Use the Folder Settings dialog to specify folder preferences. You can customize the folder preferences in the following functional areas:
Default Folders
Offline Folders
Autocompletion Folders
Use the Default Folders tabbed section
to specify default folders for Evolution
components. Table 11–5 lists the default folder preferences that you
can set.
Dialog Element |
Description |
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|
Use this preference to specify the folder to which you want incoming messages delivered. This preference relates to POP email accounts only. Click on the folder button to open the Select Default Folder dialog. Select the folder to which you want your messages delivered from the dialog, then click OK. |
Contacts |
Use this preference to specify the default folder where you want to store your contact information. Click on the folder button to open the Select Default Folder dialog. Select the folder where you want to store your contacts from the dialog, then click OK. |
Calendar |
Use this preference to specify the default folder where you want to store your appointments and meetings. A summary of the default calendar folder is displayed in your Summary. When you synchronize a PDA, the PDA synchronizes with the default calendar folder. Click on the folder button to open the Select Default Folder dialog. Select the folder where you want to store your appointments and meetings from the dialog, then click OK. Note – To use your Personal Calendar folder
from your |
Tasks |
Use this preference to specify the default folder where you want to store your tasks. A summary of the default tasks folder is displayed in your Summary. When you synchronize a PDA, the PDA synchronizes with the default tasks folder. Click on the folder button to open the Select Default Folder dialog. Select the folder where you want to store your tasks from the dialog, then click OK. Note – To use your Personal Tasks folder from your Java Enterprise System calendar server account, select the Personal Tasks folder from the Select Default Folder dialog. |
Use the Offline Folders tabbed section
to specify your offline folders. When you switch from online mode to offline
mode, Evolution
creates copies of the folders you
select, on your system. For more information on offline mode and online mode,
see Working Offline.
Use the mail folder tree to select the folders that you want to work with offline. Click on the plus sign (+) beside a folder to expand the contents of the folder. To collapse the contents of a folder, click on the minus sign (-) beside the folder.
Use the Autocompletion Folders tabbed
section to specify contact folders to search when Evolution
attempts to autocomplete addresses in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields of your messages.
To specify an address autocompletion folder, click on the Add button. Select the folder that you want from the Add a Folder dialog, then click OK.
To remove a folder from the list of address autocompletion folders, select the folder in the Extra Completion folders list, then click on the Remove button.