[Gllug] evolution/mozilla-mail comparison

[John Hearns]

On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 15:40, Paul Brazier wrote:
> Has anyone used both Evolution and Mozilla-Mail recently and could give
> a brief comparison of the two?
> Especially regarding GPG integration, and newbie-friendlyness.
> 

Can't really give a comparison,
but I am a fan of Evolution.

I used to use Netscape mail a lot in the last job -
is that like Mozilla mail?



Most windows-types that I show it to say
"Oh - but that's just like Outlook" :-)

Evolution has got features I like - including the Virtual folders,
which are dead easy to set up.

I would say that Evolution would be good for you to set up 
for a beginner, but making these remarks:

a) it is very RAM hungry. Sticking my neck out, you need at least
128Mbytes. Don't try on a low-end machine - it will not impress.

b) Creating new email accounts is about the same level of
difficulty as in Netscape, perhaps a little more fiddly

c) For the life of me, I cannot get address auto-completion to
work using an LDAP server.







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