[DM-MUG] Entourage issue

[Brandon Carlson]

Maybe the real problem is that we spend too much time in an e-mail client. :-)

On 12/16/08, James Lagnese <jlagnese at mac.com> wrote:
> We use Kerio Mail Server where I work, which emulates Exchange. Entourage
> seems to work better than Mail or iCal when using Exchange Accounts and it¹s
> all in one application. I do get syncing issues with Entourage and Mobile Me
> though, but I find Mobile Me problematic in general.
>
>
> //On 12/16/08 12:51 AM, "Matt Wheeler" <maccelerate at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> You're right. Entourage doesn't do what Mail does... Run well!
>>
>> It is definitely a personal preference issue, but I cannot stand
>> Entourage's
>> calendar. I've used 2004 and 2008, and both are equally useless (to me).
>> It
>> forces you to have a local calendar, even if you don't use it. If it
>> didn't
>> have built-in Exchange calendar support and used widely at work, I'd have
>> hacked Mail and iCal to interface with Exchange. As it is, it barely works
>> with Exchange calendaring, but that's enough. I don't have time to be the
>> only
>> Mail.app adopter at work, but I use it everywhere else.
>>
>> Mw
>>
>> On Dec 14, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Sharalyn wrote:
>>
>>>  I tend to not remember specifics but I just tried mac mail again
>>> recently
>>> and (really wanting to be be happy with it because I like all things Mac)
>>> found myself disappointed and frustrated frequently because I couldn¹t do
>>> things I was used to doing, such as creating new folders, automatically
>>> routing incoming mail to to folders, stuff like that, plus I find
>>> Entourage
>>> easier to visually see, and easier to add to the address book, etc. It
>>> just
>>> seemed really bland. Also, like the calendar in E better than in M, esp.
>>> the
>>> alerts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On 12/14/08 4:58 PM, "Jon Thompson" <jon at mac-consultant.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
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