[NTLK] [OT] Claris Emailer to Mac OS X Mail

From: mark smith (mark_at_bbprojects.net)
Date: Thu Feb 26 2004 - 00:36:22 PST

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Michael J. Hußmann wrote:

 
> As this conversion employs PowerMail as a conversion tool, I
> wonder why one shouldn't just stop there? PowerMail bears many
> similarities to Emailer, only it's much better -- as it has to
> be, several years after Apple abandoned Emailer. It doesn't
> support AOL's proprietary protocol, though. Arguably, PowerMail
> is also much better than Apple's Mail.

It will come down to a matter of taste/needs. FWIW, I would argue that the most "emailer-like" client is Entourage. It has more features that are similar to the features that made Emailer unique than any other client. Powermail is better than Emailer in some respects and not as good in others. This holds for comparisons of PowerMail and Apple Mail too.

I can think of reasons why users might wish to go from Emailer to Apple Mail (rather than e.g. PowerMail):

1) IMAP support

        Best Mulberry
                        Mozilla
                        Entourage
        to Apple Mail
                        Eudora
                        PowerMail
        Worst Mailsmith

2) OS Integration

        Best Apple Mail
                        Mailsmith
                        Mulberry
        to PowerMail
                        Eudora
                        Entourage
        worst Mozilla
        

3) Cost

        cheapest Mozilla
                        Apple Mail
                        Eudora
        to Mulberry
                        PowerMail
                        Mailsmith
        dearest Entourage
        

On these three criteria, Apple Mail does rather well. Start looking at searching, filtering and scripting though and things change completely.
 

mark.

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