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Mail Act-On - 2.0.5

Organizes your email via simple keystrokes.

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All Time:	(2.6)
Version 2.0.5:	(2.0)
Selected Version:	2.0.5
Release Date:	2009-03-19
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 2.0.5):	688
Downloads (all versions):	8,644
Price:	$24.95

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Product Description:

Mail Act-On is a plugin Apple's Mail (Panther & Tiger) in that allows you to map specific mail rules or actions to "Act-On" keys. When viewing mail you can apply an "Act-On" action for a message by making simple keystrokes. Mail Act-On makes use of Mail's existing rule engine, so if you have ever created a rules, you already know 99% of what you need to know to build an Act-On action. Imagine, no AppleScripts or other macros. (Even if you haven't ever created a mail rule, there is very little to learn!)

What's new in this version:

fixes an issue introduced in Mail Act-On 2.0.4 that prevented messages from being properly deleted on some IMAP servers. This affected trash and junk messages in particular.
Improves responsiveness when making Act-On related keystrokes.
Fixes issues when setting and using obscure key combinations for activating Act-On Menus

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.0.5:
Overall Rating:	(2.0)	Features:	(3.0)	Support:	(2.3)
Ease of Use:	(2.0)	Quality / Stability:	(2.5)	Price:	(1.2)

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Panther and Tiger? - Version: 2.1.5, 11/12/2009 03:20AM PST

Clams McShrew

Panther and Tiger? Somebody is living in the past.

Very useful productivity tool - Version: 2.1.1, 9/2/2009 12:03AM PST

dhlovett

This Mail plug-in has increasingly become one of my most valued productivity tools in direct proportion to my email volume. Very helpful in getting my Inbox to Empty.

Unlike a previous reviewer, I do not find Mail Act-On complex, neither to set up, nor especially to use. It is a delight.

In fact, I just experienced a glitch — whether due to 2.1.1 or an Apple update — which rendered MAO unresponsive. This issue has served to highlight how much I love this simple utility. The issue is reported on Indev's website, and I am confident that a fix will be forthcoming soon.

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Very useful productivity tool

Overdeveloped and Overpriced - Version: 2.0.5, 5/23/2009 01:05PM PST

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Jason Gladstone

Originally a nice simple add-on for email. It did its job well. It was simple to set up. It was free. Five stars in every category.

The developer revamps MAO for Leopard and forgets what made MAO great. Simple, reliable and free becomes complicated, problematic and overpriced.

A better strategy would have been to offer two versions: a simple 10 version (nobody begrudges the developer a reasonable return on his efforts) comparable (in ease of use and options) to the original MAO and this much more complicated, overdeveloped for the masses, version.

Until then, RIP MAO.