Re: [Evolution] back from Outlook

["Bharath Acharya" <abharath novell com>]

Hello Shrikant,

On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 16:55 +0530, Shrikant Navelkar wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 10:33 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: 
> > > 2.  The GUI in Outlook is better. The font size and toolbar size is
> > > smaller and hence it gives a better view. I am yet to figure out how
> > > to change toolbar and font size in Evolution (under KDE).
> >
> > It follows the Gnome settings, so you need to run something like
> > 'gnome-appearance-properties and set it in there - or fire up a gnome
> > session and configure that how you like it.
> Thanks for your comments. I will check in gnome. 
> > > 4.  One important feature / convenience for Outlook end user is that
> > > they don't have to compile the software / new version. I had a
> > > nightmare compiling  Evolution 2.12. As an end user I would love to
> > > get a compiled (rpm) of new stable version.   
> >
> > The Evo versions are linked to Gnome versions - you are using FC7 I see,
> > so the only way of getting an RPM of 2.12.xx would be to do a wholesale
> > upgrade to Gnome 2.12 - or upgrade to F8.
> >
> > If Evo wasn't so intensely linked to Gnome, like Thunderbird, then I
> > suspect that upgrading in a mixed environment would be much easier.
> why Evo versions are so tightly integrated with gnome ? I am sure
> there a substantial community of KDE users out there. Was it a design
> decision ? 
>
> > > 6.  The filter rules worked more consistently in Outlook
> > In what way?  I've never used outlook filters, but I don't see an
> > inconsistencies in the Evo filters. 
> In my case some filters are not working consistently. May be I have
> complicated the rule.

There was a slight problem with the filters causing crashes. It's been
fixed in this revision
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/evolution-exchange?view=revision&revision=1557

>  
> > > 7.  Outlook has more import / export features than evolution. 
> >
> > That's a difficult one!  The primary platform for Evo is Linux, and the
> > import of Linux prevalent formats (i.e. open ones) is fine.  What Evo
> > won't (or can't) do is import proprietary formats. 
> But don't you think that that's required ?. 
> When we are encouraging Windows users to move to Linux, import of
> proprietary formats should be possible. May be development team can
> think over it. There is no straight forward solution to migrate from
> Outlook to Evo. 

PST import is one thing we are looking at. I am working on a plugin for
Evolution that can import .pst files (2000 and 2003,2007 formats). I've
it tested for Mail and Contacts importing and it works great :) 

It will be committed in the next cycle.

> > P.

Regards,
--Bharath

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