Chapter 11. Evolution: Email and More

Chapter 11. Evolution: Email and More!

When we think about the Internet these days, we think about Web browsers first. To those of us who have been on the Net for more years than we care to admit, that always seems a bit strange. The chief medium of information exchange on the Internet has always been electronic mail, or email. Although the perception has changed, email is probably still the number one application in the connected world.

For a powerful, graphical email client, your Ubuntu Linux desktop comes with a powerful email package called Evolution. Those of you who are coming from that other OS, and who might be pining for the look and feel (and the integration) of Outlook, are going to be pleasantly surprised. Evolution features powerful email functionality, address books, calendaring, to-do lists, and so on. Keep readingin just a few keystrokes, I'll have you sending and receiving mail like a Linux pro.