[ubuntu-in] Thunderbird vs Evolution

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Abhinav Modi <abhinavmodi at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>

Thanks for all the input.
After reading all the input, I have come to obvious conclusion that "All the
E-mail clients are good and it is actually few features that captures
particular user. So I will try most of aforesaid E-mail clients. Lets see
which one clicks for me..."

Thanks anyway...


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