2.10 E-Mail and Scheduling

KMail is an e-mail client that supports popular e-mail protocols like POP3 and IMAP. It also has multiple e-mail account support, powerful filters, PGP/GnuPG privacy, and online attachments. To start Kmail, click NInternetE-Mail.

Kontact is a personal information Management (PIM) tool that combines well-known applications like KMail, KOrganizer, and KAddressBook into a single interface. This lets you have easy access to your e-mail, calendar, address book, and other PIM functionality. To launch Kontact, click NOfficeKontact.

Novell Evolution™ seamlessly combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list in one easy-to-use application. With its extensive support for communications and data interchange standards, Evolution can work with existing corporate networks and applications, including Microsoft Exchange. To start Evolution, click NOfficeEvolution.

The first time you start it, Evolution prompts you with a few questions as it sets up a mail account and helps you import mail from your old mail client. Then it shows you how many new messages you have and lists upcoming appointments and tasks, as well as the current weather and news from news feeds. The calendar, address book, and mail tools are available in the shortcut bar on the left.

For more information, see Using Collaboration Software.