[DM-MUG] Entourage issue

[Geoffrey Stevens]

Jon,
What you say about entourage ... 
I would recommend against entourage, and toward Apple mail.   
> Entourage stores all of your mail in one giant file, which means  
> that each backup takes the space of that file each time you backup.   
> Plus if you have a corruption of that file, you are potentially out  
> your data.

I use MSN Hotmail - is that a same problem as you say about entourage?
Geoff

> From: wjschoenenberger at qwest.net
> To: dmmug at dmmug.org
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Entourage issue
> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:16:55 -0600
> 
> I agree. The only reason I use Entourage is the work email server is  
> Exchange. Home account is accessed via Mail.
> 
> William
> 
> 
> William Schoenenberger
> Des Moines, IA
> wjschoenenberger at qwest.net
> 
> 
> On Dec 12, 2008, at 10:05 PM, Jon Thompson wrote:
> 
> > There is no need to use a "supported" email program, and they appear  
> > to not support mac email clients at all.  However, email is based on  
> > standards, meaning that you can use whatever client you are familiar  
> > with.  Qwest even has setup pages for "unsupported" email clients...
> >
> > http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/email/entourage.html
> >
> >
> > I would recommend against entourage, and toward Apple mail.   
> > Entourage stores all of your mail in one giant file, which means  
> > that each backup takes the space of that file each time you backup.   
> > Plus if you have a corruption of that file, you are potentially out  
> > your data.
> >
> > Apple mail makes each email a separate file, so it is much less  
> > likely to have a catastrophic failure.
> >
> > -- 
> > - Jon
> > On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:08 PM, William Schoenenberger wrote:
> >
> >> Doug
> >>
> >> I use Entourage and have DSL.
> >>
> >> DSL does not care what email program you use.
> >>
> >> William
> >> William Schoenenberger
> >> Des Moines, IA
> >> wjschoenenberger at qwest.net
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 12, 2008, at 8:08 PM, treeguy at crosspaths.net wrote:
> >>
> >>> I just switched to Qwest DSL. I just learned that Qwest does not  
> >>> support
> >>> the above email program. Is there a simple tweak that will make them
> >>> friendly or do I need to purchase Outlook Express 6 for the Mac  
> >>> (10.4.11)
> >>>
> >>> Doug Blakely
> >>>
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