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Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers

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<lalaw44-BCA7DB.09334505112013@surfnet-nl.ipv4.ptr.145.109.x.invalid>,
Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I used [the blessed] Eudora/POP for mail for decades. Due to various 
> pressures that had built up in the world of computing over the years, I 
> finally had to abandon it and reluctantly started to use Apple's Mail in 
> 2010.  (A mailer which is more complicated, but not as powerful as 
> Eudora.)
> 
> Coincidentally I also had to start to use Gmail (I retired, and had to 
> give up my university email account).  
> 
> So I'm using Mail as an agent for Gmail.
> 
> Whereas with Eudora and POP I had total control over all my email, and I 
> knew where it all was, and what state it was all in, that whole scenario 
> has now gone.  I can't tell what Mail is doing half the time, and ditto 
> for Gmail (with knobs on).
<snip>

Thankfully I'm still using Eudora (Mac OS 10.2) and only have to use
Mail for one person who has a weird Windows PC that refuses to accept
Eudora attachments (nobody else using Windows has this issue).

Mail, even under Mac OS 10.5 has some strange bugs and quirks that are
annoying, not the least of which is that the so-called "Activity Window
/ Panel" rarely ever actually shows you what Mail is doing.  :-\

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Naive question about Mail - or mailers Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2013-11-05 09:33 +0000
  Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers billy@MIX.COM - 2013-11-05 17:30 +0000
    Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2013-11-05 19:09 +0100
      Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-05 11:21 -0700
        Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-11-05 15:35 -0600
          Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-06 08:20 +0000
        Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-11-05 15:51 -0700
          Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-06 18:33 +1300
        Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-05 17:49 -0700
          Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers John White <jccw@comcast.net> - 2013-11-05 23:32 -0500
            Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-06 08:13 -0700
    Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-11-05 12:10 -0600
    Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2013-11-06 17:42 +0000
      Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-11-06 12:34 -0700
        Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-07 01:25 +0000
      Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers rcp27g@gmail.com - 2013-11-07 01:52 -0800
        Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers John White <jccw@comcast.net> - 2013-11-07 06:54 -0500
          Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-11-07 12:08 -0700
            Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-08 09:03 +1300
            Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-11-07 14:54 -0700
              Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-11-07 16:29 -0600
              Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-07 22:53 +0000
                Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Ted Lee <tmplee@mr.net> - 2013-11-07 17:06 -0600
            Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-07 22:25 -0700
        Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-08 09:13 +1300
          Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-07 16:24 -0500
  Re: Naive question about Mail - or mailers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-06 09:25 +1300

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