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Mark · 02-03-2007

I'm wondering if anyone has any email-program recommendations for OS X (I'm using 10.3.9 at the moment). I've tried Entourage and Thunderbird so far - neither seemed quite right for me, though I'll probably stick with Thunderbird unless I happen to find something better.

Thanks.

**Yuiichi** · 02-03-2007

I suggest you try Apple's Mail.app (it comes with your Mac). I find it to have all of the features that you liked in Thunderbird (I use that for Windows) but to include a much more 'mac-like' experience that I enjoy. I know that it works great for me!

Mark · 02-03-2007

I may try that - though, I don't think it's possible to run the latest version without Tiger. Since Leopard isn't that far away, I'll probably be waiting for that to upgrade.

MarkFleser · 02-03-2007

Aside from a lot of the smart mailboxes, spotlight, and filter type features, the Panther version of mail isn't all that different from the current version. It will make it a heck of a lot easier to migrate all your messages to the leopard version of mail though. My suggestion would also be mail.app. As for other software (I've never tried it but there's still a dedicated following for each) there's Eudora it's now open source so the base version is free, but there is a paid upgrade for the advanced spam filters for $19.99. And the other alternative is Mailsmith but that's $99 USD. There's probably many others.

And finally, welcome to the forums Mark!

mdmunoz · 02-03-2007

You might want to try Correo.

Correo is to Thunderbird as Camino is to Firefox.

It's open-source, based on Gecko, and plays nice with OS X. It' still very early in development.

**baseballboy828** · 02-03-2007

I vote mail.app

philbowell · 02-03-2007

I too vote Mail.app.

It does everything I need it to do, and if there is something I don't quite like there is usually a plugin that covers this!

trmcculloch · 02-05-2007

gmail via safari for me. gmail functionality via mail.app would be the dream

mdmunoz · 02-05-2007

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Originally Posted by trmcculloch

gmail via safari for me. gmail functionality via mail.app would be the dream

What do you mean by functionality? I use my gmail account for Mail.app. The only thing that happens when using gmail by itself is that read/unread isn't synched.

Equin · 02-05-2007

There are some imap<->gmail scripts around, you could always try your luck with one of them. I know there's a CPAN (perl) module called GMail::IMAPD.

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Yuiichi Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,006	I suggest you try Apple's Mail.app (it comes with your Mac). I find it to have all of the features that you liked in Thunderbird (I use that for Windows) but to include a much more 'mac-like' experience that I enjoy. I know that it works great for me! __________________ My Mac(s): MacBook, white - 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD Cake for you? The Macversity - Mac + School = Love.

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MarkFleser Mac Genius Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Delton, Michigan Posts: 875	Aside from a lot of the smart mailboxes, spotlight, and filter type features, the Panther version of mail isn't all that different from the current version. It will make it a heck of a lot easier to migrate all your messages to the leopard version of mail though. My suggestion would also be mail.app. As for other software (I've never tried it but there's still a dedicated following for each) there's Eudora it's now open source so the base version is free, but there is a paid upgrade for the advanced spam filters for $19.99. And the other alternative is Mailsmith but that's $99 USD. There's probably many others. And finally, welcome to the forums Mark! __________________ http://www.maj.com/gallery/markfleser/TAB/signature.jpg

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baseballboy828 Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,223	I vote mail.app __________________ iMac Intel Core Duo 17" 1.83Ghz, 2GB Crucial RAM ::Twitter : Ben Drucker Photography: Professional Photography Services :: Interested in a free trial Smugmug account?

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philbowell Mac Genius Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 941	I too vote Mail.app. It does everything I need it to do, and if there is something I don't quite like there is usually a plugin that covers this! __________________ My Mac's: 20" iMac Core Duo with 2gb RAM; 14" iBook G4 My Blog

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02-03-2007	#1 (permalink)
Mark Operator Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	I'm wondering if anyone has any email-program recommendations for OS X (I'm using 10.3.9 at the moment). I've tried Entourage and Thunderbird so far - neither seemed quite right for me, though I'll probably stick with Thunderbird unless I happen to find something better. Thanks.

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Mark Operator Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	I may try that - though, I don't think it's possible to run the latest version without Tiger. Since Leopard isn't that far away, I'll probably be waiting for that to upgrade.

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mdmunoz Concierge Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Davis, CA Posts: 643	You might want to try Correo. Correo is to Thunderbird as Camino is to Firefox. It's open-source, based on Gecko, and plays nice with OS X. It' still very early in development.

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trmcculloch Business Consultant Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 197	gmail via safari for me. gmail functionality via mail.app would be the dream

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Equin Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 302	There are some imap<->gmail scripts around, you could always try your luck with one of them. I know there's a CPAN (perl) module called GMail::IMAPD.

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