If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.0, you may want to know what has changed in this release. Aside from performance benefits like faster POP server interaction, there are new features and options, including some that may surprise or confuse you. Here is a list of new and changed features:
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 .
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.
To redirect a message with all its headers instead of merely forwarding it, select the message and choose Actions -> Forward -> Redirect .
Messages that have been forwarded to you as attachments are now displayed in "Digest Mode" rather than inline.
When new mail arrives, you may opt to have Evolution beep or play a sound file that you specify.
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. |
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.