E-Mail Clients --- Emptying trash,Importing contacts from Outlook,Managing recent mail,Prevent image loading & Creating a new e-mail account

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Emptying trash

It can be tiresome to delete mails from the Inbox and then again from the Trash. A better option is to let Evolution delete the trash, when you exit. To set this option, click on Tools > Settings, and select the Mail Preferences tab. Under deleting mail, check Empty trash folders on exit.

Importing contacts from Outlook

Using Outlook, export all your contacts to a .csv file. A perl script csv2vcard.pl is provided in Evolution to convert .csv files to VCard files (.vcf). Use the command: csv2vcard.pl filename.csv filename.vcf and import the .vcf file into Evolution using File > Import. Select 'Import a single file' and click Next, then select the file type as Vcard and type in the filename. Click on the Import button and select a folder, to which the file will be imported, and click OK to finish.

Managing recent mail

If you get annoyed by the huge number of e-mails lined up in your mailbox and only want recent mail, then Evolution has the perfect solution for you. You can set it to display recent mails by going to Search > Advanced. Type in a rule name, such as 'daily mail' or 'recent mail', select 'Date received' under the If criteria. Click on 'Click here to select a date', and select Compare against 'A time relative to the current time'. Adjust the number of minutes, hours, days, etc., according to your preferences, and click OK.

Prevent image loading

In order to prevent images from loading in Evolution, go to Tools > Settings, and click on the Mail Preferences tab. Here, select HTML Mail and click on 'Never load images off the Net', and click Apply or OK.

Creating a new e-mail account

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