On Wed, 2024-12-04 at 11:11 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > Out of what are probably the two current main ones on Linux, Evolution > and Thunderbird, I found Evolution to be the least worst. I know, > that's a terrible way to select a program to use. Thunderbird's > slowness and what you see as you type isn't necessarily what you'll get > when you're done, vetoes it for me. Likewise with it's modification of > received mail to re-render it. I don't use KDE, I can't stand it, and > I didn't like their email program when I tried it long ago. > >
I use Evolution on KDE and always have done. Can't get my head around Gnome, but that's another topic. > Main criteria: > * IMAP > * Ease of navigating through folders and new mail > * Not making reading a message difficult > * Not absolutely crap at replying to messages > * Not slow as mollasses bogging down the CPU > * Not a complete pain to transition mail from an old install to a new > system installation (mostly made easier by a local IMAP server and > never using the mail client as local storage). > * Able to turn off *helpful* features (continual background checking > for new mail, mail filtering, unfettered downloading of things > included in HTML mail, etc). > * No hideously designed interfaces, which includes how you configure > it, not just how you use it. One more: good support for MS Exchange, useful to those in corporate environments that require it. Maybe TBird has this as well, I wouldn't know, but it's worth mentioning. Also, the principle developer Milan Crha is very responsive to questions and bug reports. See https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-users poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
