Mail Forward for Mac OS X 4.2.1 - Webmail to POP Tool

Pros

• Mail Forward for Mac OS X forwards Hotmail, MSN, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail to any address
• You can have Mail Forward for Mac OS X forward mail periodically
• Basic Mail Forward for Mac OS X functionality is AppleScriptable

Cons

• Mail Forward for Mac OS X can only forward messages from an IMAP's INBOX, not other folders
• It would be great if Mail Forward for Mac OS X acted as a POP or IMAP (proxy) server

Description

• Mail Forward for Mac OS X collects mail from AOL, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo!, Gmail and POP accounts (including custom domains).
• Forwards the collected messages to any email address via an SMTP server.
• Each account can have its own forwarding address, or use the default.
• Mail Forward for Mac OS X can remove forwarded mail, or keep it on the original server.
• Mail forwarding can be scheduled to happen automatically and periodically.
• Mail Forward for Mac OS X's core functionality can be controlled using AppleScript.
• Mail Forward for Mac OS X supports Mac OS X 10.1 and later.

Guide Review - Mail Forward for Mac OS X 4.2.1 - Webmail to POP Tool

How many email accounts do you have? If the answer is a number greater than one, and especially if it includes AOL, Hotmail, MSN Web mail, Gmail or Yahoo! Mail accounts, you may be happy about Mail Forward for Mac OS X.

This nifty utility collects mail from multiple accounts and forwards it to any email address (or more than one), where you can read it comfortably. Mail Forward can do its forwarding automatically according to a schedule, or you use AppleScripts to control its functionality.

Of course, Mail Forward can also pick up messages from regular POP or IMAP accounts. Unfortunately, you cannot select IMAP folders other than the Inbox, though.

All this makes Mail Forward extremely useful, but it could probably be even more useful if it acted as a simple POP (or maybe even IMAP) server instead of forwarding.