As far as I'm concerned, one of the single best reasons to use Microsoft Outlook with Exchange mail hosting is the concept of categories. It doesn't seem like rocket science, so I don't know why other mail systems don't have anything equivalent. Outlook just allows any contact (or anything else) to ...
Mac Mail Mystery, starring Verizon and AOL
It was a rainy day in New York City. I emerged from the 1 train at 79th St, for an appointment with EW. She had spent two hours on the phone with Apple, and two hours with Verizon. She was at her wits' end. Her mail was sometimes disappearing before her eyes from her iPad and iPhone, as if a ...
Sale on Apple Mail plugins — and Our Top 10
Check out all these pieces of software that make your Apple Mail more useful — on sale now through October 18th. And they all work under El Capitan! Go to MailCapitan.com and use discount code MAILCAPITAN. Here are the 10 sale items for Apple Mail we think are the most useful: 1. Take Control ...
IMAP, Exchange, ActiveSync, CalDAV, CardDAV: Why are email protocols so confusing?
I was reading this thread on Apple's discussion forums and realize that figuring out what can synchronize to what when it comes to mail, calendar, and contacts can be pretty headspinning. Here's the thing: there are multiple protocols for synchronizing mail, calendar and contacts, variously ...
Send Email Later from Your Mac
Have you ever wanted to schedule an email, to be sent at a later date? Perhaps you want to make it look like you’re not at your desk. Or maybe you want the recipient to think you waited awhile to answer an email. Or you don’t want everyone to know that you’re up at 3 am answering emails. Here are ...
Top 5 Apple Mail Plugins
We just came back from Macworld, and the seminar by Joe Kissell on Apple Mail for Power Users had some great tips on software you can purchase to enhance the functionality of Mail. Here are our top 5 Apple Mail plugins from his presentation. 1. Mail Act-On This plugin costs $30 and lets you ...