Hi Harry, Just keep in mind that Mail will only keep getting better. To me, resorting 500 names into specific groups is not a lot of work. You may want to consider jumping this minor hurdle for future smooth sailing.
You might also want to check Apple's site and scan their support docs for info on Mail and import. It may help. ( I know we had discussed the Office X option, sorry to bring it up again). Ward On Sunday, December 22, 2002, at 12:14 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > My first email program was Claris emailer - it was FREE. At some point > I > wanted a more modern program (I don't remember why?) and started using > OE. > It was FREE. > > I am not interested in a $200 + multifaceted program just to run > email. I > use Appleworks for most everything else. I will continue to use OE till > something better comes along. I am not adverse to paying for an email > program, but it's got to be the right program! > > And Ward you are right. I have over 500 names in my address book > including > about two dozen group lists. I also have over 50 rules to sort my mail > into > 30 different main mail boxes and an untold number of sub mail boxes > (I'm > anal, ok!). So any email program I gravitate to, will have to handle > most of > that or be so full featured and do as much as OE that I will be > willing to > spend the time to transfer my info from one to the other. > > Thanks for your help. > > > Harry > > ps, you would think, since Apple foisted OE on us, that they would have > designed their mail program to import OE with little hassle. I think > Apple's > mail program is fine for folks just starting out. > > on 12/22/02 9:06 AM, Ward Oldham at woldham at insightbb.com wrote: > >> Harry, >> >> I'm not a big fan of Mail and the Address Book either, although you >> will find some in the group extremely happy with them. I use >> Entourage, >> part of the Office X suite. I don't think there is a better >> email/calendar/contacts product out there. Hindsight tells me that >> you >> probably should have purchased Office X when you bought your new iBook >> for the special $199 deal thats going on (until the end of the year). >> >> However, the fixes for your problems are rather simple but I'm >> guessing >> that you have 1000 entries in your address book so redoing your groups >> is something you're trying to avoid. I'm also not aware of any rules >> import problems. But you must be really unhappy for you to resort to >> Classic. >> >> Try keyword searches for mail and address book at: >> http://www.macosxhints.com/ >> The site is full of tips (as well as this user group). Don't give up >> prematurely until you've exhausted your resources. >> >> Ward Oldham >> >> >> On Sunday, December 22, 2002, at 01:16 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer >> wrote: >> >>> I've spent a couple of hours importing mailboxes and addresses into >>> the mail >>> application and the address book app. >>> >>> And I don't like them. Mail boxes import into a separate folder. I >>> haven't >>> found a way to import all my rules. >>> >>> The address book sucks! Groups that I set up in OE no longer exist. >>> So >>> I'm >>> using OE in classic. >>> >>> If anyone know of an OS X mail program that does a better job >>> ofimporting >>> mailboxes, addresses, and rules, please let me know. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Harry, >>> >>> >>> Harry Jacobson-Beyer >>> Surveyor of the Passing Scene! >>> >>> http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/a/harryjb/ >>> What a strange, long, trip it is! >>> >>> remember: it's not how fast you climb the hill that matters, it's how >>> fast >>> you go coming down! >>> >>> >>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January >>> 28 >>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >>> >> >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >> > > Harry, > > > Harry Jacobson-Beyer > Surveyor of the Passing Scene! > > http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/a/harryjb/ > What a strange, long, trip it is! > > remember: it's not how fast you climb the hill that matters, it's how > fast > you go coming down! > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
