[Evolution] Calendar Reminders

[Danni Allen <dannia jamesons com au>]

Hi,

I have recently formatted and installed ubuntu on to my notebook.  Along 
with this changeover I am switching to evolution for mail/calendar 
needs.  I was just wondering if the following features were available, 
because I cannot seem to use them nor find any documentation/prior 
problems for people with this.

In the calendar, I would like to set an appointment (for a birthday) 
that sends me a reminder by email a week before it is due.  When I try 
to add a customised alarm for this appointment I cannot select the "send 
an email" option.

I have only been able to find a single question about this at 
http://www.mail-archive.com/evolution-list gnome org/msg05714.html but 
no reply.  Is there some sort of service that needs to be enabled?

Thanks for any help you can provide,
Danni