The Bottom Line
Mail Forward for Mac OS X lets you forward mail from multiple AOL, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail accounts to any other email address, and read it there.
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, Windows Live Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo! Mail, 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.
- Configured via a System Preferences pane and optionally controlled via a menu bar icon, Mail Forward runs in the background.
- Mail Forward for Mac OS X's core functionality can be controlled using AppleScript.
- Mail Forward for Mac OS X supports Mac OS X 10.4 and later.
