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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

JOI  I agree. Overpriced!  
(Version 1.0.4)

AYMEN  Sorry. I find Mail - Thunderbird more interesting and useful. Btw, THEY ARE FREE !  
(Version 1.0.4)

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)

FRANKNS  And ... no release notes in the download. Disappointing.  
(Version 1.0.3)

PROGRAMHAPPY  Just plain bad. For a product that has been delayed repeatedly for over 2 years, it's the disappointment of the new century.  
(Version 1.0.3)

HELIOS9  Sorry to be redundant, but at $95 Outspring is horribly overpriced. The developer has, as of 6th April '08 a special introductory price of $59 but, imo, it's still too much.

I tried it out but could find no good reason to use this email client. What's wrong with Outspring has been pretty well covered, below, in a previous review.

For some reason, I could not send any emails from one of my accounts; I kept getting a message telling me that Outspring couldn't connect with the smtp server...something about failure to authenticate. I double checked all my account info but could find no errors.

I thought, perhaps, that the port setting might be wrong but could find no info regarding that nor, of course, any way of changing it.

Apple's mail client works pretty well but if you're looking for a reasonably priced, well designed and totally dependable client, take a look a Gyazmail; it's only $18 and works beautifully. I'm totally pleased with it....and so are many others.  
(Version 1.0.2)

MKULTRA  $100 for an email client? Fail.  
(Version 1.0.2)

SEMIOTICMONKEY  Tried out in search of a meaning to the price.

Something to point out:

Searching high and low, i didn't find the way to set up the check mail interval. It insists pulling the server without a way to stop it. Please, gimme back my options.

No way to save all the attachments or preview them as in mail.app. You have to 'download' (?!) them one by one.

It puts a stupid 'This message has been sent with Outspring Mail. Please visit.... yada yada' footer on every message you write. No way to delete it from the message. It is possible to remove it once registered? it is a trial version? if yes, gimme the full trial period!

It doesn't remember previous state. You have to click everytime to select the last mailbox and/or the last message seen.

the Task pane HUD goes out of screen instead of switching opening direction.

Application icon poorly designed (look at it with Quicklook or command+tab)

Task pane icons OS 9 era.

Sort toolbar icons not in Apple HIG compliance (and poorly designed). Please use Apple standard GUI elements.

95$?! Maybe 5$. Maybe. Mail.app over this every day.  
(Version 1.0.1)

ORION MK. V  Interesting ideas and pretty UI, but overpriced given the current email market.  
(Version 1.0.1)

SEMIOTICMONKEY  There is something wrong with this price tag.

I can buy a complete PIM (Entourage, Contactizer etc with mail client integrated or integration with Apple stuff) with the same or less money (The entire Microsoft Office Suite Home Edition costs more or less the same amount).

If you charge so much be sure to give back something that works. It is a minimum required.

On a side note: spend something on your site (the stock Joomla! theme is a cheap option) and in marketing effort (some screenshots maybe? a guided tour illustrating all the features? a clearly stamped price? and so on).  
(Version 1.0.1)

ERNIE BEAL   Our org used to use Quickmail, but gave it up a couple of years ago. We've kept our eye on the company, however. I tried, then upgraded from beta to the new release. Great potential, but it was really SLOW adapting to the demands associated with my very full folders for two email accounts (about 14K messages in total). I love the look and feel, especially Smart Mailboxes, but I'd like a little more flexibility to fiddle with what boxes are smart and why that might be so. With some further work this may be a dynamite product.   
(Version 1.0.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Not ready for prime time. This client has some interesting possibilities, but it's still a beta. It crashes often. At one point it totally refused to launch again, I had to reinstall the demo. It's got some innovative new features but it's missing too many basic and necessary functionality (only one signature, no shortcut key for send that I can find). The company touts SmartFolders but I don't see how to create any beyond the default SmartFolders they supply. The "Brain" may work eventually, but I need rules too: if my email client can do some thinking for me that's fine, but don't take away my right to think for myself too!

At $95 it's clearly marketing to power users (if an email client delivered truly innovative, useful power features, I'd pay close to 100 bucks for it!), but in its current state it's not a power application.  
(Version 1.0.1)