Thanks for the clarification, Harry. Apparently, I was confusing Apple's Mail program with a mac.com email client, which does cost for its use...And from my playing around, Apple's Mail program seems to be like the Incredimail program that someone suggested I use, since I have a home email address and a school email address. If the settings are correct, apparently it goes out and pulls in whatever folders you set up and you can access new mail from your various inboxes. Unfortunately, my settings require some changing that requires more expertise than I have (at present, but that changes daily, thanks to this group! ) :-) ... Happy weekend, all! Cathy > ---------- > From: Harry Jacobson-Beyer > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2005 7:39 PM > To: Macusergroup > Subject: Re(2): MacGroup: RE: web browsers and email > clients[bcc][faked-from ] [bcc][faked-from] > > 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> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050311/8dbf21c1/attachment.html
