Apple Mail, the email client application provided with Mac OS X
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Mail.app button to explicitly move to Junk without built-in filtering
I'd like to create a button in Mountain Lion's Mail.app to move mail to an IMAP folder called Junk, much like the Archive button moves mail to my IMAP Archive folder. (This folder is automatically ...
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Share a Mail.app mailbox between multiple computers
I have a Mail.app mailbox on my Mac where I archive mails received from an IMAP account which has a relatively strict quota on mailbox size (500MB). I write mails into the archive once a month (as I ...
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Can I send as someone else using Mail.app on iPad?
Is this possible?
In normal MS Outlook you can send as someone else (if you are on the distribution group I think). It's an option when you reply to an email.
Can you do the same using Mail.app on ...
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How to make Mobile Safari open email links in the Gmail app?
Is it possible to make a mobile Safari open email links directly to the native Gmail app, rather than open up to Apple's Mail.app?
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Mac Mail won't connect to Exchange 2007
We recently had a mail outage and eventually got mail back - it was a disk space issue. The PCs with Outlook can connect in without issues but the couple of Macs we have won't connect at all. I can ...
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Trouble sending emails in Apple's Mail Application
I can't send any emails on one of my email accounts in Apple's mail application even though I can receive emails with this account. My other accounts send and receive. I have no problem sending from ...
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Can Mail show a folder's total message count next to the folder name?
Apple Mail displays the number of unread messages in each folder in its sidebar:
Is there any way to make it display the folder's total message count (read plus unread) in addition to, or instead ...
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Smart Mailbox Folder not displaying mail
I've got two smart mailboxes named NEW eric@ and NEW ericgorr@ which contain only new message for corresponding email accounts. I have placed these two smart mailboxes into a smart mailbox folder ...
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Mail.app: connect to IMAP server with STARTTLS
I have an IMAP account on a private server and they said me to configure my mail with a STARTTLS secure connection on the port 993 and authentication with standard password.
How can I set STARTTLS in ...
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Quickly mark all emails as read?
Is there a way to quickly mark all emails as read instead of going over each one of them manually ?
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Sending emails with the Apple Mail program using AppleScript.
I don’t know AppleScript at all so thanks in advance for any help offered on this question. I’m on my Macbook Pro laptop with the latest version of OSX installed. I have a csv file that looks like ...
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Apple Mail vs Thunderbird performance
I'm running Apple Mail 5.3 and Thunderbird 17.0.4 on Mac OS Lion 10.7.5. The system I'm running those apps it's an iMac with 3Gb of RAM and 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
I run both applications at the ...
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Apple Mail conversation view - show original sender?
Is anyone aware of a way to get Apple Mail.app to display the original sender (or all senders) rather than just the latest sender in the From header when using conversation view? I'm referring to the ...
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Fixing a corrupted OS X Mail structure after an import of mailboxes from the previous system volume
Due to various and persisting problems, I had to reinstall 10.8.2.
What I did
Shut down iMac with internal system disc A.
Started 10.8.2 recovery system
Copied iMac's system disc A to an external ...
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IMAP folder named Notes does not appear in Mail.app
I have a folder on my IMAP server named « Notes ».
I have deactivated the use of the IMAP account by the Notes.app, but the folder is still not visible in Mail.app.
Is there a way to have this ...
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Google apps and Apple Mail
Apple Mail struggles when bringing in attachments from GMail run on Google apps.
The GMail account will show a 4mb attachment in a millisecond.
Apple Mail when importing the same attachment produces ...
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How to hide GMail labels in Apple Mail?
When searching for mail in Mail.app with a GMail account, every instance of the mail shows up with every Gmail label, especially in the Bin label, since Apple mail autosaves drafts as you go along, ...
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Apple Mail 6.2 doesn't download messages from Gmail over POP3
I'm trying to set up my POP3 Gmail account on a Retina MBP running OS X 10.8.2. A few months ago, I managed to do the same thing, the first time around, on an iMac, working with the same Gmail account ...
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“Save As…” in Mail Not Sorting by Date Received
I am a recent convert to Mountain Lion (new iMac arrived a week ago). Been using the "Save As..." option in Mail.app for years now to save chunks of email as RTFs.
Previously (in Snow Leopard), using ...
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How to show my sent mail in a smart mailbox (& not show EVERY email I sent to everyone else not in that group.)
This is regarding Mail and Contacts in Snow leopard. (ex Eudora user)
I created the group ABC in my Contacts.
I would like to see all the mail members of that groups sent to me (To, CC and BCC), ...
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Mail is showing me garbage for certain messages
Certain incoming emails are showing up as nonsense. Any idea what is causing this or how to fix it? The strangest part is that I can copy/paste the garbage into a text editor and read what it says! ...
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How to see the members of an Active Directory group in the Mail application
I'd like to find out how to check the members of a group defined in Active Directory from the Mail application in OSX 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion). I have my corporate AD server defined as an LDAP server, ...
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iPhone mail app: search doesn't work
The search in the iPhone mail app doesn't find anything.
When I search a word I usually get no results. It only works if the Word is included in a recent email, let's say 1 or 2 weeks old.
Also, ...
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Stop Mail from keeping sent drafts?
I use iCloud and I like Mail to save my drafts on the server.
But I have no desire to keep them as drafts after they are sent. But Mail keeps the drafts and I have to manually delete them.
I ...
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Is there an app that lets me send email only?
I'm looking for an app that will let me send email only. Often in the course of my work I need to just fire off a quick email but don't want to get stuck firing up my mail client and reading new ...
