17.02.2003 12:47 UhrJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com: > Others may feel differently, but you may want to switch to using > Apple's Mail and Address Book programs (these are free, they come with > the OS). > You can convert your address - contact list to use in Address Book (and > the names are straight up alphabetically listed!!!!!!!!). > > Using Mail gives you some pretty darn good spam filtering. > Many other programs are starting to make use of Address book listing > (for example, clicking on a listing's web-site address will open it in > a browser, there are apps that will integrate birthday info into your > Calendar, though I don't have a bluetooth phone to try this out on , > there is an app that will dial the phone numbers that you have in there. > > Jerry > > On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 12:23 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> Hi- as I am reading on the Mactopia page, that,as soon as I switch to >> OSX, >> then I shall have to use entourage, if I don't want to switch to OS9, >> and >> somehow classic seems not the thing to do.Is that correct? Or can OE >> be >> used there,too? Is it also correct that I would not need a different >> date >> book , calendar etc to combine with Entourage? It seems to be >> integrated >> into the mail program. Does Entourage come with OSX or does it have to >> be >> bought extra? - Since I am still using the old Touchbase-Datebook >> program, I >> was going to ask you what newer program to use, but if I get to using >> OSX, >> ( which hopefully will be immediately), then I simply could use EN -- >> which >> contains the date-book, contacs etc? Your input about your experience >> will >> be appreciated as I am slowly climbing the ladder upward--- hopefully >> only >> toward better Mac-competence and not into the Elysian Fields as yet. >> Marta >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> >> >>
Jerry, thanks for the input. I remember now that there is a mail program on OSX. Yea, you just laugh. It took me a week to finally figure out with the help of the group how to get OE in alphabetical order. Now comes the OSX challenge before the new mail challenge. Thanks, Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
