Setting up an email account in Evolution

Select Edit > Preferences options from the Evolution menu bar. You now have to go though a series of dialogue boxes, filling in the appropriate details in each.

Note that the values show in the images below are not the actual ones that you should use. They are values that I used for testing, and are only intended for illustration.

In the first box you just say that you want to set up an email account. So click `Mail Accounts` and `Add`.
The second box is purely introductory. Click `Forward`.
Now enter your real name and your email address. You may or may not want to make this your default account.
You have the choice of receiving mail using either the IMAP or the POP3 protocols. If you do not understand this bit, choose IMAP. The server name must be `mail.ohelavraham.org.uk`. The username is the same as your full email address. For security, choose SSL encryption and then click to discover which login methods are enabled. Pick a login method of your choice. Check `Remember password` so that you do not have to re-enter your password every 10 minutes.
You will only need `Check for new mail in all folders` if you set up rules or filters that deliver to folders other than your main inbox.
For sending mail choose SMTP with SSL encryption. Again, the server name is `mail.ohelavraham.org.uk` and your username is your full email address. Check `Remember password` so that you do not have to re-enter your password every time you send a message.
Now enter a distinctive name by which you will identify this account.
Finally, click `Apply` to actually create the account. The first time that the account connects to the server you will be prompted for your password. You will have to enter it twice, once when receiving mail and once when sending.
We are currently using self-signed certificates. The first time that you connect over an encrypted channel you should be prompted as to whether you want to accept the certificate. Just click 'accept'. If you do not get such a prompt you should give serious consideration to how secure, or otherwise, your system is. The wording of the warning will vary a bit depending on what software you are running, but it should always be a general mumble about inability to validate the certificate.