[MlMt] New user asks: What is best feature?

[Rob McBroom]

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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTMail). What do I win? ;-)

> Situation:
> I'm evaluating MailMate before I purchase.

Besides using the application, I recommend just reading [the 
manual](http://manual.mailmate-app.com/) “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 pleasant[^1] 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.

[^1]: 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.

-- 
Rob McBroom
http://www.skurfer.com/
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