I am not a vastly experienced computer user, not by a longshot. But from the first moment I encountered Emailer--first, the original version and even more so 2.0--I was absolutely sure that I was in the presence of one of the most elegant pieces of personal software ever written. I fell in love, truly. And I've never lost that feeling. I tried as best I could to explain this to friends, and to get others to use it, too, but I didn't have much luck. But to this day, most of the Mac users I admire either still use Emailer or, if they've switched to Outlook, etc., sincerely miss Emailer. It is, I believe, exactly what a mail client oughta be--a classic machine, like the Leica camera and MG TC roadster, that's quite difficult to improve on.
Claris just seems to have paid attention to virtually every detail that matters, and they thought up and incorporated so many useful features. With help from this list, I am still discovering new things the program can do. I doubt there are many other programs that were dead-ended so long ago and yet still reveal new facets and features. HTML messages? I don't need 'em. My wish list: some way to change the printing font, more sophisticated text search, and ... that's about it. Does anyone else here share even some of this emotional attachment? I truly would be sad to move away from this program. Recently, my beloved Verizon demanded SMTP authentication and for an awful, sickening moment, I thought the dreaded moment had come: I was being forced to ditch Emailer. Verizon's help pages were next to useless, of course, but then I remembered reading about Baton, so I downloaded a copy and cheered (truly!) when it fired up like a charm and kept me and my mail client grooving as before. I happen to write about the computer biz for a living, and I every so often I encounter ex-Clariscites (i just made that up!) who've moved on or stayed with Filemaker. I always make a point of telling them what a great program they had and I ask why development was halted and so forth. Some of them remember the program as great. None has provided a good account of the treacherous deal Jobs made with Gates that did Emailer in, but I have fun for a moment giving them hell. By the way, does anyone have any idea as to how many of us Emailers still remain? What is the population of this list? Do we perhaps count as one of the larger, more avid groups of users devoted to an orphaned computer product? I used to read about the Amiga crowd and Apple 2 devotees, but it wasn't until I got involved with Emailer that I had even a clue about the feelings of loss and mutual support they expressed. John in NJ, with 90MB of mail and no regrets ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
