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Access MobileMe Mail with Apple Mail

Apple's Mail application, included with every copy of Mac OS X, is a full-featured email client that works with virtually any mail server. Conversely, although you can use almost any email client (not to mention the MobileMe Web site) to fetch your MobileMe email, Mail includes a few special features that make it the best way to send and receive email using your MobileMe account.

For starters, Mail offers MobileMe users automatic account setup under Leopard. It also provides an easy way to create rules that filter or sort incoming messages. Unlike the MobileMe Web interface, Mail enables you to apply formatting such as fonts, colors, and styles to your messages. And Mail automatically recognizes your email aliases ...