I-GNOME Evolution iyimenenja esemthethweni yolwazi lomuntu siqu ye-GNOME. Bekuyingxenye esemthethweni ye-GNOME kusukela i-Evolution 2.0 yafakwa nokukhululwa kwe-GNOME 2.8 ngoSepthemba 2004. Ihlanganisa i-imeyili, ibhuku lamakheli, ikhalenda, uhlu lwemisebenzi kanye nezici zokuthatha amanothi. I-interface yayo yomsebenzisi nokusebenza kwayo kufana ne-Microsoft Outlook. I-Evolution isofthiwe yamahhala enelayisensi ngaphansi kwemigomo ye-GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

I-Evolution iletha izici ezilandelayo:

• Ukuthola i-imeyili nge- I-POP futhi I-IMAP amaphrothokholi kanye nokuthunyelwa kwe-imeyili nge I-SMTP
• Vikela ukuxhumana kwenethiwekhi okubethelwe nge I-SSL, I-TLS futhi I-STARTTLS
• Ukubethela kwe-imeyili nge GPG futhi S/MIME
• Izihlungi ze-imeyili
• Sesha amafolda: usesho olugciniwe olubukeka njengamafolda emeyili avamile esikhundleni sokusebenzisa izihlungi nemibuzo yosesho
• Okuzenzakalelayo ugaxekile ukuhlunga nge SpamAssassin futhi Isihlungi se-Bogo
• Ukuxhumana ku I-Microsoft Exchange Server, I-Novell GroupWise futhi Hlanganyela^[8] (kuhlinzekwa ngamaphakheji ahlukene njenge ama-plug-ins)
• Usekelo lwekhalenda le iCalendar ifomethi yefayela, i I-WebDAV futhi CalDAV amazinga kanye I-Google Khalenda
• Abaphathi bokuxhumana nezincwadi zamakheli endawo, i-CardDAV, I-LDAP kanye nezincwadi zamakheli ze-Google
• Ukuvumelanisa nge SyncML nge SyncEvolution futhi nge I-Palm OS amadivayisi nge-gnome-pilot
• Izincwadi zamakheli ezingasetshenziswa njengomthombo wedatha I-LibreOffice
• Umsebenzisi ama-avatar ukulayisha encwadini yamakheli, izihloko ze-imeyili I-X-Face, Ubuso noma ukubheka okuzenzakalelayo nge hashi ikheli le-imeyili kusuka I-Gravatar isevisi
• An Umfundi we-RSS i-plug-in^[9]
• Import from Microsoft Outlook archives (dbx, pst) and Berkley Mailbox