E-mail clients that run from the keyboard, in particular the
mutt e-mail client, will run much faster than, say, most full-blown graphical e-mail clients
such as Evolution.
For most home and small business users, Evolution and the standalone Thunderbird are
often available from a Linux desktop and will give you much the same experience you
would expect from Microsoft Windows mail clients, such as Outlook Express. If you are using the
KDE desktop, you can use the KDE groupware client Kontact, which includes Kmail (the e-mail
client), along with a contact manager, calendar, to-do list application, and more.
Even though the Linux distribution you are using may have only one or two of the e-mail clients
described in this section, you can always add a client that interests you.
Getting Here from Windows
To understand how to transition your e-mail client from Windows to Linux, you need to know a
bit about your current e-mail setup. Whether you are using Outlook, Outlook Express, or any
other e-mail client running in Windows, here are some things you should know:
Server type??”Is your e-mail server a POP3 or IMAP server? If it is an IMAP server, all
your messages are being stored on the server. Transitioning to a different e-mail server
might simply mean pointing the new e-mail client at your server and continuing to use
e-mail as you always have.
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