Using the filename as a stash for file system metadata is a terrible idea, and is an embarrassing holdover from legacy NeXT systems. Mac OS X’s “.app” suffix is an implementation detail: metadata that tells the system that a directory is not a regular folder, but instead the wrapper for an application package. You’d even have to call Mailsmith “Mailsmith.app”, as of version 2.0. If you’re going to call Mail “Mail.app”, you should also call iChat “iChat.app”, Safari “Safari.app”, and so on. This is understandable, in that no one wants to call the thing just plain “Mail”, but that doesn’t mean tacking on “.app” is the way to go. Thus, in common use, it is most frequently referred to as “Mail.app” ( mail dot app).
Which is a hideously awkward name, in that it’s only distinguishable from the generic word “mail” by the capital M. ( Nomenclatural note: The application’s proper name is just plain “Mail”. The elephant in the middle of the room, of course, is Apple Mail. If you absolutely need to use IMAP, that’s unfortunate, because you’re missing out on what is truly a crackerjack email client. IMAP users have an unflattering tendency to break into conniptions each time Mailsmith is revised, yet again with IMAP absent from the feature list. Most notably, Mailsmith does not support IMAP, only POP. That said, Mailsmith is not for everyone. The full release notes run over 20 printed pages.
Spamsieve mac mail mac os x#
Integration with the Mac OS X Address Book. If you purchase or pay to upgrade Mailsmith before July 31, you get a free license for SpamSieve. Integration with Michael Tsai’s SpamSieve Bayesian spam filtering software.It is a free update for registered Mailsmith 1.5 users. You Have New Mail Wednesday, 18 June 2003
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