NAME

       evolution - groupware suite for GNOME containing e-mail, calendar, addressbook, to-do list
       and memo tools

SYNOPSIS

       evolution [OPTIONS] [MAILTO]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page briefly introduces the  evolution  command.   Evolution  is  a  graphical
       groupware  suite,  a  single  application  for reading and sending e-mail and for managing
       calendars, address books, notes, to-do lists and memos.   It  is  written  for  the  GNOME
       graphical desktop.

       An   optional   MAILTO  expression  can  be  specified,  typically  invoked  from  another
       application. An example MAILTO expression is `mailto:username@example.com`. This will open
       a  new  composer  window  with  an  empty  e-mail to `username@example.com`. More advanced
       expressions are also supported, but should conform to RFC 2368.

       For a more detailed explanation of Evolution, please see the Help menu.

OPTIONS

       -?, --help
              Show a help message listing all the options and their meanings.

       -c, --component=COMPONENT
              Start Evolution by activating the desired component.  COMPONENT is one  of  `mail',
              `calendar', `contacts', `tasks' or `memos'.

       --offline
              Start in offline mode.

       --online
              Start in online mode.

       --force-online
              Ignore network availability.

       --force-shutdown
              Forcibly shut down all Evolution components.

       --disable-eplugin
              Disable loading of any plugins.

       --disable-preview
              Disable preview pane of Mail, Contacts and Tasks.

       -i, --import
              Import URIs or file names given as rest of arguments.

       -q, --quit
              Request a running Evolution process to quit.

       --display=DISPLAY
              X display to use.

              In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply.
              See the output of --help for details.

SEE ALSO

       http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/

AUTHOR

       Evolution was originally developed by the company Ximian, now a part of Novell.  Evolution
       is now part of GNOME, and many people have touched the code.  See the "About" item in  the
       "Help" menu for a list.

       This manual page was originally written by Lars Wirzenius for the Debian system.