| Re: Issues in PowerMail [message #873 is a reply to message #872] |
Fri, 14 June 2019 19:14   |
jonathanalix via foxt
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If you are into POP operation, then I'd be wary of going to IMAP. Many
providers prefer IMAP, for a myriad of reasons, though the most likely
reason is that it makes your account "stickier".
The good news is that it's easy enough to export Powermail into a wide
variety of mailbox formats (thank you, CTM DEV!).
I find PostBox a inferior substitute for PowerMail for a number of reasons,
though it is one I have to use due to my ISP (and the rest of the world)
moving on and CTMDEV abandoning this product. For example,
- the UI in PostBox appears to have originated on the PC and wandered
over to the Mac. The quick and easy way of dragging and dropping stuff for
archival storage is neither quick, nor easy. Filing things now takes much
longer.
- Similarly, the rulesets available for sorting gear are powerful yet
also needlessly complicated. Yes, you can accomplish a lot more than with
the PowerMail filters / rules / etc. but it's also a lot like a Rube
Goldberg machine, where all sorts of things can go wrong.
- Searching for stuff is needlessly difficult. By default, the program
will only search in one folder, even if you selected "search all folders"
to start with. Ugh. Finding things takes longer not because of the search
but because of the UI.
I did figure out a way to honeypot stuff for Spam training after all.
However, PostBox doesn't integrate presently with SpamSieve.
Unfortunately, this is likely the best POP-capable program out there for
the time being. I want to try out GyazMail when the author is done
re-writing it for 64-bit and TLS 1.1+.
Constantin
On Friday, June 14, 2019 at 12:19:25 PM UTC-4, Jo wrote:
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> At precisely 9:40 AM on 6/14/19, Zvi Biener caused a myriad of electrons
> to hula in cyberspace with the following:
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>> If you are looking for other options, I'd also recommend MailMate. It is
>> extremely highly configurable, and works with SpamSieve flawlessly.
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> Thank you - how did it work for importing all your old mail? It seems like
> maybe I'd have to first export everything to apple's mail and then somehow
> convert to IMAP? I've been continuing with POP all this time. I don't want
> to lose everything.
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> Jo
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