On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 10:38 -0500, Bill Case wrote: > Can anyone help with Evo configuration? I tried the manual and the > Evolution mailing list. The manual doesn't tell me enough and the > mailing list is apparently not for newbies. Google gives very few other > choices. > > I have been using Evolution through RH7.1, RH9, FC2 and now FC3, but I > never paid much attention to its operation -- just used it. > > 1) Is Evolution supposed to fetch mail when it is opened? (e.g. Outlook > Express and Thunderbird do). On my system it does, but I use Evolution with an IMAP server, not POP. I just tested using POP and it does not seem to check at start. I think that's a problem, too. > If not, does Evolution have a list of > commands that I can use in a script? Example: Is there a command line > equivalent to 'F9' or 'Send/Receive'. Using 'fetchmail' seems to defeat > the purpose of having Evo. The best thing I can think of is to run it minimized and have it check every X minutes. You set the minutes from Tools/Settings/[your account]/Receiving Options. > In particular, I want to set up my panel launcher so that it checks that > Evolution is not already open minimized, launches Evolution and then > automatically fetches the latest email. i.e do the same thing as if I > had looked at my Window List on my panel and if Evolution wasn't there, > used 'launchmail' and then 'F9' or 'Send/Receive' or better still just > 'receive'. I am not sure that can be done - I suppose you could script it and then have your launcher point to the script. > 2) I would like to use Evolution as my personal organizer unless there > is a PIM program that integrates with Evolution - not KOrganizer. In > particular, I use calendar and tasklist print outs a lot. Is there a way > to create new or personalized printed forms. I'm an old guy and still > only feel secure with a printed or hand written form in my pocket 'a la > Day Timer'. I'm not sure what you;d need to personalize - the printouts from Evo's calendar are pretty good. Don't use tasks so I can't help you there. > 3) The changes I want are mostly cosmetic. If the changes I want to make > are at the source level, what programming manuals etc. are specifically > for Evolution. > > or, > > 4) Is Evolution far too network driven for just small office needs and > am I, therefore, better off just using Thunderbird and forgetting about > Evolution altogether? Nah, you can use Evolution, there are a few rough edges but you can help knock 'em off by using the product and reporting bugs and feature requests. > Sorry for such a long help request, but no one seems to understand what > I want Actually, I almost passed by your posting because it was so long. I don't know about others on this list but I have a pretty short attention span. :-) Maybe in the future you might consider asking one question per post? Just a suggestion, I don't know if there are any "rules" about it. It seems like people are getting their proverbial panties in a wad a lot lately on this list. > and simply dismisses my questions. I suspect I am missing > something really newbie or I am being really thick but I can't seem to > find the answers in Evo setup, preferences, help or the Evolution > mailing list. I think you've found a legit bug. I think the workaround is to simply hist F9 when you start Evo and set your mail retrieval interval to something reasonably short (like 5 minutes or so), but I might just not understand what you need. Cheers! Thomas
