“The open-source Ximian project has released a new version of
Evolution, the Microsoft Outlook clone for Linux, fixing a glitch
that can crash the software. Evolution 1.0.5 also fixes a list of
less serious bugs.“Evolution is remarkable because it allows Linux users to
connect to a Microsoft Exchange server. Microsoft has not developed
Exchange connectors for operating systems such as Linux and Mac OS
that compete with its own Windows platform, and the lack of
Exchange software is a major factor keeping many business users
from shifting to non-Windows software.“The main fix deals with a bug that causes Evolution to crash
when downloading a message with an invalid header, according to
Ximian. Other fixes remove bugs from the calendar and user
interface…”
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