Re: [Evolution] evoulution functionality

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

Please always include the *version of Evolution* you are talking about
[and *not* by saying what distribution you are using, but the version of
Evolution reported by your package manager or help->about].

On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 21:23 -0600, Cecil McCoy wrote:
> I have been using Evolution myself for about three months.  My e-mails
> are straight-forward;  butttt, in the last three days my wife has
> started using it and now we find the lack of functionality.  (1)
> Forwarding messages -- images "embedded" in the message body don't
> forward.  I went to the different forums and, 

You should be able to forward-as-attachment.  Otherwise HTML messages
don't forward well; especially if you have the disposition set
[correctly] to prefer HTML messages.

> I have an older machine with Ubuntu/Evolution on it.  I un-installed
> Evolution from that machine; now it won't let me reinstall it. That
> feels like something from the American state of Washington, Seattle
> area!!  

I have no idea about this.  "it won't let me reinstall it" isn't an
error message. My first advice if you want a stable and current desktop
is to avoid Ubuntu.  

> I worked with Unix for years, in industrial distributed control systems,
> and know it is very stable, but to be usable by more than "geek" types,
> it has to at least as good as the above mentioned other supplier of
> software.  I am not seeing that!!

I find Evolution to be stable and productive.