Existing users, 
New Addressing is POORLY implemented
Faulty Auto-completion
No Pop up selection of address list, it just default to the first address it founds !
No FIND button in the address window
WRONGLY implemented Address Picker
Impossible to drag and drop addresses
Impossible to multi address without creating group Which is not convenient !
Impossible to Command or Shift Click Selection (like in Apple Address Book)
DEVELLOPER is saying
There currently aren't any plans to change the way addressing is done !
WHICH IS SAD as this has been our preferred email software for years !
BUT IT IS NOW UNWORKABLE because of the addressing issue in our configuration at least, I guess it is ok for someone sending a few email to a few names, we have 450 emails addresses and with 20 groups and need often not to use the group to send to multi recipients !
It has become impossible to do with this new version, I had to go back to V 2.1.5 which does work perfectly.
Mailsmith
Email client with filtering, searching, scripting tools.
Version: 2.2.3
Mailsmith 2.2.1 (292) USELESS new Addressing interface
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Jean-Luc Saturday, August 22 2009 @ 07:58 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
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Mailsmith 2.2.1 (292) USELESS new Addressing interface - Jean-Luc
I need to add that Multi addressing can be acheived but you need to launch the Apple Address Book Application and from it's window, you can command click on a bunch of names and drag them anywhere TO, CC or Bcc in Mailsmith. This works in Tiger and Leopard alike.You CANNOT do a multi select and drag from Mailsmith Address picker, only from Apple Address book window directly which implies that you have both application open at the same time !
This is a workaround and not the right way to access addresses within mailsmith !
Conclusion I have to stick to my original comment which are fully valid, the implementation of accessing Apple address book DATA from within Mailsmith address picker is offering VERY limited functionality and greatly reduce the efficiently of the previous version 2.1.5 addressing flexibility.
Having to open 2 applications (Mailsmith + Apple Address Book) to do multi addressing through command click on a bunch of names to drag them to the proper field in Mailsmith, is just a big NO NO for volume users.
That's why I was saying POORLY, WRONGLY implemented .
May be the developer could consider adding a find button to open directly the Apple Address book in the addressing window, instead of the mailsmith address picker which has too much limitations as it is.
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Thursday, August 27 2009 @ 05:50 AM PDT