Along with the name and e-mail address, Evolution can store other address and contact information about a person. The e-mail address of a sender can quickly be added by right-clicking the marked address in the message preview. Select ‘Add to Contacts’ and confirm the inclusion in the following pop-up. To enter more information, click ‘Edit Full’ to open the contact editor. Otherwise, click ‘OK’. If you have selected ‘Edit Full’, click ‘Save and Close’ to exit the contact editor when you are finished.

To enter a completely new contact, click ‘New Contact’ in the ‘Contacts’ view. Enter all desired contact information. Click ‘Save and Close’ when finished.

If you frequently send e-mail messages to a group of people, make this easier by creating a list. Click ‘New’+‘Contact List’ in the ‘Contacts’ view. The contact list editor opens. Enter a name for the list. Add addresses by typing the address in the box and clicking ‘Add’ or by dragging contacts from the ‘Contacts’ view and dropping them in the box. Toggle ‘Hide addresses’ to select whether the recipients can see who else has received the mail. Click ‘Save and Close’ when finished. The list is now one of your contacts and appears in the composition window after the first few letters are typed.

To send contact information from your address book to another Evolution user, right-click the contact to share. Select ‘Forward Contact’. This sends the contact card as an attachment in an e-mail. Compose and send this message as usual. To add a contact you have been sent, go to the contact in the e-mail message and click ‘Save in addressbook’ to add the complete contact card to your address book.