Switching to Mail finally

[Charles Martin]

> From: David Crandon <tdc at attbi.com>
>
> I seem to remember hearing that Mail has difficulty handling large
> folders of email. Is this in terms of the number of messages, or the
> folders size? My biggest folder is about 3500 messages/70 megabytes.
>
I have folders twice that size (over 7000msgs) with no problems. 
Obviously they're a bit slower to open than ones with 50 msgs, but I 
have no problems with this.

> Is is possible to pickup email from different email accounts (from the
> same ISP) without quitting and restarting Mail for each one? I have to
> do this with Netscape Communicator.

Yes, you can check as many different email accounts as you like. Just 
go to the "Accounts" preference and set up each one.

_Chas_

"Here is the thing you will learn from really using an OS X Macintosh, 
and must somehow accept on faith if that's what it takes to get you to 
Switch: Apple makes design decisions based on a sincere desire to make 
your life better." -- Glenn McDonald