powermail-discuss Digest #2847 - Saturday, June 21, 2008
Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail
by "Steve Tarpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail
by "Steve Tarpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail
by "Ben Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail
From: "Steve Tarpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:47:25 -0400
>>I've avoided Apple's Mail application, having been an avid PowerMail
>>user for 10-years now (since May of 1999)
>That's 9-years though.
Picky-Pickerton, so I'm not big on detail, don't let that distract you
from the point.
>
>>"The Cloud" are awfully tempting. "The Cloud" is the
>>direction of the future (GoogleApps, MobileMe etc), and eventually I
>>will give in and make the move, unless...
>What are the tempting features for you?
I thought I was pretty clear with that initially, but here goes...
" the features of MobileMe and the mail-push, server-side constant
updating of multiple
computers from "The Cloud" are awfully tempting."
Shall I repeat that?
" the features of MobileMe and the mail-push, server-side constant
updating of multiple
computers from "The Cloud" are awfully tempting."
Hope that helps...
--
If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was
probably worth it.
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Subject: Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail
From: "Steve Tarpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:04:12 -0400
>So, yes, PM is not fully "up to date" with Mac OS. But doing so would
>require to spend 95% of our time rewriting things just to be "up to
>date". We chose to be "up to date" for important things (Mac OS 9 -> Mac
>OS X, PPC -> intel...), but not for things that require a lot of work
>for a minor feature (supporting sheets would have require to adopt
>PowerPlant X), and not for things that Apple can abandon any time like
>the Address Book APIs.
So Jerome, regarding the initial question, if it were my decision to
eventually move from PM to Mail because the "push" services were not to
be offered at all then I should probably do it ASAP to account for the
small degree of arc in my learning curve. Do you foresee the possibility
of PM going in that direction, or should I go ahead and start "dumbing-
down". I'll miss everything I have come to appreciate and enjoy about
PM; the staff's attention to users concerns, the community that has
contributed, and mostly the interface that has been my email experience
for so long. But considering the changes that have occurred over the
years of using PM and the changes that are to come in the near future,
having email (at least) files updated on ALL computers at ALL times (I
use a laptop, desktop and iPhone) is too compelling to avoid.
If you feel you can't comment publicly Jerome because you might advocate
a switch, feel free to write me directly. I know this thread moved away
slightly from my initial inquiry, but I'm really curious about the
future of "push" services and what your (and other's) take might be.
Regards...
Steve
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their
shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you
have their shoes.
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Subject: Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail
From: "Ben Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:36:50 -0700
Steve Tarpin wrote at 6:04 PM (-0400) on 6/20/08:
>I'm really curious about the
>future of "push" services and what your (and other's) take might be.
Pardon me if I'm coming late to the party here, but from what I've
gathered, "push" in this context simply means IMAP; is that correct?
And the salient point is that PM has crappy IMAP support?
Or are there further issues also?
(I use both PM and Apple Mail: of course I've used PM for years with
POP3 for all my personal and business stuff. But at the day job I
started a few months ago I'm using an IMAP box, which is simply
infeasible with PM but at which Apple Mail excels.)
-b
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Ben Kennedy (chief magician)
zygoat creative technical services
http://www.zygoat.ca
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