evolution

GNOME's integrated mail, calendar and groupware client

• Version recorded: 3.56.2
• Categories: email-clients, workstation
• Upstream: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution

What it does

Evolution: GNOME's mail client with deep calendar/contacts integration and Exchange support.

Why you would want it

The natural pick on a GNOME desktop (Debian's default install often carries it already, which the detection respects), and the most 'groupware' of the options. In the packet/Winlink workflow, messages fetched by PAT land in a local mailbox; a mail client is how a human reads and writes them.

Before it will work

Nothing radio-side. To wire it to Winlink, point it at PAT's mailbox or use PAT's own web UI alongside it -- the packet profile's documentation covers the workflow.

How it installs

• apt: evolution

Known problems

Heaviest of the four; pulls a slice of GNOME on non-GNOME desktops.

Keeping it current

• probe: apt policy
• strategy: apt_upgrade

Where to get help with the software itself

The GNOME project.

Source: catalog/packages/evolution.yaml