Mac email client?
 

Hi,
Just received a new macbook. What email program do you suggest? I am currently using ms outlook on windows and will want to convert the pst file somehow to whatever program I use on the mac. I haven't yet acquired ms office for the mac, but expect that I will.
Mike

You ave to convert the pst file in a standard mbox file which can be importet by almost every Emailclient like Applemail, Thunderbird for Mac or Microsoft Entourage (Outlook for Mac). There is a small program available which will convert your pst files in the mbox format and your addressbook so you can import it Outlook2Mac. There is also a PST Import tool from Microsoft which your probably will find somewher here Mactopia.

Another way is if you use an IMAP or MAPI account where your mails are stored on a server instaed on your local PC/Mac. You only have to create your Email account on your Mac and conncet to the server.

I have 2 accounts: Home and Work. Both IMAP. I just set up the account and told Mac Mail (new machine) to download everything. Took a while, but I have access to email from any system this way, including my phone and via a web client, if needed.

Try this out:

http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/index.html

Mail.app the client provided as part of OS X is very good. I miss it when I am not using a Mac.

Agreed. I've tried others (Entourage, Thunderbird), but have always come back. It handles IMAP mail better than any other I've used.

how can that be? You must be smoking that Apple sauce again. :eek:

Please let us know how it's better than any other imap mail client you've ever used.

I'm not dissing Mail.app. It's what I would have suggested also.

-David

Outlook freezes and just acts badly when using multiple IMAP accounts, in my experience forcing me to wait until it comes back to continue typing emails, etc. I've NEVER had that problem with my Mac mail client.

I like how everything's working together when using the Mail program. You can see who's on your iChat, and sync your accounts with an iPod.

I guess I was wondering more how it was better than t-bird, which you mentioned. t-bird is a great imap client.

-David

I use Entourage on my multiple Macs, synching through Plaxo (via Address Book and iCal), and an iPhone synching through iTunes. Works flawlessly 99% of the time. I also really like the fact that all of my contacts are backed up securely online, accessible to me from anywhere with an Internet connection.

It is functional, but on the Mac there's absolutely no advantage I can find over the native client. And there are advantages (including the ones mentioned above) for Mac mail, IMO.

A voice from the past: Eudora :)

searching for the best email client
 

I presently have Mailsmith, but it just crashed and I lost all of my files. It appears this has to do more w/ my hard drive than Mailsmith itself. But I’m now reconsidering what kind of email client would be best, esp. since I’m about to upgrade to a new powerbook and Leopard. The most important emails features for me include:

-Searching (critically important)
-Filtering (I had about 12 mailboxes for one account)
-Stability (crashing and losing email is disastrous)
-Security (wish I could improve it, but it seems elusive)
-Capacity (for storing lots of email)

Powermail looks like it has amazing search tools, but I’ve read that it’s lacking good security.

Thunderbird has a new feature that enables one to look at the viewing history, just like a web browser. That looks appealing, but I don’t know much more about it beyond that feature (and I've heard negative things about it).

I’ve heard positive things about the Mailsmith’s beta, but have advised not to use it for important email since it’s still being beta tested. It’s unfortunate since they’ve been testing it for almost two years now.

I have no idea which email client offers the best security. I have PGP but haven’t even really used it since it’s hard to find others who have it and use it. I wish I could find a better solution for security, esp. when I travel.

Any thoughts? Suggestions?

Still searching for that perfect Mac email client, indeed...

Thanks!

You not even considering the one that comes with the OS?

I used Eudora on the Mac for over 10 years. There are still unique features on it that I miss which no other client has. (Like option-clicking a sender within a mail list to instantly cluster all messages in the box from that sender.) Now I use webmail, or Thunderbird when I need to push old mail around with IMAP.