Apple Mail, the email client application provided with Mac OS X
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What's is new in Mail app in Lion compared to Mail app in Leopard Snow?
I find Mail app (in Leopard Snow) very limited for my needs. I need something like Thunderbird but before switching I just like to know what's is new in Mail app in Lion compared to Mail app in ...
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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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Why don't accepted event invitations through MS Exchange show up in iCal?
I'm using Lion's iCal and Mail.app, and I've started working in a company where everyone uses MS Exchange. I haven't connected iCal to Exchange. When I receive an event invitation (sent with Outlook) ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Mail won't let me turn off SSL for SMTP
I just upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion. I have eight email accounts set up in Mail.app. Some of my SMTP servers support SSL and some don't. But now Mail.app turned SSL on for every server (except ...
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How can I send a mail message later?
Back in the day, I remember having an e-mail program (perhaps it was Eudora?) that could schedule the sending of mail, so when composing a message, you could set some preference for when it would be ...
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Is there a good Hotmail client for Mac OS X?
I have had an Hotmail account since 1997 (i.e. don't ask me to switch - have hundreds of filters and folders and thousands of contacts) and I recently switched to a Mac and I am looking for a Mac ...
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Apple alias in Mail and iCloud revealing my identity
I've set up a few email aliases in iCloud under pseudonyms.
If I receive an email to one of them (e.g. "Alias Name <pseudonym@icloud.com>), and I try to reply in Mail for Mac, it uses the ...
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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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How do I show if I am the BCC'ed recipient in Mail.app?
I recently received an email from a collaborator in which I was the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy). The original "To:" recipient was another collaborator who has a very similar email address to mine. ...
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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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How can Apple Mail be configured to mimic Gmail's “Archiving” behaviour for a generic IMAP account?
It is straightforward to configure a Gmail account being accessed through Apple Mail to Archive messages when you "delete" them from the mail client. With generic IMAP accounts, however, the only ...
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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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Mail signature changes font size when sent to Gmail
I have created a signature in Mac mail. However, every time I send an email to a gmail account it enlarges the font size. Has anybody else come across this? Is there a workaround?
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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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Mail.app - keyboard shortcuts to move mail and jump to folder
I'm coming to Mail.app with a background using both Outlook (on the PC) and GMail. In every mail client I've used, there are easy keyboard shortcuts to do these:
jump to any folder I want, just by ...
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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 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 can prevent certain senders from going to Junk Mail without creating contact?
I am running Mountain Lion 10.8 and use Mail.app for my email mostly. I recently purchased a product from Amazon, somewhere I order from frequently, and noticed that I didn't receive the usual sales ...
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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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Why does Mail.app keep sent attachments open?
Sending a pdf as an attachement leaves open the original file according to
lsof | grep my.pdf
How can i prevent this rather unpleasant behavior ?
OSX 10.6.8 - Mail Version 4.6 (1085)
UPDATE:
I filed ...
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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 ...
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Mail.app performance after upgrade to Lion
I am having some big issues with Mail.app after upgrade to Lion. Performance is horrible.
When i open a message, cpu usage grows up to 150% See monitor activity screenshot
I already tried to repair ...
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OS X Mail.app: Old mail not downloading/showing after reconfiguring exchange account
Context: Mail.app in OS X 10.7.5, connecting to MS Exchange Server 2007.
For whatever reason, my company has two domains where I can access the Exchange server. I was using one of them, but for some ...
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Mail.app: Clear Address Auto-Fill Cache
How do I clear the auto-fill address field cache in Mac Mail? I have loads of old addresses that I do not send email to.
A removal and reinstallation of the email accounts does not affect the cache.
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Migrating Mail.app rules from 10.6 to 10.8
I want to move my Mail.app filtering rules from my old 10.6 machine to a fresh 10.8 install. I've seen people talking about moving these by copying over MessageRules.plist, but I haven't seen anyone ...
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How do I delete attachments from mails I sent
In Mountain Lion’s Mail app, I can delete attachments from mails others have sent me, but not from the mails I sent to others.
In the mailbox, the messages I have sent are not marked with the small ...
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OS X Mail: Search within message (including header)
I would like to search within an individual email message using OS X Mail version 5.3 or above (Lion, Mountain Lion). I would like this search to include the email header.
Using Edit > Find > Find… ...
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New email message with a global keyboard shortcut
I got, for the first time in my life, a Mac this Christmas and I was wondering if it is possible to create system-wide keyboard shortcut.
No matter what app I is using, is there a way to configure a ...
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How do I revert the default mail client back to Mail from GMail?
I downloaded Google Chrome and it automatically changed my default mail reader from Mail to GMail in Chrome. I went to the preferences section of Mail and didn't see an option to make Mail the default ...
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How do I set up a Mail.app rule for removing attachments?
While Mail.app offers a menu item for removing attachments from e-mail, I find myself wanting to make a rule for removing attachments from e-mails. Anyone knows how that can be done? AppleScript, ...
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MacMail client getting notifications from Google+ in Chinese - why?
For some reason all notifications from Google+ are coming through in Chinese when sent to my dad's @mac.com email address (when accessed on iPhone, iPad or on his regular Apple computer). When the ...
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Mail.app mailbox corruption
Once a week or so, Mail.app will not display the contents of a mail message. Selecting Mailbox -> Rebuild fixes bandaids the issue until next time.
I only have one account in Mail.app, pointing to ...
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Telling Mail to use a signature file
Is there an easy way to tell the Mail app (OS X 10.8) to take my signature from a file ? I can manually edit it in the config, but I have a rotating signature and the signature file is updated ...
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Is it possible to quickly clear flags in Apple Mail 6 ( probably with AppleScript)?
I'm running Apple Mail 6.2 on OS X 10.8.2.
I'm wondering how to clear flags easily, maybe a button exists or a shortcut is possible? Currently I need to press the down arrow in flag button and click ...
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Efficient creation of filtering rules in Mail.app
I have selected a received email in Mail.app and would like to create a rule to redirect all emails from the same sender to a specific folder. I know how to create such rules manually from the ...
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How to hide the Flagged folder in Mail.app (Mountain Lion)?
Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, my Mail.app has sprouted a Flagged folder for each of my Gmail/Google Apps accounts.
I have no use for this and would like to disable or hide it - how can I do ...
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How can I sync sent mail from another device on my iPad?
On iOS 6.0.2. Can't see nor search my Sent emails other than the ones I actually sent from the iPad. I'm using Yahoo Business Mail on IMAP settings.
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How can I back up a complete IMAP account?
I have a huge IMAP email account that contains a lot of subfolders and a lot of messages (dating back to 2005). Is there a simple way to back up these folders and messages so I can delete them from ...
