On 03/01/2014 01:14 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 28/02/14 18:29, dg wrote: >> Dear SL list, >> >> Any advise if Evolution Email client is more secure and manageable >> than Thunderbird would be most welcome? >> >> I do recall an article in IEEE Spectrum by as security guru >> recommending both Evolution and Firefox, but that was perhaps 4 or 5 >> years ago. >> >> Recently awakened from a coma and seem to have messed up T'bird by >> trying to do an account export, the inbox is now a new additional >> account!. Some things I would prefer to retain are the tree >> structure, filter preferences and folders. And the IEEE emails. >> >> And if evolution, whether it may be preferable compile from source or >> plain vanilla for SL6.5 rpms? Already have clamav installed. > I have used Thunderbird for most of the time since the beginning, and > I've tried Evolution from time to time too. It all boils down to > personal taste. I find Thunderbird slicker for e-mailng. However, I'll > give credits to the Calendar and Contacts integration if you have access > to CalDAV and CardDAV services in Evolution. > > Many of my colleagues prefers Evolution over Thunderbird. So ... it's > all about personal taste. > > Compiling Evolution from source is probably not advisable on SL. Use > what's provided in the repositories. Those packages have most likely > been through some kind of testing in upstream before it hits SL. In > addition, security fixes and important updates comes too. And it might > be quite hard to compile Evolution from scratch, if you try a too new > version - as the GNOME and GTK libraries in SL6 might not be API > compatible with what newer versions of Evolution provides. > > If you want something more bleeding edge software, SL might not be the > best option. If you prefer stability and more trustworthy updates, then > SL is the right option. > > > -- > kind regards, > > David Sommerseth > > > > > > Dear David,
Thank very much for such kind advice. Shall give an evolution a birl and whirl on a VM, gird and cleek stryle, as one of my grandmothers said "we had one of those but the wheels fell off" -- Om mani padme hum, David Greig