Apple Mail, the email client application provided with Mac OS X
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How to get my lost mail and accounts back after kernel panic?
Today while working my system suddenly had a kernel panic.
I tried to restart in safe mode and the meter went to about 1/4 and no further (did this twice). Since that didn't work I restarted normally ...
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Using Mail.app junk filter to filter some languages
Is it possible to use Mail.app junk filter to filter some specific languages like chinese, russian, greek and dutch?
I do not speak these languages and I am receiving a lot of spam from morons ...
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Strange mail.app phenomenon - Invisible e-mail content
Sometimes, new incoming e-mail would not have its content shown, just the subject, until I quit mail.app and run it again. I am using the latest MBP/15" Retina, up to date Mountain Lion, with Mail.app ...
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how to make an “archive” button for Mail.app in mac os x mountain lion to work with gmail accounts?
has anyone tried to build an "archive" button for apple mail to move mails from the Inbox to All Mail in Mail.app (Mountain lion)?
there is this page: http://stl.techinno.nl/archive/
but it wont ...
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Apple Mail 6.2 - Turn OFF automatic checking for new messages
Well I am very disappointed with Apple Mail. Its checking for new e-mails automatically from time to time regardless the options.
In General options I set "Check for new messages" to "Manually"
In ...
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How do I write a Mail.app rule to mark messages as read in one mailbox but leave them as unread in my in-box?
I have a Mail.app rule that copies certain incoming messages into an archive mailbox. I'd like those messages to be marked as read in the archive mailbox but remain unread in my in-box until I ...
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iOS Mail uses wrong return address
tl;dr: I have several email addresses on the same Mail account, iOS defaults to the wrong one as the sender, and I can't figure out how to change that.
Full version:
I set up my email accounts on my ...
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Export Notes from Entourage to Apple Mail
Is it Possible to export the notes made in Entourage 2008 V 12.0.0 to Apple Mail notes? How do I do it?
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Mail freezes with initial migration after upgrading to Mountain Lion
I recently upgraded Mac os 10.5.6 to the new 10.8.1 (Mountain Lion). So far, everything seems to work fine except Mail.app. When I open the application for the first time, it begins migrating and ...
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How to iterate over visible mail messages in display order?
I have several IMAP/SMTP email accounts set up in Mail.app. Each of these has a folder called 'Action'. I have an Applescript (see below) which moves the currently selected message(s) to each one's ...
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How do I search Mail.app by country code?
I want to look at just the emails sent to me from the .ru (or any other domain code), and I'm not having ay luck. Searching from:.ru orfrom:".ru" doesn't work. A wildcard approach doesn't work either. ...
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Show progress indicators in Mail 6 (Mountain Lion)
Apple seems to have taken the brilliant decision of not showing progress indicators when you are checking for new emails. This is annoying, as you get 0 feedback when you press the "Get new messages" ...
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Can't get folders to download photos?
I used to have an iPhone that I had sorted pictures into folders on. I had to get a new iPhone because it was cracked and the camera didn't work, along with other problems. While I was in the mall of ...
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Mail app correctly marks spam but does not move it to the junk mail folder
as by message, Mail app does not bother moving mail correctly marked as spam in the spam folder -- this only happen when I am at home, and only during the week-end. I suspect that the IMAP server is ...
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Apple Mail shows plain text instead of HTML email
I have a gmail account setup as IMAP in Apple Mail and recently some new emails coming through have displayed the plain text version instead of HTML. If I check the same email through gmail.com it ...
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Apple Mail reply arrow not working reliably
I'm running Lion, connecting to an Exchange 2010 server. Sent messages are stored locally.
Once I've replied to a messages in my Inbox, the "replied" arrow appears to the left of the message, as ...
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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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Notification Center on iOS 6 is not removing deleted emails
After upgrading to iOS 6 on my 4S i'm seeing that after I delete an email in the mail app itself, it was SUPPOSED to remove it from notification center.
Now even after i've deleted messages without ...
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Can't delete iCloud account from Mail, Contacts, Calendars
When trying to log into iCloud from System Preferences, I'm told
[appleid] is already signed in to iCloud
To use this as your primary iCloud account, delete it from Mail, Contacts,
and ...
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Drag email from mail.app to create a shortcut, not eml
Title is self-explaining.
Once I succeeded, and there was .inetloc file including xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" ...
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is there a way to store mail on an external hard drive using apple mail?
I've been trying to save up space and for this reason I'm using the "don't keep copies of any messages" option.
I was thinking though, can I instead choose to save all emails and attachments, but an ...
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Archive folder not appearing in IMAP account on Mail.app
I have a standard IMAP account configured in Mail.app (on Mountain Lion).
That account contains a folder called Archive, which does not appear on the list of folders on the left.
However, it does ...
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Can Applescript ask for the names of the people you want to send to and fill this in send to
I’d like to be able to send to people from my address book where a dialogue would say who would you like to send the email to and I would write in like peter, john, George etc and that would populate ...
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mail.app missing plug-in
Today I opened mail.app and my mail attachments showed up as "missing plug-in". I faced this issue before, at that time I quite the mail.app and opened again were fix the problem. Now that also not ...
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iPhone and Mac “Mail” app emails sync not working…?
I just bought a brand new Macbook Pro 15" and I already have an iPhone 4. I'm using Hotmail (now called Outlook) for email management. Since I'm using a Macbook now, I want to use Mail.app to manage ...
