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Evolution Tips, Tricks and Secrets
Evolution is one of the Linux/Unix desktop applications you'll miss when you have to work under Windows, and you'll miss it even more if you had the right tips showing you how to use Evolution best.
Add a Background Image to an Email in Evolution
Get creative with your emails in Ximian Evolution and add some spice with a background image.
Forward a Message as an Attachment in Evolution
Forwarding a message as an attachment with Ximian Evolution keeps it intact and is a clean way of sharing emails.
Forward a Message Inline with Evolution
The classic way of sharing mail is easy to use in Ximian Evolution, and it lets you edit the forwarded message before delivery while making sure everybody can read it.
How to Access Your Email Remotely From Another Computer and Location
Would you like to access your email not only from the computer at home or work but also remotely from any place and computer with an internet connection?
How to Add Bcc Recipients in Evolution
Send carbon copies of messages in Evolution without revealing the recipients' names and email addresses.
How to Apply a Saved Search in Evolution
Construct and perform complex searches comfortably from the menu in Evolution.
How to Assign a Label to a Message in Evolution
Labels and color-codes can help you keep your Inbox organized in Evolution.
How to Check the Spelling as You Type in Evolution
Make Evolution mark misspelled words instantly.
How to Empty the Trash Automatically When You Quit Evolution
Have Evolution do the housecleaning for you and empty the Trash folder when you quit.
How to Export Messages from an Evolution Folder
It's easy to collect emails in Evolution, but how do you get them out of it again? Here's how to export mail from an Evolution folder to a mbox file.
How to Flag a Message for Follow-Up, Reading, and More in Evolution
Don't have the time to do everything now? Here's how to mark mail for later reading, replying and more easily and efficiently in Evolution.
How to Hide Read Messages Temporarily in Evolution
If you want to concentrate and only see unread messages in a folder in Evolution you can hide all mail that you have already read easily.
How to Highlight Quoted Text with a Color in Evolution
Quoted text in emails is best made stand out or, rather, stand back behind the actual message. Here's how to colorize quotations in Evolution.
How to Insert a Graphical Smiley in Evolution
Use cute graphical smileys instead of plain text .-)s in Evolution.
How to Move a Message to a Folder Quickly in Evolution
Use an Evolution keyboard shortcut to move messages easily, and very fast.
How to Open an Evolution Folder in a New Window
See two Evolution folders side by side.
How to Organize a Mailbox by Follow-Up Status Easily in Evolution
You organize your messages by marking them for follow-up, reading and what not. Now here's how to use this selective knowledge to structure your Evolution Inbox perfectly.
How to Resend a Message in Evolution
It's easy to send the same (or a very similar) message again in Evolution.
How to Save a Search in Evolution
If you save complex searches in Evolution, you can recall them quickly by using just a menu command.
How to See all Mail Marked for Follow-Up Instantly in Evolution
See all the important messages at a glance in Evolution.
How to See Only Recent Mail in an Evolution Folder
Is your Evolution Inbox fuller than full, too? Limit the display to recently received messages with this tip.
How to Select Mail Folders for Your Evolution Summary
Get direct access to your favorite mail folders from your Evolution Summary screen.
How to Specify the Account Used to Send a Message in Evolution
Specify which From: address, signature and other account-specific settings Evolution should use for a message you send.
How to Undelete Messages in an IMAP Account in Evolution
If you have deleted a message by mistake, here's how to find and restore it in an IMAP account in Evolution.
How to View the Source of an Email Message in Evolution
Look behind an email's curtain and see the source in Evolution.
Know Evolution vFolders and Their Power
Ximian Evolution has an organizational concept called vFolders, which combine the best of folders, search results and message filters to help you get to right mail fast.
Load Images in a Message in Evolution
Make Ximian Evolution download and show you all the pretty images in a message.
Prevent Evolution 1.0 from Loading Remote Images
Avoid privacy invasion and unnecessary downloads in Ximian Evolution by disabling loading of images on remote servers.
Save and Use a Message as a Template in Evolution
Do you write similar messages often and wish Ximian Evolution would allow you to save email messages as templates? Here's how to make your email life a bit easier with some improvising.
Send a Plain Text Only Email in Evolution
Ximian Evolution lets you use fancy formatting in emails, but you can also send a message that uses plain text only — sure to be received in proper shape by everybody.
Specify the Default Forward Style in Evolution
Forward emails not only with style, but with your style by default in Ximian Evolution.
Write a Message Using Rich HTML Formatting in Evolution
Use bold text, italics, colors, fonts, images, and much more in your email messages in Ximian Evolution.