On or about 3/30/08, The Perfesser said: >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.
Welcome! > 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? Others will have to speak to the quality of experience in PowerMail for IMAP, but that's where incoming and outgoing mail respectively go in a POP3 environment, which is how I use PowerMail. >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) My understanding is that you can use filters in this way. IIRC, there is a quirk that the filter would not be applied until _after_ the message is sent. > >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). Check in the PowerMail Manual (Help menu, under 'Manual...'. There's an explanation of the options in Section 4. The preferences for doing this are in Setup/Mail Schedulings and Locations... under 'Schedulings'. For example, leaving all of the options unchecked will result in a mail queue that is sent manually using the Connection/Send Waiting Messages menu item. >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. > You might want to check out: <http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/ moores_omnibus_guide_to_mac_pop_3_email_clients_and_utilities_2008_edition/> or: <http://tinyurl.com/2qwga9> Many of the POP3 clients mentioned also have IMAP support. HTH - Don
