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subnet_rx
10-08-2001, 10:28 PM
Ok, so I heard Ximian Evolution is supposed to be a great mail client, and I seriously need one in Gnome 1.4. btw, the Ximiam installer? incredibly easy. Anyway, I can not find it in Linux, eventhough I'm almost positive I've downloaded it and Ximian shows no more updates to my machine. If you use Gnome, could you tell me what you use as a mail client? Right now, I'm resorting to KMail, but it's not as good as I would like.
scanez
10-08-2001, 11:15 PM
I use sylpheed. Tried evolution, balsa, and pronto, but sylpheed fit me the best. Still some things I'd like to see added to it but works great for me.

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subnet_rx
10-09-2001, 12:55 AM
so you have Evolution? Is it sometype of ghost program on your comp? I really can't find this thing, and it keeps saying I have it.
scanez
10-09-2001, 02:41 AM
Originally posted by subnet_rx:
<STRONG>so you have Evolution? Is it sometype of ghost program on your comp? I really can't find this thing, and it keeps saying I have it.</STRONG>
Um, I'm not sure what the problem could be but all I can say is that the executable is called evolution and is in /usr/bin on my comp. Maybe try

whereis evolution

to see if the executable is actually on your system.

Good luck
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dvdnut
10-09-2001, 06:01 AM
apparently evolution is till in beta and i used it in gnome 1.4 and its still a bit dodgy

am using sylpheed now, what an easy app to use!

dunno why they call it that though, weird name!
posterboy
10-09-2001, 07:11 AM
The Evolution daily snaps (in rpm's)are at ftp.ximian.com, and all the dependencies to make it play nice are kept in the same folder. These are often a few days behind, but if you have real bugs, hang out at the chat server, irc.gnome.org and join #evolution or #evobugs and let the developers know. Stuff gets fixed the next day, usually.
scanez
10-09-2001, 07:55 AM
Originally posted by dvdnut:
<STRONG>apparently evolution is till in beta and i used it in gnome 1.4 and its still a bit dodgy

am using sylpheed now, what an easy app to use!

dunno why they call it that though, weird name!</STRONG>
Taken from the Sylphhed FAQ:

1.5 Q05 What does the name Sylpheed mean?

A. It means "light weight", like air. This comes from the name of the wind spirits, the Sylphs.

So true, so true.
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