Our Verdict
There are two kinds of emailers : Filers , who meticulously file away forth their messages into folder , and Dumpers , who just keep everything in one vast Inbox and rely on lookup to find messages they need . Nisus’sInfoClickhas something to put up both of them , but peculiarly the latter .
InfoClick is essentially a boost search pecker for Mail . ( Note that it ’s a disjoined program on its own , not a Mail plug - in . ) When you first launch it , it index all of the messages in your various letter box . ( It contain around 15 second to do this on my 75,000 content . ) Once that indexing is done , you may apply InfoClick ’s Normal interface , which includes six search subject : contact ( who send or receive the message ) ; text ( in the subject or content of the message ) ; appointment ( year , month , or day ) ; kind ( sent , received , trashed , and so on ) ; attachments ( including data file name ) ; and location ( the postbox where the message(s ) are store ) . There ’s also a Detailed Search interface , which offer those same hunting options in their own specific search domain ( electronic mail score ; tangency in CC : and BCC : fields ; and so on ) .
In both interfaces , there are three panes : One for hunt criteria ; a second for match message ; and a third for substance previews . While you may read those matches in the preview acid , you may also open them in Mail by twofold - clicking .
Of course , you could use Spotlight to find emails , and Mail ’s own built - in lookup prick are already moderately good ( once you instruct how to take advantage of them ) . But if those tools are n’t enough for you , InfoClick offers fashion more power than either . It let you to construct more tightly defined searches ( messages with a specific Indian file - fastening , on which your boss wascopied , but not forthwith address , say ) . It also offer a Not switch ( so you’re able to get hold all message with a special attachment thatdidn’tgo to your knob ) .
InfoClick could , however , be easier to use . While the app adds a Find Email using InfoClick entry to the Services carte , it ’d be nice if it integrate more fully with Mail . It would be even nicer if there were some way to relieve hunt for succeeding reuse . But , whether you ’re a Filer or a Dumper , if you find yourself incessantly search for ( and not recover ) messages in Mail , InfoClick could make your life a caboodle easier .
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