<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="guide" id="mail-account-manage-maildir-format-directories" xml:lang="en-GB"> <info> <desc>Add and edit a Maildir Format Mail Directories account in <app>Evolution</app>.</desc> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-management#mail-local-account-types"/> <revision pkgversion="3.5" version="0.6" date="2014-01-27" status="candidate"/> <credit type="author"> <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name> <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email> </credit> <include xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/> </info> <title>Maildir Format Mail Directories account settings</title> <section id="account-editor"> <title>Account Editor</title> <p><app>Evolution</app> supports the Maildir++ specification.</p> <p>Mail accounts can be added by choosing <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>New</gui><gui>Mail Account</gui></guiseq> or via <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui><gui style="button">Add</gui></guiseq>. The steps are mostly the same as for the <link xref="intro-first-run">First-Run Assistant</link>, except for not getting asked whether to import data from other applications or to restore from a backup file.</p> <p>Mail accounts can be edited via <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui><gui style="button">Edit</gui></guiseq>.</p> <p>The following settings are available when editing an existing account:</p> <section id="identity"> <title>Identity</title> <p>Here you define your name and your email address.</p> <p>Optionally you can set a Reply-To email address (if you want replies to messages sent to a different address), set an organization (a company or organization you represent when you send email from this account), your default <link xref="mail-composer-mail-signatures">signature</link> for this account, and <link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_alias">email aliases</link>.</p> </section> <section id="receiving-email"> <info> <title type="link">Receiving Email and Receiving options (Maildir Format Mail Directories accounts)</title> </info> <title>Receiving Email and Receiving options</title> </section> <section id="sending-email"> <info> <title type="link">Sending Email (Maildir Format Mail Directories accounts)</title> </info> <title>Sending E-mail</title> </section> <section id="defaults"> <info> <title type="link">Defaults (Maildir Format Mail Directories accounts)</title> </info> <title>Defaults</title> </section> <section id="composing-messages"> <info> <title type="link">Composing Messages (Maildir Format Mail Directories accounts)</title> </info> <title>Composing Messages</title> </section> <section id="security"> <info> <title type="link">Security (Maildir Format Mail Directories accounts)</title> </info> <title>Security</title> </section> </section> <!-- end "account editor" section, now list any account settings stuff related to this account type outside of it --> <!-- <section id="other-settings"> <info> <title type="link">Other settings (Maildir Format Mail Directories accounts)</title> </info> <title>Other settings</title> <p>Other account related settings that are not located in the <gui>Account Editor</gui>:</p> </section> --> </page>