Editing GNOME Evolution (section)

==Features==
[[File:Evolution 36 calendar.png|thumb|Evolution's calendar software]]
[[File:Evolution mail.png|thumb|An older version of Evolution]]
Evolution delivers the following features:<ref name=evo-docs />
* E-mail retrieval with the [[Post Office Protocol|POP]] and [[Internet Message Access Protocol|IMAP]] protocols and e-mail transmission with [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|SMTP]]
* Secure network connections encrypted with [[Transport Layer Security|SSL]], [[Transport Layer Security|TLS]] and [[STARTTLS]]
* E-mail encryption with [[GNU Privacy Guard|GPG]] and [[S/MIME]]
* [[Markdown]] e-mail formatting<ref>{{Cite web |title=Support markdown in composer (#449) · Issues · GNOME / evolution · GitLab |url=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/449 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=GitLab |date=18 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[email filtering|E-mail filters]]
* Search folders: saved searches that look like normal mail folders as an alternative to using filters and search queries
* Automatic [[Spam (electronic)|spam]] filtering with [[SpamAssassin]] and [[Bogofilter]]
* Connectivity to [[Microsoft Exchange Server]], [[Novell GroupWise]] and [[Kolab]]<ref name=evo-kolab /> (provided in separate packages as [[plug-in (computing)|plug-ins]])
* Calendar support for the [[iCalendar]] file format, the [[WebDAV]] and [[CalDAV]] standards and [[Google Calendar]]
* Contact management with local address books, [[CardDAV]], [[LDAP]] and Google address books
* Synchronization via [[SyncML]] with [[SyncEvolution]] and with [[Palm OS]] devices via gnome-pilot
* Address books that can be used as a data source in [[LibreOffice]]
* User [[Avatar (computing)|avatars]] loading from address book, [[Email#Header_fields|e-mail headers]] X-Face, Face or automatic lookup by [[Hash function|hashed]] e-mail address from [[Gravatar]] service
* An [[news aggregator|RSS reader]] plug-in<ref name=evo-rss />
* A [[Newsreader (Usenet)|news client]]
* Import from [[Microsoft Outlook]] archives (dbx, pst) and [[mbox|Berkeley Mailbox]]


The Novell GroupWise plug-in is no longer in active development.<ref name=evo-newin36 /> A [[Scalix]] plug-in<ref name=evo-scalix /> is also available, but its development stopped in 2009.<ref name=evo-scalixlog />

=== Evolution Data Server ===
'''Evolution Data Server''' (EDS) is a collection of libraries and session [[Daemon (computing)|services]] for storing address books and calendars.<ref name=evo-edsmanual /> Other software such as [[California (software)|California]]<ref name=gnome-cali /> and [[GNOME Calendar]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Calendar |title=GNOME Calendar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://packages.debian.org/stretch/gnome-calendar |title=gnome-calendar in Debian with dependencies}}</ref> depends on EDS as well.

Some documentation about the software architecture is available in the GNOME wiki.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/EDS_Architecture|title=Apps/Evolution/EDS_Architecture - GNOME Wiki!}}</ref>

===Connecting to Microsoft Exchange Server===
Depending on which version of Microsoft Exchange Server is used, different packages need to be installed to be able to connect to it. The documentation recommends the ''evolution-ews'' package (which uses [[Microsoft Exchange Server#Clients|Exchange Web Services]]) for Exchange Server 2007, 2010 and newer. If ''evolution-ews'' does not work well, it is advised to try the ''evolution-mapi'' package. This supports Exchange Server 2010, 2007 and possibly older versions supporting [[Messaging Application Programming Interface|MAPI]]. For Exchange Server 2003, 2000 and possibly earlier versions supporting [[Outlook Web App]] the package ''evolution-exchange'' is recommended.<ref name=evo-exchange />