Email with Evolution

Evolution is the default email program in Ubuntu, and it could probably best be described as a better-groomed, spunkier clone of Microsoft Outlook (see Figure 4-14). It allows you to send and receive mail, make appointments, and keep a list of tasks. It can also filter junk mail, which is a necessity these days, and even synchronize with your PalmPilot, if you still have one of those. Also, if such things are important to you, it is a much more handsome program to look at than Outlook.

Ubuntu's default email client—Evolution

Figure 4-14. Ubuntu's default email client—Evolution

To use Evolution, just click the email launcher on the top panel or go to the Applications ...

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