Funny, I actually prefer smaller, better, discrete PIM apps over monolithic ones. If Entourage is anything like Outlook, then it stores all of your PIM data in a single, monolithic, fairly proprietary file that, if corrupted, means that you corrupt everything.
The address book and iCal are pretty well integrated with Mail and that works well enough for me, and I can ignore HTML mail, just as I did when I used to use Outlook.
Of course, I have no need for Exchange integration, so perhaps that explains some.
Aditya Naik
· 2 years ago
Did i miss something here.. "an Intel compatable version of Microsoft Office"
i have a macbook and i use office on it all the time.. i used entourage for a while but i didnt like as much so i switched to mail..
GeekLady
· 2 years ago
He means an Intel native version. Right now it runs in Rosetta, I believe.
But seriously, the folders are too big? The folders and mailboxes in Mail's sidebar are the same size as the folders in Entourage's sidebar! Frankly, this is too small.
I know you can set up an Exchange account in Mail, even in Tiger, because I'm doing it right now, my email syncs just fine. If Mail can't do anything Outlook/Entourage can, then they must not deliver email.
Honestly this doesn't even read like he used Leopard Mail for more than 5 minutes.
illovich
· 2 years ago
I wish mail had some more features (I specifically wish it had a key that would toggle showing unread mail only -- I can kludge it with a "smart" folder, but...)
But I specifically dropped Entourage after the second time my mail glob got corrupted. I prefer an application that stores things separately, precisely because a failure of all your personal information is so painful.
Tim Wilson
· 2 years ago
Wow, I never thought I would hear of someone preferring Entourage. The great thing about Apple Mail is that is it lightweight, but still integrates with Address Book and iCal.
I found Entourage bulky, clunky, and ugly! sure Mail could have extra features, but I think its still heaps better :-)
Jordan
· 2 years ago
Yeah.. I'll stick to apple mail.
Rick Curran
· 2 years ago
The all-in-one storage format of Entourage is a problem for the Time Machine backup too, if you've got a nice 2Gb file and you make a minor change then that whole 2Gb file gets backed up. Apple switched to a system of separate files back when Tiger was released in order to let Spotlight index these files more easily, this also works perfectly for Time Machine.
Chris
· 1 year ago
Apple Mail is great - unless you have imap accounts with a lot of messages, it dies almost every hour with my gmail IMAP.
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The address book and iCal are pretty well integrated with Mail and that works well enough for me, and I can ignore HTML mail, just as I did when I used to use Outlook.
Of course, I have no need for Exchange integration, so perhaps that explains some.
i have a macbook and i use office on it all the time.. i used entourage for a while but i didnt like as much so i switched to mail..
But seriously, the folders are too big? The folders and mailboxes in Mail's sidebar are the same size as the folders in Entourage's sidebar! Frankly, this is too small.
I know you can set up an Exchange account in Mail, even in Tiger, because I'm doing it right now, my email syncs just fine. If Mail can't do anything Outlook/Entourage can, then they must not deliver email.
Honestly this doesn't even read like he used Leopard Mail for more than 5 minutes.
But I specifically dropped Entourage after the second time my mail glob got corrupted. I prefer an application that stores things separately, precisely because a failure of all your personal information is so painful.
I found Entourage bulky, clunky, and ugly! sure Mail could have extra features, but I think its still heaps better :-)