Email is one of the most popular ways to communicate over the Internet. Ubuntu includes all of the tools that you need to send, receive and organize email messages.
The Evolution groupware suite is the default email client, and can handle all of your email, contact lists, tasks and calendar needs. It also integrates with the panel clock, giving you one-click access to your task list.
Evolution can be launched by pressing → → .
See the Evolution manual for help on how to use Evolution.
Bogofilter classifies mail as junk mail (also known as spam) by analysing the message statistically, and can learn from selections made by the user. The technique is known as Bayesian filtering; you can find more details on this here:
Evolution can be automatically configured to use Bogofilter.
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Install the Bogofilter package (see Add Applications)
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Open → → .
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Enable the junk mail filter by selecting ++++.
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Turn on the Bogofilter plugin by selecting +
Bogofilter will now start to learn what is spam, based on the messages you mark. To mark a message as spam, select ++.
You can also use Mozilla Thunderbird for email. To install it, install the mozilla-thunderbird package (see Add Applications).
To start Thunderbird, choose → → .
To change your preferred email client to Mozilla Thunderbird:
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Choose → →
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Click on the drop down menu, and select the Custom option.
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In the Command text box, type
mozilla-thunderbird %s, then close the dialog.
