On Thu, Jun 12, 200812:48 PM, the following words from Don Zahniser [EMAIL PROTECTED], emerged from a plethora of SPAM ...
> >On Jun 12, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:32 pm -0400, Bill Lane wrote: >> >>> Sorry to say, I also switched from PowerMail to Thunderbird last >>> year, >> >> I don't think I've come across a mailing list before where so many of >> its members are no longer using the app under discussion. Should >> CTM be >> disheartened by the loss of users or encouraged by their lingering >> interest? :-) >> > >Right now I am using Apple Mail in preference to PowerMail, but I do >keep the latter installed. The main thing that drove me out of >PowerMail was the inflexible (to me) message access options. I like >to keep an empty Inbox, and also like to have my messages filed in >ways that make sense to me. It is also very important to me to be >able to flag messages as needing action. I _don't_ want to have to >constantly refile messages in and out of a 'todo' mailbox. Apple >Mail's Flag function with a smart folder serves me admirably. With >PowerMail, I can label messages and then Search them, but it is >clunky, awkward and too many steps. If I could save 'Search' >criteria for instant access (instead of having to re-input), or if >the Search function were scriptable, allowing me to save searches as >Applescripts, I would probably go right back to PowerMail. > >I did try Thunderbird, and found that (at least on my hardware) the >interface felt unfinished and inconsistent (e.g. - why should I have >to double-click a 'reveal triangle' when the folder is highlighted, >but only single-click when it is not?). I was also very frustrated by >the lack of Services. > >I don't care about the idea of PowerMail's interface being 'old- >fashioned', if I understood the criticism correctly. I moved to >PowerMail from Claris Emailer (which my wife still uses on her Quadra >650), and still like the way it is laid out. > >At worst, we'll continue to use PowerMail here, when I manage to drag >Lady Technophobe kicking and screaming from System 7 to OS X. Her >video card appears to be giving out, and I have a nice G3 iMac >waiting for her. :^) > > - Don > > > >Don Zahniser >PowerBook G3 (Pismo), 768 MB RAM, OS X 10.4.11 > > I keep my Inbox empty with filters. The very last filter is: Condition- always Action- move message into folder .... Mail trash Because I assume that anything that wasn't caught by other filters is probably spam. There are some messages that end up in the trash that are legit. But it is such a low priority for me to read it that I don't assign a filter to put it elsewhere. If I put it in a folder, the folder would fill up very quickly. This way, if I don't have time or don't care to read the latest message from the unimportant source, it gets deleted when I delete the trash. Usually for people that don't seem to know how to communicate so all I get from them is forwarded jokes, virus warnings, scam alerts, etc. on a daily basis, sometimes several times a day. Also where messages from people on "temporary watch" go since they just recently got my email address and I consider all attachments suspect until I deem them safe enough to create a filter. I have dozens of folders, so there's really no need for flags and such. The folder name lets me know what the status is. You can do this by adding characters or words to the beginning or end of the folder's name. Simple words like "IP" for in progress. When the status changes, I move it to the same folder name without the "IP". I know that different methods work well for some, not so well for others. This works for me. -- "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." -Marcel Proust * Mac Pro 2 GHz Quad Xeon * OS X 10.4.10 * 5 GB RAM *
