Somehow, on 12/4/05, at 5:22 PM-0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (chris) typed: >>Why is it that someone cannot take Mail and incorporate Emailer >>characteristics, or simply write something similar to Emailer with the >>improvements we speak of, such as the font issue? I know it is >>copyrighted but Mail has features similar to Emailer and so does Eudora >>and I do not understand why more cannot be done for Emailer. > >There is nothing stopping someone from writing a new email client that >is >very similar to Emailer. No one has bothered to do so. > >>After all >>Chris you seem to have made improvements to it, haven't you? > >Sort of, I hacked Emailer itself to add new features or change some >features. Someone can not take Emailer's source code and create a direct >OS X port of it without Apple's permission. Even my hacks are a bit of a >grey zone if I am allowed to do them or not. I think I get away with it >simply because Apple either doesn't know they exist, or don't care >because it has no impact on their business plans or sales. > >>Along this line, if Emailer is so good, and we believe it is, then why >>to the current and new programs not produce something similar but with >>improvements? > >That is a good question. I can't answer that. I don't know why someone >hasn't written an application that is very similar to Emailer. > >-chris ><http://www.mythtech.net>
If only Mailsmith had eMailers Auto-File Log, it would be a pretty good substitute - for my purposes anyway. Of all the features in eMailer, that's the one that no one seems to replicate. Mailsmith is also somewhat sluggish. But its search features, text handling, scriptability, and HTML handling are all better, IMHO. Roger ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
