I-GNOME Evolution ngumphathi wolwazi lomntu osemthethweni we-GNOME. Ibe yinxalenye esemthethweni ye-GNOME ukususela ekubeni i-Evolution 2.0 yabandakanywa ne-GNOME 2.8 yakhutshwa ngoSeptemba 2004. Idibanisa i-imeyile, incwadi yeedilesi, ikhalenda, uluhlu lwemisebenzi kunye neempawu zokuthatha amanqaku. Ujongano lomsebenzisi kunye nokusebenza kuyafana neMicrosoft Outlook. I-Evolution yisoftware esimahla enikwe ilayisenisi phantsi kwemiqathango yeGNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

I-Evolution inikezela ngezi mpawu zilandelayo:

• Ukufunyanwa kwe-imeyile kunye ne I-POP kwaye IMAP iiprothokholi kunye nokuhanjiswa kwe-imeyile nge I-SMTP
• Khusela umdibaniso womnatha ofihliweyo nge SSL, TLS kwaye QALA
• Uguqulelo oluntsonkothileyo lwe-imeyile nge GPG kwaye S/MIME
• Izihluzi ze-imeyile
• Phendla iifolda: uphendlo olugciniweyo olukhangeleka njengeefolda zemeyile eziqhelekileyo njengenye indlela yokusebenzisa izihluzi kunye nemibuzo yokukhangela
• Iyazenzekela ispemu ukuhluza nge SpamAssassin kwaye Isihluzi seBogo
• Uqhagamshelwano ku Microsoft Exchange Server, Novell GroupWise kwaye Ukusebenzisana^[8] (kubonelelwe ngeepakethe ezahlukeneyo njenge plug-ins)
• Inkxaso yekhalenda ye iCalendar ifomathi yefayile, i WebDAV kwaye CalDAV imigangatho kunye Ikhalenda kaGoogle
• Abalawuli boqhagamshelwano ngeencwadi zeedilesi zendawo, CardDAV, I-LDAP kunye neencwadi zeedilesi zikaGoogle
• Ungqamaniso nge SyncML nge SyncEvolution kunye ne Palm OS izixhobo nge-gnome-pilot
• Iincwadi zeedilesi ezinokusetyenziswa njengomthombo wedatha kwi LibreOffice
• Umsebenzisi ii-avatar ilayisha kwincwadi yeedilesi, iiheader ze-imeyile X-Ubuso, Ubuso okanye ujongo oluzenzekelayo nge khawuleza idilesi ye-imeyile evela Gravatar inkonzo
• An Umfundi weRSS Faka iplagi^[9]
• Import from Microsoft Outlook archives (dbx, pst) and Berkley Mailbox