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besson3c · Sep 10, 2010, 02:25 PM

I'm really impressed with the 2 betas.

New features include more Mac UI stuff/compliance, a unified Inbox (like OS X Mail has), faster indexing, message sending in the background, and a whole host of other stuff.

Other features:

- Spotlight support
- Way, way, way faster and a better behaving IMAP client than OS X Mail in just about every way
- Facebook and Twitter integration (e.g. showing Facebook wall avatars in email messages)
- Great searching capabilities including easy searches for attachments and images
- Integrated calendar via Lightning (which you can use or ignore/disable) - to do, events, etc.
- Quick Look support
- iPhoto integration
- Support for assigning topics
- Conversation views
- PGP support via the Enigmail add-on
- Integrated RSS reader
- Multiple identity support
- Folder subscription support
- Account grouping support

Probably other stuff I'm missing. In short, if you are looking for a fast, advanced email client, check out the 2 betas!

http://www.postbox-inc.com/postbox_2_beta/beta_3/

mduell · Sep 10, 2010, 03:56 PM

What ever happened to that Letters project?

Neither supports Exchange 2010.

besson3c · Sep 10, 2010, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

What ever happened to that Letters project?

Neither supports Exchange 2010.

You mean, whatever Microsoft is calling their non-IMAP protocol? I'm sure both support Exchange over IMAP.

besson3c · Sep 14, 2010, 08:44 PM

For those that care, there is a free edition of Postbox out now called Postbox Express:

Postbox Editions

http://postbox-inc.com/express_features

I would bet this is still a step up from OS X Mail.

King Bob On The Cob · Sep 16, 2010, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

You mean, whatever Microsoft is calling their non-IMAP protocol? I'm sure both support Exchange over IMAP.

That may be true, but my Exchange Admins will not enable IMAP for Exchange, it's either MAPI, EWS, or bust.

Postbox still screams "I'm not a native Mac OS X application." I went ahead and checked after running it for a few seconds and, yep, it's just a skin on Thunderbird.

besson3c · Sep 16, 2010, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by King Bob On The Cob

That may be true, but my Exchange Admins will not enable IMAP for Exchange, it's either MAPI, EWS, or bust.

Postbox still screams "I'm not a native Mac OS X application." I went ahead and checked after running it for a few seconds and, yep, it's just a skin on Thunderbird.

What version did you try?

cgc · Sep 16, 2010, 07:03 PM

Yeah, PB2 looks nice and seems 100% Mac-like, I'm just not ready to plop any money down until I see what Microsoft does to Exchange for Mac in Office 2011.

besson3c · Sep 16, 2010, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by cgc

Yeah, PB2 looks nice and seems 100% Mac-like, I'm just not ready to plop any money down until I see what Microsoft does to Exchange for Mac in Office 2011.

How about Postbox Express once based on the PB 2 UI changes, if not so already?

cgc · Sep 17, 2010, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

How about Postbox Express once based on the PB 2 UI changes, if not so already?

Is that a sentence? I think I know what you mean...PB2 is sweet and I'll give PB2 Express a chance once it's out. For now I do actually have PB2 beta 3 and PB1 Express installed to mess with...very nice.

Edit: How does PB's spam filtering compare to SpamSieve (which is unsupported in PB2 due to some changes in the plugin API vs in PB2).

besson3c · Sep 17, 2010, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by cgc

Is that a sentence? I think I know what you mean...PB2 is sweet and I'll give PB2 Express a chance once it's out. For now I do actually have PB2 beta 3 and PB1 Express installed to mess with...very nice.

Edit: How does PB's spam filtering compare to SpamSieve (which is unsupported in PB2 due to some changes in the plugin API vs in PB2).

Not sure what is wrong with the sentence but...

I don't know about SpamSieve, I catch most of my spam server side and don't have a spam problem in other PB 1 or 2.

besson3c · Sep 29, 2010, 10:37 PM

Postbox 2 is out of beta now, definitely worth checking out and giving another shot if you thought that 1.x was not Mac-like enough...

Postbox — A Better Way to Do Email

Very solid release, the best email client for OS X hands down!

besson3c · Sep 29, 2010, 10:50 PM

You can either try the 2.0 version for 30 days, buy it, or use Postbox Express:

Postbox Editions

I'm not sure if Express is based on Postbox 2, I haven't used it yet, so for evaluation purposes I would suggest trying 2.0 for 30 days.

mduell · Sep 30, 2010, 12:56 PM

Does it integrate with iCal.app for meeting invitations? They don't mention it on their site.

besson3c · Sep 30, 2010, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

Does it integrate with iCal.app for meeting invitations? They don't mention it on their site.

You mean for sending out the iCal invitations?

mduell · Sep 30, 2010, 04:08 PM

Sending and receiving and updating and canceling... you know, "integration."

besson3c · Sep 30, 2010, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

Sending and receiving and updating and canceling... you know, "integration."

I don't know if this was intended to sound pissy, but it kind of does.

I've never needed this sort of integration so I don't know, but I did find a knowledge base document from one of the Postbox guys about using PB to mail out iCal stuff, hence my question.

Postbox includes its own calendar system, sort of like Entourage. I guess this is a strike against it if you use iCal for managing invitations.