This book is divided into two parts, with several appendices. The first part is a guided tour, which will explain how to use Evolution. If you are new to Evolution or to groupware in general, this section is for you. The second section, covering configuration, is targeted at more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way Evolution looks or acts can benefit from reading it. In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography: Applications Commands you type at the command line Labels for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface Menu selections look like this: Menu Submenu Menu Item Buttons you can click Anything you type in Text output from a computer Words that are defined in the . We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well. Tips and bits of extra information will look like this. Examples are also set off from the rest of the text. They look like this: This is what an example looks like. We'll provide examples for some of the more complicated tasks you might be performing. Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful: This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand. If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, our new version has a lot to add. Here are some of the new and changed features: Configuration Interface The preferences dialogs have been completely overhauled. There is now a single configuration dialog window for all components of the program, and you can access it from anywhere. To change your preferences, select Tools Configure . Performance Improvements Startup time has decreased, POP server interactions are more efficient, and indexing of locally cached mail is now faster. Keyboard Navigation Overhaul Pressing an unmodified letter key in the Folder Bar now takes you to the next folder that starts with that letter; if there are several, you can press the key again and it will go to the next folder that starts with that letter. Similarly, you can press a letter key in the message list and the message selection will move to the next message whose sender begins with that letter. For example, you could press the r key to go to the next message that Russell sent you. That means that unmodified letter shortcuts from Evolution 1.0 won't work any more. The changes are: , (comma) and . (period) are now the keyboard shortcuts for Next and Previous unread messages ' (the single apostrophe) toggles the message preview pane. Shortcuts that used the Control key are not affected. Added Functionality for the "New" Button The New now has a menu next to it. As in Evolution 1.0, you can click the button once to get a new item for the Evolution tool you're using. However, if you click the small arrow menu to the right of the button, you will find a menu that allows you to create new items for the rest of Evolution: All day appointments, regular appointments, tasks and meetings for the calendar; mail messages for the mail tool; and contacts and contact lists for the address book. Import Tool Now Imports Netscape Filters You can now import your filters, as well as your email messages, from the Netscape mail client. Folder Naming Limits Removed You can now have IMAP folders with names including the ampersand (&) and dash (-) characters, and even UTF-8 (unicode) characters. Executive Summary now Reads IMAP The Executive Summary tool in Evolution now displays email messages in IMAP as well as local mail folders. Additional Message Status Options You can now mark messages by color (Right click on a menu and select "Labels), or flag them for a follow-up action. Filters can now be based on these criteria. Filters and vFolders Notice Moved or Missing Folders vFolders and filters now notice if you move or delete a folder that they use, and update themselves accordingly. Signature Editor There is now a signature editor, and it supports the full range of Gtkhtml functionality. New Filter Criteria and Actions You can now filter based on score, flag-for-followup or message coloration status, or the existence of attachments. New actions include beeping, playing sounds, running shell commands, and piping messages to external processes. Folder Preferences for Autocompletion and Offline Mode You may now select which network folders which will be cached locally when you go into Offline mode. Offline mode now works better in general. You may also select which contact folders will be used to autocomplete addresses in the mail composer. Redirect (Bounce) Feature Added To redirect a message with all its headers instead of merely forwarding it, select the message and choose Actions Forward Redirect . Digest-mode Display of Forwarded Messages Messages that have been forwarded to you as attachments are now displayed in "Digest Mode" rather than inline. New Mail Notification When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution beep or play a sound file that you specify.