[TriLUG] Help with a Linuxworld Article

[Jeremy Portzer]

I had trouble with evo 1.4.3 for various reasons.  I'm now running 1.4.5
which came with Fedora Core 1.  You may want to try upgrading to FC and
see if that cures your bugs.
(Some of the problems were not with evolution itself, but rather some of
the underyling libraries it depends on.)

--Jeremy

On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 09:10, Michael Thompson wrote:
> I'm running Evolution 1.4.3 and it gives me fits all the time on RH 9. 
> What version/distro are you using?  Maybe I'll have better luck with a
> different setup.  I do like Evolution, but it seems a little buggy to
> me...
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> --mike
> 
> On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 21:10, Jon Carnes wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 19:08, Mark R. Hinkle wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > For our February issue of Linuxworld magazine I am trying to gather four or
> > > five linux desktop user essays for the issue on Free/Libre Open Source
> > > Software(FLOSS)for the desktop. If anyone is interested please contact me at
> > > mrhinkle at linuxworld.com. What I am looking for is some open source desktop
> > > applications that you find to be very valuable to you personally and two or
> > > three paragraphs on what you feel to be your favorite applications I have
> > > one essay on Konqueror and I am looking for something other than mozilla and
> > > openoffice. You will get credited with your full name and organization if
> > > you like. For those that don't want to use a organization I will use
> > > Triangle Linux Users Group as the organization. If you want to see any of my
> > > last articles they are listed at http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=2082
> > > though not all are open to non-subscribers.  Thanks in advance for any
> > > interest.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Mark R. Hinkle
> > > Editor, Desktop Linux Technologies
> > > LinuxWorld Magazine
> > > http://www.linuxworld.com/magazine/
> > 
> > My favorite Desktop application is without a doubt, Evolution, by the
> > folks at Ximian (now a part of Novell).  Evolution is one of those
> > killer apps that integrates a lot of basic applications:
> >  - email client,
> >  - contact manager,
> >  - news gatherer, and
> >  - scheduler.
> > It was written with the idea of replacing Outlook.  In fact, with the
> > addition of a (non-free) connection utility, it will connect to an
> > Exchange server as if it were an Outlook client.
> > 
> > Evolution is Open Source software (it's free) and it runs in many
> > different environments including Linux and Windows, and it runs superbly
> > (at least for me). I download all my mail from various servers around
> > the world using wildly varying protocols - including some fairly obscure
> > secure ones - and it handles the mail perfectly, sorting it into folders
> > based on the rules and filters that I've setup within it.
> > 
> > I can easily add contacts from an incoming email with the click of my
> > mouse. Another click and I'm looking at the summary page with a view of
> > my mail stats plus any news headlines that I've told it to gather, plus
> > an overview of all my appointments for that day. Another click and I'm
> > looking at my complete schedule or my To-do list.
> > 
> > My favorite feature of evolution is that it is immune to all those
> > viruses that prey on Microsoft clients. I never fear to open a note that
> > says "I love you."  I also have Evolution set to NOT load remote images
> > from the internet; no spammer will ever know that I ever looked at their
> > message... but if I *want* to see the image I simply have to click once
> > and it's there.
> > 
> > Now for the downside.  Every now and then (less than once a month)
> > Evolution locks up on me and I have to run "killev", an application that
> > gracefully knocks Evolution out of your computers RAM and resets the
> > files. I don't mind it too much, that's a lot better than Outlook used
> > to do for me, and with Evolution I never have any corrupt mailboxes, and
> > if I'm in the middle of writing an email it *always* recovers the new
> > message as soon as I start Evolution back up and tell it to open a new
> > message. That's a great recovery.
> > 
> > So there you have it, a testimony on my favorite Desktop application:
> > Evolution.
> > 
> > Jon Carnes
> > Network Guru for FeatureTel
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