Email Protocol Evolution: POP vs IMAP

David and Katie sit down to discuss the topic of tackling email, how they manage and organize their email, the power tools they use and David's latest book.

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Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• MPU 001: All About E-Mail
  
• MPU 002: All About E-Mail (Part 2)
  
• Field Guides — MacSparky
  The MacSparky Field Guides are a series of high quality, tech-savvy ebooks about getting more out of technology.
  
• The Email Field Guide — MacSparky
  iTunes link
  
• Mac Power Users 147: David Wain Returns
  
• MPU 050: Workflows with David Wain
  
• Notifiy: a wave email and iPhone notifications robot - Google Project Hosting
  
• Send Later in Gmail | Boomerang
  
• ChungwaSoft - ForgetMeNot
  ForgetMeNot scans your email text for special keywords referring to attached files and reminds you if it cannot find an attachment when you try to send your email
  
• ChungwaSoft - SendLater
  Normally, emails are immediately sent to the recipient when you press Mail's "Send" button. With SendLater there is another button that allows you to send the email at a specific date and time in the future
  
• Post Office Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  In computing, the Post Office Protocol (POP) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection.
  
• Internet Message Access Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Internet message access protocol (IMAP) is a protocol for e-mail retrieval.
  
• Microsoft Exchange Client - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Microsoft Exchange Client was a multi-purpose messaging product useful for managing e-mail.
  
• Gmail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Microsoft Office 365 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Office 365 is a subscription-based online office and software plus services suite which offers access to various services and software built around the Microsoft Office platform.

  Office 365 site

• FastMail: Fast, reliable email
  
• iCloud
  
• iCloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. launched on October 12, 2011.

• Email Archiver
  Your email is valuable. The format that it is stored in with Apple Mail is neither future-proof nor accessible.
  
• MailSteward
  The Ultimate Mac OS X Email Management Solution.
  
• CloudPull - Golden Hill Software
  CloudPull seamlessly backs up your Google account to your Mac.
  
• Bat'leth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• ScanSnap SV600 Supported On The Mac | DocumentSnap Paperless Blog
  
• DocumentSnap - YouTube
  Tips and techniques for going paperless with the Fujitsu ScanSnap.
  
• Mac Power Users 120: Taking Notes with Mike Rohde
  David and Katie are joined by Mike Rohde, author of the Sketchnote Handbook, to talk about analog and digital forms of note taking.
  
• 37signals: Web-based collaboration apps for small business
  
• Mailplane
  The best way to use Gmail on your Mac.
  
• SaneBox - Email Management for Any Inbox
  Stop Drowning in Email! SaneBox prioritizes important emails and summarizes the rest.
  
• Mac Power Users 112: Self Publishing and iBooks Author
  David walks through his workflows for publishing books in iBooks Author and the iBookstore.
  
• Mac Power Users 135: Workflows with Serenity Caldwell | Mac Power Users
  David and Katie sit down with Serenity Caldwell to talk about working from home, her favorite Apps, standing desks, authoring ebooks, and a whole lot more.
  

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