Shameel Arafin on 28 Feb 2007 21:12:54 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Evolution vs. Thunderbird

  • From: Shameel Arafin <algebraist@gmail.com>
  • To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] Evolution vs. Thunderbird
  • Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:11:55 -0500
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Did try Evolution, but gave up precisely because I was dual-booting and
wanted to use Thunderbird in both environments. Never tried a secondary
SMTP server in Evolution though.

Thunderbird is great, except for its more or less awful calendaring.

I also gave up on Gnome pretty much, and switched to KDE.

S/

Alex Launi wrote:
> The age old battle rages on. I recently stopped dual booting with
> windows since I got crossover office to run my games close to as well as
> windows. I was using thunderbird for interoperability between the two
> but since ditching windows I've started using evolution for its gnome
> integration. So far thunderbird is winning as far as functionality,
> speed, and ease of use but gnome integration is a major plus for
> evolution. I haven't been able to configure evolution to send to a
> secondary SMTP server, it only wants to send to my default which is no
> good. Has anyone else had this problem? Thunderbird did it with no
> problem. Thoughts of the Philly community?
> -Alex Launi
> 
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