Mailing with Evolution
In 2000, Linux distributions didn’t have an email client that provided the functionality and interoperability needed for corporate users. Then, Ximian decided to develop Evolution. Evolution version 1.0 was released in December 2001. It offered Ximian a proprietary plug-in that allows users to connect with Microsoft Exchange Server. Evolution was open source software from the beginning, but Ximian’s connector was sold as proprietary software. Thus, Ximian could generate revenue. When Novell acquired Ximian in August 2003, Novell decided to integrate the Exchange plugin as open source, starting in May 2004 on Evolution 2.0.
Novell was acquired by the Attachmate Group in 2011. As a result, Novell’s developers moved to SUSE. In 2012, SUSE decided to withdraw funding for Evolution development.
Red Hat continued with Evolution development. This resulted in the active development of Evolution and the need for an email client with good support...