Apple updates .Mac webmail

There's a new .Mac webmail in town and it's looking pretty. It looks like Mail. It feels like Mail. It must be a web-based version of Mail! Lots of trendy Web 2.0 goodness like drag & drop, integrated Address Book, familiar 3-pane viewing, message previews, Quick Reply, keyboard shortcuts ala Gmail, smart refreshes of your message list and probably a few other enhancements I haven't stumbled across yet. Oh! I just noticed you can command-select and shift-select messages to delete them or move them to a different folder. No more check boxes!
All in all it looks like a pretty sweet update and those of you who use webmail regularly should be delighted. Of course we'll probably wake up tomorrow to a bunch of folks screaming about bugs they've discovered that will inevitably rear their ugly heads, but without those we'd run out of things to write about, so don't be shy - tell us all about it in the comments!
Thanks, Axe, Kevin, Clay and the rest who sent this in!
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There's a new .Mac webmail in town and it's looking pretty. It looks like Mail. It feels like Mail. It must be a web-based version of Mail!...
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I think Mail is one of the worst apps in OSX.
The total lack of templates (any decent ebayer need a good sellings speech that can just be sent to anyone who buys) and the really messy Inbox sharing between computers (unless of course, you use Mac's Migration Assistant, then is great) plus the very very customization it allows (let's agree that we're all looking for different things on an email soft) makes it rather unpleasent.
If it wasn't apple, there's no way I would be using it!
I have lost all my old mail with new webmail,
a) can anyone help with where it is, and
b)someone said old version was still there at this url,, but I can't see it?
Please help me!
RE: new iDisk web access
#24, you're right - the iDisk web access changed a few months ago. We blogged it, though I don't have the link on me right now.
The old web mail is here
www.mac.com/WebObjects/Webmail1.woa/wa/EntryAction
Anyone who is not happy with this update just try comparing the old to the new side by side!
Love the update, very happy.....no problems with it so far except if you go to the bottom of your messages and hold the up arrow down, safari quits out
Or you wake up to a bunch of people commenting:
"Webmail update. Bleh! Where's the iDisk speed, reliability, live support, service upgrades, price drops, ... .mac widgets? "
I like. It is a lot faster. The functional similarity to Mail is well done. The Address book is sweet!
Only down side: What happened to the junk mail filter?
Scootash what made you think that?
I am pleased with the updated interface and functionaliy of the web mail and address book.
now all i need from .mac to be happy is more storage space and the ability to edit my iWeb pages (or at least the blog) from any computer.
I got the impression from the preview screenshots that you'd be able to add other IMAP accounts in and access them, not just your .mac mail. Turns out you can't. This was the only real feature I was waiting on.
October 27 2006 at 4:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"It looks like Mail. It feels like Mail."
If only it filtered spam like Gmail... :)
I wish that would add the ability to change your reply to address. This is the main reason that I don't use .Mac webmail. And the lack of Spam and/or filters is another reason why .Mac webmail is pretty useless to me.
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