Re: [Evolution] Evolution clarification

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On 18 Mar 2001 17:06:06 +0100, neugens wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm pretty new to that list, but, as always when a new RedHat Linux (I'm 
> currently using RH Linux 7) is on the way to be released, I start a testing 
> period for a lot of applications, like the ximian redcarpet (interesting!) 
> and the nautilus desktop manager, and, of course, evolution.
>
> First of all, I wish to say I don't want to move critics to anyone who wrote 
> al least a single line of code for evolution, or for other great opensource 
> software, I'm a student and I have not the skill to make great code changes 
> or great hacks to the sources. So don't take offence if I say something that 
> you cannot agree, I'm talking as a user!
>
> Let's go on...
>
> I have tried the latest snapshot release, in rpm, the build from the cvs is 
> numbered:
>       
>       evolution-0.9-100_helix_2001031609.i386.rpm
>
> As said before, I'm using a RedHat 7 linux, with a full running Ximian 
> GnomeDesktop, RedCarpet, mozilla 0.8 and nautilus.
>
> I had no time to test all the features, so I don't relly know if something 
> doesn't work because I have not yet discovered how to make it work, but I 
> think evolution has a great, gui related, problem: I'm unable to set an entry 
> in the address book, simply by cliking, for example, on the mail address in 
> the <from: > field of an email.
>
> If I want to add an address I need to copy the address, paste it in the 
> address book, and manually compile all the fields.


You can now right-click on addresses in emails to add them to the
address book, etc.  It has just been added to the head version and
should be in th enext milestone release.

> As a mail client I'm currently using kmail from the kde2.1 package, I think a 
> lot of you are currently using it, as is one of the most complete mail client 
> for Linux, so, please, take a look for an example of what I mean. It simply 
> allow a user to add a name in the address book by clicking the right button 
> on the mail address.


Well i'm just using elm when i' mnot using evolution.

> I think there are some other few things that could be nice to see in 
> evolution: The choosing ability of a folder to contain a maling list, simply 
> declaring the name of the folder and the address of the mailing list, and the 
> ability to sent an email by clicking directly to the mail address.


What do you mean by the former?  You can do something very close to that
by selecting "filter on mailing list" from one of the menu's on a
selected message.

> These two feature are common of a lot of mail clients, and I have found them 
> also in Kmail.


Well if kmail does it for you, choose it, we think there are an awful
lot of other reasons not to (choose it over evolution) however.