Comments on: MsgFiler: Quick filing plugin for Mail.app

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:12:39 +0000

Aha!

By: Tim Gaden

Tim Gaden — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:19:42 +0000

@Tim: Fair enough. A good point actually. I am always forgotten that not everyone is a “one big archive bucket” person.

@Richard: You found me out! It was a Tolkien reference. He was was my childhood hero. In fact, he lead me to study Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse for my first degree. Taking hero worship too far perhaps!

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:08:32 +0000

Not to disagree with your great historical note but your phrase “One archive to kill them all and let Spotlight (and MailTags) sort ‘em out” sounded much more like Tolkien to me:
“One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them”.
Now that is Spotlight, which binds all in the darkness of my hard drive :)

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:19:14 +0000

I have use Mail Act-On as well and agree it’s a great plug-in and a nice complement to MsgFiler. What I really like about MsgFiler is that it allows me to easily file a message in a folder that is several levels deep without having to go through the tedious task of navigating through the folder structure. It wouldn’t be practical (or possible) to set up a Mail Act-On shortcut for all the folders in all my accounts.

By: Tim Gaden

Tim Gaden — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:54:19 +0000

I ought to say that - personally - I prefer Mail Act-on as a plugin for sorting and filing. You should have a look at that too:

http://www.hawkwings.net/2005/08/08/mail-act-on-getting-sorted-saving-time/

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:36:54 +0000

Thanks for the article. I’ve been looking for an efficient way to file messages in my large hierarchy of folders and MsgFiler fits the bill. I’m using the software to manage both local and IMAP folders and have found the performance to be excellent. I contacted the developer with a question and was very impressed with his responsiveness. I’ve paid my $8 to register (worth every penny) and am happy to include MsgFiler in my workflow.

By: TomEck

TomEck — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:32:04 +0000

I forgot: I haven’t any speed problems with MsgFiler Version 2.0 on IMAP. The plug-in is always ready, and to move emails in folders need only a few seconds.

By: TomEck

TomEck — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:23:16 +0000

I agree with the explanation of Tim, but for me MsgFiler is a handy complement to Mail Act-On. I have a lot of folders (because I have to sort my emails for history reasons) and it isn’t convenient to set for all of them a rule or Mail Act-On rule. I use Mail Act-On for my most important and daily used folders, but I like to use MsgFiler for infrequently used folders or for folders with many sub-folders. Especially Version 2.0 of MsgFiler as a full integrated plug-in is for me one of my “must have”…

By: mankoff

mankoff — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:58:17 +0000

FYI, on my system MsgFiler is just as fast as my typing over IMAP with about a hundred boxes. Both my ISP and my IMAP host are on fast connections.

By: The Bishop

The Bishop — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:36:33 +0000

Yes, it’s very slow on IMAP — on my machine, it takes 15 seconds to launch, and 23 seconds from the time a folder is chosen until the time the message is moved. Having used the Quickfile extension for Thunderbird as well as things like LaunchBar and QuickSilver, I’d have to say that MsgFiler is too slow on IMAP to realize any productivity gains.