Comments on: What’s the Best IMAP client for OS X? http://www.ryanduff.net/2009/02/01/whats-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/ ramblings and more from ryan duff Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:23:36 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Willem http://www.ryanduff.net/2009/02/01/whats-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Willem Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:31:42 +0000 http://www.ryanduff.net/?p=56#comment-869 Also interested in answers. I am a long-standing user of PowerMail, but it cannot cope with IMAP (or Unicode for that matter) and I expect it will become obsolete. I had to give up on it. Its search facilities are unmatched. And that has been my problem with every other client so far. Mail is horribly slow and simplistic. Gyazmail's poor search has been documented above, and many other email clients have gone down the drain since Apple Mail appeared. I am now beta trying Mailmate. Early days. In the past, I tried Postbox, but it did not feel very intuitive to me and I abandoned the beta—perhaps it got better? I'll try the free version again. Also interested in answers. I am a long-standing user of PowerMail, but it cannot cope with IMAP (or Unicode for that matter) and I expect it will become obsolete. I had to give up on it.

Its search facilities are unmatched. And that has been my problem with every other client so far. Mail is horribly slow and simplistic. Gyazmail’s poor search has been documented above, and many other email clients have gone down the drain since Apple Mail appeared.

I am now beta trying Mailmate. Early days.
In the past, I tried Postbox, but it did not feel very intuitive to me and I abandoned the beta—perhaps it got better? I’ll try the free version again.

]]> By: Martin http://www.ryanduff.net/2009/02/01/whats-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Martin Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:38:07 +0000 http://www.ryanduff.net/?p=56#comment-850 It's over a year now – do you have your favorite client now? I am using a Mac as my desktop, but I bought a netbook a couple months ago and I use Linux on it. By now, I like the Evolution client way better than Leopard's Mail, since it does this „Apple Mail To Do“ stuff and does not mark emails as deleted as the IMAP standard says one should do. Do you have a free client – other than Thunderbird – that can handle IMAP nicely? It’s over a year now – do you have your favorite client now? I am using a Mac as my desktop, but I bought a netbook a couple months ago and I use Linux on it. By now, I like the Evolution client way better than Leopard’s Mail, since it does this „Apple Mail To Do“ stuff and does not mark emails as deleted as the IMAP standard says one should do.

Do you have a free client – other than Thunderbird – that can handle IMAP nicely?

]]> By: Graham http://www.ryanduff.net/2009/02/01/whats-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Graham Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:56:02 +0000 http://www.ryanduff.net/?p=56#comment-403 I'll second gyazmail. I've tried pretty much everything else and keep going back. Only problem seems to be no updates for a while and patchy search as mentioned above. I’ll second gyazmail. I’ve tried pretty much everything else and keep going back. Only problem seems to be no updates for a while and patchy search as mentioned above.

]]> By: Adrian http://www.ryanduff.net/2009/02/01/whats-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Adrian Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:13:12 +0000 http://www.ryanduff.net/?p=56#comment-322 Gyazmail is the least bad for me - good keyboard support with configurable bindings, reasonably fast. Quite customizable. It's greatest weakness is probably search. Gyazmail is the least bad for me – good keyboard support with configurable bindings, reasonably fast. Quite customizable. It’s greatest weakness is probably search.

]]> By: Gautam http://www.ryanduff.net/2009/02/01/whats-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Gautam Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:23:00 +0000 http://www.ryanduff.net/?p=56#comment-231 It's Postbox from http://postbox-inc.com - check it out.. It’s Postbox from http://postbox-inc.com – check it out..

]]> By: Ryan http://www.ryanduff.net/2009/02/01/whats-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Ryan Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:45:58 +0000 http://www.ryanduff.net/?p=56#comment-224 Westi, That's pretty much the same thing I've seen. Mail.app works, then gets flaky and switching to Thunderbird fixes all. Westi,

That’s pretty much the same thing I’ve seen. Mail.app works, then gets flaky and switching to Thunderbird fixes all.

]]> By: westi http://www.ryanduff.net/2009/02/01/whats-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-223 westi Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:32:47 +0000 http://www.ryanduff.net/?p=56#comment-223 In the past I have used Mail.App and then Thunderbird. I find that Mail.App lasts for a while with my large IMAP accounts and then starts to get flaky and then I have to switch to Thunderbird. In the past I have used Mail.App and then Thunderbird.

I find that Mail.App lasts for a while with my large IMAP accounts and then starts to get flaky and then I have to switch to Thunderbird.

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