E-mail programs for Mac OS X: what do you use? - Page 2

marcv · 04-22-2002, 07:15 AM

I'm using Eudora now, but I need better, multi-language spellchecking. just installed CocoAspell, which works fine for me. I don't like mail so much, any other recommandations, GNUmail maybe?

xchanyazy · 05-06-2002, 02:54 PM

Right now I'm using pine (with fetch/sendmail), but can't wait for the new version of Mail (see this thread) to come out. I'll probably still use fetchmail, so I don't have to put up with all of the "can't recieve mail at this time, so I'm going to take 20% of your CPU and bounce in the dock like a madman" type error messages and just use mail to check my unix mailbox, but it'll be nice to have a gui that doesn't suck (hopefully)

greenfruit · 05-19-2002, 10:32 AM

i use mail.app, im no power user so far as email goes, and its great.

in fact i just wish theyd do a 9 version so i can use it at work. Ive recently moved from Quickmailpro to Netscape at work.

sao · 06-11-2002, 12:03 PM

I use mail.app and Entourage.

But, what I really enjoy these days, is using "evolution".

I think is very cool !

Cheers...

macmath · 06-30-2002, 12:29 AM

I like Mail.app, except I cannot figure out how to interrupt the download of graphics for a letter from MacMall or someone else. With Eudora, a command-. would stop the download and then I could delete the letter. Unfortunately, I only have a license for Eudora 4.3 and I'm not going back to OS 9 for that one thing. I've learned to adapt, but I still miss that function. [If I delete another letter, I hold down on the Option key and I'm not taken to the next letter. Also, I select a harmless letter and use the command key and the mouse to select the graphics-laden emails and delete them all at once.] Sigh.

greenfruit · 06-30-2002, 04:20 AM

its in viewing preferences, turn off download images/attatchments

DougAdams · 06-30-2002, 07:25 AM

I have yet to find an email client that can do what Classic OE does for me. Using AppleScripts and Rules, my mail is sorted, filed, replied to, and managed beautifully (and I get scores of emails a day). If any other email client was as 'scriptable and configurable as Classic OE, I'd switch in a second (and stop running Classic). As it is, my email would be a mess without it (as I have proven to myself several times by attempts to switch to ANYTHING else, even Mozilla Mail, which is pretty darn good too).

Doug
Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes

macmath · 06-30-2002, 09:43 AM

I've turned (download images) on and off before. In general, I want it on, but I'd like to turn say 'No' on a case-by-case basis (as with the Command-.).

Morpheus · 07-02-2002, 08:22 PM

Explain to me what mail.app is? Sorry im a newbie sort of... Ive always used Mac but when it comes to UNIX im a newbie.

Im assuming its the default email program OSX comes with.

I use Entrouge. my cable company gives me and account but i also use Mac.com because Entrougue supports it and i can check it anywhere i am now.

Benad · 07-02-2002, 09:22 PM

Mail.app is Mac OS X's default mail application. It supports POP and IMAP servers, and can display several message attachments types (HTML, JPEG, RTF...). More info here.

The ".app" is a hidden extension that identifies Mac OS X bundles as applications, but often the "file extension" is hidden by the Finder. So, while it says "Mail" everywhere, the "Get Info" window should show you "Mail.app".

As for Mail.app itself, it's good for most users, but "power users" might prefer other non-Apple mail applications (I use the UNIX command-line "mutt").

- Benad

Morpheus · 07-02-2002, 10:01 PM

thought so. Thanks anyways..

phidauex · 07-07-2002, 10:27 PM

I use Mail.app. I think its neat, clean and simple. I don't want a million features, I just want to send and receive plain text emails. I like how it parses and colors quoted text, and I like how it shows me that I have new mail in the dock. Simple = good.

I use Lotus Notes at work on my Wintel machine, and so far i've had to use iNotes webmail to check that mail from my OS X machine, but Lotus is supposedly coming out with an OS X version of Notes. It will be useful, but I don't like notes much in general, so I'm not jumping for joy or anything

I have Entourage, because i have office v.x, but i don't like it.

peace,
phidauex

greek-irish · 07-20-2002, 11:50 PM

I have found for the little bit of emailing that I do in OS X (and receive 5-10/day), Nisus Email 1.6.1 (OS X) works fine. I have never gotten Mail.app to work properly, so I use NE. In OS 9 I use NE as well and like its drag and drop and word processor (any) integration.

Treavize · 08-20-2002, 04:39 AM

I use Yahoo mail. I have used it for 4 years with no problems. I can check my mail from any computer. I do miss the free POP access which prevents me from using Mail.app.

