Evolution
is an advanced personal
information management system that integrates with email and calendar servers. Evolution
contains the following components:
Component |
Description |
---|---|
Calendar |
Enables you to schedule appointments. |
Contacts |
Enables you to create an address book of your contacts. |
|
Enables you to compose, send, receive, and manage email messages. |
Summary |
Provides an overview of your day. Summary displays an overview of your email messages, appointments, meetings, and tasks. |
Tasks |
Enables you to manage the work tasks that you perform. |
Connectors |
Enables you to connect to mail and calendar servers. |
Evolution
includes the following
features and benefits:
Feature |
Benefit |
---|---|
Versatility |
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Compatibility |
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Integration |
Public interfaces to
the core functionality of |
Scalability |
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Click Launch, then choose Email and Calendar.
Alternatively, click Launch, then choose Launch -> Applications -> Internet -> Email and Calendar.
When you start Evolution
for the first time,
the Evolution Setup Assistant
is displayed. The Evolution Setup Assistant
guides you through the initial configuration
process for Evolution
. In the initial configuration
process, you perform the following actions:
Enter identity information.
Create an email account, that is, configure how to receive email, configure how to send email, and provide a name for the account.
Select your time zone.
Import data from other applications.
You can access Help for Evolution
from within
the Evolution
application.