Evolution vs. Thunderbird

[dean]

David McNally wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> After being without Internet access for a week, I've decided I don't 
> want to use webmail any longer. However, I don't want to change my 
> email address, so I want to keep my Gmail, but use Evolution or 
> Thunderbird to have it on my computer. During this internet-free week, 
> I found myself constantly needing to go back and find old emails from 
> the past few weeks that I would have had if I had set up Evolution or 
> Thunderbird.
>
> So, which one do you folks think is better, and why?
>
> Just in case this helps, I need it to support Gmail easily. I have a 
> 64-bit Ubuntu 9.04 machine. I don't have Thunderbird installed, but it 
> would be no problem to install it. I need something that's _easy_ for 
> me to use. I'm still a bit of a noob, but I'm a serious noob in this 
> area. I've never really used programs like Outlook or Evolution or 
> Thunderbird, so it has to be simple to navigate and to get it to do 
> what I want it to do, even if I need to sacrifice features for that.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> David
>
> -- 
> David McNally
> david3333333 at gmail.com <mailto:david3333333 at gmail.com>
> Linux Kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
I would suggest Thunderbird as it is a lot easy to setup a gmail 
account, a few clicks and it does the setup for you.

/Dean\