Currently, there is no configuration guide for using Gmail's IMAP under Evolution in Gmail's help page. However, this doesn't mean that Evolution cannot use Gmail's IMAP service. This step-by-step guide is aiming at users who are not familiar with Evolution or Gmail's IMAP settings. It's easy for experienced users to figure out how to configure Evolution to use Gmail's IMAP by Gmail's official help pages for other mail clients. For those users, this guide may still save them some time.
First, you should enable IMAP in Gmail's setting.
Go to Gmail's setting. In the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab, go down to the IMAP access section, and select "Enable IMAP".
Then you should open Evolution's preferences window.
Open Evolution, and go to the menu Edit, then the sub menu Preferences.
We need to add a new account.
In the Evolution preferences window, click the Add button.
A wizard will appear.
You'll see a welcome window. Just click the forward button.
Type in your name and email address.
Fill the Full name and Email address fields, and select "Make this my default account". Click the forward button.
Then fill in Gmail's IMAP server's information. Note that there is not a port field in Evolution. You should specify the server port use this form imap.gmail.com:993. Also, username should be your full gmail address. And for security, you should use SSL connection.
Select "IMAP" in server type. Fill the Configuration section with imap.gmail.com:993 and yourname@gmail.com. Select SSL encryption in Security and Password in Authentication Type. Select "Remember password". Click the forward button.
Next, we'll set some receiving options. Typically you can check first two items. And I recommend that you leave other items unselected.
Select "Automatically check for new mails" and "Check for new messages in all folds". And leave other options unselected. Click the forward button.
Now we've finished the IMAP settings, we'll configure sending settings. We'll use the smtp.gmail.com:587 server via TLS. Again, you should note that the username is your full gmail address.
Select the server type: SMTP. Fill smtp.gmail.com:587 in the server field. Select "Server requires authentication". Select "TLS encryption" in Security and choose "Login" in Authentication Type. Fill "yourname@gmail.com" as Username. Select "Remember password". Click the forward button.
We're almost finished. Just pick a name for your account, for example, gmail.
Fill in "gmail" in the Name field. Click the forward button.
Congratulations! Just click the apply button to save all.
Now you've set up all. You can receive your gmails via IMAP now. Try it. (A window will pop up asking for your password. Fill in your Gamil password.)
There is still something left, which are not must-haves. However, I recommend you to read on.
Again, open Evolution's preferences window.
Open Evolution, and go to the menu Edit, then the sub menu Preferences.
Highlight the account we've created and edit it.
Click the "Edit" button.
We need to configure the draft and sent folder in the Defaults tab.
Click the Defaults tab in the Account Editor window.
Click the "Draft folder", in the pop up window, open "gmail", then "[Gmail]", and select "Drafts".
Note the location of Draft folder. It's inside [Gmail], which itself is inside "gmail". We do this configuration to save our drafts in Gmail's server.
Click the "Sent folder", in the pop up window, select "sent" in "On This Computer".
You can make other choices here. But don't save it inside Gmail's sent folder, as this will be done by Gmail itself whenever you use Gmail's smtp.
From:http://weakish.int.eu.org.sixxs.org/tutorial/configure-evolution-for-gmail.xhtml
Finally it's the Gnu PGP settings (if you use PGP keys).
Go to the "Security" tab in Account Edit window.
Click "OK" button, and enjoy Evolution with Gmail!
First, you should enable IMAP in Gmail's setting.
Go to Gmail's setting. In the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab, go down to the IMAP access section, and select "Enable IMAP".
Then you should open Evolution's preferences window.
Open Evolution, and go to the menu Edit, then the sub menu Preferences.
We need to add a new account.
In the Evolution preferences window, click the Add button.
A wizard will appear.
You'll see a welcome window. Just click the forward button.
Type in your name and email address.
Fill the Full name and Email address fields, and select "Make this my default account". Click the forward button.
Then fill in Gmail's IMAP server's information. Note that there is not a port field in Evolution. You should specify the server port use this form imap.gmail.com:993. Also, username should be your full gmail address. And for security, you should use SSL connection.
Select "IMAP" in server type. Fill the Configuration section with imap.gmail.com:993 and yourname@gmail.com. Select SSL encryption in Security and Password in Authentication Type. Select "Remember password". Click the forward button.
Next, we'll set some receiving options. Typically you can check first two items. And I recommend that you leave other items unselected.
Select "Automatically check for new mails" and "Check for new messages in all folds". And leave other options unselected. Click the forward button.
Now we've finished the IMAP settings, we'll configure sending settings. We'll use the smtp.gmail.com:587 server via TLS. Again, you should note that the username is your full gmail address.
Select the server type: SMTP. Fill smtp.gmail.com:587 in the server field. Select "Server requires authentication". Select "TLS encryption" in Security and choose "Login" in Authentication Type. Fill "yourname@gmail.com" as Username. Select "Remember password". Click the forward button.
We're almost finished. Just pick a name for your account, for example, gmail.
Fill in "gmail" in the Name field. Click the forward button.
Congratulations! Just click the apply button to save all.
Now you've set up all. You can receive your gmails via IMAP now. Try it. (A window will pop up asking for your password. Fill in your Gamil password.)
There is still something left, which are not must-haves. However, I recommend you to read on.
Again, open Evolution's preferences window.
Open Evolution, and go to the menu Edit, then the sub menu Preferences.
Highlight the account we've created and edit it.
Click the "Edit" button.
We need to configure the draft and sent folder in the Defaults tab.
Click the Defaults tab in the Account Editor window.
Click the "Draft folder", in the pop up window, open "gmail", then "[Gmail]", and select "Drafts".
Note the location of Draft folder. It's inside [Gmail], which itself is inside "gmail". We do this configuration to save our drafts in Gmail's server.
Click the "Sent folder", in the pop up window, select "sent" in "On This Computer".
You can make other choices here. But don't save it inside Gmail's sent folder, as this will be done by Gmail itself whenever you use Gmail's smtp.
From:http://weakish.int.eu.org.sixxs.org/tutorial/configure-evolution-for-gmail.xhtml
Finally it's the Gnu PGP settings (if you use PGP keys).
Go to the "Security" tab in Account Edit window.
Click "OK" button, and enjoy Evolution with Gmail!
0 comments:
Post a Comment