Greetings, PowerMail People: As I gather this is the only means of support for PowerMail, I will avail myself to this channel and hopefully get some of the help I need assessing this program. I am presently experimenting with the trial version.
A bit of background: I have used Eudora for Windows as my e-mail client since 1994, and have gotten familiar with its features and reliant on some of them. Last summer, I switched my primary computer from a Windows notebook to a MacBook -- a move that was only possible at first thanks to programs like Parallels so that I could continue to run Windows and Eudora. Two weeks ago I upgraded my MacBook to the Leopard OS, partly in the hope that I would be able to use Apple's mail client in lieu of Eudora and jettison Windows completely from my life. I have made that transition, but, finding Apple Mail lacking in certain key features, went looking for a more robust Mac-based e-mail client. PowerMail looks like it may offer the solution I am looking for, but I am having a bit of trouble sorting out some its own indiosyncracies. Here are some if the issues/questions I hope to find resolutions/answers for: 1) Exactly what purpose do the default "In Tray" and "Out Tray" serve? When my (IMAP) e-mail account is connected, all the incoming messages are displayed under that account's mailbox headers, and nothing show up in "In Tray." I see now that messages I have sent via PowerMail show up in the "Out Tray," but.... there is nothing in the "In Tray" Is that supposed to be configured somehow in preferences to determine what it displays? 2) Speaking of "In Tray," is it possible to rearrange the folders in the mailbox window so that I can put my e-mail account "InBox" at the top of that window? That would be preferable if nothing is going to show up in "In Tray." The remaining questions relate to things I miss from Eudora: 3) Will the filters functions in PowerMail apply themselves to OUTgoing mail? In other words, when I hit "send," will a filter automatically store that message in a folder I have designated? (Apple Mail won't do that, "Rules" have to be applied manually to the outbox) 4) I see a reference to "waiting messages" somewhere, but can't quite figure out how to place messages in a "queue" like Eudora would do (store messages in the outbox until I checked/sent mail). Likewise, this is a major function missing form Apple Mail). 5) And here's the big one: Is there any way to EDIT INCOMING messages? I need to do this quite often. People send me messages that are poorly formatted to the point of being unreadable. In Eudora I could open the message, edit it anyway I wanted, and save it as edited. I also use this for including cross-references -- links, etc -- in incoming messages. It's a very valuable function for me, one I would sorely like to find a program that replicates on the Mac. Finally, I am concerned about the manner in which "support" is offered, and/or the longevity of this company. One of the reasons I've abandoned Eudora after all these years is because Qualcomm, the company that developed Eudora, has abandoned the program (turned it over to a Mozilla consortium that hasn't done anything with it). Mind you, support for Eudora was not all that robust, either, and, once I got familiar with it, I rarely had questions. But now that I have stepped through the portal (drunk the Kool-Aid?) into the world of Macs, I'd like some assurance that the companies whose software I choose are going to be around, and available for some measure of support, on those rare occasions when I actually need it. I don't regret for an instant my switch the Mac platform, even after nearly 30 years of CP/M, DOS, and Windows. But I would sure like to be able to do everything on the Mac that I could do in Windows, and these e- mail issues central to raising my comfort level. So I will be grateful for whatever response this lengthy missive generates. Thanks, --PS
