[DM-MUG] Entourage issue

[Jon Thompson]

I use apple mail for all of my email, and I don't miss any features,  
so you'll have to be more specific in what it lacks.  I do augment it  
with GrowlMail and Mail Act-On, but I don't think Entourage does what  
either of those utilities do.

-- 
- Jon
On Dec 14, 2008, at 4:45 PM, Sharalyn wrote:

> I agree that Entourage is a problem because of the single file  
> issue, but mac mail seems to be so lacking in all the great features.
>
>
> On 12/13/08 10:24 AM, "Geoffrey Stevens" <studias at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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