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Date: 11/22/03 11:14 AM
Received: 11/22/03 4:14 PM
From: Frank Rader, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Chris, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chris:
I am blocked from posting to emailer (it is a server block; someone
does not like the email server surfbest uses)
Can you, will you, post this for me?
I'll send you separately the block message, if you are interested.
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> From: Frank Rader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:20:47 AM US/Eastern
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Mail
>
> Greetings
> Just a comment.
> I've been running Mail for about 6 weeks, making notes. Several of
> the problems I've had with Mail have been solved by just learning the
> program and how it works. I've been on Emailer since 1997, or so, so
> I'm giving Mail a several months chance.
>
> I transfered to Mail in 10.2.6. I followed instructions in the Mail
> help files.
>
> Imports
> Mail imported all my boxed mail, including the box names, well. It
> all came in as a sub folder of a larger folder called "Import".
> Within in Import it was in it's emailer mailbox with names I set up in
> emailer like "Dad" and "Gifts".
>
> Addresses
> Emailer individual addresses imported ok, but not well.
> � Groups did not import well enough to use. Since all my group
> addresses were also individual addresses, I did not lose any addresses
> that were only in Groups, but wonder if that might happen.
> � Where I had several address for one person only the first address
> imported.
> Once addresses were in Mail I trashed all the Groups mail attempted
> to import and began building new groups in Mail.
>
> It is not certain I'll stay with Mail. Emailer in Classic ran well
> when I tested it for two days before switching.
> Mail has several benefits:
> 1. It automatically looks at incoming email. If an incoming email
> is not from an address in the address book, it it treated as possible
> Junk and marked. Emailer was doing this for me with a script I got at
> Fog City, but because emailer's limit is 1000 address in an address
> group and the script required an address group, I could not put all my
> addresses into the group and, even when I could, had to do it > manually.
> 2. Mail will send an email to more than 250 addresses in a shot.
> Emailer is limited to 250 addresses. Because of Spam Hysteria
> spawning server blocking, this benefit is of little use. However, the
> few times I've been able to use the benefit, it is huge because I can
> notify 700 members of my church, for example, of something without
> having to maintain three group address lists of less than 250 names
> each. In Mail all 700 would be in one group.
>
> Emailer has several benefits:
> 1. For those sending to groups, Emailer has an advantage over Mail.
> It sends an email to 50 addresses at a time. A group of 250 addresses
> on a single email goes out in five fifty address pieces. This gets
> Emailer below an ISP block that does not allow more than 50, or some
> higher number, of addresses on an email. So an email to 200 club
> members will get out with Emailer but will not with Mail.
> 2. It will export addresse, or whole lists of addresses, in a manner
> easily converted to text. Address Book, a separate OS 10 function
> that works with Mail, does not seem to do this, or I have not figure
> out how.
> 3. Emailer will maintain several email addresses for one person and
> allow easily for switching among addresses. It will send to just the
> address marked, ignoring others. Address Book will maintain several
> addresses, but sends to all. I've not figured how to maintain
> several, but send to one.
>
> On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 07:00 AM,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Must say that Mail still leaves me a little underwelmed; Especially
>> as it
>> still can't import more than a few of my emailer mailboxes before
>> quitting. Any ideas on overcoming that would be welcome.
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-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
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