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Evolution email/PIM suite ported to Windows
It supports a whole slew of online services including Exchange, IMAP, POP, iCal, and Google Calendars. Evolution also features integration with the Pidgin chat client.
Evolution for Windows supports Windows XP and Vista. But I have to say, it's not exactly an Outlook or Thunderbird killer just yet. On my test machine it took an unreasonably long time to launch. And it frequently froze while downloading messages from my Gmail account.
[via Lifehacker]
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Subscribe to commentsxxdesmusOct 6th 2008 3:09PM
I wish something other than Outlook would sync with my WinMo phone.
barcaxaviOct 6th 2008 5:26PM
I wanted to install but it says that it's not a Windows installer file...
I'll wait the next one, I think
Matias KorhonenOct 6th 2008 5:34PM
So that text saying "Download 2.22.2.4 Windows Installer" is just a lie?
See http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/download.htm
AlexOct 31st 2008 7:41AM
barcaxavi - had the same problem after first download, the msi was too small. Downloaded it again, all worked fine.
barcaxaviOct 6th 2008 6:44PM
Dunno.But I have XP SP2 on my PC, and I got an error message back when Iwanted to try.So that's it for me.
But I recommend Thunderbird!
Great for all of this stuff!
Fred ThompsonOct 7th 2008 8:33AM
...so...a Thunderbird shill promotes lack of power and interoperability because...they can't do a download. Why am I not surprised. You forgot the obligatory "GiMP is just like Photoshop" and "beowulf cluster of those" lines...
Doofus.
barcaxaviOct 7th 2008 8:33AM
Basically Thunderbird works for my PC, Evolution not...
I think I'ts quite simple doh....
SeanOct 7th 2008 12:42PM
"But I have to say, it's not exactly an Outlook or Thunderbird killer just yet. On my test machine it took an unreasonably long time to launch. And it frequently froze while downloading messages from my Gmail account."
Actually, doesn't this make it a better Outlook killer? It works just like Outlook but it's free...
xxdesmusOct 8th 2008 6:07PM
never had a single problem with Outlook 2007 and in fact Thunderbird is just as slow and has the same amount of RAM usage as Outlook 2007. I don't see what all the fuss is about Thunderbird. If you already have a copy of Office 2007 (I have 4 unused licenses sitting next to me) then you'd be an idiot NOT to use Outlook.
hnkelleyOct 11th 2008 2:48PM
I'll give Evolution another look, but the recent version didn't impress me. At home, I use Thunderbird (on Linux) and at the office I use Outlook (on XP). Frankly, I like the layout and function of Outlook overall and it works very well 95% of the time. Thunderbird works all the time, but just doesn't have all that Outlook does, even with a vibrant plug-in community. I use TB at home with the Webmail plug-in so I can get all of my email sans browser. Outlook, of course, can't do that. {I had someone point out a plug-in that makes TB ~look~ like Outlook. Not very helpful since it's the function I'm after.}
If Outlook were open-source, adhered to open standards, and had a productive plug-in community, TB and Evolution would have serious trouble competing. Actually, it might not even need to be open source. And, if 'ifs' were money, I'd be rich.