On Aug 26, 2020, at 1:24 PM, Michael Nietzold <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you really need a local storage: > > - how about running a local imap server on your Mac?
I can see this as a desired option if one wants all of their mail on the local machine…but I have a different use-case… I presume many users do the same thing I do which is that some or most of their mail is on the server and then some is stored locally. I’m not arguing that one method is better than any other — I’m just stating how I happen to manage my email… > > Von meinem iDingens gesendet... >> Am 26.08.2020 um 19:42 schrieb Antonio Leding <[email protected]>: >> >> Hello all — Thank you very much for your responses…the feedback is very >> helpful. I also use C-Command’s SpamSieve and EagleFiler products as both >> are phenomenal at what they do. Talking specifically about EagleFiler, I >> personally looked at several different methods and apps for email archiving >> — DevonThink, MailSteward, Evernote, local exports, and even a custom >> database — and for me, EF was the best all around option. >> >> I must admit that while I have already setup a few accounts in MM, I had not >> yet noticed that in-app local message storage was not available (just hadn’t >> tried it yet) so thank you for educating me there. With that in mind, does >> anyone know why this wasn’t implemented? Was this intentional, too much >> work, etc? Also, is there sufficient user desire for implementing in-app >> local storage? I admit that as I write, this, I am forced to consider that >> maybe not having this feature is a blessing in disguise because it probably >> forces some of us to use a more reliable archival process and\or not keeping >> large amounts of mail on the server. >> >> Again, thanks for your feedback and please feel free to keep it coming… >> >> >> >> >>> On Aug 26, 2020, at 8:20 AM, Eric Sharakan <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> On 26 Aug 2020, at 10:55, Philip Paeps wrote: >>> >>> On 2020-08-26 06:20:56 (+0800), Antonio Leding wrote: >>> >>> My core questions would be around performance (I have well over 150k >>> messages across 12 email accounts), reliability, SpamSieve functionality, >>> things you wish you’d known before migrating, etc. >>> >>> I wouldn't worry about performance or reliability too much with only >>> 150,000 messages. There are people on this mailing list with millions of >>> messages and MailMate "just copes". :) (I have just shy of 2 million >>> messages and I have one mailbox with just over 150,000 messages in it. I >>> know that I am not the biggest email hoarder here.) >>> As an FYI, I did check out the Mailmate Mailman archive but didn’t find a >>> lot concerning migrating from Apple Mail…hence this message. >>> >>> If I were to venture a guess ... I'd say it's pretty uneventful for most >>> people. :) >>> >>> These are some functional differences I encountered between MM and Apple >>> Mail: >>> >>> No POP3 support >>> No built-in spam filtering >>> No local, "on your Mac" mailboxes. Everything is stored on the server. >>> Composing rich emails is done with Markdown >>> For me, the first item was a non-issue. To address the second, I use >>> SpamSieve (Apple Mail's junk filtering had really begun failing me anyway). >>> For the third, I bought EagleFiler to archive older emails I had been >>> storing locally with Apple Mail. >>> >>> SpamSieve and EagleFiler are both excellent products from C-Command >>> Software (https://c-command.com/ <https://c-command.com/>) >>> >>> Finally, composing emails with Markdown took some getting used to but I now >>> really like it. One of the (few) complaints I sometimes read about MM is >>> that the Markdown processor used is a bit old and crufty, and missing some >>> features. >>> >>> All in all I'm an extremely happy MM customer, and simply can't imagine >>> ever going back to Apple Mail. >>> >>> -Eric >>> >>> Philip >>> >>> -- >>> Philip Paeps >>> Senior Reality Engineer >>> Alternative Enterprises >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mailmate mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate >>> <https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mailmate mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mailmate mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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