Questions tagged [evolution]
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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How to delete gnome-contacts or evolution data?
I have tried
rm ~/.local/share/evolution/addressbook/system/contacts.db
at no avail (contacts still visible in gnome-contacts), then
rm -rf /home/alba/.local/share/evolution/
rm -rf .cache/evolution
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How can I hide the Task sidebar in Evolution calendar?
I would like to hide the taskbar on the right shown in Evolution Calendar.
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Rearranging Email Folders in Evolution
In the Evolution email client, all of my folders in my email account are organized alphabetically by default. The same goes for my search folders. Is there a way to rearrange the folders? There's a ...
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Remove evolution-calendar-factory from startup
Is there a way of removing it from startup?
I don't need it and I'm not using evolution at all.
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Evolution Google contacts API no longer working on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Will Ubuntu be updating the Evolution email client to use the latest version of evolution that works with the Google People API so that I can access the address book in Evolution where my Google ...
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Cannot edit email message body in evolution following update
I ran an update on my system and now when I open an email to send, I can add header information but not the body of the message.
How do I re-enable my message body in evolution?
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accept thunderbird invitation into evolution calendar
There are some annoyances I just put up with calendars in the linux environment such as that the Gnome calendar needs an evolution calendar backend and that when you 'accept' a calendar invitation in ...
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How to clean up Ubuntu 22.04 active services that are not needed when used as a virtual machine and only for light predominantly non-GUI usage?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 in a relatively light fashion. My use case is in a virtual machine that runs all of the time, but very occasionally I need to use the graphical user interface. I did this on ...
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How to add more than one Google calendar to Evolution?
As you probably know, Google will withdraw password-only access for 3rd party applications since end of May and only OAuth2 or application passwords may be used.
I have multiple calendars in my Google ...
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How to show meetings from a specific calendar (from multiple calendars of Evolution) in Ubuntu calendar?
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and have set up my office's mail in the Evolution mail client (version 3.44.0-1). As my office uses Exchange Web Services (EWS), I can subscribe to my colleagues' calendars ...
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R processes stuck in memory from last Jupyter in VS Code session
I have noticed that I often will have multiple R processes still running, and occupying a significant amount of RAM, even if I closed all applications that I use for R.
For the most part I use VS Code ...
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Is it safe to uninstall the `evolution-data-server` package on Ubuntu 20.04?
Is it safe to uninstall the evolution-data-server package on Ubuntu 20.04? I have noticed that a number of Evolution processes (e.g. evolution-alarm-notify) are running.
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Is it safe to uninstall evolution-data-server packages on 20.04?
Is it safe to uninstall evolution-data-server package on Ubuntu 20.04? I have noticed that a number of evolution processes (e.g. evolution-alarm-notify) are running.
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Prioritisation of contact autocompletion in Evolution?
I have Evolution (3.36.5-0ubuntu1, running on on Ubuntu 20.04) set up for autocompletion when entering email addresses from my Contacts lists. I configured Evolution to use several contacts lists and ...
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Does Evolution+OpenSync have Calendar+Contacts+Notes and cloudless sync with iPhone+Android?
I've been a solid Windows laptop person since I bought my first computer 2 decades ago. I would like to move to Ubuntu, since Windows is getting slower and slower despite laptops getting more ...
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Remove both thunderbird and evolution email cinnamon ubuntu
I have installed the cinnamon desktop environment using sudo apt-get install cinnamon-desktop-environment on my Ubuntu machine. I noticed there was a lot of applications pre-installed that I was never ...
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Looking for an email client for EWS
Can anyone recommend me a mail client solution for Ubuntu that works well with EWS? the best thing I tried was Evolution with Evolution-EWS, but still I can't do some stuff like see my groups and my ...
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Evolution doesn't work after copying system to a new disk - not connecting, seems to be a password issue
I use Evolution 3.36.5-0ubuntu1 in Kubuntu 20.04 to do my mail traffic. It worked all fine besides of some irritating asking for passwords sometimes. I deactivated the KDE password manager kde wallet ...
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Can't remove Gmail calendar from previous Evolution installation
Since upgrading to 17.10 I keep getting prompted for a calendar from an old gmail account that I used to use in evolution.
I no longer use evolution or that account on this machine. Ever since I ...
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How to stop Evolution from restoring deleted calendar events?
I have an event that was created by someone else and sent to three separate calendars (two Google and one from another provider), so it appears three times on my Evolution calendar display. This is ...
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Evolution Calendar sometimes has error 403 with my Google Calendar?
So this problem never appeared before this started happening like 1 week ago.
Sometimes I get an Error 403 when syncing to the Google Calendar and Google tasks, but this only happens with the Ubuntu ...
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OWA works from Browser and MS Outlook but fails from Evolution-EWS
Here is my setup:
I have a windows PC on which I could easily configure and run MS Outlook with the relevant OWA link for the Exchange Server.
From the Ubuntu 18.04 machine, I can also access the OWA ...
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Evolution hangs on startup [closed]
I'm on Ubuntu 21.04 and I got recommendation to install 'Evolution' e-mail client. After installing it with 'sudo apt install evolution' and starting it from start menu or command line I don't see its ...
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Evolution and Chrome hang on start - Keyring problem?
Recently, Evolution and Chrome started hanging whenever I try to start them.
I believe the problem has to do with the gnome-keyring: I use Ubuntu 20.04.3 with auto-login. Because of this, my login ...
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How to restore Ubuntu desktop/GUI to previous appearance?