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Is there some way to keep the mail.app always opened? [closed]
Is there some way to the make mail.app open on boot, and maintain always opened? Like a service in linux. It would be perfect if it continues to run even when not showing on Dock or on "command+tab", ...
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Draft messages in Mountain Lion Mail do not include server draft messages
I had a clean install Mountain Lion on my Macbook Pro, early 2011.
Following suggestions in the forums, I carried my "Mail" folders (folders, preferences, etc) from my cloned backup of Snow Leopard.
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Dragging an email with attachment to another mailbox looses attachment
I was dragging an email message in Mail.app and intended to drag it to another folder. I accidentally went too far and then I was dragging an icon around the Dashboard. when I went back to Mail.app, ...
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iCloud Mail setting not saved in System Preferences on Mountain Lion
I'm having difficulty keeping a Mail setting in System Preferences (10.8.2) persistent.
I have an iCloud account that is the same as my AppleID - xxx@mac.com.
I don't want to use the xxx@mac.com as ...
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How to set Mail.app to always open URL's in the external browser in the background?
I'm on Mountain Lion and in Apple Mail whenever I click a link in an email it opens my browser in front of Mail.
I'd like to keep reading the email and open all links behind Mail, then switch to my ...
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How can I stop 'bin' items from appearing when searching Mail.app?
Whenever I search for a particular message, the results throw up tens of seemingly related messages/part messages from what appears to be the "bin" folder.
What exactly is the bin folder (junk, ...
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Mail.app messages won't stay filed/deleted
I use Mail.app connected to my work's IMAP server. About two weeks ago I noticed that when I moved messages from the INBOX to an Archive folder, or delete the messages, some eventually come back to ...
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How do I export mail.app rules to other filtering solutions such as procmail?
In the past I handled email filtering using Mail.app's Rules. I want to move my filters out of Mail.app and into another solution, such as a centrally-organized IMAP + procmail setup.
Is it possible ...
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Disable the text/html part in outgoing messages in OS X 10.8's Mail application
I'm using the Mail application bundled with OS X 10.8. When switching from Mac OS X 10.6, I noticed that Mail now always includes a text/html part, alongside the text/plain part, in messages that ...
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Mail.app: Warning while pressing “Reply” instead of “Reply all”
This happened to me a number of times: sometimes, when I reply to an email with multiple recipients, instead of replying to all, I reply to the sender. Is there any way to prevent to do it? e.g., a ...
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Save attachments from Mail.app based on subject
I have been trying to write an Applescript to help me saving attachments, but realized quickly that I do not have the knowledge to do such a difficult script. Here is some background.
We receive ...
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Mail replies do not use the receiving address as the reply from address
When I reply to a mail message, the reply is sent using the default email address as defined in mail.app, and not the email address that it was originally addressed to.
I have all accounts correctly ...
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Can I enable conversation view in imap folders by default?
I am using 'show related messages' to enable conversation view in my apple mail inbox on mountain lion. I also have a bunch of imap folders, but this setting seems not to apply here. However, I can ...
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How to clean up emails when replying in plain text?
I have a problem that I want to solve after many years of using Mac OS X Mail.app... I generally like to send plain text emails that are full width (format=flowed) and nicely indented for quote ...
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refresh mail.app inbox when returning from standby (IMAP)
When returning from standby mail.app does not refresh my inbox. New mails (or changes to old mails, like move or delete) are not synchronized. I have to manually close mail.app and restart it to make ...
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Can I edit the right click menu to remove certain options?
I'm using Sparrow as my default email app. I have also removed Mail.app from my Mac. Whenever I right click on a file or folder I see options to compress, and options to email the folder/file, but ...
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Mail: how to download newest first?
Can I tell Mail to download the newest messages first?
My Mac is my second computer. When I check e-mail, it has often been 2 weeks since I last opened Mail. Currently, I have to wait for hundreds ...
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Toggle Apple Mail “Classic Layout” with shortcut?
Can anyone figure out a way to switch Apple Mail (v5.2) to/from "Classic Layout" mode with a hotkey? Maybe via Applescript?
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Apple Mail “Smart” Mailboxes - ignore replies and forwards?
I've got a Smart Mailbox setup in Apple Mail to gather meeting notes I send out. I use rules to select all messages that start with "meeting notes" and are from my email address.
Unfortunately, Mail ...
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Stop flagged messages in inactive accounts from contributing to Flagged counter
I have two accounts set up in Mail 6.2. Most of the time I disable one of them (my personal account) to avoid being distracted at work.
Strangely, the number of "Flagged" messages includes messages ...
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Are there add-ons for Mail?
Does Mail on Mac OS have any add-ons applicable ? Such as the ones possible in website-based Gmail application ?
I would like a feature that allows me to UNDO a sent message. Gmail has an addon which ...
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Why doesn't this simple applescript work any more in ML mail.app (as a rule)
It works only when you right click on the mail message and choose "run rules", but not on incoming messages (without interaction).
The first dialog is shown both when incoming or running manually, ...
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How can I stop Mac Mail continually caching attachments?
Two problems really:
I'm using Mac Mail version 5.3 on Mac OSX. My Yahoo mailbox is continually fetching new mail i.e. the wheel by 'yahoo is continually spinning. It has been doing this for a few ...
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How to save sent messages in same folder as message being replied to?
One of my favorite features back when I used Outlook was the option to save sent emails in the same folder as the message being replied to. For example, if I had moved a message to folder A and was ...
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How do I access a mobile mailserver on a mac as opposed to a web mailserver?
I have an iPad on which I can access my email through a mobile mail server. It all works fine. But when trying to access my mail through my mac there is a security problem of some sort that won't ...
