Evolution and Evolution Data Server

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Evolution and Evolution Data Server

• Harish Krishnaswamy kharish_at_novell.com

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Evolution

• Enterprise-caliber e-mail
• Powerful, flexible calendar
• Integrated information management
• Compatible with Novell Groupwise,
  MS Exchange, SUSE Open Exchange
• Broad distribution support

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Demonstration
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EDS Desktop Integration
Beagle
Evolution Data Server
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Architecture
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Architecture Shell
Launches and embeds the components Provides menu
and tool bar Controls operations like migration
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Evolution Internals Camel
Shell

• Camel
• Mail client and backend library
• Also handles
• MIME
• Network I/O
• SSL
• S/MIME
• PGP

Mail
Calendar
Address Book
Local
GW
Local
GW
Local
POP
LDAP
Web
IMAP
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Architecture Mail Backends

• Mail Backends
• mbox
• Maildir
• MH
• POP
• IMAP
• NNTP

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Evolution Data Server
Clients
Ecal API
Ebook API
contacts
calendar
Evolution Data Server
Web
File
GW Cal
GW AB
File
LDAP
Web Cal
Groupwise Server
LDAP store
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GNOME Technologies Bonobo
Shell
GNOME reusable component architecture The glue
that binds the Evolution UI together
Mail
Calendar
Address Book
Local
GW
Local
GW
Local
POP
LDAP
Web
IMAP
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Extending Evolution
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Extending Evolution
Shell
Mail
Calendar
Address Book
Local
GW
Local
GW
Local
POP
Implement Evolution Component Interface
LDAP
Web
IMAP
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BrainRead A Blog Reader
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Extending Evolution
Shell
Mail
Calendar
Address Book
Local
GW
Local
GW
Local
POP
Implement a new camel provider
LDAP
Web
IMAP
New
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Extending Evolution
Shell
Mail
Calendar
Address Book
Local
GW
Local
GW
Local
POP
LDAP
Web
IMAP
New
New
New
extend ECalBackend/EBookBackend
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Birthday Calendar Backend
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The Present and the Future

• Eplugins
• modular extensions
• language-neutral approach
• extend and enhance with minimal effort

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How you can be part of this ?

• NOSIP Interns have already been submitting
  patches, participating in bug days etc.
• You can write your own plug-ins, backend
  providers and desktop applications.
• Hang out at nosip and evolution
• Visit gnomebangalore.org and find out more
  information on us.

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More Information

• Web Site http//www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
  
• Blog http//codeblogs.ximian.com/blogs/evolution/
  
• Mailing Lists http//lists.ximian.com
• Bugzilla http//bugzilla.ximian.com
• CVS http//cvs.gnome.org