Evolution(1)

NAME

evolution - Run Ximian Evolution, a groupware suite for GNOME containing email, calendar, addressbook, and task-list tools.

SYNOPSIS

evolution [OPTION] ... [URI]

DESCRIPTION

This program is a graphical groupware suite; a single application with email, calendar, address book, and task-list tools to help you collaborate with other people.

This man page is not the central source of help for Evolution. You can find the user's guide by running the application and selecting items from the Help menu. Additional help and security information are available at the Ximian knowledge base online at http://support.ximian.com. For help with additional command-line options, type evolution --help at the command line.

EXAMPLES

evolution
    Runs the application.

evolution "%s"
    To use Evolution as the handler for mailto: links in GNOME applications, open the GNOME Control Center and set the mailto: URL handler to this value. You can do this with non-GNOME browsers such as Mozilla, by setting the appropriate value in that application's preferences dialogs.

evolution mailto:joe@somewhere.net
    Open the message composer, addressing the message to joe@somewhere.net.

evolution evolution:/local/Inbox
    Start the application with the local Inbox folder open.

evolution default:mail
    Start the application with the folder mail/calendar/contacts/tasks open.

evolution --no-splash
    Start Evolution, but do not display the start-up splash screen.

evolution --debug=FILENAME
    Start the application, and output debugging messages to FILENAME.