I usually make it a point not to rant, but this I can't ignore.

Why is MAcEmail so unuser friendly????

The graphics are disgusting, the colors drab, the links irrelevant (why are links to 'settings' and 'external' considered as important as 'mailboxes')

And what exactly is 'mailboxes', and why is it so hard to find out whether you have any new mail, or to compose a new message.

Basicaly, why is McEmail so ugly, and repelling.

Even a few splashes of color using MSPaint would make it more tolerable than it is right now.

It seems that many of Mac's websites are more up to date (for instance the Libarary's) whereas MacEmail seems like it has never changed since the 1990s (who uses Times New Romans in a webpage?)

Again, I make it a point not to rant but someone has to do something about this.

There's a reason why most students don't use MacEmail - it's mediocre!

I don't care how it looks.
As long as I can send and receive email, that's all I care about.
I don't find it that user unfriendly either........

There's also a reason why students use MacEmail.....
Most profs prefer you to use McMaster email.....
And plus..
You're probably better off sending off resumes, emails and such with a McMaster email ([email protected]) than something like [email protected] whatevermail.com

That's what I think.....
And I think if they make it so nice and all....
At first it'll be a fail just like ELM compared to WebCT

Just use MS Outlook or some other email program. It's much easier and faster than logging in and using the mail server.

Or, if you don't have access to Outlook or a mail program (even though you could use Thunderbird for free), you could always forward all your Mac emails to a Gmail or Hotmail/Live account.

The reason why people generally don't complain is because it's such an easy problem to solve.

Yeah, I usually just have my Mac emails forwarded because it's much faster and convenient to check my regular email account.

Yeah... I don't see anything wrong with it, or have any difficulties with it. If I want to see if I have a new mail, I click Mailboxes; if I want to write one - I click compose. Simple as that! Then I use my hotmail/g-mail accounts for everything else.

I agree, It took me forever to figure out how to delete files.

I agree with the OP, although I don't feel strongly enough to complain about it out loud. lol But ya, I think it's hideous and one thing that really bothers me, it doesn't tell me when I have a new email - like it doesn't say "one new email" when I got to my Inbox and I'm pretty sure it used to...

Also I have it set up to forward the emails to my Hotmail account but it only works half the time, I've tried a couple times to get it to be consistent but it doesn't work. Ah well, I just check it every once in a while.

lol One thing I do like about it's 1990's qualities is that it's really easy on my iPhone while Windows Live Hotmail on the other hand can be difficult for my iPhone to handle because it's so "fancy". Like how ELM takes forever to load while old school WebCT was simple and quick.

If I was forced to use it, I'd be echoing your complaints (MUSS Email is god awful); but I've been sending and receiving my Mac Emails via Gmail since the first semester of my first year and I've never looked back.

its called user unfriendly

Why you ask?

Because it needs to be lightweight enough to be fast yet have the functionality needed. It's not about looks here as you can easily set up 2way forwarding and forget about that particular interface, it's about performance.
In my opinion it's well designed for its purpose, although some minor improvements could always be made.

There's your answer from a software engineer.

I still don't know how to delete files. Someone help me please LOL

Originally Posted by IbrahimH

I still don't know how to delete files. Someone help me please LOL

the way i delete emails from the inbox is:
1. select the emails you want to delete (make a check in the box)
2. click set (beside the "Deleted", not flag or read
3. click purge deleted

if you're actually reading the email and want to delete it, click delete then go back to your inbox and click purge deleted.

it's really annoying but that's how i do it. maybe there is an easier way.

You go to settings, trash management and choose move to trash for your delete method. This will make it take 1 step instead of 2. You can also reverse the order of your messages in settings so you don't do it every time you log in.

It is pretty user un-friendly, but since I never use it, like others mentioned, I never really have to look at it .

I wouldn't say it's that unfriendly, really. Sometimes it feels like you have to take multiple steps do do things, but that doesn't bother me.

My issue is that emails get lost when I use my mac account. I don't get half of the emails sent out by the school...