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Email irritation
Feb. 28th, 2012 05:21 pmWell, I've got Ubuntu 11.04 running on my computer, and for the first time I'm taking it seriously. I've actually bothered to get email set up on it. And now that I've had some actual experience with Evolution (Gnome's apparent favoured son when it comes to email software), I'll be ditching it. Possibly in favour of the KDE suite, which I haven't used for email before, possibly in favour of Thunderbird, which I have. But that decision will have to wait until I've fired up my neglected Windows Vista PC and bought myself some more internet credit. Strangely enough, what with getting the Ubuntu computer up and running with all the software I want, I'm running a little bit low.
So, what's my beef with Evolution? A couple of things. Firstly, I would love it to function as a personal organiser, complete with a yearly planner, and it won't do that. Mind you, that's a minor complaint. The more serious one is the way it interacts with Gmail, and Google Groups. It is difficult (although not impossible) to respond to a group email without sending to the individual instead of the group.
The next complaint is that despite the settings I have in place with Google, not all the emails remain in my online emails the way I asked. This is a more serious problem, and one that probably has as much to do with Google as it does with Evolution, given that said emails do not always appear on the relevant Google Groups website. But I've had just enough experience to know that the real fault with that one could be in any number of places.
My final complaint is that Evolution is mimicking the setup of my gmail account exactly, right down to the (apparently non-deletable) folders that I have set up in Gmail, and won't hear of any other arrangement. This is in direct contrast to Thunderbird, which settles for simply downloading each email from Google and letting me arrange them on the computer to my own satisfaction. That said, both programs happily settled down and apparently downloaded every single email I'd ever sent or received - regardless of whether I'd deleted them or not - from the online website, which makes me suspect (and I'm sure that sensible people and conspiracy theorists everywhere will confirm my suspicion) that google just likes hoarding information regardless of its relevance.
So, what's my beef with Evolution? A couple of things. Firstly, I would love it to function as a personal organiser, complete with a yearly planner, and it won't do that. Mind you, that's a minor complaint. The more serious one is the way it interacts with Gmail, and Google Groups. It is difficult (although not impossible) to respond to a group email without sending to the individual instead of the group.
The next complaint is that despite the settings I have in place with Google, not all the emails remain in my online emails the way I asked. This is a more serious problem, and one that probably has as much to do with Google as it does with Evolution, given that said emails do not always appear on the relevant Google Groups website. But I've had just enough experience to know that the real fault with that one could be in any number of places.
My final complaint is that Evolution is mimicking the setup of my gmail account exactly, right down to the (apparently non-deletable) folders that I have set up in Gmail, and won't hear of any other arrangement. This is in direct contrast to Thunderbird, which settles for simply downloading each email from Google and letting me arrange them on the computer to my own satisfaction. That said, both programs happily settled down and apparently downloaded every single email I'd ever sent or received - regardless of whether I'd deleted them or not - from the online website, which makes me suspect (and I'm sure that sensible people and conspiracy theorists everywhere will confirm my suspicion) that google just likes hoarding information regardless of its relevance.
