Questions about the Evolution Email, Calendar and Contacts manager. This is the default email client for Ubuntu 11.04 and earlier.

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I cannot send Comcast mail using Evolution 3.2.3 in ubuntu 12.04 lts

I cannot send Comcast mail using Evolution 3.2.3 in ubuntu 12.04 lts. I have checked the Comcast sites for the correct settings and I seem to be using the right one's. Here is the error message and ...
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email problems retrieving messages/getting all old deleted messsages instead of recent ones

When I hit send/receive to get my latest emails, it says I have 20,000+ emails and then begins to bring up every one of them beginning with #1. I hit cancel and then retrieve what has been brought up ...
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How delete Gmail account from Evolution?

I would use evolution only to work (company email/calendar/contacts etc), but it's already set up an gmail account. Unfortunately I can't delete it because the "delete" button is disabled for this ...
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Evolution calendar with MS Exchange server is empty?

I added my exchange server account to Evolution, and it seems to work fine for mail. However, the calendar is empty. I did get a ton of really annoying blinking overlays under the clock about old ...
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Remove Evolution integration from Gnome 3

I have just installed Gnome 3 for the first time, and I quite like it. However, there is one really annoying detail: Evolution. It's essentially a total, buggy clusterquack. I'd like to have it ...
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Where are the Evolution data files stored?

Given that I do use Evolution, and that I have the Ubuntu 12.10, and that I have neither a ~/.evolution nor a ~/.gconf/.evolution file, where are the evolution files please? In particular, every time ...
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Evolution + mapi broken in 13.04

I used to have a wonderful set-up for work in Evolution until yesterday when I foolishly updated to 13.04. I have access to my emails via Mapi (our uni run an exchange server) but I can't send ...
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Evolution wont start after adding google calendar

I added Google Calendar to Evolution yesterday and now it won't start. Or after 3 min I get a notification that "Evolution is ready". And when I open the window it says "Error while loading Calendar, ...
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evolution mapi not working in 13.04

After installing evolution-mapi in Ubuntu 13.04, I am getting this error (evolution:8018): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_provider_list: Could not load ...
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Sharing Evolution Mail local folders

Is it possible to share the local folders from one Evolution client to another? How? Thanks.
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Evolution setup

I can't access my email with Evolution. There is nowhere to enter the ISP password in the setup procedure, only a note to say that the password will be asked for at first login. But there is no first ...
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Is there a Email Client for MAC that works without IMAP/POP enabled? Or an Email Client that can be used with the same settings as on the Iphone? [closed]

The company I work for recently moved our Exchange to Google Mail. IT will not enable IMAP/POP due to security reasons. So I am not able to use the apple email client to download my emails. But I am ...
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How to debug LDAP addressbook connection in Evolution

When searching an address book on an active directory I get the error: Cannot get contact list: LDAP error 0x1 (Operations error) how can I get more detailed information?
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Are these terminal commands safe for installing Evolution 3.8.0?

I run 12.04 and want to update my Evolution to 3.8.0. I found a solution and would appreciate help knowing, whether it is correct and safe. Any better solutions are welcome. I have never compiled from ...
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Evolution 3.6.2 does not permit POP mail?

I did a fresh install of Xubuntu 12.10 yesterday and added Evolution 3.6.2 from the Ubuntu Software Center. When I try to configure the account to work with Earthlink, Evolution defaults to IMAP mail ...
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Is it there a way to sync an old Palm Tungsten e2 with Evolution in Ubuntu 12.04

This and this questions are for older distributions and won't succeed in 12.04, in the other hand: this question's accepted answer refers to a sync for JPilot which is not my need. I would appreciate ...
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Can't find/remove online account from Evolution

I have two accounts set up in evolution that I'm not able to remove nor from Evolution itself neither from the online account panel. In evolution the "Delete" button is disabled when I select those ...
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Evolution unread message count on messaging menu

I remember in earlier versions of Ubuntu, I used be able to see the evolution unread messages count under the messaging menu along with the unread twitter and unread instance messages. It seems to ...
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Why is Evolution mail client getting parsing errors when hyperlinking?

Today I noticed that an email I tried to send wasn't getting sent because when I click the hyperlink email address, EVOLUTION mail pastes an error by switching letters around in the destination ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Evolution EWS

I'm trying to set up my company's e-mail in Evolution (Exchange 2010). Some details: connected to my company via openconnect (cisco vpn) installed Evolution installed evolution-ews when setting up ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Evolution taskbar icon

How do I move an icon from one position on the taskbar relative to other icons? Reason: often when I go to press print icon I hit trash icon by mistake and delete the item. I would like to move the ...
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Google Calendar Events do not appear in Evolution

I am trying to sync Google Calendar with Evolution email client. I am not able to see any of my calendar events in Evolution, however when in the Gnome Shell, I can see the events listed in the clock ...
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How can I unistall Evolution without removing Gnome?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 with the Gnome desktop. When I installed Gnome, it automatically installed Evolution mail client. I'd like to remove Evolution, but when I try to uninstall it through the ...
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How to export/save Evolution contacts as seperate .vcf files?

Is there any command or short-cut for saving evolution contacts as separate .vcf files rather than a list.vcf in Ubuntu 10.04?
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How to get anjal with Evolution mail client working?

