Comments on: I’ve got updates! http://donburnside.com/archive/ive-got-updates/ inter-media-gineering empire of Don Burnside Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:34:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: db http://donburnside.com/archive/ive-got-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-48030 db Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:46:20 +0000 http://www.windthefrog.net/?p=1141#comment-48030 <p>Actually, you have. But, mail is less than intuative, so it's not your fault.</p> <p>I can do the same thing in Thunderbird, up and running with about 20 rules ready in less than 15 minutes. In mail you have to create a mailbox, then open preferences to create a rule. What a pain.</p> <p>One thing that is helpful is if you close mail prefs on the rule page, when you go into prefs again, that's what you see first. Handy for editing rules you have there (I'll post my bacn rule in about another week...it gets updated almost daily).</p> Actually, you have. But, mail is less than intuative, so it’s not your fault.

I can do the same thing in Thunderbird, up and running with about 20 rules ready in less than 15 minutes. In mail you have to create a mailbox, then open preferences to create a rule. What a pain.

One thing that is helpful is if you close mail prefs on the rule page, when you go into prefs again, that’s what you see first. Handy for editing rules you have there (I’ll post my bacn rule in about another week…it gets updated almost daily).

]]> By: Radiationman http://donburnside.com/archive/ive-got-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-48027 Radiationman Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:15:48 +0000 http://www.windthefrog.net/?p=1141#comment-48027 <p>I'll second number 1 about mail. I'm a heavy Outlook user and was checking 4 different accounts on my old laptop. It took me all of 15 minutes to get the accounts setup, folders created and rules configured. My incoming e-mail was sorted as it came in, no muss no fuss...</p> <p>I've tried getting rules setup to work the same in Mail and have just gotten irritated. The whole application just doesn't work like I expect. Maybe I've been "trained" by Outlook or something...</p> I’ll second number 1 about mail. I’m a heavy Outlook user and was checking 4 different accounts on my old laptop. It took me all of 15 minutes to get the accounts setup, folders created and rules configured. My incoming e-mail was sorted as it came in, no muss no fuss…

I’ve tried getting rules setup to work the same in Mail and have just gotten irritated. The whole application just doesn’t work like I expect. Maybe I’ve been “trained” by Outlook or something…

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