Evolution Exchange Features

Evolution Exchange supports the following basic Microsoft Exchange features:

  • General

    • Remote Exchange Information Store:

      Allows you to access mail, address book (including the Global Address List folder), calendars, and task folders on an Exchange server from Evolution.

    • Palm Synchronisation:

      Supported for Contacts and Calendars on Exchange.

    • Password Management:

      Allows you to reset your password. If your password has expired, Evolution asks you to change your password at startup.

  • Mail

    • Viewing Mail in Exchange Folders:

      Mail stored on the Exchange server is visible in the Mail component in Evolution.

    • Sending E-mail via Exchange Protocols:

      If you use the Microsoft Exchange mail transport protocol to send email, make sure that the address you have entered as your email address is exactly the one that is registered on the Exchange server. This might be “yourname@exchange-server.example.com” rather than “yourname@example.com”.

    • Out of Office Message:

      You can set “out of Office” message that will automatically be sent to people who send mail to you while you are away from office.

    • Send Options:

      You can set the priority and sensitivity of the sent message so that the recipients will know how important the message is. You can also enable delivery receipt request and read receipt request for the messages sent.

  • Calendar

    • Meeting Requests/Proposal:

      Allows Evolution users to schedule meetings. You can check when other users are busy according to their calendars and send the meeting requests accordingly.

    • Adding iCalendar Meeting Requests to the Calendar:

      Allows you to add the iCalendar meeting requests you receive to your Exchange calendar. Note that you need to specify the calendar from the list, to which you want to add your meeting schedules.

  • Contacts

    • Address Completion:

      Supported for your Exchange Contacts folder.

    • Adding vCards to the Address Book:

      Allows you to save the vCards that you receive as attachments to your Exchange address book. New Address Book entries can also be created on Exchange from received email messages with a single click.

  • Work Offline (disconnected mode)

    To mark a folder for offline usage, right-click the folder, then click Properties. Click Copy Folder Content Locally for Offline Operation. For more information see Working Offline.

  • Recall Message function is not available.