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Gmail Integration in Evolution
Written by Shady3D the 10 Oct 09 at 19:45.
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setting-up Gmail in Evolution every time is a hell for non geeks. calendar, address-book, and notes are a completely different thing.
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)
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)
Solution #2:
Import config settings like in Thunderbird.
Not too hard, could be a simple option on the initial startup screen.
Not too hard, could be a simple option on the initial startup screen.
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.
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.
Solution #7:
Integrate the whole "conversation" idea of Gmail
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.
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.
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.
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.
Solution #9:
Use a certain Canonical-sponsored cloud service.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New email notification without running evolution
Written by timnwells the 24 Mar 09 at 23:14.
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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.
Intelligent input for mail addresses
Written by na_fets the 21 Jul 10 at 11:16.
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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.