> I think Entourage/Mac OE/Emailer was first with: > > * colored quoting
Almost certainly not. > * multiple email accounts in one inbox Nope, I could do that under UNIX long, long ago. In a commercial Macintosh application in the very early 90's. > * user re-wraping of text If nothing else, in 'vi', :%s!fmt In a commercial Macintosh application in the very early 90's. Right next to rot-13. ;-) > * flaging that connects any document with the task list and calendar Well, how many apps combined mail clients, calendars, and task lists. > * categories that work like they should Categories are now quite well done. In the past, I complained at length about the implementation and I'm thrilled that much of what I wanted has been implemented (regardless of whether or not the ideas were arrived at independently of my own). Apple's Mail.app loses major here. It'll be interesting to see what the 10.2 version brings. > * custom views that work Well...yes and no. Persistent virtual views have a long history in other applications and were available in a few mail clients (although I don't recall if any shipped on the Macintosh). > * linking contacts to email to events to tasks It's that combined thing again. > * mailing list manager Nope, I could do that under UNIX years ago. > * insert hyperlink from IE Yawn. ;-) Microsoft hardly invented the GURL event. ;-) > * applescripting Shipped in a commercial application round about the time AppleScript shipped to the public. But the Entourage dictionary is far, far better than any other email application that I've used extensively. > Based on this track record, I'll be sticking with Jud & co. for awhile. > > (And, to echo others, I'd like to add connect with OS X database and > transparent Exchange support to the list above.) I need a calendar that can interact with all those Exchange...um...adherents at my office (and that I can access from anywhere and keep sync'd across all of my machines). mikel -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
