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Mail Vs. Thunderbird
- Thread starter TheZimm
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I like mail because it syncs with the iphone and the uses the global address book unlike thunderbird which does not use the address book on Mac OSX
I prefer Mail for the OS integration.
Send photos from iPhoto, data detectors, address book sync, .mac sync, etc.
Send photos from iPhoto, data detectors, address book sync, .mac sync, etc.
Thunderbird got slower on the older machine, when keeping the older business e-mails ... something that didn't happen when archiving thousands of e-mails on Mail.
Might be better with Thunderbird now, but likely because the faster machine sort of negates the penalty.
Might be better with Thunderbird now, but likely because the faster machine sort of negates the penalty.
Adding accounts is less glitchy and I prefer Thunderbird's junk mail filter.
Plus there is one email account I have that just won't work in Mail. I don't know what the heck is wrong with it, but it just won't go online. I know the address, the password, and server settings are correct.
This is why I've continued to use Mail, despite some of Thunderbird's perks. This is also why I'm looking into augmenting Mail's features with programs like Daylite. JMTC.
Check out Daylite and a few of its competitors by searching this forum. Haven't tried it yet, but it's on my list.
I've switched from Outlook to Thunderbird on my Windows machine but I think I'm going to stay with Mail on my Mac. I've found thunderbird to be a little bit resource intensive on an older machine
I prefer Mail for the interface. It seems much easier to use than Thunderbird (I have tried both). I only have one account though, so my opinion doesn't count for much. It's also nice that it will sync with my iPod touch. The RSS function is nice if you don't subscribe to very many feeds. It's also very responsive.