PowerMail is built on top of the PowerMail Engine, a robust cross-platform foundation encapsulating 11 years of messaging and directory experience, PowerMail is continuously enhanced with the following objectives:
- Establish a lean, mean and efficient alternative e-mail client for people who care about e-mail
- Acknowledge the importance of our user's data accesibility by offering reliable storage, high-speed indexing and the ability to export to a variety of standard formats
- Design and implement a clean, robust Macintosh user-interface with best-of-class Mac
What's New
Version 6.2.1:
- Casual-use styled-text to create HTML-formatted messages.
- Optional indexing of HTML-parts.
- Modern Finder-like lists.
- Ability to find and view message threads.
- Quick Look display of text, graphic and multimedia attachments within the application.
- Display of messages in Finder and FoxTrot Professional without PowerMail launched.
- Address book synchronization with MobileMe and e-mail coexistence with iPhoneMail.
- Batch import of mail databases and address book from Apple Mail and Thunderbird.
- Match and merge imported folders into existing folders.
- Two-click export of all mail folders and address book to Apple Mail and Thunderbird.
- Mail archiving to circumvent the 2GB single-database limitation.
- Service messages and notifications via Growl.
- A filter debugger can log in clear text how a message is processed.
- Made the application self-updating upon launch; download once and auto-update to revised builds.
- Automated purchasing/registration process using Kagi within the PowerMail for immediate satisfaction.
- OS X 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, and 10.6 compatible
Version 6.2.1:
- Casual-use styled-text to create HTML-formatted messages.
- Optional indexing of HTML-parts.
- Modern Finder-like lists.
- Ability to find and view message threads.
- Quick Look display of text, graphic and multimedia attachments within the application.
- Display of messages in Finder and FoxTrot Professional without PowerMail more...
Requirements
Intel/PPC, OS X 10.6 or later
Intel/PPC, OS X 10.6 or later
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PowerMail is built on top of the PowerMail Engine, a robust cross-platform foundation encapsulating 11 years of messaging and directory experience, PowerMail is continuously enhanced with the following objectives:
- Establish a lean, mean and efficient alternative e-mail client for people who care about e-mail
- Acknowledge the importance of our user's data accesibility by offering reliable storage, high-speed indexing and the ability to export to a variety of standard formats
- Design and implement a clean, robust Macintosh user-interface with best-of-class Mac OS X support
- Contribute to the on-going diversity of mail clients on the Mac
- Evolve our code base on a regular basis to meet customer needs
- Excel in supporting multi-lingual, world-wide mail using Unicode standards
- Support advanced Mac OS 9 technologies as well native multi-tasking and memory protection on Mac OS X
- Provide a smooth migration experience to users of Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, Claris Emailer and Netscape Communicator 4.x
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Hervé 5 reviewed on 21 Sep 2013
Once that I was setting a linux emailer unproperly and its first connection erased more than 1000 mails from a server where I did want to leave them, I connected through IMAP with Powermail and re-uploaded everything, in a single pass.
I just never found a software as powerful than Powermail.
(*) Powermail search capacity also is instant among Gbytes of mails (and compatible with Spotlight, of course)
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NotUsed reviewed on 03 Aug 2012
Version 6.1.3 is a fast and stable as ever. Great app.
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NotUsed reviewed on 01 Aug 2012
I love Powermail. I've been using it since version 3 and have never had any issues with it. However, the 6.1.1 update wreaked havoc on my mail. Couldn't send or receive. Constant error messages. I had to use a backup and revert to version 6.1.0 in order to get ANY mail services to work again. Beware of this update and have a backup before applying it.
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Pirx reviewed on 24 Jun 2012
Is this abandonware?
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Also you will find support (from CTM as well as from users) on their mailing-list. But active support is indeed not their strength and outside the list almost not existent.
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Francisco Medina Espinosa reviewed on 29 Feb 2012
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If you need support, they won't reply.
Then, if you ever want to change the e-mail client: So far there is none that can import PowerMail mail database.
There seem to be a lot of people with more problems.
I am playing now with PostBox to see, if it can replace my PowerMail.
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You say "Then, if you ever want to change the e-mail client: So far there is none that can import PowerMail mail database."
Please see menu bar > File > Database > Export. There you can export the database or selected folders or messages to many formats. PowerMail has more export options than any other mail client I know.
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you don't have to export "folder by folder", select as many folders you want and PowerMail will export them all at once in one process.
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IMHO, it's a matter of how you use the tools you have and what for. For example, I don't like HTML messages and, therefore, it's exactly what I want. I neither use e-mail to send attachments (I provide links instead in a "Filemail"). But certainly, It would be very good to have the possibility of using encryption.
As I said, it's perfect for me at work, where I have to deal with thousands of serious e-mails. I also use it at home as my prime client, except for my .mac account, where I use Gyazmail, but there is no comparison in the amount of e-mails I receive there: much less.
On the other hand, regarding backing-up, I personally have not had any trouble. The main difference (and very important to me!) is that the attachments are not contained in the database, and this is very good! Why? Because every time I receive an e-mail with attachments I simply move it (not copy nor save as) to a desire place where all the related documents of the project rest. When I do a back-up, I never have duplicated files. I have saved a lot of space in hard drive thanks to this excellent approach (which I haven't seen yet in another client).
I hope this would be useful. This is a professional mail client, and I really hope it will continue developing in that line. I've been using e-mail clients since the middle 1990's, and this is the best I've found.
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Moving on and exporting messages is dead simple, Pirx! Don't spread disinfo based on your ignorance.
I use 5 accounts in Apple Mail now and I haven't looked back once. I have no issues and can focus on my messages. Sometimes, I send simple RTF-messages with bold text. Thia is OK for me, because I'm not religious about it, as is some PowerMail users. I find that unsightly.
The internet moves on and evolves. Get used to it.
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"printing of e-mail messages: There is no way to change the default settings."
This is still there? Stupid.
"Creating HTML messages with inline pictures: Not working."
Invalid as PM isn't designed to author HTML messages.
"Encryption: No integration/plugin for GNUPG, no MIME support."
I used GnuPG and didn't see the need for integration. That would have been nice.
"If you need support, they won't reply."
True.
"if you ever want to change the e-mail client: So far there is none that can import PowerMail mail database."
That is just wrong information. It's extremely possible to export messages and attachments.
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kspope reviewed on 06 Aug 2011
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Pirx reviewed on 18 Jun 2011
My humble request - apart from the obvious update needs - would be to have a Swiss-precision GNUPG integration or at least a plugin.
Having gone through several e-mail clients, to me Powermail is still by far the best e-mail client on OS X.
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It beats me why they never opensourced PM.
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If you download what should be a .dmg and it shows up on the desktop as a .dmg.bz2, you must remove the .bz2 suffix and then the downloaded .dmg will mount.
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Marcus-Mir rated on 03 Apr 2013
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