In addition to what looks to be a promising mail client, Evolution also provides a calendar, contact manager, and to-do list. At their simplest, appointments can be entered on the calendar with little more than a start time. An additional level of choices allow users to set reminder times and methods. For instance, audio and graphical reminders can be set, a program can be executed, and a mail reminder can be sent. It will also be a simple matter to set up recurrence rules for appointments, and the mechanism for doing this includes tools for setting exception dates.
Evolution also shows some promise in the area of contact management.
The address book itself allows users to add their own fields, the existing fields include the sort of social information business people will enjoy, and the layout is easy to navigate. Maybe pretty pictures shouldn't matter, but it doesn't hurt that the project looks good. It will make for easier selling to Pointy Haired Bosses and others in the office attracted to shiny things. The project has never been particularly concerned with keeping things under wraps until they were ready for the end user, which has been a boon for the curious, and people who don't mind a few bugs along the way. Release 0.1 is about putting the project's rough outlines in front of the public and providing a look at what's to come.