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deleting my Emails in Evolution causes not a deletion of them online  
Written by KallenbachAlex@gmx.de the 21 Feb 09 at 12:17. Not an idea
Deleting my Emails in Evolution causes not a deletion of them online.

So there are plenty of emails online which I wanted to delete. I can just choose to let Evolution delete all after a certain amount of time.
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Solution #1: Make it like Thunderbird
Written by KallenbachAlex@gmx.de the 21 Feb 09 at 12:17.
In Thunderbird you've got the possibility to let the emails, you've deleted in Thunderbird, automatically deleted online.
This is kind of logic and simple.

See the 3 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 29 Sep 11 at 10:23) >>

Gmail Integration in Evolution  
Written by Shady3D the 10 Oct 09 at 19:45. New
setting-up Gmail in Evolution every time is a hell for non geeks. calendar, address-book, and notes are a completely different thing.
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Solution #1: Gmail Template
Written by Shady3D the 10 Oct 09 at 19:45.
the setup wizard will just take the username and password and thats it.

what will the wizard do is:
1. connect to Gmail using POP or IMAP
2. better address-book sync
3. auto connect with Google Calendar
4. auto connect with Google Tasks(i don't know if there is API available for that)
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Solution #2: Import config settings like in Thunderbird.
Written by ActionParsnip the 13 Oct 09 at 11:33.
Not too hard, could be a simple option on the initial startup screen.
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Solution #3: Solution #1 + Live Mail, AOL, etc
Written by tmoc the 14 Oct 09 at 03:34.
Yes, I know this idea is about GMail, but we might as well add the same type of support for Live Mail and AOL, which both offer POP access as well.
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Solution #7: Integrate the whole "conversation" idea of Gmail
Written by Zaklikestorawk the 29 Oct 09 at 21:43.
I love how in the browser Gmail the conversations are put into those handy little "Conversation threads"

I'm not sure about you guys, but I would even use evolution till the conversation threads are in.
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Solution #8: Create new online account management application
Written by optevo the 1 Nov 09 at 22:48.
Introduction:
An online account management application (OAMA) should be created. This application would have a simple interface and will store authentication information for various online accounts (google, hotmail, etc). In addition to basic account information, it could also store common preference associated with such accounts eg.
- IMAP vs POP
- which email account is the default
- whether to use a given account for any/all of email, chat, calendar
- whether to set the account up in the browser (eg. create bookmarks and save user/password information for the relevant site)

Whenever a Communications Application (ComApp) such as a email (eg Evolution, Thunderbird), chat (eg Empathy, Pidgin), calendar (eg Evolution, Sunbird), etc is launched for the first time it should either
1. Take existing settings that were set within the OAMA and auto-configure itself accordingly
2. If the OAMA has never been launched, the ComApp should invoke it first

ADVANTAGES:
- Once the OAMA has been run, any ComApp should be able to be launched with zero initial configuration and be usable
- Single point of configuration for all ComApps
- Easier configuration of all ComApps
- Easier to change between different ComApps

Additional suggestions:
If a preference that is managed by OAMA is changed within the ComApp, the preferences in the OAMA should be updated. In other words, there should be a 2 way sync between the OAMA and all ComApps

It might be worth considering having the OAMA run as part of the Ubuntu install process.
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Solution #9: Use a certain Canonical-sponsored cloud service.
Written by natetechboy128 the 3 Nov 09 at 04:34.
If you sync .gconf/apps/evolution, it keeps Evolution in sync across computers. On the U1 website, simply add a parser for the gconf file, and boom. Instant setup, and if U1 ever feels like giving us webmail... Like solution 8.
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Solution #11: Give me an "Archive" button for Gmail
Written by yookoala the 7 Apr 10 at 07:22.
Gmail has a great "Archive" function that I can clear unimportant things from "Inbox", while keeping them in a place called "All mail" for later search.

Please make this part of the Gmail-integration.

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New email notification without running evolution  
Written by timnwells the 24 Mar 09 at 23:14. New
Evolution needs to be running to get new email notifications. Yet we already have evolution calendar/tasks integration in the clock applet on the panel. Why not allow new email notifications as well without having to have evolution running.
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Solution #1: Email notification without evolution running
Written by timnwells the 24 Mar 09 at 23:14.
Add new email notification popups without having to have evolution actually running. This way I can start evolution when i need to but I can already see calendar and tasks and have new email notifications as well.
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Solution #2: Headless process to download e-mail and trigger notifications
Written by cheesehead the 25 Mar 09 at 00:27.
Create a daemon (or perhaps a new piece of e-d-s) that operates when evolution does not. It can use libevolution to download e-mail into your inbox and update the index and send the DBus signal to mail-notification.

So when you click on the notification icon, you don't have the extra delay of downloading all your mail...just the delay of starting evolution.
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Solution #3: Dbus daemon with applet
Written by Stebalien the 25 Mar 09 at 04:55.
A simple daemon could run in the background and communicate over dbus. A dbus daemon would allow for quick and easy integration of evolution into other programs. A small applet could be written that would notify the user when he or she has new mail, an appointment, etc. The daemon plus the applet would replace the current Evolution Alarm Notifier. A dbus daemon could also be used by other programs to send emails without manual configuration.
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Solution #4: Add notification ability to already running evolution backend
Written by timnwells the 31 Mar 09 at 01:21.
Add the notification ability to the already running evolution backend.

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Intelligent input for mail addresses  
Written by na_fets the 21 Jul 10 at 11:16. New
I would like to have a input field for "To", "CC" and "BCC" that is intelligent. I don't use the addressbook that much, but I have to write a lot of mails to people, who once wrote me. In Thunderbird you just have to type in "Ge" and he proposes me "George Bush", "George Clooney" and "George Farmville". I only have to select one and don't have to remember his full address. And he appears in this list also when he himself wrote me one year ago.

I miss that function alot in Evolution.
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Solution #1: Just implement that
Written by na_fets the 21 Jul 10 at 11:16.
Just as I described above.
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Solution #2: Use Thunderbird as the default Ubuntu mail client.
Written by Cityscape the 16 Aug 10 at 19:03.
All the polls show that most Linux users prefer Thunderbird over Evolution. Lets give users what they want and include Mozilla Thunderbird as the default mail client instead of Evolution.

See the 3 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 6 Aug 10 at 11:54) >>