I have Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on EEEPC 1005 with Evolution and Anjal installed. Evolution is working just fine, but when I try to start Anjal I get an error message and the mail client is not starting. I ...
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Change default mail client [duplicate]

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm trying to change my default mail client (To Evolution), I'm fairly new to Ubuntu and Linux but I've gone to System Settings >Details > Default Applications & ...
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Google calender Evolution sync no longer working

One of my favorite Unity features is when you click the date-time indicator it tells you upcoming events in your calender. I have evolution set up to sync with my Google Calender. I recently changed ...
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Auto close email after sent in Evolution

Is there a way to automatically close the email after it's sent in Evolution? Thanks in advance
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How do I enable a CalDAV server (in an OwnCloud installation) to send email reminders for events?

I have a Lubuntu 12.10 server set up in VMWare VirtualBox with an OwnCloud 4.5.6 installation. One of OwnCloud's functions is as a CalDAV server. OwnCloud's web front-end doesn't yet have an interface ...
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Evolution - Setup screen too “long” for screen, hides OK button [duplicate]

When I set up Preferences in Evolution, the bottom part of the dialogue screen gets hidden so that I cannot see a "cancel" or "OK" button down below. Scrolling with the mouse doesn't help. How do I ...
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Evolution in 12.10 painfully slow

Since upgrading to 12.10 and what is presumably a newer version of Evolution (I never checked on 12.04) I have been having serious and annoying problems using Evolution. Just reading emails can be ...
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Copying Evolution emails from Ubuntu 10.10 to 12.10

I originally had a dual boot configuration of Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7. Suddenly, something happened and I got black screen. I managed to copy my home folder via an Ubuntu live CD. I then ...
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Font size for HTML-mails in Evolution with Ubuntu 12.10

When running the Evolution mail client on a clean install of Ubuntu 12.10, the font size used to render HTML mails is too large for my taste. Within Evolution, I can set the font sizes for non-HTML ...
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Evolution Calendar factory error [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 12.10 error after login -Evolution calendar I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and get this error with the Evolution calendar factory. I do not know why I am getting this. The title ...
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reinstall libcamel in ununtu

I tried installing evolution 3.6.2 in ubuntu 12.10 (Back port form 13.04) and in that process I had installed a newer version of libcamel. When I try to remove the same to install the older and the ...
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Dutch dictionary in Evolution for Ubuntu

I'd like to know how to install a Dutch dictionary in the mail program Evolution for Ubuntu. In Preferences I can see which dictionaries (all English) are installed but not how to add another ...
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Successful back-port of evolution 3.6.2 into 12.10? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to install Evolution 3.6.2 from 13.04 into 12.10? Any successful back port of evolution 3.6.2 into 12.10 ? I tried the steps and suggestions in How to install ...
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Can Evolution always use the same font/colour when starting a new email?

When I start to write a new email, using Evolution, I must manually change the font I want to use and its colour. Is there a way to set the default text format ?
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Evolution Address Book

How do I set up the Ubuntu One address book in Evolution? Evolution > Contacts > CouchDB > Ubuntu One shows an error message: "Unable to open address book This address book cannot be opened. This ...
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Hotmail inbox deleted after setting up evolution

I recently set up my hotmail account on evolution. I have been using thunderbird but just to see how is evolution I did so. But now when I log in to http://hotmail.com, all my emails in my inbox have ...
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12.10 error after login -Evolution calendar [closed]

Why do I, after having installed Ubuntu 12.10 for nearly 3 months, still every second log-in have this evolution epiphany calendar error. I know more people have this issue. All upgrades applied, 3 ...
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Why Evolution syncs the default Google Calendar's calendar only?

For each Google Calendar account there is a default calendar, but the user can add more calendars for example: Family, School ...etc I synced my Gmail account with evolution and it asks me whether I ...
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How can I restore my Evolution mail in 12.10?

Evolution mail in 12.10 will not restore my emails from 10.10. The Error message is: Invalid Evolution backup file
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Evolution 3.2 non standard SMTP port

I've just been forced to update my lovely, stable Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 and the process has been dreadful tbh. "improvements" to Evolution have pretty much broken it for me. My biggest gripe is that I ...
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Evolution to Thunderbird

First time here..apologies for possibly being in the wrong place for this question. I was using a version of ubuntu (9.?) which uses evolution as the mail client. I backed up the messages as a tar.gz ...
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How to install Evolution 3.6.2 from 13.04 into 12.10?

It's all in the question, really. Currently running Evolution 3.6.0 on Ubuntu 12.10 and, as anybody who has tried this at all will know, it locks up regularly with a 'saving user interface' report ...
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Evolution: Work week Print Layout only prints 5-days and not 7-Days

Some of us work 7 days (well, we like to 'map out' out week 7 days) and not 5 days. I used to like MS Outlook (pre Vista) for being able to print out my planned forthcoming 7 days scheduled week and ...
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Evolution mail and calendar icon not going away

I installed Evolution mail and calendar from the software center. I didn't like it and so I uninstalled. But the icon is not going from the dash menu. Software center: http://flic.kr/p/dAuiM6 Dash: ...
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Evolution calender not opening

I installed evolution calendar from the software center. But the icon is not showing up in the apps menu in the dash. I've tried restarting after installing but its not coming. Software centre : ...
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How to delete an attachment in an email in Evolution?

I would like to delete attachments from the email in the email client Evolution (at the moment 3.2.3, Ubuntu 12.04), so my the size of the IMAP-folders will not be bloated and can be reduced.

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