[CentOS] Re: What is equivalent to MS OUTLOOK ?

Scott Silva ssilva at sgvwater.com
Fri Dec 14 21:30:46 UTC 2007


on 12/14/2007 10:53 AM Craig White spake the following:
> On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 10:40 -0800, Scott Silva wrote:
>> on 12/13/2007 6:43 PM Chris Mauritz spake the following:
>>> Scott Silva wrote:
>>>>>>> evolution    <<<<--------
>>>>> Actually, if you're using Windows XP (32-bit), Evolution does work.  
>>>>> At least according to these folks:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>> After trying this, it doesn't work very well.
>>>>
>>>> "These aren't the droids we're looking for. You can go about your 
>>>> business. Move along. Move along."
>>>
>>> I haven't actually tried it myself since I'm satisfied with 
>>> Thunderbird.  What exactly was wrong with it?  I've never used Evolution 
>>> (even on Linux) since it always seemed rather buggy to me.
>>>
>> I tried a quick install "just to see" and no matter how I tried to connect to 
>> my imap server, it kept throwing ssl errors, even without trying an encrypted 
>> connection. In no way could I connect and display messages or folders.
>> Then after uninstall, it left a lot of stuff behind, still running.
>> I think the creator made it just fit their requirements and stopped.
> ----
> I've been using Evolution in various versions via CentOS, RHEL and
> Fedora for years, always with an IMAP server and using TLS too. Note
> that this e-mail (like all my e-mails whether from office or home) was
> written with Evolution.
> 
> Never had an issue
> 
> The only feature that it seems to lack is support for namespaces such as
> those offered by cyrus with shared folders.
> 
> Craig
I assure you, my negative was for the windows port mentioned above.
I just don't think it is quite ready for prime time yet. The native linux port 
I don't have a problem with.

-- 
MailScanner is like deodorant...
You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!




More information about the CentOS mailing list