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<p dir="auto">On 6 Feb 2014, at 9:39, 1611mac wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Background:<br>
I have used used Apple Mail (currently handling 6 imap accounts) pretty much for it's whole existence.</p>
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<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>
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<p dir="auto">Situation:<br>
I'm evaluating MailMate before I purchase.</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p dir="auto">I frequently have to search for emails based upon words found within the body.</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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="#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>
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<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>
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<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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<p dir="auto">-- <br>
Rob McBroom<br>
<a href="http://www.skurfer.com/">http://www.skurfer.com/</a></p>
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<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="#fnref:1" rev="footnote">↩</a></p>
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