[sugar] Email support out of the box? [WAS: Howdy]

[Shikhar]

Hi James,

No Sugar does not come with an email client. This is something I am 
working on this summer though 
(http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/xomail), and hopefully I'll be able 
to do something about it.

Shikhar

James F. Carroll wrote:
> I have much to say about my first five hours with Sugar.  However, I 
> want to highlight just one item at this time:
>
>     * Does sugar come with an email client?
>     * If so, I don't see it.
>     * If not, why?
>     * I acknowledge that the browser is sufficient to use Gmail, but I
>       expected to see a "core" activity that enables simple email
>       communication
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
> P.S. I see a "newsreader" activity in the repository, but it's not 
> authenticated, so I haven't installed it.  I would love to try it.
>
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at tomeuvizoso.net 
> <mailto:tomeu at tomeuvizoso.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     For these "major stoppers", just sending an email here may be enough.
>     We don't have much more time for the August release, so focusing on
>     the biggest missing pieces and bugs might be wise.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Tomeu
>
>
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