Mail is really below Apple standards

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I am on OSX 10.1.5 on a new (mid-May) superdrive iMac. When I 1st got computer, it had 10.1.2 installed, but upgraded to 10.1.5, which promised a more stable Mail app.

I do like the simplicity of Mail, the interface, etc. Previously had been using Outlook Express, & I just found it clunky & its interface clunky. So Mail, for me, is much better.

But two things bug me: One is the very frequent messages I get re: "if you open up such-&-such mail-box, you may damage its contents". I was quite concerned, but a number of posts indicated that nothing bad will happen, it is just a buggy message. It irks me, & means that "extra click" to get rid of the message. I think it might really be a problem for newer users, people new to OS X, not to mention the "switchers". And not every type of user checks out the forums.

Second thing is the very poor Mail Help. A while back, I was concerned that my attached PDFs, when viewed in the "sent" box, appeared inline. I strongly believe that any word which is used within a menu or within the app should be searchable. But... I found absolutely nothing when I searched for "attach" or "attachment". I found out, on a MacFixIt forum, that appearing inline is just a Mail "feature".

But surely, if Apple wants to encourage switchers & people on older Mac OS systems to move to OS X, then their apps Help should be much more robust.