How many of you use Evolution.

[ubudog]

How many of you actually use Evolution for Email, Calendar, etc.?

[NightwishFan]

I do, it is a great program. Very easy to backup and restore settings as well. I am not very fond of using web apps for email.

[chriskin]

i do :)
it's fast, it checks emails in less than a second and it uses 10mbs of ram
plus , it has the whole integration thing with the clock applet.
not bad at all :)

[beast2k]

How many of you actually use Evolution for Email, Calendar, etc.?

I use it and the big attraction for me is the real easy backup, no other client that I know of has this feature. The great part is the backup backs up emails addresses settings , the works. I don't use half the regular features (notes etc) the backup alone makes it a must have.

[Endomancer]

I use it for my google mail and have started to check out the calendar features.

So far my only gripe is I can't get my hotmail or yahoo mail through it as they (yahoo and microsoft) expect me to pay for that privileged

[koleoptero]

I use it cause I like how well it blends with gnome in looks and integration. Plus it does its job and does it well.

@Endomancer: Some happy news for you. (http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry) I'm using it for my hotmail too.

[conradin]

Ive toyed with it. The idea of it seems to appeal to older users like my parents and their friends. Of course I can recall when downloading things on to your computer was cool. when I convert these people to linux, I will be using Evolution again.

[Seq]

I do. I tried to look at thunderbird, but it can't use my maildir (I pull in my google apps mail with offlineimap). It pulls in my calendar and contacts from google.

At work I use it as it connects to our Exchange server, though the experience is somewhat less than perfect.

[chriskin]

Ive toyed with it. The idea of it seems to appeal to older users like my parents and their friends. Of course I can recall when downloading things on to your computer was cool. when I convert these people to linux, I will be using Evolution again.


you seem to avoid the practical use .for example : using it with a service whose web-based mail app is problematic
i , for one, use it for my university's mail which seems to be unable to understand that when i ask for unicode , i mean it :)

another practical use i can think right now is having the mails available offline, something that can be really useful if you work on a portable machine (netbook, notebook, etc) - (or when the isp thinks it can just act lazy for some time :P)

[qamelian]

I use it all the time. It's the only application that I always have open, from the time I login on my laptop until I log off at the end of the day.

[Endomancer]

I use it cause I like how well it blends with gnome in looks and integration. Plus it does its job and does it well.

@Endomancer: Some happy news for you. (http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/blog/cns%21CC9301187A51FE33%2149799.entry) I'm using it for my hotmail too.
Thank you koleoptero I can now get my msn mail on Evolution

[toupeiro]

/signed.

Great application!

[Mr. Picklesworth]

I use Evolution's back-end (evolution-data-server) happily; the integration a daemon like that provides is wonderful.

I use the Evolution shell grudgingly, and I yell at it at lease once a week. At this point my calendar is synced with Google Calendar via CalDAV, so it's less often that I use it. Now, if somebody wrote a nice Evolution front-end for people who aren't sadistic business owners, I would be thrilled :)

[northwestuntu]

never used it. i uninstall it most the time.

[Roasted]

I like Evolution, and I used it for quite a while. Something about Thunderbird w/ lightning extension just takes away my desire to continue using Evolution, though. *shrug* I don't know why, both scenarios work fine... Just preference, I suppose.

[Linuxforall]

I use it for all my email This is one app that has improved quite well over time and is now a viable email client for Linux platform as well as a PIM.

[Linye]

I have no idea of how to use it.

[Flash__Gordon]

Tried it a few times but I am hooked on Thunderbird/Sunbird combination. Mostly because when I used to use windoes I could easily copy the folder from windoes into Linux and everything was there. Maybe if there was an easy way to migrate 7 yrs of email from Thunderbird to Evolution ....

[matthew.ball]

I use it.

Probably not to it's fullest, I just have it configured to my uni account, I haven't ever used the calendar for instance.

[philinux]

Switched to Evo last year. Works great and with google calender it syncs with my palm pre.

The other reason I switched was Evo's proper use of the next/previous message buttons which annoyed me intensely in TB.

Only one gripe. And this bug has gone to gnome. Still waiting for a fix.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evolution/+bug/438841

[antenna]

I use it, but only the email part. The interface could probably do with a bit of work, but currently for my uses it is fine.

[eumetaxas]

i use it a lot and i am very pleased

[scouser73]

I don't use Evolution, I always install Thunderbird.

[Rackstar]

I'm planning to switch to Evolution when I switch to Lucid, currently I am using Thunderbird.

Pros:
- Integration into gnome (this is my primary reason for switching)
- Easy backup

Contra:
- Not OS-independent (<-> Thunderbird), though arguable, because it has good export qualities
- Little cluttered, especially the inbox view, I like how Thunderbird hides the e-mailadres. I was disappointed that I wasn't able to switch this in the settings.
Thunderbird:
Jane Whatsoever

Evolution
Jane Whatsoever<jane.whatsoever@provider.ex>

- Buttons are too big, it could've used a revamping

EDIT: oh, and the ridiculous long right-click lists.

[Sam]

- Little cluttered, especially the inbox view, I like how Thunderbird hides the e-mailadres. I was disappointed that I wasn't able to switch this in the settings.

Right-click on any column header in the message list, choose "Add a Column", drag n' drop "Sender" to the header in the desired position. Then right-click on the "From" column header and choose "Remove This Column".

[Swagman]

/ me holds hand up

[Bachstelze]

I don't, Kontact ftw. :p

[barney385]

I think it was discussed here once that it couldn't be removed from Ubuntu.

I can't wait to remove it.

[Georgia boy]

Finally got it set up but automatically go to my Thunderbird. Got used to TB in Windows and stayed with it here in Ubuntu. Set up Lighting for Thunderbird and put in the holidays etc. Haven't messed with Evolution since setting up. Is it going to be the main in Lucid? No TB? That would suck if so. Especially since I've got my personal templates made for emails, and signatures also. Guess then I'd really have to get used to Evolution then. Does it have templates and things like that also?

Tom