Once you have installed and configured Zimbra messaging server or Sendmail integrated with Dovecot(IMPA/POP3) server or any other messaging server of your choice, and all is working good, then youneed to choice a good email client solution like Evolution email client to communicate with messagingsystems on your network. You have options of many email clients to choose from e.g., Thunderbird,SquirrelMail etc. however, Evolution mail which comes pre-packaged with most Linux distros comeshandy for powering your e-mail communication on your PC, laptop etc. for your network users.

Evolution

Novell Evolution

(formerly

Ximian Evolution

, prior to Novell's 2003 acquisition of Ximian)is the official personal information manager and workgroup information management tool for GNOME. Itcombines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions. It has been an official partof GNOME since version 2.8 in September 2004. Evolution development is sponsored primarily by NovellEvolution 2.22 was released on 2008-03-11, together with GNOME 2.22 (March 2008). GNOME is thedefault desktop environment for several Linux distributions, most notably Debian, Fedora, CentOS, andUbuntu. Foresight Linux showcases the latest releases of GNOME. Novell distributes Evolution withSUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and the openSUSE community project. In this HowTo we’ll show thenecessary steps to install and configure Evolution mail on CentOS5 running Sendmail and DovecotEvolution is

Free software

under the

GNU General Public License

. Its user interface andfunctionality are similar to Microsoft Outlook. Features include

iCalendar

support,

full-textindexing

of all incoming mail, powerful

email filters

writable in

Scheme

and a

"SearchFolders"

feature (i.e., saved searches that look like normal mail folders).Evolution can be connected to all versions of Microsoft Exchange Server except Exchange 2007 usingtheir web interfaces and an Evolution add-on formerly called

Ximian Connector

. Using

gnome-pilot

,it may be synchronized with

Palm Pilot

devices, and

OpenSync

enables it to be synchronized withmobile phones

and other PDAs. It’s also easy to integrate with LDAP to access your address book.Adding LDAP server to your network allows you to have a fully functional suite of open source-drivenservices available to your enterprise that gives, if not the full functionality of something like Exchange, butgives enough so that the users can interact and exchange information cleanly, without having to jumpthrough hoops or pay for it.The idea of a centralized general information repository that could be used for authentication, contacts,and general configuration details is very appealing – if you have cool dollars to spend then head straightfor Windows Active Directory integrated with Exchanger server plus Outlook to power your messagingsystems. Alternatively, take a quick turn-around and head to the Open Source world – the world offreshness and pure freedom. While power your systems with a fully functional integrated Sendmail andDovecot messaging server with Mozilla Thunderbird mail client and OpenLDAP powered LDAP server.For a start, however, be warned, setting up an open source powered LDAP server is not for the weak ofheart! And of course, don’t forget to install that cool DNS server powered by Bind9.

Global Open Versity, Vancouver Canada Install Guide for Evolution Mail Client using LDAP on Linux v1.2

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Step 1: Setup & Configure Evolution Email Client on CentOS5

To setup Evolution mail client, clickApplication > Internet,and then selectEmailto start Evolution email setup. On the

Welcome

screen dialog box, click theForwardbutton, see Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

1. From

Identity

dialog box, complete as shown in Fig. 2 (replace with your own username), click the

Forward

button. Messaging serve:

server04.beemtech.edu

, email address:

ldapuser@beemtech.edu

Fig. 2

Step-by-Step Install Guide for Evolution Mail Client with Addressbook using LDAP on Linux v1.2

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