[NTLUG:Discuss] Evolution vs Thunderbird

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Wed Feb 18 10:45:24 CST 2015


On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:47:44 -0600
Leroy Tennison <leroy.tennison at verizon.net> wrote:

> Has anyone used both, if so could you comment on the 
> advantages/disadvantages of each?  Thanks.
> 
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The last time I looked at Evolution was about 2002, so keep that in
mind.

Thunderbird is a fairly ordinary email client. My finding is it's
bloated and slow, especially when messages are kept on an IMAP server,
but it's straightforward.

I found Evolution to be unfathomable. It didn't seem an email client,
but instead this big-iron program that, if I looked in just the right
place, I could see my email. IIRC it was bloated and slowed the whole
computer, but I could be confusing it with Nautilus as far as bloat and
slowness.

I use Claws-Mail for performance reasons, and the fact that I don't
need access to HTML email. I have a buddy who uses Thunderbird, and he
says he sees none of the slowness I see in Thunderbird. IMHO, if you
can get adequate performance out of Thunderbird, it's a nice email
client. I wouldn't touch Evolution with a ten foot pole.

SteveT

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