To create Gmail and Hotmail account using Evolution;
Gmail:
Start Evolution
Click on “Edit,” then “Preferences”
Click “Add”
Type in your name, email address, reply to address, (what email address you want people to write back to you with) and your organization, if any, and click forward.
Select your server type as “POP,” your host as “pop.gmail.com” and make sure that your username is the same as your email address. Then under “Use Secure Connection” select SSL, and your “Authentication Type” as password, and click forward.
On the next page adjust settings as you like, they will not interfere with whether gmail will work with evolution or not. Then click forward.
Select server type as “SMTP,” type in “smtp.gmail.com” as the host, and check that the “Host requires authentication” box is checked. Next, select, for “Use Secure Connection,” SSL. Finally, make sure that Authentication type is “Plain” and your user name should be the same as you email address. Click Forward.
On this page name your account whatever you want, it will not interfere with setup and click Forward.
Click apply.
Open your browser, go to Gmail and sign in. Click Settings/Forwarding and POP/IMAP/ POP Download/ and either thick:
1]Enable POP for all mail or
Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on
2]When messages are accessed with POP-"Keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox".
Save changes!
Hotmail:
Start Evolution
Click on “Edit,” then “Preferences”
Click “Add”
Type in your name, email address, reply to address, (what email address you want people to write back to you with) and your organization, if any, and click forward.
Select your server type as “POP,” your host as “pop3.live.com” and make sure that your username is the same as your email address. Then under “Use Secure Connection” select SSL, and your “Authentication Type” as password, and finally click forward.
Select server type as “SMTP,” type in “smtp.live.com” as the host,check that the “Host requires authentication” box is checked. Then under “Use Secure Connection” select TLS, and your “Authentication Type” as Plain, and your user name should be the same as you email address. Click Forward.
Click Apply.
