.TH EVOLUTION 1 2004\-11\-06 "GNOME" "GNOME"
.SH NAME
evolution \- groupware suite for GNOME containing e\-mail, calendar,
addressbook, to-do list and memo tools
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B evolution
.RI [ OPTIONS ] " " [ MAILTO ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page briefly introduces the 
.B 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.
.PP
.RI "An optional " MAILTO " expression can be specified, typically"
.RI "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 suppported, but should conform to RFC 2368.
.PP
For a more detailed explanation of Evolution, please see the Help menu.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-?,  \-\-help
Show a help message listing all the options and their meanings.
.TP
.B \-\-usage
Show a brief help message listing the names of the options only.
.TP
.BI "\-c, \-\-component=" COMPONENT
Start Evolution by activating the desired component.
.I COMPONENT
is one of `mail', `calendar', `contacts', `tasks', `memos'.
.TP
.B \-\-offline
Start in offline mode.
.TP
.BR \-\-online
Start in online mode.
.TP
.B \-\-force\-shutdown
Forcibly shut down all Evolution components.
.TP
.B \-\-force\-migrate
Forcibly re-migrate from Evolution 1.4.
.TP
.BI \-\-debug= FILE
.RI "Send the debugging output of all components to " FILE "."
.TP
.B \-\-disable-eplugin
Disable loading of any plugins.
.PP
In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply.
See the output of \-\-help for details.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
http://www.novell.com/products/evolution/
.SH 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.
.PP
This manual page was originally written by Lars Wirzenius for the
Debian system.
.\" Copyright 2004 Lars Wirzenius
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