Email with Evolution

Evolution is the default email program in Ubuntu, and it is probably best described as a better-groomed, spunkier clone of Microsoft Outlook (see Figure 5-12). 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 can connect to a Microsoft Exchange server.

Ubuntu's default email client—Evolution

Figure 5-12. Ubuntu's default email client—Evolution

To start using Evolution, just click the envelope icon (called the indicator applet) on the top panel, and select ...

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