<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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 :)<div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<div><br></div><br><div><div>On Feb 6, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Rob McBroom <<a href="mailto:mailinglist0@skurfer.com">mailinglist0@skurfer.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="markdown"><p dir="auto">On 6 Feb 2014, at 9:39, 1611mac wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p dir="auto">Background:<br>
I have used used Apple Mail (currently handling 6 imap accounts) pretty much for it's whole existence.</p>
</blockquote><p dir="auto">I used it when it was still <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTMail">NeXTMail</a>. What do I win? ;-)</p>
<blockquote><p dir="auto">Situation:<br>
I'm evaluating MailMate before I purchase.</p>
</blockquote><p dir="auto">Besides using the application, I recommend just reading <a href="http://manual.mailmate-app.com/">the manual</a> “cover to cover”. It’s not that long, and you’ll get a sense of what’s possible.</p>
<blockquote><p dir="auto">Best feature for me in Mail is "Rules" which I use to move mail into sub-folders. This is normally based on "sender".</p>
</blockquote><p dir="auto">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.</p>
<blockquote><p dir="auto">I frequently have to search for emails based upon words found within the body.</p>
</blockquote><p dir="auto">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.</p>
<blockquote><p dir="auto">1,) If you used Apple Mail in the past, what is the best feature in MailMate that shines above Apple Mail?</p>
</blockquote><p dir="auto">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 pleasant<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="x-msg://4/#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup> while <em>also</em> preserving the original text as I wrote it for those who prefer the text alternative.</p><p dir="auto">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.</p>
<blockquote><p dir="auto">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?</p>
</blockquote><p dir="auto">Two questions with different answers. :-) Some smaller not-to-miss things:</p>
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<li>Selecting folders with ⌘T and moving a message to a folder with ⌥⌘T</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
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Rob McBroom<br>
<a href="http://www.skurfer.com/">http://www.skurfer.com/</a></p>
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<li id="fn:1"><p dir="auto">With the exception of quoted text, which looks terrible by default. It looks fine to <em>me</em>, because MailMate lets you apply a style sheet on the client side. We will hopefully have a way to style outgoing messages one day. <a href="x-msg://4/#fnref:1" rev="footnote">↩</a></p>
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