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Deleting emails on iPhone creates new folder “Deleted Messages” in Mac Mail
When I delete an email in Mail on my iPhone, it creates a new folder in Mail on my Mac called "Deleted Messages". Why is it doing this and not putting them in the Trash? I am using iCloud mail on both ...
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Rules in Mail randomly don't apply
I have a very simple rule set up in Mail like the following:
If [any] of the following conditions are met:
[From] [Contains] @gmail.com
Perform the following actions:
[Move Message] to mailbox: ...
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Mail.app showing odd characters instead of actual text
I have this problem happening on a new 2011 Macbook Air with the latest version of Lion. When viewing emails, the text is coming through as odd characters that look like a capital A in a box (see ...
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Mail App is using internet connection to capacity (Retina Macbook Pro Early 2013)
My internet connection is working to capacity while "Mail" is open. Of course, it was loading all my mails when I used it the first time, but now all mails are on the machine and still "MagicanPaster" ...
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Set Gmail as default mail handler for Mail PDF print option for Snow Leopard
I handle most of my email through Gmail's web interface either in Firefox or Chrome.
Often I would like to print -> PDf -> mail pdf to a customer. However the Mail PDF option in the print panel ...
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how to auto download a certain attachment in mail
I have looked on stack exchange and other sites for a simple applescript. I have found more complex scripts that it's hard for me to understand (not knowing a lot about the applescript syntax). So, ...
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How can I solve false duplicate in Mail.app?
I recently switched to Mail.app from Outlook 2011 and have been importing some of my archive messages. The problem is that for many of the messages, Mail.app seems to think they are duplicates so it ...
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How to exclude mailboxes within a smart mailbox?
I have made some smart mailboxes in Mail.app. The smart mailboxes I am using only for my Gmail account.
While they send the emails to the smart mailbox they always send duplicates. The email from the ...
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Delete definitely a message from Mail
I am subscribed to a newsletter, everyday I get emails but once I read them I delete them. After sending them to the trash and emptying it, next day I receive the usual email, but the previous email ...
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Prevent email signature from being inserted when replying
Is there a way to prevent Mail.app on OS X from auto inserting your email signature when replying to a message?
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Running Applescript using cron jobs not working
I'm new to conjobs and applescript but I have the script done correctly i believe. (any critique is welcome) I don't want to bloat my calendar with events to do this because I use my calendar for ...
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Mail shows stale inbox count
I've had some odd behavior on my OS X mail client. Heres' my inbox:
Yet here is how many unread messages I have:
These values used to be synchronized. Note that the first value will not change ...
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Can I oblige Mail.app to (ask to) send via BCC when sending to a large group?
I just made the (classical) stupid mistake to not BCC-send a mailing to ± 100 people.
:(
Is there an extension or application or script for mail.app to prevent this failure and e.g. intelligently ask ...
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Mail program not showing all Exchange Sent boxes
I'm using Mail (version 5.3) on Mac OS X version 10.7.5. I have three different e-mail accounts which all are Exchange accounts by their type. All of them work correctly, I can send and receive ...
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Mail.app won't recognize a contact's name from my Address Book
I use Mac OS X Mail and have all of my work contacts in Address Book. When I receive email from one contact, the "From" field just displays his email address (as opposed to his first and last name) ...
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SMTP Issues with Mountain Lion 10.8
BACKGROUND
I upgraded from 10.7 to 10.8 on 7/28/12
I upgraded Xcode from 4.4 to 4.4.1 on 8/8/12
PROBLEM
On 8/9/12, on my MacBook Air, Mail.app refuses to connect to the SMTP service on a server ...
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Mac Mail downloads my entire gmail account can i just get the last 30 days?
Mac Mail every few days i find that it's downloading my entire account all over again. That's like 8 years work of email - which is really beginning to annoy me.
Can I configure mail to only get ...
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Replying in Mail.app to Google Groups fails
I have set up two accounts in Mail.app, say a@email.com and b@email.com. b@email.com receives messages from a Google group, say c@googlegroups.com. When I reply a message in the group using "From: ...
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Can OS X Lion Server automatically set up Mail using Open Directory information?
This is my first experience with OS X Server, I setted Open Directory up and added some accounts through Workgroup Manager.
When I login in on one of the remote Apple computers with one of the ...
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my Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 will no longer recognize the mail.app? How do I get it to recognize it again?
I have been having off and on trouble with my Mac not wanting to recognize my mail application, but it would eventually recognize and do fine. Now it absolutely will not recognize it at all. It ...
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not using Apple Mail, but using Calendar
I use gmail through the web interface, but have Apple Calendar synchronising with google's calendar. I don't want to use Apple Mail for anything at all. Every time the calendar synchronises with ...
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Attachments missing from messages in “inbox” folder in apple mail, when using google apps
When using mail.app with google mail (google premier apps) over imap, i have a problem where e-mails come through without showing attachments sometimes.
The odd thing is, if i look at the "All Mail" ...
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How to stop the Mail app from running every 10 minutes on the Mac?
I have Mountain Lion on an 27" iMac, and recently, for some reason, the Mail app launches every 10 minutes or so, and I have to quit it every time.
In the Preferences of Mail, I already tried every ...
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How to prevent calendar alerts from becoming Drafts (???) in Mail.app?
I don't know the rhyme or reason to it yet, but random calendar event notifications in Lion turn into drafts in my Mail.app drafts folder. I usually find these when I wake the machine up after it's ...
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smart mailbox email sent only to me
I am kind of surprised that I couldn't find anything by general search. Like many of us I receive ton of emails everyday. I have several smart mailboxes on my mac to get to the ones I need to fast.
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