There is also a fine browser, resembling Safari, very clean and pleasant to look at - CAMINO- . Lee's suggestion, and it works well for me. Safari is my mainstay, Camino my snack. As far as the Apple mail program is concerned, I have used it since I got my iMac and like it better than those I had before. Marta On Mar 9, 2005, at 19:39, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
> The Apple Mail program resides on your hard drive. You paid for it when > you purchased OS x or when you bought your computer. Running Apple Mail > or any Mail client program doesn't cost anything. The cost is in your > ISP. > > In the For What It's Worth department I do not use Apple Mail, not > because there is anything wrong with it but because I don't like having > all my apps provided by Steve Jobs. I want a little diversity. I run > PowerMail and am quite happy with it. I don't remember what I paid for > it, but it wasn't much. > > There is a relatively new web browser out Fire Fox. I downloaded it > (it's > free) and use it on one of my computers. It is similar to Safari. And > has > a nice look to it. > > I stopped using Internet Explorer because Microsoft wasn't upgrading > the > program making it more secure, etc. Safari and Fire Fox both work > quite well. > > Harry > > Wednesday, March 9, 20054:02 PMGreen, Cathycgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us > >> Is there a cost for using Apple Mail, or are the costs run through >> whatever >> ISP (in my case Bellsouth) one has? >> >>> ---------- >>> From: Brian O'Neal >>> Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2005 3:54 PM >>> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>> Subject: Re: MacGroup: RE: web browsers and email clients >>> [bcc][faked-from] >>> >>> I use Apple Mail and Safari. I quit using explorer when Safari was >>> introduced. I use Mozilla for web surfing on my PC, which is also >>> available for the Mac. I used Entourage in the past. I started using >>> Apples mail client just to try it out, and have continued to use it. >>> I >>> do a fair bit of email, more now than when I started with Mail. I >>> have >>> several rules and mailboxes for different lists. I don't see much >>> difference in the two. Entourage may be a bit more full featured, >>> but I >>> wouldn't know it since I just write and receive mail. >>> I'm sure both have more advanced features, but until I need them I am >>> satisfied with Mail. >>> >>> Brian O' >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 9, 2005, at 3:38 PM, Green, Cathy wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings group, >>>> Many apologies if this ground has already been covered, but.... >>>> >>>> What is the best web browser? And the best email client? >>>> >>>> I finally got my settings right to be able to go wireless on >>>> Bellsouth >>>> DSL at home and I am dropping aol once I get my address book copied >>>> into the address book that came with my G4 laptop running Panther >>>> (OS >>>> 10.3). I don't like the Bellsouth email and I understand that I can >>>> use any email client. >>>> >>>> But then I hear there are email programs that allow you to have >>>> email >>>> going to different clients, where this program (like Incredimail, >>>> for >>>> example) goes to all your inboxes and pulls all those emails into >>>> it. >>>> I have MS Entourage as part of the MS Office 2004 for Mac bundle, >>>> but >>>> don't know if that's the better of the options available. >>>> >>>> As for web browsers, I have Safari, Netscape and Explorer, but need >>>> to trash stuff to free up space... Any insight would be most >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> Cathy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >>> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
