2: All About E-Mail (Part 2)

Mac Power Users

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4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2009

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 of our E-mail series we go in-depth on our various systems for managing email, the pros and cons of each system, developing a good email work flow, learning how avoid becoming a slave to your inbox, email etiquette and other useful tools. If you haven't had a chance to listen to Episode 1 yet, you'll probably want to listen to that for background before picking up Episode 2.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mac Power Users, episode 2. All about email, Part 2.
0:18.0	Welcome back to the Mac Power Users Podcast. We are continuing on our conversation from last week talking all about email. But before we get too in depth, I do want to take an opportunity to thank you all for your comments, for your suggestions, for your iTunes reviews. Overall, we've gotten a great reception to the first show and hope to continue
0:35.6	that trend through future episodes. If you haven't had a chance to listen to Show One yet, that
0:40.7	begins our introduction of this email series.
0:43.8	In part one we talk about the differences between imap and pop and why David and I prefer
0:48.5	imap.
0:49.7	We also discuss storing messages, compare the mobile me and Gmail services, figure out how to manage multiple email
0:56.3	accounts, and discuss all of the features of Apple Mail, including Smart folders, Rules, Spotlight, Data Detect, stationary, thread organization to do management,
1:07.4	and a variety of plugins that are available to help you manage your mail, archive your
1:12.0	mail, and get rid of your spam.
1:14.3	If you haven't had a chance to listen to the first episode yet,
1:16.9	you can find it in iTunes, or you can also find all of the information on our website
1:21.0	MacPower Users.com, and it's probably recommended that you listen to on our In Part 2, we're going to talk more about our various systems for managing email and how we developed those systems.
1:37.0	David and I and David in particular are fanatical about email management.
1:42.0	We'll talk about how to develop a good system, how we
1:44.8	created our email workflow, and how David at least has learned not to become a slave to
1:49.7	his inbox. Our hope is that by sharing our experiences and our workflows, it will enable you to
1:55.3	better realize what works and what doesn't work with your own email system and make some modifications
2:00.5	where necessary.
2:02.0	So David, why don't you start telling us about your
2:04.8	wacky system? I should explain mine a little bit. I basically consolidate everything
2:09.5	into Mobile Me. I've got my Mobile Me account and I've got a Mac Sparky account and I've got now
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