Though we tested NeXT machines for a while I can honestly say I never used the mail software. (I have a publishing background.) The first Apple I owned was an APPLE /// (3) their first "business" machine :)
1611mac - gregS On Feb 6, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Rob McBroom <mailingli...@skurfer.com> wrote: > On 6 Feb 2014, at 9:39, 1611mac wrote: > > Background: > I have used used Apple Mail (currently handling 6 imap accounts) pretty much > for it's whole existence. > > I used it when it was still NeXTMail. What do I win? ;-) > > Situation: > I'm evaluating MailMate before I purchase. > > Besides using the application, I recommend just reading the manual “cover to > cover”. It’s not that long, and you’ll get a sense of what’s possible. > > Best feature for me in Mail is "Rules" which I use to move mail into > sub-folders. This is normally based on "sender". > > It’s not an option for everyone, but I prefer to do this sort of thing on the > server (so things are arranged when I read on a phone where organization > matters even more). So I can’t comment on the “rules” abilities of one over > the other. > > I frequently have to search for emails based upon words found within the body. > > I’d say MailMate wins pretty easily here. You can set up the default search > just the way you want, and even configure the search interface to appear with > a single key. > > 1,) If you used Apple Mail in the past, what is the best feature in MailMate > that shines above Apple Mail? > > Hard to say, but I’ll go with the thing that really got my attention at > first: Being able to write in plain text (Markdown), but have the recipient > see something more pleasant1 while also preserving the original text as I > wrote it for those who prefer the text alternative. > > The one thing I miss from Mail is the ability to read an entire thread in one > view. All the messages would be there, clearly separated. A lot of the > garbage in top-posted messages would be obscured, and messages would be > marked as read automatically in a somewhat predictable way. > > 2.) What do you consider the best overall feature of MailMate? As a new user > of MailMate, what should I be sure not to miss? > > Two questions with different answers. :-) Some smaller not-to-miss things: > > Selecting folders with ⌘T and moving a message to a folder with ⌥⌘T > Look at the smart folders under Examples. What you can do is pretty > impressive. The Mailing Lists one in particular. I’ll admit I don’t use it > though, since it doesn’t help me when reading mail on a phone. > It’ll try to prevent you from talking about an attachment and not sending it. > (In fact, I’ll bet it warns me when I send this.) I don’t send many > attachments, but I think this is a great idea. > -- > Rob McBroom > http://www.skurfer.com/ > > With the exception of quoted text, which looks terrible by default. It looks > fine to me, because MailMate lets you apply a style sheet on the client side. > We will hopefully have a way to style outgoing messages one day. ↩ > > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > http://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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