Re: [Evolution] downloads page

[Ralf Mardorf <ralf mardorf rocketmail com>]

On Mon, 2013-08-26 at 10:38 +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> It is part of the same question.  I'm just having to reach a lot
> further back than i expected.  
>
> Lets look at another tack.  Why is Evo having to drop from a 6 monthly
> to a 1/year release?  Does it lack personnel?  Do the devs often find
> themselves caught-up in answering questions instead of doing coding?
> Why aren't more normal users able to help users with common
> questions?  
> Regards from 
> Tom :)

> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>
> To: evolution-list <evolution-list gnome org> 
> Sent: Monday, 26 August 2013, 9:42
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] downloads page
>
>
> On Mon, 2013-08-26 at 01:43 +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
>
> > Why does Evo have a gui interface?  Why not just stay with the
> > command-line?  
>
> Please start a NEW THREAD when having a new topic. Your question has
> nothing to do with "downloads page". 
> To answer your question: Because Evolution is a MUA[1] application and
> not MTA[2] application, and because there is no need to reinvent the
> wheel. If you want an MTA, use Sendmail or fetchmail. If you want a
> command-line MUA, use Mutt or something similar.
>
> andre
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_user_agent
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent


It's explained here:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2013-July/msg00162.html

Should the other users from this list exclusively work for you? Search
the web and archive first on your own or is your intend trolling?
Fortunately filtering emails is easy to do.