evolution(1) User Commands evolution(1)
NAME
evolution - start Ximian Evolution, Sun Microsystems Edition
SYNOPSIS
evolution [--debug=filename] [--force-shutdown] [--help] [--no-splash] [--offline] [--online] [--usage] [URI]
DESCRIPTION
Evolution is a personal and workgroup information management solution for Linux and UNIX-based systems. Evolution integrates email, calen-
dar, contacts, and task list management in one application. Evolution provides full support for several data exchange and communications
standards, such as IMAP, POP, SMTP, LDAP, iCalendar, and vCard. Evolution enables tight integration with Sun ONE Messaging and Calendar
Servers and other messaging systems.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
Evolution uses the following gconf options:
use_http_proxy This option enables Evolution to get weather or news information through the proxy server. To set this option, execute the
following command:
% gconftool-2 --type=bool --set /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy "TRUE"
host This option sets the hostname of the proxy server. To set this option, execute the following command:
% gconftool-2 --type=string --set /system/http_proxy/host "host_name"
port This option sets the port number of the proxy server. To set this option, execute the following command:
% gconftool-2 --type=int --set /system/http_proxy/port "port"
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--debug=filename Save all debug messages in filename.
--force-shutdown Forcibly shut down all Evolution components.
--help Display help text. You can also use -? to specify this option.
--no-splash Disable splash screen.
--offline Start in offline mode.
--online Start in online mode.
--usage Display brief usage text.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
URI The name of the physical storage folder. Evolution implements four different types of storage: local storage, IMAP server
storage, LDAP server storage, and vFolder storage.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching Evolution
example% evolution
Example 2: Launching Evolution and Displaying the Local Inbox
example% evolution evolution:/local/Inbox
Example 3: Sending an Email
example% evolution mailto:someone@somewhere.com
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
1 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/evolution
Executable for Evolution application
/usr
Per-system configuration files for Evolution
/etc
Per-system configuration files for bonobo-activation integration
/usr/share/applications
Per-system configuration files for GNOME desktop integration
$HOME/evolution
Per-user configuration files and local storage for Evolution
$HOME/.gconf
Per-user configuration files for gconf
$HOME/evolution/mail/account/folders
Temporary files for Evolution mail
$HOME/evolution/sunone/account/folders
Temporary files for Evolution Sun ONE account
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Architecture |SPARC |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWevo |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT safe with Exceptions |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Ximian Evolution Sun Microsystems Edition User Guide
gconftool-2(1)
NOTES
This man page was originally written by Ximian Inc. Updated by Cynthia Gu, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 8 Oct 2003 evolution(1)