On 6 Feb 2014, at 9:39, 1611mac wrote:
Background:
I have used used Apple Mail (currently handling 6 imap accounts)
pretty much for it's whole existence.
I used it when it was still
[NeXTMail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTMail). What do I win? ;-)
Situation:
I'm evaluating MailMate before I purchase.
Besides using the application, I recommend just reading [the
manual](http://manual.mailmate-app.com/) “cover to cover”. It’s
not that long, and you’ll get a sense of what’s possible.
Best feature for me in Mail is "Rules" which I use to move mail into
sub-folders. This is normally based on "sender".
It’s not an option for everyone, but I prefer to do this sort of thing
on the server (so things are arranged when I read on a phone where
organization matters even more). So I can’t comment on the “rules”
abilities of one over the other.
I frequently have to search for emails based upon words found within
the body.
I’d say MailMate wins pretty easily here. You can set up the default
search just the way you want, and even configure the search interface to
appear with a single key.
1,) If you used Apple Mail in the past, what is the best feature in
MailMate that shines above Apple Mail?
Hard to say, but I’ll go with the thing that really got my attention
at first: Being able to write in plain text (Markdown), but have the
recipient see something more pleasant[^1] while *also* preserving the
original text as I wrote it for those who prefer the text alternative.
The one thing I miss from Mail is the ability to read an entire thread
in one view. All the messages would be there, clearly separated. A lot
of the garbage in top-posted messages would be obscured, and messages
would be marked as read automatically in a somewhat predictable way.
2.) What do you consider the best overall feature of MailMate? As a
new user of MailMate, what should I be sure not to miss?
Two questions with different answers. :-) Some smaller not-to-miss
things:
* Selecting folders with ⌘T and moving a message to a folder with
⌥⌘T
* Look at the smart folders under Examples. What you can do is pretty
impressive. The Mailing Lists one in particular. I’ll admit I don’t
use it though, since it doesn’t help me when reading mail on a phone.
* It’ll try to prevent you from talking about an attachment and not
sending it. (In fact, I’ll bet it warns me when I send this.) I
don’t send many attachments, but I think this is a great idea.
[^1]: With the exception of quoted text, which looks terrible by
default. It looks fine to *me*, because MailMate lets you apply a style
sheet on the client side. We will hopefully have a way to style outgoing
messages one day.
--
Rob McBroom
http://www.skurfer.com/
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