Your outgoing mail server name (that is, smtp.email.com)FIGURE 4.5 With Evolution you can handle all your email and contacts, as
well as make appointments and track tasks. (© The GNOME Project)
As many people have moved to web-based mail options such as Google’s
Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, client-side email programs are declining in popularity.
One thing that sets Evolution apart is that you can still use it for the other
features and disable the email portion of the program by selecting “none” as
your mail transfer agent instead of POP, IMAP, and so on. In addition,
Evolution can interact with an existing web calendar program if it uses one of
the common formats, such as CalDAV. This enables you to use your calendar
remotely as you are used to doing but also permits the Ubuntu desktop to
have access to your events and embed them into your desktop panel (which it
does by default using Evolution).
Other Mail Clients
The mail clients covered so far in this chapter are only a few of the ones
available. Claws is very popular because it offers spell check while typing and
is well suited for use in large network environments in which network
overhead and RAM usage are important considerations. Mutt is an older text-
based email program that is still beloved by sysadmins for its configurability
and feature set, including the easy use of GPG keys for signing email. Alpine
is another text-based program; it is based on the classic Pine, with a few