[Novices] Evolution mail client

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > 2	There is a button with "TT" in it and 4 "A" buttons in the tool bar.
> > They don't seem to be active.  How do I activate them?
> I believe you have to send HTML formatted email for those buttons to
> work.  Many people (including KLUG mailing lists) frown upon HTML email.

GACK!  HTML mail is pure wickedness;  not to mention that it keeps none
of its promises - HTML formating a message gives you no control over how
a message appears at the remote unless they are running the same version
of the same mail client on the same OS and with the same fonts
installed, and probably they need to be using the same screen resolution
too.  It is just horrible,  if you really need to send a looks-like-this
mail,  create a real document and attach it.

> > Are their other and or better mail clients that you folks would suggest?
> > What about Thunderbird?  I admit I would like to explore this one first.
> > Any help on these issues would be appreciated.

I like Thunderbird,  I use it on Windows (in VMware on Linux :) since I
have users who use it.

> Thunderbird is good too, but it has enough differences from Evolution
> that it drives me nuts (because I'm used to EV).  If you're going to try
> it, do it before you get too used to Evolution.

And it doesn't come close to offering the integration with other
information like Tasks, Calendar, Contacts, etc... where  Evolution
CLEARLY rules to roost.  And the next version of evolution - I've tested
it to checkout the OpenGroupware integration (Yea Baby!), takes this to
the NEXT level;  you can even attach documents to appointments.  And the
possibilities of the D-BUS plugin (included in the next version) are
simple MIND BOGGLING.  Wow!  There once was this software company called
Microsoft.....