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View Poll Results: Which mail/calendar etc application are you currently using?
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Entourage 4 votes (26.67%)
Apple's Mail together with another app such as iCal, Address Book or third party PIM 11 votes (73.33%)
None of the above, I rely on a third part solution 0 votes (0%)
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Which mail/calendar program? Time to switch from Entourage?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
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Oct 9, 2003, 11:11 AM
 
Entourage has been the prime application because of its functions for Mail, Calendar, Address list, Notes, ToDos etc. It also sort of syncs well with Palm.

Apple's Mail.app has got better and better and iCal is becoming increasingly more robust. Address Book is still not all there and Apple does not have apps for Notes and ToDos yet.

What is your take on this? Are you currently using Entourage or the Apple Suite?

What do you think you will be using in a year from now?
     
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Oct 9, 2003, 11:15 AM
 
Entourage rocks. Been using it for years. Something really kick-ass would have to come out for me to move away from it.

Mike
     
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Oct 9, 2003, 11:42 AM
 
I used to use Entourage full time, but now I don't even use it anymore because it crashes on me all the time. So now I just use Mail and iCal app, as well as the address book from Apple. I wish Apple would put all three together into a single app. but oh well, at least it doesn't crash on me all the time like Entourage does everyday. By the way, iCal does have a to do list you can use.

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Oct 9, 2003, 01:40 PM
 
Entourage. I like the nicer-looking text with Mail.app, but it just isn't as featured and mature as Entourage.
     
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Oct 9, 2003, 06:54 PM
 
Entourage. Still more features than Mail.app/iCal/Address Book.
And nobitacu, I never have it crash on me. Have you rebuilt the database and checked for corrupted fonts?
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Oct 9, 2003, 07:12 PM
 
Entourage for me too. I'd love to use Apple's PIM apps, but two things need to happen:

1) As nobitacu said, roll them all into one app, please.
2) More encoding options when sending email. (Mail isn't exactly known for playing friendly with Windows)
     
   
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