[DM-MUG] request Randy's rosetta advice

[Randy B. Singer]

On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Richard Twohy wrote:

> Randy, your offer of recommendations for Eudora
> users without Rosetta would be much appreciated by
> this mid-level Mac user.

There are two separate projects going to come up with a true  
successor to Eudora.  Unfortunately few Eudora users are happy with  
either:

MailForge $20
http://www.infinitydatasystems.com/mailforge/index.html

Eudora OSE (FREE)
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_OSE

Outlook shows promise as a high-end product on the same level as  
Eudora, but it isn't yet what most Eudora users are looking for:

Outlook/Mac (part of Microsoft Office)
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/outlook

By far the majority of Eudora users seem to be switching to Apple's  
Mail.  Mail is stable, it doesn't have a monolithic database to  
corrupt, it is more or less free, it is supported by Apple and  
countless users as peers, and there are tons of plug-ins for it so  
that you can get it to do lots of odd stuff:
Mail plug-ins:
http://www.hawkwings.net/plugins.htm

There are about 20-odd other e-mail programs for OS X, but few are  
really popular.  I can send anyone who wants one a list of all of  
them.  All have their strong adherents.

However, this one seems to be gathering a surprising number of  
enthusiastic users:

Postbox ($30)
http://www.postbox-inc.com/
Review:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/09/tc50-postbox-takes-on-outlook- 
mac-mail-with-smarter-faster-email-client/


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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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