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WebMail Beta II Available 39

Posted by pudge from the ooo-killer-app dept.
paradesign writes "Apple now has WebMail Beta 2 up with new improvements! Get to your software update pane... oh wait, go here."
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  • Interesting grouping of stories... (Score:3, Interesting)

    by stienman ( 51024 ) <adavis AT ubasics DOT com> on Tuesday June 11, 2002 @08:12AM (#3678574) Homepage Journal
    First Mac webmail, then a web standards article. Unfortunately, Mac webmail doesn't support web standards...

    To access Mac.com Webmail, you can use Microsoft Explorer version 5 or later or Netscape Navigator version 4.7, 4.76, 4.77, or 4.78. You cannot use Netscape Navigator version 6

    To see this message, click on the question mark in the upper right hand of the window, then select About Mac.Com Webmail.

    -Adam
  • filtering issues.
  • Where is the list of bug fixes? I've been reporting bugs for a month now and I wanted to see if they've been fixed. All I see is this small list of vauge "enhancements".
  • Isn't the point of web-mail to provide a way to access your mail when you are away from your own computer? I just tried to access iTools (yes, I have an iTools account already) from my W2K station at work and was denied access because I must be on a Mac to access this part of iTools.

    Why provide web-mail when you have to be sitting at your own computer to access it?
    • I use www.mail2web.com, which allows me to access the main mac.com mailbox from my Win98 machine at work.
    • It is annoying that you can only access webmail from a mac and is the one thing keeping me from fully shutting down my hotmail box. That and I need a email address to send spambots to.
      • I used webmail.mac.com just last night from a WinMe box (my roommate's, not mine!), and it worked just fine. I think it requires the iTools plugin (and hence a Mac) to change your password and some of the account options. For just regular send/receive, though, anything should work. And if it doesn't, then send in a bug report. It IS a beta, after all, and they are seeking feedback.
        -Ster
    • do not access it via iTools. use a direct link, webmail.mac.com it works on my win95 boxen at work... and my win 98 boxen at home... and my OSX boxen at home.
    • FYI, it seems like your iTools mail account can be accessed from any IMAP reader on any platform. I regularly check my Mac mail using Pine, Mozilla-mail, and Mail.app on OSX, Linux, & Solaris boxes, and I've had no problems doing so. In a different window I've got Mozilla/Linux checking my mac.com mail through the web interface right now.

      The other iTools services -- file sharing, etc -- are restricted to Macs only, but the mail component should be accessible anywhere, either through the web browser or with an IMAP client.

      • The other iTools services -- file sharing, etc -- are restricted to Macs only, but the mail component should be accessible anywhere, either through the web browser or with an IMAP client.

        Actually the iDisk can be accessed from any computer that has support for WebDAV (Linux & Win2K do). So it's not restricted by anything other than to platforms which support it.

        You cannot administer your iDisk or @mac.com address on anything but a mac, though.
        • Dude, I've seen your sig, and I have to ask, whats up with that? I'm Canadian too, and I actually think TMLF should be our national anthem (at least, Anne Murray's version at MLG), but why do you have that as your sig?
          • Dude, I've seen your sig, and I have to ask, whats up with that? I'm Canadian too, and I actually think TMLF should be our national anthem (at least, Anne Murray's version at MLG), but why do you have that as your sig?

            No particular reason, I just like the song.
    • I checked it from a Windows NT box at work the other day, no problem. On the other hand, I'm blocked from MacGamer.com and Insidemacgames.com, while my coworkers have no problem playing games on shockwave.com. Strange priorities, can play games at work, but can't read about them.
    • If you go directly to webmail.mac.com, you can log in from a PC, no problem. I know there is a way to get into iTools, as well, but I haven't tried it. If you do some web scouring you can find out how.
  • ...is the send/cancel button below the message I type. It's silly to scroll back up to the top when I'm at the bottom typing out my message.
  • Wow. I love it. In addition to look good it actually works well too. Yet another case for Apple's attention to form, function and usability.

    Listen up Jakob: Web design can both be usable and sexy :)

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