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The first time you try to use email, the mail setup assistant will ask you for some basic information, so Evolution can let you use email. If you prefer more detailed configuration, or if you want to make changes to an existing email setup, see the chapter called Advanced Configuration.
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 Figure 1.
The assistant will ask you for the following information:Your full name: eg. Eva Lucianne Tester
Your email address: eg. eltester@helixcode.com
Any organization you represent; often, the company where you work. Leave this blank if you wish. One person I know always puts "My own bad self" in this box, so people know his opinions are his alone.
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.
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 the section called Network Settings in the chapter called Advanced Configuration for more information.
This should be the name of your mail server: it should look something like: mailserver.organization.org.
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.
Select the type of authentication you will use. You can click Detect supported types to find out which authentication protocols your network allows.
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 the chapter called Advanced Configuration.
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