Best E-Mail Client

[Rich Renomeron]

Peter N Spotts wrote:
> David McNally wrote:
>> 
>> I'm looking for an email client that does everything that Microsoft 
>> Outlook does, and just as well (or better)
>> [snip]
>> I've also tried Thunderbird, which is a fantastic email client, but it 
>> doesn't have a calender, which I do need.
>>
>> Needless to say, it must be open-source, and available in the Ubuntu repos.
> 
> Check out Lightning -- it's a TBird add-on that provides calendars and 
> todo lists. You can sync it with Scheduleworld; I'm not sure about 
> Google's calendar.

There is an extension [1] for Google Calendar support, but it's not
available in the Ubuntu repositories if I remember correctly.  However,
it's easy to install (along with the current version of Lightning [2])
into your TB profile.

Since it's not 1.0 yet, there are a few hangups, but it works well
enough for me.

Rich

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[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4631
[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313