John, I know that there is a powermail discussion list, and I get occasional emails. I typically don't read them, so I don't know if that issue was brought up. There probably is a searchable thread if you signup for the list.
Related... I ordered 3 iPhone 4s' (for Jan, Leslie and Jon...) I will take Jon's 4G. Merry Christmas! >On a related note, I'm reluctant to upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion, >for all the normal laundry list of excuses, primarily having a rock- >solid set up is nice, and doing a major upgrade is problematic. > >I'm currently using PowerMail v6.1 in Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and loving it >with my Apple MobileMe POP account. > >With upcoming demise of MobileMe at the end of June, in order to retain >my @mac.com email address, which I've had for over ten years, I'll be >forced to upgrade to "iCloud." iCloud will not be supporting POP mail, >as I understand, however, I do see an option in PowerMail for IMAP4 accounts. > >My question is, if I remain using PowerMail, remain using Snow Leopard, >don't upgrade to Lion, and upgrade to the "iCloud" system will PowerMail >continue to function? I'm sure I'll have to set up a PowerMail IMAP >account, but am leery as I don't want to affect my [soon to expire in >June] MobileMe sync features or worse loose access to my current MM POP >account? > >More to the point, is anyone "currently" using iCloud vs. MobileMe, >running Snow Leopard and PowerMail successfully? > >Do I need to be aware of any particular issues with my email when I'm >forced to do the iCloud upgrade? > >Any ideas, suggestions greatly appreciated, > >John > > > >>On Jul 19, 2011, at 11:26, Mirko Kranenburg wrote: >> >>> Any insights in the outlook for PowerMail under Lion? >> >>It's been working fine for me in the developer seeds. But since it's an >>old Carbon app, it doesn't support some of the new features. >> >>10.7 has dropped support for PowerPC apps and 32 bit Intel hardware. I >>wouldn't be surprised if 10.8 dropped support for 32 bit intel apps, if >>so, 10.7 might be the last OS that can still run PowerMail. >> >>Sean >> >> > > >
