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Read email on your iPod with MailToPod
Earlier this week I found a way to move Mail's library to an external drive or iPod for the ultimate in bring-it-with-you portability. Taking the idea one step further today, I found a little utility by the name of MailToPod over at Hawk Wings that lets you transfer messages from Mail to your iPod for actual reading on the go. It works with either POP or IMAP accounts (sorry Exchange users) and allows you to designate which mailboxes and how many messages to convert into text notes for storage on the iPod. Currently MailToPod only plays with Panther, but a Tiger version is coming soon. A demo is available, and if MailToPod tickles your fancy enough it'll only set you back $10 USD.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CyBeR said 7:00PM on 10-08-2005
I made something similar to try out Automator in osx. It copies your new mail to your iPod as notes. It was made for those mornings where you have lots of mail and no time to read it before you get on whatever transportation takes you whereever you're going.
Find it here: http://www.cyberhq.nl/files/mail-to-ipod.zip
It's a lot simpler than this MailToPod thing, but it works for me. (And I'm not about to charge for it, sheesh.)
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James MacAulay said 1:35AM on 10-09-2005
"Copy unread mail to iPod notes" is one of the *example* workflows that was there the first time I fired up automator on my new iBook. Am I missing something?
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john carey said 2:00AM on 10-09-2005
Pod2Go does this as well as directions, gas prices, horiscopes, rs feeds, movie times, weather, stocks, song lyrics, sticky note syncing, safari syncing, backing up stuff on yer pod, even loading text from a webpage, and its all just 12 bucks. works sooo very well and very orginized and nice. ive been using it a good while now and would recomend you check it out if you like this kind of mail app...
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CyBeR said 5:51AM on 10-09-2005
James MacAulay: I know. I found it didn't do it like I wanted it. So I made one myself.
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Stefan Engeseth said 6:42AM on 10-15-2005
Great idea, here is ONE more:
How to make your iPod battery run forever
http://blog.detectivemarketing.com/2005/10/ipod-dance-nonstop-music-solution-with.html
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David Chartier said 3:15PM on 11-02-2005
MailToPod offers a bit more customization like running periodically or automatically when an iPod is attached and how many messages (not just unread) to copy. MailToPod also runs on Panther. (in a galaxy far, far away - without Automator.)
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