Introduction

This page is intended to give you a brief overview of the email clients available to you within Ubuntu, and also provide links to relevant articles and documentation relating to the applications.

Evolution

Overview

Evolution is a fully-featured organiser, featuring an integrated inbox, address book, calendar and task list. Evolution is the default email client for Ubuntu, and is designed to coordinate with the GNOME desktop. Evolution also includes an Intelligent Junk Mail control, and calendar integration with the gnome-panel calendar. Additionally Evolution can share contacts with Gaim and supports upload to web calendars. Multiple account management, as well as GPG key and certificate storage make Evolution an ideal mail client for all.

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External Information

For more detailed information about Evolution, take a look at the [http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ Evolution website]; you can find more detailed information about Evolution features and specifications there.

Wiki and Documentation

• UsingGmailWithEvolution - a useful guide, with screenshots, of how to configure Evolution to collect mail from your Gmail account;

• NokiaEvolutionBluetoothSyncing - synchronise your Nokia phone with the Evolution suite via Bluetooth;

• GoogleCalendarWithEvolution - how to integrate your Google Calendar into Evolution;

• [http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/documentation.shtml Official Evolution Documentation] - the official Evolution documentation for the latest and previous releases.

Thunderbird

Overview

Thunderbird is a Mozilla project that follows in the same vain as the web browser, Firefox. It is designed with speed, security and ease of use in mind, it is a useful stand-alone email client. Unlike Evolution, however, it does not provide PIM (Personal Information Management) features such as calendar, integrated address book or tasks list. Simply as an email client, it is extremely functional - spam and anti-phishing protection make this a solid application. It is also highly customisable with extensions and themes to suit your tastes or desktop style. Throw RSS capabilities into the mix, and this makes for a well-rounded application that fits a variety of purposes.