Mail vs. Entourage vs. .... Outlook? - need some help

[jon08]

Ok, well I'm about to start using either Mail or Entourage for my yahoo and Gmail accounts. I know that for Yahoo you need to pay $19.99/year or so to get it work on Mail/Entourage so I guess I got no choice but to do so. This will be my first time ever using a mail app because for years I've used the website-based e-mail only, so I'm still not so familiar with these apps.

I've tried both Mail and Entourage and so far I like Entourage better. It just looks neater and seems to have more options than Mail (I might be wrong). Are there any downsides of Entourage I should be aware of? Is it possible to import all the birthday etc. alerts that I have on Yahoo mail calendar to Entourage calendar?

Also, is it possible for Entourage to notify you when you receive an e-mail the way Mail does?

Another thing: I heard that next year Outlook for Mac will be available with the release of Office 2010. Anybody know when MS plans to release it? Should I wait till then and just get Outlook instead or is the release date still quite remote?

 

[Chuck Fadanoid]

Ok, well I'm about to start using either Mail or Entourage for my yahoo and Gmail accounts. I know that for Yahoo you need to pay $19.99/year or so to get it work on Mail/Entourage so I guess I got no choice but to do so.

Do you? I am with Yahoo.de and my wife with Yahoo.co.uk and we set up POP3 access with no charge. If Yahoo.com wants to charge, just use Yahoo.co.uk - unless the T&C have changed since we signed up and new members have to pay.

 

[jon08]

Do you? I am with Yahoo.de and my wife with Yahoo.co.uk and we set up POP3 access with no charge. If Yahoo.com wants to charge, just use Yahoo.co.uk - unless the T&C have changed since we signed up and new members have to pay.

Yeah, you do, because when I tried to establish my Yahoo mail on Mail/Entourage, it wouldn't work while Gmail worked fine.

Btw, are you suggesting I should open an account on Yahoo.co.uk - meaning an entirely new e-mail account? If so, it wouldn't really make much sense to me - why not just create another Gmail account instead, a lot less hassle.......

 

[Chuck Fadanoid]

That's odd. I have Yahoo working in Mail just fine - have done since OS X 10.0, and before that in Mozilla on OS 9.

Ah - you're probably talking about IMAP! Sorry - I assumed POP3, which is what I use. Could well be that they charge for IMAP.

 

[jon08]

That's odd. I have Yahoo working in Mail just fine - have done since OS X 10.0, and before that in Mozilla on OS 9.

Ah - you're probably talking about IMAP! Sorry - I assumed POP3, which is what I use. Could well be that they charge for IMAP.

It's the POP access I was talking about... It says I'd need to upgrade to Yahoo Mail Plus in order for it to work on Mail etc.

 

[gerabbi]

I vote for the Apple mail.app it integrates with Safari, iCal, etc.
and works well with gmail