Hi Roger, I am also new to Linux, after 30 years with Windows and am struggling.... I will make some general comments first:
1) Yes, Linux in general is made for programmers, those confident in command line ... 2) What makes it more "Interesting" is the fact that there are so many versions, when you look for something - be sure to ask specifically for your own version and your GUI setup. 3) The people in the forum, are trying to help (from my own experience) , but - they are unable to get down to our "Layman" level naturally, so when you pose a question, be specific and say where you are at this stage. 4) Linux is a very open OS and offers many configuration options, which for beginners like us makes it confusing. Most of those options can only be executed through command line / Terminal commands, unlike the GUI you and I are used to. 5) Like you, comming from a very different environment, any new software package will lokk "Not as good", but - now to Evolution: 1) I am used to Outlook in Windows. I created a backup and imported it into Evolution - there is an Import option - under the File menu option. 2) Evolution is a very powerful package. All my folders were imported from Outlook. 3) Evolution installs with a UNIFIED inbox by default. All my many email accounts are comming into ONE Inbox 4) When you setup your email accounts - do it AFTER you import your backup from Apple. In the process for each account, you get the option to nominate, which email account the account will reply from. It is your choice to reply from the receiving account, or from ONE account for all accounts. 5) IN my case, I am using only POP setup, so I opted to copy my setup details from my Outlook setup and not leave it to Evolution to do it automatically. Hope this can help you, Cheers Alex _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
