Evolution is a free open-source email software for Linux & especially for GNOME desktops. GNOME offers an easy to understand desktop for your GNU/Linux or UNIX computer.

Evolution provides free integrated mail, address book and calendar functionality to users of the GNOME desktop.

A quick word on GNOME as well – GNOME Desktop is a popular, multi-platform desktop environment for your computer. GNOME’s focus is ease of use, stability, and first class internationalization and accessibility support. GNOME is Free and Open Source Software.

It provides all of the common tools computer users expect of a modern computing environment, such as e-mail, groupware, web browsing, file management, multimedia and games.

You can download the Free Linux Email Software similar to MS Outlook.

Evolution is an e-mail client built from scratch to be an alternative to Outlook on Linux. Today it has evolved beyond that – and provides stable functionality through typical e-mail features.

But Evolution also has advanced features such as Virus and spam filtering, calendar support, search folders and encryption using GnuPG. Evolution can also act as a Microsoft Exchange client or Novell GroupWise client.

Here is a small set of important features of the Free MS Outlook like Email Software Evolution:

• Multiple Email Account Management – Account management tools let you receive, manage and organize messages from multiple email accounts or collaboration servers. Create new mail accounts easily with the Evolution account assistant
• Desktop Integration with Email – Using the evolution-data-server other GNOME applications are integrating with Evolution (a) gnome-panel calendar applet lists your appointments and tasks (b) Synchronize your Pidgin buddies with your Evolution contacts & (c) View Planner files as Evolution task lists
• Integrate Email with Web based Calendars – You can add your favorite Web calendar to view calendar events or a friend’s schedule inside of Evolution. One of the most popular sites for Web calendars is iCalShare
• Better Security with Email Encryption – Evolution includes support for signing and encrypting mail via GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) and S/MIME. Encrypting mail helps you protect your privacy and helps those receiving your mail know its really from you. Evolution has an easy interface to manage your email security

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