Accessing Email: Apple Mail

The Mac OS X Mail application started as a reasonably straightforward port of NeXT Computer's Mail.app for NeXTStep/OpenStep. It had sloppy HTML rendering, and was really, (really) slow. Since its first incarnation on Mac OS X, a few features have been added, but the application has largely remained the same.

In Tiger, Apple has given Mail an overhaul—both visually and internally. It is better looking (in my opinion), faster, and integrates Spotlight searching for near instantaneous access to messages regardless of where they reside.

Setting Up Mail

During the Tiger installation procedure the Setup Assistant will prompt for email account information. If this setup was sufficient for your email, and then you're in good ...

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