Jacques · 08-20-2002, 12:41 PM

Have you noticed that Yahoo! mail in Omniweb has VERY large fonts now? (the new version of Yahoo! mail that is, there were no font problems with the older version)

Mozilla shows Yahoo! mail just fine though, but I can't shake Omniweb - it's just much more Mac-like to me.. I'm thankful for the auto font-resizing gidgets!

rusto · 08-26-2002, 08:18 PM

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evbvd · 08-29-2002, 07:41 PM

I'm trying to move everything from outlook express 5.0.4 (classic) into mail.app. I successfully imported my mail, but no go with the address book. did I do something wrong, or does mail actually not harvest the OE address book and put it in 10.2's address book?

any advice, etc. would be welcome....

danimal · 08-29-2002, 09:09 PM

I get around 100 messages a day, and I use Mail.app quite happily. I formerly used Mozilla but there is an IMAP bug that was driving me crazy, I even tried to help fix it but the ones in control apparently do not have OSX.

However, though I don't use it regularly, Pine is the most powerful email client available IMO -- though arguably it is not user intuitive. I also use procmail for powerful mail filtering... no graphical client comes close to it's flexibility -- though again not super intuitive.

Why would anyone use that MS junk, do you not have any principles?

Jacques · 08-30-2002, 01:30 AM

I've been using Mozilla Mail more often, I'm curious.. what IMAP bug?

Any other observations about Mozilla Mail?

SunByrne · 08-30-2002, 02:02 AM

I'm a big fan of Mailsmith, even though I didn't think really hit its stride until OS X. Powerful filtering, incredibly scriptable, and made by a terrific company (Bare Bones). And it had unix-ish features long before OS X (like regular expression-based searching/filtering and emacs key bindings).

Some people don't like that it's not an HTML-based email program, but I consider that an advantage, since HTML email is just a waste of bandwidth anyway.

And no, it's not Cocoa, but it's still a very solid email client!

04-22-2002, 07:15 AM	#21
marcv Triple-A Player Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Rotterdam/Lisboa Posts: 50	other Cocoa mail apps? I'm using Eudora now, but I need better, multi-language spellchecking. just installed CocoAspell, which works fine for me. I don't like mail so much, any other recommandations, GNUmail maybe?

05-06-2002, 02:54 PM	#22
xchanyazy All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dexter, MI, USA Posts: 704	Right now I'm using pine (with fetch/sendmail), but can't wait for the new version of Mail (see this thread) to come out. I'll probably still use fetchmail, so I don't have to put up with all of the "can't recieve mail at this time, so I'm going to take 20% of your CPU and bounce in the dock like a madman" type error messages and just use mail to check my unix mailbox, but it'll be nice to have a gui that doesn't suck (hopefully) __________________ - Greg Happy user of OS X since the Public Beta. Help Team Mac OS X cure cancer, Alzheimer's, ALS, Parkinson's, and more!

05-19-2002, 10:32 AM	#23
greenfruit Prospect Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 9	mail.app i use mail.app, im no power user so far as email goes, and its great. in fact i just wish theyd do a 9 version so i can use it at work. Ive recently moved from Quickmailpro to Netscape at work. __________________ --= matthew\|ukltd =-- greenfruit\|somefoolwitha\|mgm delightful [http://www.greenfruit.net/] \| frightful [http://somefoolwitha.homepagehere.com] ...:: macosx ::...

06-30-2002, 12:29 AM	#25
macmath MVP Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 1,497	I use Mail.app, I just miss Command-. I like Mail.app, except I cannot figure out how to interrupt the download of graphics for a letter from MacMall or someone else. With Eudora, a command-. would stop the download and then I could delete the letter. Unfortunately, I only have a license for Eudora 4.3 and I'm not going back to OS 9 for that one thing. I've learned to adapt, but I still miss that function. [If I delete another letter, I hold down on the Option key and I'm not taken to the next letter. Also, I select a harmless letter and use the command key and the mouse to select the graphics-laden emails and delete them all at once.] Sigh.

06-30-2002, 04:20 AM	#26
greenfruit Prospect Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 9	its in viewing preferences, turn off download images/attatchments __________________ --= matthew\|ukltd =-- greenfruit\|somefoolwitha\|mgm delightful [http://www.greenfruit.net/] \| frightful [http://somefoolwitha.homepagehere.com] ...:: macosx ::...

06-11-2002, 12:03 PM	#24
sao Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 4,237	I use mail.app and Entourage. But, what I really enjoy these days, is using "evolution". I think is very cool ! Cheers...

06-30-2002, 07:25 AM	#27
DougAdams Triple-A Player Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 67	Outlook still rules I have yet to find an email client that can do what Classic OE does for me. Using AppleScripts and Rules, my mail is sorted, filed, replied to, and managed beautifully (and I get scores of emails a day). If any other email client was as 'scriptable and configurable as Classic OE, I'd switch in a second (and stop running Classic). As it is, my email would be a mess without it (as I have proven to myself several times by attempts to switch to ANYTHING else, even Mozilla Mail, which is pretty darn good too). Doug Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes

06-30-2002, 09:43 AM	#28
macmath MVP Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 1,497	I've turned (download images) on and off before. In general, I want it on, but I'd like to turn say 'No' on a case-by-case basis (as with the Command-.).

