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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Exchange Online Account - Calendar Sync One-Way (Ubuntu 22.04)
I have a problem with calendar sync with an Exchange account (my professional one) between my computer, the online calendar, and my phone (I have very good reasons to believe it is a problem on the ...
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Evolution email content height
My evolution message content height is changed to few pixels, even in opened message window.
Can you help me how to set content height back to normal please?
Edit: Lubuntu 22.04 + Gnome Evolution
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User-specified print settings in GTK applications are silently overriden by system printer defaults
UPDATE:
I have since ascertained that this appears to be a GTK printing issue, after testing in multiple desktop environments (GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, and KDE Plasma) and trying to print in ...
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Evolution can not get a message.... unknown reason. How do I solve this?
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and has worked without issue until Evolution gives error message as follows, 'Can not get message UID...-.... unknown reason.' At each start up of Evolution the first part of the ...
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How to change Evoluation notification sound?
Is it possible to change the evolution "new mail" notification sound to a different one than the global system notification sound?
While there is a Mail Notification plugin for Evolution, ...
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how to stop system startup apps (like update-notifier, evolution*, etc.) to start at login
Using "startup applications" I can remove MY installed apps from the startup. But there are some system apps like update-notifier, evolution-addressbook-factory, evolution-alarm-notify (and ...
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Evolution won't load any calendar whatsoever?
Evolution won't load any calendar whatsoever. I tried Exchange (work), web based (for testing) and Google (private). There isn't even an error message. Nothing. I don't even have an idea where to ...
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How to add and sync Exchange calendar in Ubuntu [Calendar]
Our company uses MS Exchange Server 2019 to manage email and calendars. I tired to connect my account to
1- Thunderbird
2- Evolution
3- Online accounts
on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS.
Although by doing so the ...
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Evolution-EWS and MS Exchange
I was using ExQuilla and Thunderbird to get my MS Exchange email and calendar. My trial is expiring and I was hoping to not have to pay. I am attempting to re-create this in Evolution-EWS, however I ...
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How to add yahoo mail into Ubuntu 22.04 Online Account?
How do I add yahoo mail to Ubuntu 22.04 Online Account?
I tried clicking on IMAP and SMTP, filling in the Email and Name info, click Next and tried using the App Password generated by Account Security ...
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How can I login? Black screen
This happened after uninstalling evolution using Stacer. I have tried restarting but even while paying attention to the caps lock warning I can't login. I remember disabling the caps lock key sometime ...
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Is it possible for Evolution to translate emails?
I'm receiving emails in German through Gnome/Evolution that I'm interested in reading, but I need to translate them.
I have searched for Plugins but I haven't found them (EvolutionPlugins).
Does ...
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Unable to access GMail from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Evolution for 'OAuth2 OOB'
Suddenly on Nov 19th my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Evolution E-Mail client version '3.36.5-0ubuntu1' failed to connect with G-Mail. The following two error messages appear every time it tries to connect to G-...
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no sound on calendar event (gnome - ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS)
I'd like to have sound notification on calendar events. Tried the tool from this post Evolution calendar notification with sound? but I was unsuccessful getting it work.
When running sudo ./install.sh ...
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kde and gtk icon size different
I have an odd issue after a fresh install of Kubuntu 22.10. It seems Evolution is not obeying the icon size that every other app is using. Even non-kde apps such as Firefox and Libreoffice obey the ...
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Evolution hanging after ubuntu 22.10 upgrade
After upgrading to Ubuntu 22.10 from 22.04 evolution is now hanging everytime I try to compose a new, or reply to an email.
The program freezes and I have to right click the icon to quit it.
Its ...
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How to make Evolution sort email by Date?
Despite configuring Evolution to sort emails by descending Date, it is not doing it. Note in the attached screenshot how it not only is ascending some emails in the stack it is also mixing up the ...
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Salvage accidental Control-U in Evolution
Control-U deletes entire lines and paragraphs in Evolution Email, which cannot be undone using Control-Z.
Is there any way to salvage the situation (such as accessing the "register" in Vim ...
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Unable to receive emails in Evolution
Setup to receive: imap.gmail.com; Port 995; username asis3471; TLS on a dedicated Port; Authentication: Oauth2(Google).
Ubuntu 20.04, Evolution 3.36.5
Send / receive just brings up past emails from ...
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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 sync gnome Evolution memos to Nextcloud?
Using Ubuntu 22.04
I've tried syncing a memo list with CalDAV but I get an error message stating "incorrect file format."
I suppose I could just sync the Evolution data folder to Nextcloud, ...
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Evolution Mail Client: any support? Emails remain open after sending
Evolution 3.44.1-0ubuntu1 .
Ubuntu 22.04 .
Problem:
Compose mail. Send. Close Evolution.
Open Evolution, receive this message...
"Evolution quit unexpectedly while you were composing a new ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Can't disable annoying Evolution Reminders despite having disabled it (and Calendar Reminders as well) in Settings?
I have tried to disable Evolution Reminders and disable Calendar Reminders both in Settings, but to no avail. I have also tried changing the configuration file setting for Evolution to add the setting ...
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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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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?
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=&...
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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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How to eliminate piercing evolution alarm?
When I have calendar events with reminders, I get an extremely loud piercing repeated high-pitched double beep.
This gods-awful sound is not any of the Gnome Desktop alarm sounds.
How do I eliminate ...
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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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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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Evolution shows wrong subject and sender in email list
My email provider recently had a disk problem. They finally got all the email restored a few days ago, but since that time, evolution's email list has gone wrong. If I click on a particular message to ...
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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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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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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 broken until system restart
When I restart my system, email with evolution works fine. At some point (usually when suspending and moving from office to home), all or some email accounts will stop working. I can sometimes receive ...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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.
I ...
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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?
Thanks
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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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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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