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DESCRIPTION
Outspring Mail... Imagine an email program that was smart enough to observe and learn how you handle your email. Like offering to reply to certain types of email messages using a response you've previously sent. Or giving you the option to auto-file a message you've read based on how you've filed similar messages in the past. What if you could defer a message from your inbox for a few days or weeks, so that it magically reappears later when you're ready to deal with it? What if this program had an amazing junk mail filter that would leave your inbox devoid of spam? And what if this program was as familiar and easy to use as Apple Mail?
Outspring Mail ushers in an entirely new category of software to the Macintosh: adaptive intelligent software. By using advanced database analysis and Bayesian logic, the program is able to ascertain patterns in the way you reply to and file your mail and make suggestions to assist you with your communications. Think about it... if you frequently reply to an email message that says, "How do I get to your office?" or words to that effect; shouldn't your email program be smart enough to know that you've replied to this same type of message before? And shouldn't it then offer to use one of these replies for the current message? The program also offers a similar technique for filing messages. Once the program has gone through a short learning process of observing your mail filing habits and cross-referencing message content, it will begin to suggest appropriate folders or mailboxes to file messages. Instead of dragging messages to folder icons, you'll be presented with one or more likely destination buttons that will automatically file your mail in an appropriate location.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.1.2:
- Fixed bug where a message's state could become "unread" again (affect only POP accounts.)
- Fixed bug where a message may appear as blank page (mostly from junk messages.)
- Fixed various crashes that would occur when analyzing a message.
- Fixed a crash could occur while quitting OSM.
- Added check for invalid window coordinates and sizes on stand alone message windows.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Outspring Mail User Reviews (19 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Sep 1 2009 |
ROBERTCOOGAN A solid and very simple e-mail client...but it doesn't offer any outstanding features that could possibly justify the cost. If it came with an integrated calendar, or planner, or something like that, it could possible justify a $20 cost. But the adaptive intelligent software feature needs a lot more work. It rarely worked correctly, and I found it to be a pain. Possibly a business could make use of this sort of feature - but again, this isn't integrated with anything like a planner that could justify the cost. On the plus side, it has one of the nicest GUIs out there. But looks don't make the grade when the app behind it can't offer anything truly substantial.
(Version 1.1.1) | |
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| Aug 27 2009 |
MERIMAC Without doubt this programme is the biggest waste of money of any Mac software I have known. What started out as a really promising programme turned out to be a big disappointment, and I personally have wasted $59.00, which is not cheap. Some aspects such as the brain and message deferment helped me make my mind up to purchase after only a few days of using the demo version. Big mistake. If anyone is thinking of purchasing this programme (my advice is don't) please stay with the demo for as long as it's available. This week I had to discard the programme when I lost the message window and most of the information stored within the application, making it totally unstable. It has been full of bugs ever since I started using it, some of which were still appearing when they had supposedly been fixed in previous versions. The brain was good but the unique message deferment was a nightmare as most of the messages kept regenerating in the Inbox, which was very frustrating. The whole experience has made me wonder if Outspring know what they are doing with this programme. I have happily returned to Apple Mail.
(Version 1.1.1) | |
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| Jul 16 2009 |
SHOCK J Wow. I've never dumped an e-mail program after only 10 minutes of trying it. This program wouldn't even display HTML e-mail. I KNOW it can, it just wouldn't. The images would flash for 1 second, disapper, and all the formatting would collapse. If that can't get something that simple to work then I' not going to bother wasting time looking any further at it. Pathetic.
(Version 1.1.1) | |
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| Nov 13 2008 |
LOLAROJA I purchased Outspring Mail with eager anticipation, and I have been consistently disappointed with the program... it locks up frequently, forcing me to turn off my MacBook and reboot... when it works, most of the time it loads mail oh-so-slooooooowly (that's if it doesn't freeze)... i feel TOTALLY RIPPED OFF as I am getting none of the benefits that I paid for.
(Version 1.0.7) | |
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 | Jan 19 2009 |
MINER Latest v1.08 is much improved. For me it is, anyway, on a PowerBook and a MacBook Pro, OS X 10.5.6
(Version 1.0.7) | |
| May 16 2008 |
BLLOYD Well... it looks interesting. I have a couple IMAP/SSL accounts, and Outspring took a minute or two to configure (it defaulted to non-SSL, and one of the IMAP accounts is SSL only). But then I got it working and it has a number of ways of tweaking the UI that are different and useful. It's "brain" was also interesting... a number of my messages it suggested places to file them (3 of 4 were correct), and on a few messages it suggested replies (one was appropriate, the other no so much -- a message where my wife gave a suggested list of people to email a birth announcement to, it suggested an auto-reply of "thanks, heading out for a bike ride I'll be back by 7 can you take the dog out when you get home?" would have gotten me in REALLY hot water. But... I got a good laugh at least. The brain probably needs a little more time to adjust... and to develop some coping mechanisms for the female half of or species :-) So that said, right now using Mail in combination with MailTags and Mail Act-On can do most of the stuff that Outspring Mail can do, though it's more manual. This does seem interesting, though, and with some further refinement maybe could be worth continuing to montitor. As for the price... tricky subject. I wouldn't pay $95 for the product as-is. Still, if it really saves productivity down the line that's not so much $, given MailTags + MAO is around $50. The UI is okay... I really prefer the buttons to Mail's, though the folders ain't got no alibi. It *is* nice to be able to customize which IMAP folders can and cannot be seen, and the preview mode is novel but I'd need to spend more time adjusting it for it to be useful. I'd give it a 4/5 on promise and maybe a 3/5 for where it is right now in the scope of things... price not being considered.
(Version 1.0.5) | |
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| May 6 2008 |
SWAMIJIM It has great promise. I'm not commonly an early adopter, but I like what I see of this mail software and in the short time I've been using it the updates have added dimension to it. Give it a try.
(Version 1.0.4) | |
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| May 6 2008 |
MINER I agree that in the current state the product is expensive. That said, I am still looking for a strong IMAP e-mail client, Thunderbird or Apple Mail don't fit it yet. PowerMail would be great, but that has no IMAP to speak of. Outspring is fast, clever (that brain works), and has a nice and ambitious plan ahead. It is my daily mailer right now, and whenever there is a quirk, their response it timely, to the point, and helpful. I think the product will be great, and I made the switch now to be there.
(Version 1.0.4) | |
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| May 5 2008 |
JOI I agree. Overpriced!
(Version 1.0.4) | |
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| May 5 2008 |
AYMEN Sorry. I find Mail - Thunderbird more interesting and useful. Btw, THEY ARE FREE !
(Version 1.0.4) | |
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| Apr 25 2008 |
MACBLISS Looks rather nice, but unfortunately couldn't get it to download my gmail with IMAP. So I couldn't really try it.
(Version 1.0.3) | |
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