07-02-2002, 08:22 PM	#29
Morpheus Triple-A Player Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 104	Explain to me what mail.app is? Sorry im a newbie sort of... Ive always used Mac but when it comes to UNIX im a newbie. Im assuming its the default email program OSX comes with. I use Entrouge. my cable company gives me and account but i also use Mac.com because Entrougue supports it and i can check it anywhere i am now.

07-02-2002, 09:22 PM	#30
Benad Prospect Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 38	Mail.app is Mac OS X's default mail application. It supports POP and IMAP servers, and can display several message attachments types (HTML, JPEG, RTF...). More info here. The ".app" is a hidden extension that identifies Mac OS X bundles as applications, but often the "file extension" is hidden by the Finder. So, while it says "Mail" everywhere, the "Get Info" window should show you "Mail.app". As for Mail.app itself, it's good for most users, but "power users" might prefer other non-Apple mail applications (I use the UNIX command-line "mutt"). - Benad

07-02-2002, 10:01 PM	#31
Morpheus Triple-A Player Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 104	thought so. Thanks anyways..

07-07-2002, 10:27 PM	#32
phidauex Prospect Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 37	I use Mail.app. I think its neat, clean and simple. I don't want a million features, I just want to send and receive plain text emails. I like how it parses and colors quoted text, and I like how it shows me that I have new mail in the dock. Simple = good. I use Lotus Notes at work on my Wintel machine, and so far i've had to use iNotes webmail to check that mail from my OS X machine, but Lotus is supposedly coming out with an OS X version of Notes. It will be useful, but I don't like notes much in general, so I'm not jumping for joy or anything I have Entourage, because i have office v.x, but i don't like it. peace, phidauex

07-20-2002, 11:50 PM	#33
greek-irish Prospect Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 9	I have found for the little bit of emailing that I do in OS X (and receive 5-10/day), Nisus Email 1.6.1 (OS X) works fine. I have never gotten Mail.app to work properly, so I use NE. In OS 9 I use NE as well and like its drag and drop and word processor (any) integration. __________________ "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." - Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911), Egyptian writer, winner of 1988 Nobel Prize for literature

08-20-2002, 04:39 AM	#34
Treavize Prospect Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Tulsa Posts: 44	I use Yahoo mail. I have used it for 4 years with no problems. I can check my mail from any computer. I do miss the free POP access which prevents me from using Mail.app.

08-20-2002, 12:41 PM	#35
Jacques All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 972	Omniweb w/ Yahoo! Mail Have you noticed that Yahoo! mail in Omniweb has VERY large fonts now? (the new version of Yahoo! mail that is, there were no font problems with the older version) Mozilla shows Yahoo! mail just fine though, but I can't shake Omniweb - it's just much more Mac-like to me.. I'm thankful for the auto font-resizing gidgets!

08-26-2002, 08:18 PM	#36
rusto MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,489	Eudora Mailbox Cleaner now updated for Jaguar: http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/ __________________ :: 3.4GHz Core i7 iMac 4GB RAM :: Black MacBook SR :: 10.7.2 :: iPhone 4 / iOS 5 ::

08-29-2002, 07:41 PM	#37
evbvd Prospect Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1	OE address book --> mail.app/address book I'm trying to move everything from outlook express 5.0.4 (classic) into mail.app. I successfully imported my mail, but no go with the address book. did I do something wrong, or does mail actually not harvest the OE address book and put it in 10.2's address book? any advice, etc. would be welcome....

08-29-2002, 09:09 PM	#38
danimal Prospect Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2	Pine & Mail.app I get around 100 messages a day, and I use Mail.app quite happily. I formerly used Mozilla but there is an IMAP bug that was driving me crazy, I even tried to help fix it but the ones in control apparently do not have OSX. However, though I don't use it regularly, Pine is the most powerful email client available IMO -- though arguably it is not user intuitive. I also use procmail for powerful mail filtering... no graphical client comes close to it's flexibility -- though again not super intuitive. Why would anyone use that MS junk, do you not have any principles?

08-30-2002, 01:30 AM	#39
Jacques All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 972	I've been using Mozilla Mail more often, I'm curious.. what IMAP bug? Any other observations about Mozilla Mail?

08-30-2002, 02:02 AM	#40
SunByrne Prospect Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Houston, TX area Posts: 37	No Mailsmith? I'm a big fan of Mailsmith, even though I didn't think really hit its stride until OS X. Powerful filtering, incredibly scriptable, and made by a terrific company (Bare Bones). And it had unix-ish features long before OS X (like regular expression-based searching/filtering and emacs key bindings). Some people don't like that it's not an HTML-based email program, but I consider that an advantage, since HTML email is just a waste of bandwidth anyway. And no, it's not Cocoa, but it's still a very solid email client!