Evolution vs. Thunderbird

[darkfena313]

Tim Tebbit wrote:
> David McNally wrote:
>   
>> Hi everyone.
>>
>> After being without Internet access for a week, I've decided I don't want to
>> use webmail any longer. However, I don't want to change my email address, so
>> I want to keep my Gmail, but use Evolution or Thunderbird to have it on my
>> computer. During this internet-free week, I found myself constantly needing
>> to go back and find old emails from the past few weeks that I would have had
>> if I had set up Evolution or Thunderbird.
>>
>> So, which one do you folks think is better, and why?
>>
>> Just in case this helps, I need it to support Gmail easily. I have a 64-bit
>> Ubuntu 9.04 machine. I don't have Thunderbird installed, but it would be no
>> problem to install it. I need something that's _easy_ for me to use. I'm
>> still a bit of a noob, but I'm a serious noob in this area. I've never
>> really used programs like Outlook or Evolution or Thunderbird, so it has to
>> be simple to navigate and to get it to do what I want it to do, even if I
>> need to sacrifice features for that.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> David
>>
>>
>>     
>
> I personally use Thunderbird/IceDove.  I've used it for so long that I'm
> sure I have biased opinion.  I did give Evolution a somewhat fair shake
> a few months ago.. But It's like using gnome for 5 years and then
> deciding to try KDE for a month.  Clumsy, slow and soon enough you just
> go back to what you know.
>
> As far as losing the connection for a week.  Simply having a MUA won't
> save you there if you use say IMAP.  And depending on your situation
> POP3 might not be that great of an option either.
>
>
>   
I use thinderbird and claws. I didn't really like evolution.