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Evolution 2.28 User Guide
Chapter 1
Getting Started
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Evolution is a groupware application that helps you work in a group by handling email, address, memos, tasks, and one or
more calendars. This makes the tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal information easy, so you can work and
communicate effectively with others.
• Starting Evolution for the First Time
• Using Evolution: An Overview
1.1 Starting Evolution for the First Time
1. Start the Evolution client.
GNOME: Click Applications > Office > Evolution.
KDE: Click the K menu > Office > More Programs > Evolution.
Command Line: Enter evolution.
1.1.1 Using the First-Run Assistant
The first time you run Evolution, it creates a directory named .evolution in your home directory, where it stores all of its local
data. Then, it opens a First-Run Assistant to help you set up email accounts and import data from other applications.
Using the first-run assistant takes two to five minutes.
Later on, if you want to change this account, or if you want to create a new one, click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail
Accounts. Select the account you want to change, then click Edit. Alternately, add a new account by clicking Add. See Mail
Preferences for details.
The First-Run Assistant helps you provide the information Evolution needs to get started.
• Defining Your Identity
• Receiving Mail
• Receiving Mail Options
• Sending Mail
• Account Management
• Time Zone