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Come the Ximian Evolution Revolution
The Ximian Evolution system is the new workhorse of the GNOME and Linux world. Evolution provides the next significant step in the evolution of the Linux desktop by combining excellent e-mail and calendar clients with other functions to create a single, integrated package. Evolution provides these capabilities:Calendar
Contact manager
E-mail client
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) manager
Task master (to-do list)
The following two sections describe how to configure the Evolution e-mail and PDA functions.
Using Evolution for your e-mail
Red Hat uses Evolution as its default e-mail client. Evolution makes it easy for you to configure one or more e-mail accounts. These steps describe how to configure Evolution to send messages to and receive messages from your ISP e-mail account:
Log in to your Red Hat Linux computer as a regular user (not root) and click the Evolution Email icon on the left side of the GNOME panel.
The first time you start Evolution, the Setup Assistant (wizard) opens.
Click the Forward button. Then enter your name and e-mail address in the appropriate text boxes in the Identity window and click the Forward button.
You can optionally enter your organization and signature file (a file where you keep personal or business information to be appended to the end of every message you send).Figure 10-2 shows some sample entries in the Identity window.The Receiving Mail window opens.
Click the Server Type drop-down menu and choose the option that matches your ISP’s e-mail system. Most ISPs use the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) server type.
The Receiving Mail window expands so that you can enter more information about your ISP’s e-mail system.
Enter the host name of your ISP’s e-mail server and your ISP username.
Figure 10-3 shows a sample screen in this window.Your ISP provides you with the name of its incoming and outgoing e-mail servers when you first subscribe. You need to enter the incoming server name in the Host text box. For example, your ISP incoming server may be mail.myisp.com or imap.myisp.com.Your ISP username may be different from your username on your Linux computer. For example, your ISP username may be based on your first initial and last name — garagon — but your home Linux computer username may be just your first name — gabe.
Click the Forward button.
The second Receiving Email window opens.You can change options, such as having Evolution automatically look for incoming messages, by selecting the Automatically check for new mail option.
Make any necessary changes and click the Forward button.
The Sending Mail window opens.
Figure 10-2: The Identity dialog box.
Figure 10-3: The Receiving Mail dialog box.
Enter your ISP’s outgoing mail server name and click the Forward button.
Figure 10-4 shows a sample screen in this window.
Figure 10-4: The Sending Nail dialog box.
The default outgoing Evolution e-mail protocol is SMTP. SMTP is used frequently by ISPs, so you may not need to change it. Your ISP should supply you with the protocol it uses.A few ISPs may use encrypted Secure Service Link (SSL) connections and require authentication. Again, you need to obtain this information from your ISP and use those options, if necessary.The Account Management window opens. The account you’re creating is called by this name. Evolution uses your e-mail address as the default name. You can change the name if you want, but it’s not necessary.Your new account is the default account if it’s your only one. Otherwise, you can choose to make it the default by selecting the Make This My Default Account option.
The final configuration step requires you to pick your time zone. Click the closest dot to your location.
A bigger map appears, which enables you to fine-tune your location, if necessary. It’s the same system you use in Chapter 3 to set your computer’s time zone.
Click the Forward button.
The Done window pops up.
Click the Apply button and you’re finished.
Evolution opens and displays a Summary window; a separate dialog box also opens and displays information about Ximian (click the OK button after you finish reading the information in the dialog box). Shortcuts to the Evolution function are on the left side of the window. Click your e-mail account shortcut to see your new e-mail account listed. (You can also access your account by clicking the Summary button, toward the upper-left corner of the window.) Select your account to make it active. You can then send and receive messages. You can also perform any other typical actions on your account, such as sorting, moving, and deleting messages.
TipYou can add new e-mail accounts as desired. You can also go back and modify or delete existing accounts. Click your e-mail account shortcut icon and choose ToolsMail Settings. The Mail Settings window opens and you can modify your account, add new ones, and delete old ones. Note that the Evolution Account Assistant opens when you click the Add button.
Using Evolution with your PDA
You can use the Evolution calendar, to-do manager, and contact manager with your PDA. In this section, we concentrate on showing you how to use Evolution to back up your PDA because that’s one of more interesting and fun things you can do. You can find out more about using the calendar by reading the online Evolution documentation (click Help or visit www.gnome.org/gnome-office/ evolution.shmtl) or by simply experimenting with it.You can use the Evolution pilot-link utility to back up your PDA databases to your computer. Follow these steps:
Plug your Pilot cradle into your computer’s serial port.
The cable attached to your cradle has a female 9-pin (a DB9) plug attached to it. Most, if not all, modern computers have a 9-pin male plug that connects to a serial port socket controlled by the /dev/ttyS0 Linux device. (In the Windows world, /dev/ttyS0 is equivalent to COM1, /dev/ttyS1 is COM2, and so on.)
Click the Evolution icon on the GNOME panel.
The Ximian Evolution (revolution?) application opens.
Click the Contacts button and choose ToolsPilot settings.
The Welcome to GNOME Pilot Wizard window opens.
Click the Forward button and the Cradle Settings window opens, as shown in Figure 10-5.
You have to tell Evolution where to find your PDA. Open the Port menu and choose the serial device.Tip The device is probably /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1. There’s no shame in trial and error, so choose each port in order until you find the right one.
Don’t worry about selecting the speed. The default value is adequate unless you have a very old computer.
Click the Forward button.
The Pilot Identification window opens.
Click the No, I’ve Never Used Sync Software with This Pilot Before button.
Your username is inserted into the User Name text box. (For example, if you’re logged in as paul, paul is your default Pilot ID.)
Click the Forward button to accept the username; otherwise, type the name you want to use for your Pilot ID.
Press the synchronize button (for example, HotSync for a Palm Pilot) on the PDA cradle.
The calendar database is copied to your Red Hat Linux computer.
Figure 10-5: The Cradle Settings dialog box.
TipEvolution can also synchronize your contact list and address book. Pretty cool, eh?
