[CUBE] [CUBE]OT: Why does Mac Mail Suck Now?...

[Alan Thompson]

mail with imaps works very well and speedy for me in 10.3.  it sucked 
in 10.1, was a little better in 10.2, maybe increasingly getting better 
toward 10.2.8, but in all versions of 10.3 it has been really nice.

--alan

On Mar 20, 2004, at 1:42 PM, Riba wrote:

>> Or is it fixed under X.iii?... Going from OS X.i to OS X.ii made Mac 
>> Mail slow... It's always "doing something" now, and telling me all 
>> about it: Fetching headers, comparing notes with server, deleting 
>> messages over seven days old... As if I give a rip!... Changing 
>> mailboxes and deleting messages is stupid slow... Is it better under 
>> OS X.iii?... I don't upgrade OS's until I have a genuine need to, 
>> usually, but Mail is ticking me off so much, I'm thinking of going 
>> back to Entourage!...
>
> Are you using IMAP mail account? I had a similar grief Back in 10.1 
> times and IMAP account...Mail in not the speed demon, but I don't 
> think it is as bad for me as you describe it. I think 10.3 brought 
> some improvements with HTML mail display which I don't view at all :)