Yes, for the last week, I have been playing with this idea as well. I like the idea of a system-wide address book, and there are things about the new Mail GUI that are quite attractive.
Mail 1.2 seems even better at IMAP, but to be honest, I'm not sure it's all that much faster than EntX, if at all. Here is my current checklist of which seems better at what: 1. Sorting: EntX seems quicker 2. Combination inbox: Mail seems better at combining all the inboxes of my various mail accounts 3. Address checking: EntX seems a tad faster 4. Sorting of large numbers of messages: EntX seems quicker 5. iChat integration: okay, no fair, but it matters to me, and it's slick 6. iSync integration: same, but I am hopeful that the MBU will take advantage of what iSync has to offer 7. Mailing list rules: EntX rules, pun intended; Mail just doesn't have the management tools 8. Leveraging Contact info: this is a tossup; Mail enjoys the benefits of a systemic integration with the Address Book & Calendar, but Entourage lets me control/right click on an address and get directions from home location, and do much more with each piece of info 9. Formatting: more options with EntX, and at least EntX knows how to format a phone number; Mail seems to, uh, be stymied by this herculean task; I like Mail's ability to blow up a number large on screen, but it's hardly mission critical 10. Much as I like the Mail GUI, I like the better integration of EntX's GUI; with simple keyboard commands, I can navigate among the mail, address book, and calendar components. Using LaunchBar, I can do the same with Mail/AB/iCal, but it's not the same as staying in the same app. Moreover, I can get closer to making EntX look like what I want it to than I can with Mail. 11. Mail lacks the variety of Views that are attractive to me under EntX. For example, I am on over a dozen lists, and have half again as many rules to file messages. EntX makes it easy to see what has come in, w/o having to root around in storage folders. I have not discerned a way to do that in Mail. 12. Mail's junk filter is superior, and it is trainable. I have been seriously impressed by it. If it weren't for the bickering between Apple & MS, and the FUD that goes along with relying on MS, I probably wouldn't be thinking about this except for the fun of experimentation. But because of those things, I want to make sure that I have, and understand, my options. Greg ---------- On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 09:18 PM, Weiyun Yu wrote: > With the slow performance of Entourage and that was here Palm Hotsync > module. I am seriously tempted to jump ship and cross over to Apple's > Mail > program under OS X. > > Has anyone done it? Any comments in terms of limitations? Given that > iSync > is due to come out in Sept, I suspect that it'll be around a similar > time as > the return of that Entourage conduit. > > WY > > > -- > 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/> > -- 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/>
