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LinuxWorld: Email Evolution – Early version is pretty, but still rough

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 27, 2000

“The Evolution will not be televised — but the good news is
that you can watch it all unfold right on your own monitor. Helix
Code has made the Saccharomyces release of Evolution available via
its slick Helix GNOME Update tool. With only a few mouse clicks I
had the latest version of Evolution, the next great
email/contact/calendaring application, on my system and ready to
play with….”

I was a little surprised by the speed. In less than half a
second, Evolution had sifted through all 650 messages and presented
the two that contained the search term.
This is a very handy
feature for me, as I am constantly searching through my messages
looking for one that I know I’ve received on a particular
subject….”

“Clicking on Compose brings up a pretty standard-looking window
in which you can write a message. But looks can be deceiving; there
is a lot of stuff you don’t see at first blush. Click File and you
see that in addition to sending the message or closing the window,
you can save the message, save it under a particular name or
format, or save it in a specific mail folder. And, of course, you
can speed addressing by clicking on the appropriate addressee type
(To, Cc, or Bcc) and using the address book. More on that a little
later.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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