[DM-MUG] Entourage issue

[Matthew W.]

Or in front of our computers in general!

Mw

On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:58 AM, Brandon Carlson wrote:

> 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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