[ubuntu-in] Thunderbird vs Evolution

[Abhinav Modi]

2010/4/18 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>:
> Dear friends,
>   I have confusion over E-mail clients, of course Outlook is not in my list.
> It is always Thunderbird vs Evolution.
> I am looking forward to use it as an E-mail client with GPG support &
> Calender.
> I didn't like Evolution because it was buggy, and reviews say Thunderbird is
> better by a mile. Then why ain't GNU/Linux Distributions change default
> client to Thunderbird?
>

This is a techno-political discussion :) Anyway TB is freely
available, so this is more of a moot point.

> Anyway which one do you think is better? with reasons please.
>

I have used TB as well as evolution for my work mails (The server is
Exchange server for calendaring and mails, + IMAP/POP support). For
everything, I find TB (IMAP) + Lightning + Davmail + Enigmail (TB
Extension for GPG) as working better than Evolution. This combination
still has some bugs, etc - but no other good alternative.

Davmail basically acts as a Calendar gateway to talk to the exchange
server using Caldav (OWA or Outlook Web Access). This allows a better
calendar experience than just lightning, if you need Exchange
Calendaring support.

If you're looking at a purely local calendar, then davmail is not required.

HTH. Let me know if you want more details.

Regards
Abhinav

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