Evolution 1.0 impressions.
Hi, all. Just some stuff I thought I'd share, as I don't recall seeing any mention of it. I've been using (or attempting to use) Evolution, on and off, for just over a year now. A year ago, you were lucky if it got past the splash screen. Now? It's gotten good. Granted, the GUI-hating contingent really won't have much use for it, but I have to give credit where credit is due: while it may appear to be an Outlook look-alike, it is (IMHO) substantially superior: folders are stored in ASCII (alleluia), V-folders are really, really cool (they're dynamic, virtual folders the contents of which are based on filters -- but, unlike traditional folders, they don't remove stuff *from* other folders. Think of the messages in a V-folder as soft links to other messages, if you will), etc. It's reasonably stable (I've only had it crash three or four times, and then only the compoment, not the application -- which still exited gracefully), and so forth. There are some features I'd still like to see, but it *IS* a 1.0 release. Bottom line: if you're looking for a really nifty GUI-based contact list/e-mail/calendar client, I'd definitely recommend a glance at Evolution. I'm just amazed at how much I'm enjoying using it. I may not like Miguel's attitude sometimes, but I do like his software. (Note that resolving all of Evolution's dependencies for install was a bit of a pain on a 7.2 box; this probably wouldn't hold true if Ximian had been installed.) $.02 -Ken * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Evolution 1.0 impressions.
I agree that Evolution has come a long way. It's getting good and it fills a nice niche for those people who feel they can't live without OutLook. However, I was surprised to see that 1.0 didn't support IMAPS. To me, that killed it right there... -- Regards, | Need help with educational technology? .| Randy| Stop by http://www.EdTechHelp.Net * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Evolution 1.0 impressions.
On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:47, Randy Edwards wrote: I agree that Evolution has come a long way. It's getting good and it fills a nice niche for those people who feel they can't live without OutLook. However, I was surprised to see that 1.0 didn't support IMAPS. To me, that killed it right there... Assuming you mean IMAP, it supports it just fine; two of my inboxes are IMAP, and I have no problems whatsoever. Did you perhaps miss an item on their release notes? (Actually, that's another one of the features I really like: I don't, off-hand, know of another tool that handles both POP and IMAP as nicely; for example, Outlook sucks at applying filters to IMAP (or at least I've failed thus far), and that works just fine for Evolution.) -Ken -- Regards, | Need help with educational technology? .| Randy| Stop by http://www.EdTechHelp.Net * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Evolution 1.0 impressions.
I think he really does mean IMAPS. It's IMAP over SSL, I believe. But, I do seem to remember that when I first tried out 1.0 (I'm still sticking with mutt for most of my mail reading/sending), I was able to use IMAPS. Maybe it's because I got my prebuilt rpms from Red Hat's rawhide and I did see something in the changelog about using libnss instead of OpenSSL or some such mess. On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 02:33:27PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:47, Randy Edwards wrote: I agree that Evolution has come a long way. It's getting good and it fills a nice niche for those people who feel they can't live without OutLook. However, I was surprised to see that 1.0 didn't support IMAPS. To me, that killed it right there... Assuming you mean IMAP, it supports it just fine; two of my inboxes are IMAP, and I have no problems whatsoever. Did you perhaps miss an item on their release notes? (Actually, that's another one of the features I really like: I don't, off-hand, know of another tool that handles both POP and IMAP as nicely; for example, Outlook sucks at applying filters to IMAP (or at least I've failed thus far), and that works just fine for Evolution.) -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior Systems Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Evolution 1.0 impressions.
Ah -- hadn't been aware of that particular permutation of an acronym; gotta hit them books. Anyway, since I'm unfamiliar with IMAPS, I'm (obviously) not an authority on it, but on the stock 1.0 (a-la Ximian) Receiving Mail tab, when IMAP is selected, there's a Use secure connection (SSL) checkbox, which would seem to fit the bill. Mind you, I don't intend to start a my mail tool is cooler than yours war; I'm just offering some commentary on a package I'd found (somewhat surprisingly) useful. -Ken On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 14:53, Paul Iadonisi wrote: I think he really does mean IMAPS. It's IMAP over SSL, I believe. But, I do seem to remember that when I first tried out 1.0 (I'm still sticking with mutt for most of my mail reading/sending), I was able to use IMAPS. Maybe it's because I got my prebuilt rpms from Red Hat's rawhide and I did see something in the changelog about using libnss instead of OpenSSL or some such mess. On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 02:33:27PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:47, Randy Edwards wrote: I agree that Evolution has come a long way. It's getting good and it fills a nice niche for those people who feel they can't live without OutLook. However, I was surprised to see that 1.0 didn't support IMAPS. To me, that killed it right there... Assuming you mean IMAP, it supports it just fine; two of my inboxes are IMAP, and I have no problems whatsoever. Did you perhaps miss an item on their release notes? (Actually, that's another one of the features I really like: I don't, off-hand, know of another tool that handles both POP and IMAP as nicely; for example, Outlook sucks at applying filters to IMAP (or at least I've failed thus far), and that works just fine for Evolution.) -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior Systems Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Evolution 1.0 impressions.
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: \ However, I was surprised to see that 1.0 didn't support IMAPS. To me, that killed it right there... Assuming you mean IMAP, it supports it just fine; two of my inboxes are IMAP, and I have no problems whatsoever. I believe that he ment IMAPS, which is IMAP over SSL. Either way, Evolution 1.0 does support it. I've been using Evolution for about 5 months now as my MUA of choice at work. I have to admit, I like the way that is supports pgp-mime. Of course, I am still waiting for a usable spell check for it ;-) Occasionally, I have to close it and restart it, but I think that has more to do with my system than the app itself. C-Ya, Kenny -- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID C0D2BA57 Public key http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xC0D2BA57 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