After installing the Evolution and Geary e-mail clients, Ubuntu desktop and application GUIs are messed up. See screenshot below for an example; as you can see, tabs are not separated anymore, and ...
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Evolution doesn't seem to be aware of my Online Accounts
I enabled two Google accounts through System Settings -> Online Accounts, but Evolution doesn't seem to be aware of them? I mostly want calendar access. I looked at Gnome Calendar and Evolutions' ...
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I can not open any of evolution's windows when I start evolution
When I start evolution on blank or new window it appears as an icon in the top right. Clicking on it shows windows are there but they will not open. I have used apt to remove evolution and reinstall ...
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Minimizing Evolution to the tray
How do I minimize Evolution to its tray icon?
I've installed evolution-indicator, and it does show evolution under the messaging menu, but I have no idea how to minimize it.
I've installed Evolution-...
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Evolution email: is there a chance to get HTML Signature in line with the sending alias?
Is there any chance to have multiple signature in Evolutions (yes) and automatically attach a one signature to a given alias?
I have a single mail account with two aliases and I'd like to attach the ...
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20.04 on XPS13: Chrome hangs, Firefox OK; Evolution loses authentication, Thunderbird OK
I have just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on an old XPS 13 9343. The installation was a little painful: using Rufus to put the ISO on a USB stick (as suggested in the Ubuntu tutorials) led to no Wi-Fi. I ...
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Gnome calendar asks credentials for public ical
I am using ubuntu 18.10. When I tried to add this public ical to gnome-calendar from here
then this appeared
this is a public ical address and it should not require password. In ubuntu 16.04 it ...
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Delete a calendar from Evolution
I imported my Google calendar into Evolution and now I can't find a way to delete the calendar. How can I delete it?
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Is there a way to have Evolution use the system notifications?
I don't use Evolution directly but I do connect my calendar to the desktop via my google account. Evolution still seems to use the old-school popup notification when an event is about to happen.
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How can I stop evolution from trying to connect to google?
I'm only using Evolution for my calendar with EteSync but it keeps trying to connect to google which is very annoying. Does anyone know how to stop it from trying to connect to google?
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Events in gnome calendar spanning two days in notification center
I use gnome calendar on daily basis. But for some reason now a single event is lasting for 2 days instead of one. I'm on Ubuntu 21.04. I don't think this bug existed when I was on 20.10.
In the gnome ...
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KDE file type settings vs evolution
I am using Evolution on Kubuntu 20.04. Before opening a file (like .pdf or .jpg) it is easy to permanently adjust the tool which is used to open the file type (like nomacs, okular, etc.).
However the ...
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Import a certificate in Evolution mail client
How do I import a certificate?
The help file is very confusing.
I want to be able to encrypt some of my emails.
Managing S/MIME certificates
Certificates allow you to communicate with others ...
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How to fetch email in the background?
I use GNOME Evolution as my email and calendar client. It only sends email notifications and event reminders while Evolution is running. Is there a way to make the notifications component run in the ...
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Proper way to disable Evolution services when it's purged already
Though I have gone through quite a few threads on AskUbuntu, I couldn't find a proper way to disable these Evolution services, especially when Evolution is purged from the system already, in Ubuntu ...
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Evolution Alarm Notify displays inaccurate calendar details
Ubuntu 20.10: Evolution Alarm Notify seems to be displaying calendar events which were copied from my Google calendar, possibly when upgrading to 20.04, and have not been updated since. I don't want ...
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How do I add an RSS feed in Evolution?
I want to add a couple of blogs (mainly blogspots) to evolution. I already installed the RSS plugin and looked up what url I need to give in for the rss feed (via http://davesaunders.net/2009/01/how-.....
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Evolution Mail - set default browser
I am using Ubuntu Studio 20.04 and trying to change the default browser from Firefox to Brave.
Used the default applications settings and simply changed the default browser to Brave.
Works without any ...
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Ubuntu MATE 20.04 - How to remove Reminders indicator from panel [duplicate]
I tried out evolution and decided I didn't care for it. During the process this Reminders indicator appeared on the panel.
I've now uninstalled and purged evolution but I still have this, now non-...
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how can I get thunderbird's "current tasks" in evolution?
when using the Tasklist of thunderbird, there is a filter called "current Tasks", which shows task that are unfinished and have a start-date in the past (or no start-date at all).
Is there ...
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Certain programs disable second monitor
For some strange reason, whenever I open the Evolution mail client my second monitor gets disabled. If I unplug and re-plug it in, it is still blank. When I run xrandr I see:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x ...
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How do I completely remove Evolution?
The looping of Evolution factories slow the system to sudden and lengthy halts. When I access the System Monitor I can stop the individual processes that cause the problem. These processes are as ...
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How do I force event reminders in Gnome Evolution?
I just missed an important appointment (that I will have to pay a penalty fee for) because I cannot set my own reminders on read-only calendars (managed by someone else) in Gnome Evolution and I have ...
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How to add email address from email to existing contact
Ubuntu 12.04
I have a couple of email accounts but store my contacts on Google to sync with my phone. I am trying to setup an email client so it seamlessly integrates with my various email accounts (...
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How to enter gnome default keyring password after the prompt disappears?
Launching Evolution has gnome-keyring prompting for the default keyring password on Ubuntu 16.04. If Ctlr+Alt+Tab is pressed during that process, or if the prompt is not answered fast enough, the ...
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Transfer Evolution Settings
I have Evolution (mostly) set up on my desktop. I want to import the settings (mail servers, IMAp subscriptions and especially junk learning) to my new laptop.
ETA: I have several gig of old email in ...
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