[P1] Panther bits

Joost van de Griek joost at jvdg.net
Mon Dec 1 03:56:50 PST 2003


On 2003-12-01 12:36, david wrote:

> On 12/1/03 3:48 AM, "Joost van de Griek" <joost at jvdg.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 2003-12-01 09:42, Richard McKay wrote:
>> 
>>> Entourage[...] everything is in one program (no need to open 3-4 different
>>> ones and try to switch between...
>> 
>> I actually prefer the separate program paradigm of Mail/Address Book/iCal;
>> that way I can switch between them with Command-Tab, and my mail won't be
>> gone when I am working on my calendar.
>> 
> Okay, a question:
> 
> On my work email accounts I receive mail from my students as well as
> colleagues. Using mail groups and rules I separate the non-spam mail into
> student mail, colleague mail, and other. This is done both for the community
> college email address and the high school email address.
> 
> Until Office:X was released, I used mail.app but I was frustrated by a
> number of quirks that made using it a less than happy experience. But the
> deal killer was simply this. Mail that was channeled into folders 'forgot'
> which email account it came from. So if a student emailed with a question,
> when I replied to that message it would be sent from my default email
> account, not the one it was sent to.
> 
> I've never used an email client that did this! It's as if Apple assumes we
> all have only one email address. Has this been fixed in Panther?

I have no idea... If you'll read my earlier post, you'll see that I use
Entourage. I was just commenting that I like the idea of separate apps,
whereas Richard pointed out he prefers an all-in-one solution.

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