09-27-2002, 05:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Mail Client Coming Soon From PocketInformant!
http://www.pocketinformant.com/@mail/
PocketInformant has just posted some screenshots of their upcoming mail client, @Mail. Details are still sparse, but it looks like this could be a solution to a lot of the things about Pocket Inbox that vex users. Here's all the site says:
"Introducing @Mail - full featured email with a powerful easy to use interface. To be released in late 2002 for Pocket PC 2002. Some of the features include: HTML email support, Intuitive interface with an easy way of navigating hundreds of mailboxes, and of course, integration with Pocket Informant in some very unique and productive ways."
HTML e-mail! I don't know about you, but this is fantastic news for me! This is gonna do more than just make my spam look prettier...It's going to allow me to read virtually ALL the e-mail messages I get, not just the ones that can display well to the "least common text denominator" now allowed by Inbox.
Detailed product description lacking, you can still discern features from the screen shots that should really get you excited! Multiple views, subfolders, Transcriber support and more. There are no fewer than 18 screenshots posted at the PocketInformant site, so you HAVE to go take a look and see what you think.
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09-27-2002, 05:25 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 59
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Excellent
I have to say one of my biggest gripes is that MS didn't put HTML support into the Pocket InBox app. Considering that they have pushed to have HTML support in all of their mail apps for some time now, it seems strange.
I use Pocket Informant's calander app and look forward to replacing the inbox with their solution. As long as it supports multiple folders like InBox nows dows with 3.5 and 3.6 of Active Sync, I will probably switch quickly.
Has anyone heard if there will be a discount for current Pocket Informat users? Also, will their be a beta program?
Kemas
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09-27-2002, 05:27 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 47
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I don't even care that much about HTML mail but if it really allows filters for different folders I'd buy it today. This has always been my biggest complaint about Pocket PC. Can't wait to see it.
Once this is released and if Textmaker finally lets me properly edit Word documents (hopefully next week) I think my laptop is going to be retired!
TJ
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09-27-2002, 05:44 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 173
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From the screen shots it really looks great! I wonder if it will support secure password authentication. A must have for MSN users.
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09-27-2002, 05:52 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 95
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Please, please, PLEASE let it have to specifiy nonstandard pop and smtp ports for both regular and ssl traffic. Both Inbox and npop don't support this, making checking my corporate and ISP email impossible.
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09-27-2002, 05:57 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Originally Posted by Mr. Anonymous
Please, please, PLEASE let it have to specifiy nonstandard pop and smtp ports for both regular and ssl traffic. Both Inbox and npop don't support this, making checking my corporate and ISP email impossible.
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Agreed!
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09-27-2002, 05:57 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 194
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I assume that I can use this independently of Pocket Informant (which I don't have a need for.)
Obviously I don't know all of the details but I assume that it is a full email program so that it can directly download emails. What I would love to see is for it to include Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail support (like OneMail,) as one stop access to my 2 POP accounts plus my html accounts would be worth almost any price. (I'm too cheap to pay for POP access with either Yahoo or Hotmail.)
(Bear in mind tha this is coming from a sworn freeware junkie. For me to be this interested in a piece of commercial software is a *big* thing!)
So where does the line start?
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09-27-2002, 06:03 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 73
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Originally Posted by qman
From the screen shots it really looks great! I wonder if it will support secure password authentication. A must have for MSN users.
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Absolutely. This was my first thought as a MSN member. It seems the only portable Mail client that allows reading of MSN mail is Pocket Inbox. I'm an old-timer with MSN, so they allow me to use POP3 instead of the Hotmail interface, and I'd love it if @Mail would support MSN users.
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09-27-2002, 06:38 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 486
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I cannot divulge all the details since it is still in early beta now. But here are a few notes:
1) Discount for PI users - definately
2) It will not require PI - just that PI will be able to use some of its features to do some really unique, yet very powerful filtering
3) Cost is not yet determined, but I've always been a big fan of low cost, high volume.
4) It will use the current POP3/ActiveSync transports provided by the std Inbox app - and though it *may* not in v1.0 offer anything more transport wise, we do plan on SSL support for IMAP and POP3.
Our goal is to provide a solid 1.0 app. We hope to have it do everything it needs to do in 1.0. But you know - I fully expect that we'll miss something key just because with experience, you always seem to 
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09-27-2002, 08:12 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 110
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Right on Alex!!!! You guys are awesome. I'm a User of Informant, great App!
Kick some butt! 
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