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How do I minimize Evolution to the system tray in Ubuntu?

In Ubuntu some applications can be set to minimize instead of exit on close. For example, Empathy minimizes to the system tray (mail icon) when the close button is pressed in the application window. How do I make Evolution do this as…
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How does one make Evolution work with Exchange 2010?

Preferably natively (Exchange mode), so that my calendar, etc, all sync up properly. It was working fine under our old version of Exchange (2007?), but broke with the upgrade to Exchange 2010. Done the usual remove the account, re-add, etc. …
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Why haven't file managers improved as much as browsers?

Is it because webbrosers bring money while file managers don't? Is it because current file managers are just great and do the work? Why practically none of the alternate file managers for various platforms haven't become mainstream. Think about IE4…
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How to synchronize Google Contacts and Gnome Evolution?

I would like to synchronize my Google Contacts (also Android Contacts) with my mail client Evolution on Gnome. Do you know how I can do that ? Thank you
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Missing gconf/gconf-client.h

I'm trying to install an Evolution plugin using these instructions: How do I minimize Evolution to the system tray in Ubuntu? In the sudo make stage, I get the following output: make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory…
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How To Show Latest Reply in Threaded View in Evolution Mail?

Evolution mail supports threaded view for email threads. However, it shows the first message received at the "top" in the Messages list. How can I configure the system to show the latest received at the "top" of the conversation thread?
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How do you remove/disable Evolution Data Server process

I want to stop evolution-data-server-2.24 from loading at startup. I tried to uninstall all evolution related items, but I got some nasty warnings about removing the data server so I left it installed. There are no items in my startup list that look…
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How to improve the HTML formatting in Evolution mail client

I have a question about viewing HTML emails in the Evolution mail client. Basically, I am receiving some emails that look lovely in Thunderbird but not in Evolution because the HTML rendering of Evolution isn't as advanced. Here is a screenshot of…
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Evolution/Gnome Keyring won't remember Google password

I changed my Google account password. I'm using Gnome 3 under Fedora 20, so I entered the new password in the Online Accounts settings. I'm using Google calendar and syncing it with Evolution. My main calendar which is set up by the Online Accounts…
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Stop Evolution from making its own copy of a sent email

Whenever I send an email in Evolution from one of my @hotmail.com addresses (using IMAP), I always end up with 2 copies of that email in my Sent folder. The reason for this is because Hotmail/Outlook makes places its own copy of a sent email to the…
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How can I use vim as an email editor in Evolution Mail?

I currently run an Ubuntu Natty desktop and I have to use Evolution mail to communicate with my offices Exchange server and deal with meeting requests and calendaring. Claws-Mail won't work as it does not support SMTP GSSAPI or NTLM…
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Evolution menu bar not showing

At the top of my Evolution window I used to have a menu bar with items such as 'Files', 'Edit', 'View' and the like. But after experimenting a little with the different views, I have accidentally removed this menu bar. Quite annoying, as it was my…
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How do I synchronize all folders and emails of an IMAP account locally with evolution?

I manage my IMAP email account with Evolution. I would like to synchronize locally all folders and emails of this account for offline work and backup purposes. I checked "Synchronize remote mail locally in all folders" on the account setting AND,…
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Encrypting mail in Evolution with GPG

My settings: ~/.gnupg $ gpg --edit-key 92432433 gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Secret key…
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