Geeky Info

Hawkwings a couple of years ago posted their top ten on plugins for apple mac mail. The post has stood the test of time well.

“Top Tens must be a seasonal thing. Everyone’s doing it. Digg blogged a list of top ten apps for Mac. TUAW made a kind of anti-list.

There’s a list of ten fastest growing branded web sites with Apple on top. There’s even a list of ten signs that you are a GTD disciple.

Here’s my list - the top 10 plug-ins, add-ons, scripts, and helpful apps that every Apple Mail user should have. The best stuff is at the top:

MailTags. (That was easy). Just get it.

Mail Act-on. Sorting emails on the fly with user-defined rules.
MailAppetizer. Beautiful and useful “in your face” notification.
Mail Scripts. Excellent AppleScripts for Mail.app. I haven’t blogged them in detail. Andreas Amann’s own web site is the best introduction.
Mail Stamps. Those lozenge-shaped buttons in Mail 2.0! What were they thinking? Banish them forever.
MailUnreadStatusBar. Discreet and useful notification.
JunkMatcher or SpamSieve. It’s a draw for me which of these offers the better additional protection from spam.
Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger. The only book dedicated to help you get the most out of Mail 2.0. Packed full of tips and other goodness.
QuickSilver. Generally excellent and the most valuable third-party app I use. It sneaks in here because you can also email files directly from its interface and do lots of other neat things. Free. Astonishingly.
Spell Catcher X. Spell checker, snippet manager, on the fly formatter. Useful in Mail.app and elsewhere.”

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