Which graphical mail client is the default tool for email and groupware in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux?

A.
mutt

B.
Evolution

C.
Thunderbird

D.
pidgin

Explanation:

The default tool for email and groupware in Red Hat Enterprise Linux is called Evolution. Evolution
provides not only the email access, but also the ability to maintain a calendar, tasklist and contacts
database.
What is Evolution?
Evolution is a full-featured personal and workgroup information management tool for Linux
systems, and is the default email client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It provides all of the standard
email client features, including powerful mailbox management, user-defined filters, and quick

searches. Its additional feature is a flexible calendar/scheduler, which allows users to create and
confirm group meetings and special events online.
Answer option C is incorrect. Thunderbird is a graphical mail client that offers email, Usenet and
rss support but it does not support groupware features. Thunderbird is provided along with Firefox
and others as part of the Mozilla suit of application.
What is groupware?
Groupware refers to programs that help users work together collectively while located remotely
from each other.
Groupware services can include the sharing of calendars, collective writing, e-mail handling,
shared database access, electronic meetings with each user able to see and display information to
others, and other activities. Sometimes called collaborative software, groupware is an integral
component of a field of study known as ComputerSupported Cooperative Work or CSCW.
Answer options A and D are incorrect. The mutt and pidgin are Non-GUI mail clients.
What is mutt? mutt is a powerful tool for managing email within a text-only environment. This tool
is very important to access email even when a graphical interface is not available. Some of its
strengths are handling of message threads and flexibility. When mutt sees a series of related
messages, it displays each reply under the parent. mutt supports sending of attachments through
a mail. The following example describes how a file can be attached to a mail: echo “Sending an
attachment.” | mutt -a backup.zip -s “attachment” local@domain.com
This command will send a mail to local@domain.com with the subject (-s) “attachment”, the body
text “Sending an
attachment.”, containing the attachment (-a) backup.zip.
What is Pidgin?
Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows a user to use all of his IM accounts
at once. It is a free software that can work with AIM ,Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, ICQ ,IRC, MSN, SILC,
XMPP, Yahoo!, and Zephyr Network. Anyone is
free to use it and modify it, but if a user distributes his modifications, he must distribute the
modified source code as well.
The license of this communication software is Freeware, i.e. anyone can freely download and use
this communication software.